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girls in northern B.C. will receive increased community-led support through $1 million from the Giving Voice project.</p> <br /> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024IRR0046-001526" class="read-more"><i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>  Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="other-articles"> <div class="regular-articles"> <style> .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button a { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner { height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner.not-expanded { width: 64px !important; } .youtube-wrapper { max-width: 100% !important; height:0 !important; } </style> <div class="article"> <h2><a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024IRR0047-001528">Funding supports community healing on Vancouver Island</a></h2> <div class="list-container ps-0 pb-0"> <div class="item-date">Monday, September 16, 2024 9:10 AM</div> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="item-text"> <p>Indigenous women and girls on Vancouver Island will receive increased community-led support through $1 million from the Giving Voice project.</p> <br /> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024IRR0047-001528" class="read-more"><i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>  Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <style> .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button a { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner { height: 64px !important; } .asset 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success of their 2009 reconciliation protocol and 2020 Pathway to Reconciliation memorandum of understanding (MOU), to continue to benefit all those who live on the north and central coast.</p> <br /> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024IRR0044-001307" class="read-more"><i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>  Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <style> .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button a { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner { height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner.not-expanded { width: 64px !important; } .youtube-wrapper { max-width: 100% !important; height:0 !important; } </style> <div class="article hidden-article"> <h2><a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024IRR0035-001258">Vancouver Island Nations will have safer community access roads</a></h2> <div class="list-container ps-0 pb-0"> <div class="item-date">Tuesday, August 6, 2024 11:15 AM</div> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="item-text"> <p>Toquaht Nation and Uchucklesaht Tribe members on the west coast of Vancouver Island will have safer access to their communities with new improvements coming to forest service roads.</p> <br /> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024IRR0035-001258" class="read-more"><i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>  Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <style> .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button a { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container 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.overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button a { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner { height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner.not-expanded { width: 64px !important; } .youtube-wrapper { max-width: 100% !important; height:0 !important; } </style> <div class="article hidden-article"> <h2><a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024IRR0043-001161">K’ómoks First Nation, Canada, B.C. take important step to advance reconciliation by initialling draft K’ómoks Treaty</a></h2> <div class="list-container ps-0 pb-0"> <div class="item-date">Monday, July 22, 2024 11:00 AM</div> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class='item-asset asset flickr' id="youtube-asset-2024IRR0043-001161">   <a href='https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024IRR0043-001161'><img src='https://media.news.gov.bc.ca/proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F65535%2F53874540086_214d90b93e_b.jpg&token=Bnu6wFG0IQxmh6V2Q%2BOyiJgwVvZPDETaw1fZ27odYCg%3D' alt="K’ómoks First Nation, Canada, B.C. take important step to advance reconciliation by initialling draft K’ómoks Treaty" title="K’ómoks First Nation, Canada, B.C. take important step to advance reconciliation by initialling draft K’ómoks Treaty"/></a> </div> <div class="item-text with-image"> <p>Elected Chief Ken Price of the K鈥櫭砿oks First Nation (K鈥櫭砿oks); Gary Anandasangaree, federal Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations;聽and Murray Rankin, B.C. Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, marked a significant milestone toward renewing their nation-to-nation relationships.</p> <br /> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024IRR0043-001161" class="read-more"><i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>  Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <style> .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button a { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner { height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner.not-expanded { width: 64px !important; } .youtube-wrapper { max-width: 100% !important; height:0 !important; } </style> <div class="article hidden-article"> <h2><a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024IRR0040-001110">B.C. returning downtown Nanaimo village site to Snuneymuxw</a></h2> <div class="list-container ps-0 pb-0"> <div class="item-date">Monday, July 15, 2024 11:15 AM</div> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class='item-asset asset flickr' id="youtube-asset-2024IRR0040-001110">   <a href='https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024IRR0040-001110'><img src='https://media.news.gov.bc.ca/proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F65535%2F53859742443_8cde408a88_b.jpg&token=pN8ntfN%2B%2FAvJOUVgHfNZpPybTIHxVQ7MfaBj0nbjQGw%3D' alt="B.C. returning downtown Nanaimo village site to Snuneymuxw" title="B.C. returning downtown Nanaimo village site to Snuneymuxw"/></a> </div> <div class="item-text with-image"> <p>Snuneymuxw First Nation and the Province are rejuvenating a prominent property in Nanaimo's downtown while restoring Snuneymuxw's presence on the land.