RECONCILIATION: MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER - INTRODUCTION
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The “Reconciliation: Moving Forward Together” Report (the Report) captures the perspectives of all participants on how BC Housing can act on a collaborative basis with their partners to support reconciliation. Key topic areas include understanding reconciliation, transforming organizational culture, building relationships, supporting reconciliation, and measuring success. The Report includes ideas and opinions on reconciliation, including the participants’ personal understandings, concerns, and areas for improvement. It also defines next steps and preliminary recommendations for BC Housing. How to Read This Report This Report includes multiple perspectives that in some cases conflict with one another. The reader should approach the findings with an understanding that different lived experiences will lead to multiple and sometimes overlapping perspectives. For example, questions were asked about potential areas for improvement and comments were provided regardless of whether they believed that current BC Housing activities are working or not. When working from an equity framework, it is important to recognize and value each perspective. As such, all comments and perspectives were captured regardless of their frequency of occurrence. Throughout this Report, we use the following markers for the scale of responses across surveys, written responses and interviews: “few” means under 15%, “some” means between 15-25%, “several” means between 25-50%, “most” and “majority” means more than 50%, and “all” refers to everyone. It was important to contextualize the key findings and recommendations within best practices and literature in reconciliation. The “Why This Is Important” textboxes are provided throughout the Report to help the reader understand the impacts and significance of the comments as well as the connections between what we heard from respondents and principles of reconciliation and decolonization, including UNDRIP and TRC’s Calls to Action. Moreover, preliminary recommendations are provided in each topic area of this Report. They were drawn from the key findings and suggestions offered by Indigenous Nations, communities, and organizations, as well as BC Housing staff and Board. The reader should understand that the recommendations are only meant to serve as a starting point, and that BC Housing will need to work with Indigenous Nations, communities, and organizations to co- develop clear and specific reconciliation goals, objectives and actions. Where conflicting recommendations occur, solutions include individualized approaches and flexibility. Flexibility is needed to accommodate unique needs of Indigenous Nations, communities, and organizations. The content of this Report, which is organized into five theme areas, is intimately interconnected. While the key findings and recommendations offer several options for improving BC Housing’s understanding of and approaches to reconciliation, they should not be read as standalone solutions for “achieving reconciliation.” Finally, the recommendations included in this Report should not be read as a blanket approach. Because of the vast diversity of BC’s Indigenous Nations, communities, and organizations, the needs, interests, and protocols should be discussed individually with Indigenous Nations, communities, and organizations.
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