RECONCILIATION: MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER - APPENDICES
F-7
Reconciliation looks different for all nations and communities. It is also crucial that there is consideration for what reconciliation might mean for the diverse population of peoples who are living off reserve. Where do off-reserve people fit within the reconciliation strategy? It seems that it is not being considered as a significant issue. Given that the vast majority of people accessing housing and supports via BC Housing funding are living off reserve, it should be a major section in this report. Table F-5: Feedback on Section 8 Measuring Success 1. Do you have any changes or additions to the Measuring Success Recommendations? The document speaks earlier on to addressing Qualitative data as a measurable, however I do not see this approach listed in the Recommended Actions. Coding this data can be difficult, but if done well the picture painted is much more robust and accurate to people's real life experiences. The stories related to Housing for Métis, Inuit, and First Nations in BC are VERY important to create context for the qualitative data collected. Quantitative Data is presented in it's own table but the term Qualitative is barely mentioned and no methodology or benchmarks are suggested for its use. It is a few days since I finished the report, so I may be wrong, but I don't remember coaching by Indigenous leaders to assist non-Indigenous leadership in bringing BC Housing, and community organizations in the reconciliation and decolonization change mandate, as being one of the measures for collaboration. We can’t emphasize enough how important it is going to be that we see real tangible changes. Change happens when intentions are good and we are moving together in the right direction to support Indigenous organizations (both on and off reserve) to provide housing for their people (both on and off reserve). 2. Do you have any changes or additions to the What We Heard section regarding Measuring Success? Indigenous organizations need to see transparency in how success is measured. For example, if a fund is announced for Indigenous organizations, regular updates on how many projects have been built, how many units for Indigenous people and how the projects are going. Even if our project isn’t funded, we need to be able to see success through BC Housing projects, this will help us to feel confident that all the capacity we are putting into this work with our proposals, can lead to success and achievement of our goals.
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