RECONCILIATION: MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER - OVERVIEW
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2 OVERVIEW OF THE RECONCILIATION STRATEGY Purpose The development of a Reconciliation Strategy is an important part of BC Housing’s commitment to adopt policies and practices based on UNDRIP and the recommendations from the TRC’s final report. Through the Reconciliation Strategy, BC Housing will: • Acknowledge the historic and ongoing marginalization of Indigenous peoples in British Columbia on these their ancestral and traditional territories; • Support an equity analysis in all areas of the organization as it pertains to Indigenous peoples; • Develop stronger relationships with Indigenous peoples in British Columbia; • Enhance and support Indigenous self-determination and self-government; and, • Contribute to closing the socio-economic gap between Indigenous peoples and other British Columbians. The Reconciliation Strategy will be embedded within and centered on BC Housing’s mandate to facilitate the delivery of safe, secure, and affordable housing. Process Developing a Reconciliation Strategy is an iterative learning process and an ongoing journey. Collaborative planning to create this Strategy will be undertaken through a cycle of information gathering, dialogue, action, and review. This cycle includes the following five stages:
• Stage 1: Where have we been? • Stage 2: Where are we now? • Stage 3: Where do we want to go? • Stage 4: How will we get there? • Stage 5: Have we arrived?
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