Cultural Competency

THE CANADIAN INDIGENOUS MEDIA INDEX (CIMI) IS AN OPEN-ACCESS DATABASE of past and present Canadian-based Indigenous media.

ONLINE DIGITAL SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMS AT NO CHARGE are available to Indigenous Peoples (Status and Non-Status First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) ages 18-35 living in BC through the First Nations Technology Council.

THE THIRD MAWACHIHITOTAAK METIS STUDIES SYMPOSIUM will take place from September 20 to 24, 2026, in Calgary, Alberta.

ANOTHER EVENT SHARING KNOWLEDGE OF CULTURAL PRACTICES AND KINSHIP TIES across Turtle Island irrespective of the Canada/U.S. border will take place in Abbotsford on October 2, 2025.

AMENDMENTS TO BC’S SCHOOL ACT TOOK EFFECT IN NOVEMBER 2023 AND APRIL 2024, introducing three new sections that “begin to address the systemic barriers faced by First Nation students across BC, as well as to support all Indigenous learners, as appropriate, within the province.

SEVEN FIRST NATIONS IN BC PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRST NATIONS EDUCATION JURISDICTION INITIATIVE at present: ʔaq’am, Cowichan, Lil’wat, Seabird Island, Canim Lake Band, Ditidaht First Nation and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation).

GUIDES TO RESOURCES FOR BC CLASSROOMS THAT ARE CREATED BY FIRST PEOPLES or through their substantial contributions are available for free download in PDF at the website of the First Nations Education Steering Committee.

EDUCATORS ARE ASKED TO APPLY BY SEPTEMBER 8, 2025, WITH WORKSHOP PROPOSALS for the First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC) Education Conference, Creating an Education System Worthy of our Children.

As announced in the BC Supreme Court’s 2024 Annual Report, the Court has struck a Reconciliation Working Group (RWG). The RWG is informed by the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and the Calls to Action, and has been established to examine the Court’s role in advancing reconciliation.

MAKE A PLAN, BUILD A KIT, BE INFORMED.