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Musqueam Indian Band, Nicola Valley Group (Lower Nicola Indian Band, Upper Nicola Indian Band, Coldwater Indian Band, Nooaitch Indian Band, and Shackan Indian Band), Nisga’a Lisims Government, and Squamish First Nations. 51 In addition to relationships with First Nations and Indigenous housing providers, BC Housing has partnered with or sponsored several other types of organizations on various projects serving Indigenous communities. Some examples of these include: • Great Bear Initiative; • BladeRunners Program; • Indigenous Caucus of the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association (CHRA); • Indigenous Community Planning stream at the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning; • LiFT Philanthropy; • Fraser Basin Council; and, • Yukon Housing. Recently, BC Housing’s Director of Indigenous Relations and Board members worked collaboratively on creating a more in-depth strategy to enhance the organization’s Indigenous relations. This includes working with Indigenous communities to develop relationships and partnerships with the Canadian Housing Mortgage Corporation (CMHC) and the Department of Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) and developing relationships with organizations such as the First Nations Health Authority. 52 3.1.2.2 Funding Opportunities BC Housing supports Indigenous Nations, communities, and organizations through various funding opportunities. This includes the Indigenous Housing Fund, a housing program and proposal process that expanded support to on-reserve housing projects in 2018 and represents a historical moment with BC being the first province in Canada to provincially fund “on- Nation” 53 housing. 54 An overview of all funding opportunities is provided in Table 4 below.
51 Ibid. 52 Ibid.
53 In recent years, BC Housing has started to use the term “on-Nation” internally (with staff and Board) to describe on-reserve and in-community contexts. The term “on-Nation” was adopted by the Ministry of Housing as an alternative to “on-reserve.” 54 PAR Internal Assessment Report 2019.
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