The South Island Indigenous Authority Society was officially registered in B.C. on January 24, 2019. While the work of regaining control over child and family services for our Nations has been ongoing, it is interesting to reflect on entering the fifth year of work...
Including our urban community members’ voices is an important part of SIIA’s community engagement work. Over the summer and fall, our team has reached out and connected with a number of key Indigenous Service providers who primarily serve the urban...
Our SIIA team has been grateful to be present a bit more in the community over the fall through both a Beading Lunch Social as well as a Ribbon Skirt Workshop hosted by the fantastic Crystal Brune! October 24, 2022- Sc’ianew Ribbon Skirt Night October 17, 2022-...
In June, our SIIA team was honoured to take part in Sc’ianew’s first BBQ and Grad Ceremony since the start of the pandemic! It was so awesome to see the community all come out to support their grads and share a meal together!
Our team was grateful to head out again to p̓aačiidʔaaʔtx to connect with community! Shana brought along Orange Shirt Bead packages and everyone was busied themselves learning together, laughing and sharing teachings. The significance of cedar was highlighted...
It was a packed house for our first p̓aačiidʔaaʔtx Community Engagement session! ƛ̕eeko ƛ̕eeko to all those who came out! For more information about the work happening in p̓aačiidʔaaʔtx, contact Shana Sylvester at shanasylvester@siia.ca. August 5,...
