On Thursday June 8th, SIIA’s Urban Community Engagement Lead, Jenna Lancaster (?IXC’AMGILAKW) hosted an urban Kwakwaka’wakw engagement event at the Mungo Martin House in Thunderbird Park. Members of our SIIA team had the opportunity to witness the event and meet...
May 25, 2023 During the month of May, SIIA organized a meeting with members of the Sts’ailes Nation who are involved in implementing Snōwoyelh Te Émí:melh Te Sts’ailes, the Nation’s child and family services law. Although the legislation was enacted in February...
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 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...
Last Monday, our Interim Executive Director and Service Quality Lead had the opportunity to visit p̓aačiidʔaaʔtx to talk with Chief Jones and Council Member Trystan Dunn-Jones about SIIA’s work. We also had the opportunity to meet with some staff members and...