</p> <br /> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024IRR0040-001110" class="read-more"><i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>  Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <style> .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button a { width: 64px !important; 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The Chief Negotiators of all three parties, witnessed by these dignitaries, have initialled the draft Kitsumkalum Treaty, demonstrating progress towards...</p> <br /> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024IRR0034-000993" class="read-more"><i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>  Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <style> .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button a { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner .play-button { width: 64px !important; height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner { height: 64px !important; } .asset .placeholder-container .overlay-container .outer .inner.not-expanded { width: 64px !important; } .youtube-wrapper { max-width: 100% !important; height:0 !important; } </style> <div class="article hidden-article"> <h2><a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024IRR0035-000995">Kitselas First Nation, Government of Canada, Government of British Columbia initial draft Kitselas Treaty; take important step in nation-to-nation relationship</a></h2> <div class="list-container ps-0 pb-0"> <div class="item-date">Monday, June 24, 2024 2:50 PM</div> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class='item-asset asset flickr' id="youtube-asset-2024IRR0035-000995">   <a href='https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024IRR0035-000995'><img src='https://media.news.gov.bc.ca/proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F65535%2F53814785895_b07f670ffe_b.jpg&token=O5CuAvdaYbzGn2kFjEE1f4ccQICJYEiaw9H5rrK9Ssg%3D' alt="Kitselas First Nation, Government of Canada, Government of British Columbia initial draft Kitselas Treaty" title="Kitselas First Nation, Government of Canada, Government of British Columbia initial draft Kitselas Treaty"/></a> </div> <div class="item-text with-image"> <p>Chief Glenn Bennett of the Kitselas First Nation; Gary Anandasangaree, federal Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations; and Murray Rankin, British Columbia Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, marked a significant milestone toward renewing their nation-to-nation relationships on Monday, June 24, 2024.</p> <br /> <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024IRR0035-000995" class="read-more"><i class="fa fa-caret-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>  Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div>  <div class="news-control"> <a class="read-more" href="/Search?ministry=indigenous-relations-and-reconciliation">Search News</a> <a href="#" rel="nofollow" class="load-more link-button">Load More News</a> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div class="collapsible-regions"> <div class="resource-links"> <h3>Media Contacts</h3> <div> <span class="contact-name">Art Aronson</span> <div> <span>Direct: 250-940-8661</span> <br /> <span>Cell: 250-893-2028</span> </div> <a href="mailto:Art.Aronson@gov.bc.ca">Art.Aronson@gov.bc.ca</a><br /> <br /> <span>Alternate:</span> <span class="contact-name">Leanne Ritchie</span> <div> <span>Direct: 250-896-4348</span> <br /> <span>Cell: 250-896-4348</span> </div> <a href="mailto:Leanne.Ritchie@gov.bc.ca">Leanne.Ritchie@gov.bc.ca</a><br /> <br /><div>After hours: 250-896-4348</div> </div> </div> <div class="resource-links"> <h3>More from this Ministry</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/ministries/indigenous-relations-and-reconciliation/factsheets">Factsheets</a></li> <li><a href="http://gov.bc.ca/irr" target="_blank">Ministry Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bcgovphotos/albums/72157683727946094" target="_blank">Ministry Photos</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?playnext=1&list=PLbER4Sxdn0R7_s66XdbRkR_7AdmdfL9dy" target="_blank">Ministry Videos</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="resource-links"> <h3>Featured Topics</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/indigenous-people/new-relationship/united-nations-declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples">Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act</a></li> <li><a href="https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-nations/first-nations-negotiations/reconciliation-other-agreements">Reconciliation</a></li> <li><a href="https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/indigenous-people">Indigenous People</a></li> <li><a href="https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-nations/first-nations-negotiations">First Nations Negotiations</a></li> <li><a href="https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/indigenous-people/national-day-for-truth-and-reconciliation">National Day for Truth and Reconciliation</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="resource-links"> <h3>Featured Services</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/indigenous-people/supporting-communities">Supporting Communities</a></li> <li><a href="https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-nations/first-nations-negotiations/first-nations-a-z-listing">First Nations A-Z</a></li> <li><a href="https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/indigenous-people/guide-to-indigenous-organization-and-services">Guide to Indigenous Organizations and Services</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </main> </div> <div id="landAcknowledgement" class="container-fluid"> <div class="container-xl"> <p style="font-size:14px; 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