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First Peoples’ Cultural Council – First Peoples’ Map
HELP encourages all educators, parents, and students to visit the interactive First Peoples’ Map of B.C. to view Indigenous language regions, artists and artworks, place names and community landmarks.
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Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+
The National Inquiry’s Final Report reveals that persistent and deliberate human and Indigenous rights violations and abuses are the root cause behind Canada’s staggering rates of violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people. The two-volume report calls for transformative legal and social changes to resolve the crisis that has devastated Indigenous communities across the country.
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Reconciliation Pole
The Reconciliation Pole, a 55-foot carved 800-year-old red cedar pole, was designed and carved under the direction of Haida Master Carver and Hereditary Chief 7idansuu (Edenshaw).
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The First Nations Information Governance Centre - A First Nations Data Governance Strategy
In answering the call for decolonizing data, HELP aims to align with the vision and mission articulated in the First Nations Data Governance Strategy (FNIGC) to “strengthen First Nations institutions and communities to achieve data sovereignty and support the development of information governance and management at the community level through partnership and in alignment with their distinct worldviews.”
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Reports
In order to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconciliation, HELP continues to seek ways to implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 calls to action.
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UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan
The Indigenous Strategic Plan (2020) sets out a series of eight goals and 43 actions the university will collectively take in order to advance our vision of becoming a leading university globally in the implementation of Indigenous Peoples’