May 11, 2023 Over the past two years, inmates and staff at the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre have followed the guidance of Indigenous elders, such as Tom LaFortune, and collectively carved a totem pole that represents an acknowledgement of the...
A shareable report on who the South Island Indigenous Authority (SIIA) is and the work being done to support the South Island Nations in reasserting their inherent jurisdiction over child and family services. Updated May 10, 2023
A Message from SIIA Contractor Doug Hughes As warmer days signal the arrival of spring in the Coast Salish Traditional Territories, I have taken time to review my life journey and have decided now is the time to leave SIIA. The COVID epidemic has been hard on all of...
