RECONCILIATION: MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER
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Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................................... i Message from BC Housing ..................................................................................................................................... 1 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................... 1 1 Introduction …… ............................................................................................................................................. 3 What is Reconciliation? ................................................................................................................. 3 Truth and Reconciliation ..................................................................................................... 4 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People....................................... 6 Decolonization .................................................................................................................... 7 Reconciliation Strategy ................................................................................................................. 8 How This Report Was Created ..................................................................................................... 9 How to Read This Report............................................................................................................ 10 2 Overview of the Reconciliation Strategy ....................................................................................................... 11 Purpose ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Process ........................................................................................................................................ 11 Where Are We In the Process? ......................................................................................... 12 Methods...................................................................................................................................... 14 Process ........................................................................................................................................ 14 Approaches................................................................................................................................. 14 Research............................................................................................................................ 14 Engagement...................................................................................................................... 16 Analysis ............................................................................................................................. 20 3 Background …. .............................................................................................................................................. 22 History of Reconciliation in BC Housing ..................................................................................... 22 Internal Operations ........................................................................................................... 24 External Operations .......................................................................................................... 28 4 Understanding Reconciliation ....................................................................................................................... 35 Overview..................................................................................................................................... 35 Preliminary Recommendations ................................................................................................... 35 What We Heard .......................................................................................................................... 39 Indigenous Nations, Communities, and Organizations .................................................... 39 BC Housing Staff ............................................................................................................... 45 BC Housing Board ............................................................................................................ 49 5 Transforming Organization Culture............................................................................................................... 52 Overview..................................................................................................................................... 52 Preliminary Recommendations ................................................................................................... 52 What We Heard .......................................................................................................................... 56 BC Housing Staff ............................................................................................................... 56 BC Housing Board ............................................................................................................ 60 6 Building Relationships................................................................................................................................... 63 Overview..................................................................................................................................... 63
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