RECONCILIATION: MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER - APPENDICES
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E.3 Interview Guide for BC Housing Staff INTRODUCTION
“For over a century, Canada's Aboriginal policy sought to eliminate the rights, governments, culture, resources, lands, languages and institutions of Indigenous people. The goal of the policy was to assimilate them into ‘mainstream’ European culture against their will. Residential schooling became a central element in this policy. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established because former students and survivors of the residential schools came forth and placed the issue on the public agenda. The TRC report highlights how Canadian law and lawyers played an active role in forcing Indigenous children into residential schools. The intergenerational impacts of residential schools continue for Indigenous people today. Canada’s laws and policies were created based on notions of Indigenous inferiority and European superiority and have facilitated discrimination against Indigenous peoples. These laws resulted in disparities and inequalities between Indigenous peoples and broader Canadian society. Reconciliation is about addressing these inequalities. We must work to establish and maintain a mutually respectful relationship between Indigenous and non- Indigenous peoples” (Law Society of British Columbia 2020). Reconciliation is about ensuring systemic and cultural change to eliminate racist and discriminatory practices, policies and approaches within organizations and in the business that they pursue as well as building respectful and trust-based relationships. Two Worlds Consulting (TWC) understands that BC Housing has undertaken considerable work to implement their goal to “enhance Indigenous partnerships and relations” and that this Reconciliation Strategy will establish a broader and more meaningful framework for how they conduct their business, including a stronger level of commitment related to their adoption of UNDRIP standards and the TRC’s Calls to Action. The interview will take 60 minutes of your time. Your participation in the interview is voluntary. The information you provide will be used to support the development of the Reconciliation Strategy only and will be kept strictly confidential. No comments will be attributed to any individual in any reports resulting from the interviews. Personal information is collected under section 26(c) of the British Columbia Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA). We will be keeping verbatim written notes during the interview – the interview will not be recorded. We will share an interview summary with you following the interview for your review and validation. If you have any questions, please, contact Emma Wilson at Two Worlds Consulting, p. (778) 400-3508, email: ewilson@twoworldsconsulting.com.
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