RECONCILIATION: MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER - OVERVIEW
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TWC recognizes the importance of face-to-face meetings with Indigenous Nations, communities, and organizations. We recommend that in the next phase of the project, BC Housing and the Reconciliation Strategy Steering Committee expand the scope of engagement to include in-person methods such as focus groups, listening sessions or regional workshops taking into consideration the current situation regarding COVID-19. 2.5.2.1 Staff and Board Interviews TWC conducted 30 phone interviews with BC Housing staff and the Board, including 7 interviews with BC Housing Board members and 23 interviews with BC Housing staff. Determining factors in selecting staff representatives included duration of employment with BC Housing, role in engaging with Indigenous Nations, communities, and organizations as well as gender-based analysis (GBA+) factors, including gender, race, ethnicity, religion, age, and mental or physical ability. Consideration of GBA+ factors helped ensure adequate representation across the organization within the sample of staff and Board members interviewed. BC Housing’s Steering Committee was responsible for determining which staff would be invited to be interviewed. All eight members who were on the board at the time of engagement were invited to be interviewed. 2.5.2.2 Phone Discussions with Indigenous Nations, Communities, and Organizations TWC conducted 39 phone discussions with representatives of Indigenous housing providers and organizations, Indigenous non-housing organizations, and Indigenous Nations with whom BC Housing has an existing relationship. To identify participants, BC Housing prepared a contact list that reflected the organization’s business relationships with Indigenous Nations, communities, and organizations (see Table 2 for criteria used to define business relationship). All groups identified were then invited by BC Housing’s CEO and Steering Committee to participate in a phone discussion. Of those that responded to the invitation, BC Housing coordinated with TWC to set up teleconference discussions. 2.5.2.3 Written Submissions from Indigenous Nations, Communities, and Organizations An option to submit written responses was provided as an alternative to phone discussions if respondents preferred. BC Housing’s Steering Committee invited Indigenous Nations, communities, and organizations to submit written feedback via a written submission guide or Survey Monkey. TWC used a similar set of questions as the BC Housing staff interview guide to develop the written submission guide for Indigenous Nations, communities, and organizations (Appendix E.2). In total, 5 written submissions were received, including one through the written submission guide and four through Survey Monkey.
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