RECONCILIATION: MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER - BACKGROUND
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3 BACKGROUND The following section establishes a context for understanding BC Housing’s roles and responsibilities with respect to reconciliation and Indigenous housing. History of Reconciliation in BC Housing Exploring BC Housing’s history and reconciliation journey fits within the first stage of the Reconciliation Strategy process. It addresses the question, “Where have we been?” and examines the organization’s past initiatives, programs, and strategies for supporting reconciliation. This step recognizes the important moments and work that have helped shape BC Housing’s current understandings of reconciliation. It also helps establish a preliminary baseline from which BC Housing can begin to measure its progress. In November 2019, TWC conducted a review and analysis of BC Housing’s past reconciliation- related policies, plans, frameworks, and reports 26 . In addition, TWC team analyzed secondary source information from BC Housing’s Research Centre. The following section summarizes the key findings and speaks to the organization’s past efforts within its internal and external operations. Since being established, steps have been made toward reconciling its relationships with Indigenous peoples and establishing a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion, however there is substantial work to be done in this area as the findings demonstrate. The following timeline provides an overview of key moments in BC Housing’s journey.
26 In the past, BC Housing defined their reconciliation initiatives as “Indigenous Relations.” In recent years, there has been a shift toward using the term reconciliation.
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