SIIA NEWS AND ANNOUNCMENTS
Lekwungen Engagement Update (Summer 2024)
SIIA remains committed to engaging with and working in collaboration with our Lekwungen communities. From Fall 2022- Summer 2023, SIIA engaged in extensive community engagement with the Lekwungen communities. This engagement took many forms, including of...
Moving Away from the Canadian Court System: SIIA’s Commitment to ADR
By: Paula Rasmussen Date: August 20, 2024 The South Island Indigenous Authority (SIIA) is in the process of developing an Indigenous dispute resolution model as a component of our draft child and family wellness law. Section 18(2) of the An Act Respecting Indigenous,...
Thank you for all the teachings
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...
p̓aačiidʔaaʔtx Community Visit (MARCH 2023)
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 hear...
January UPDATE
SIIA’s New Year Update
Summer/Fall 2022 Community Engagement- Urban
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 community in the...
Fall 2022 Community Engagement- SC’IANEW (Beecher Bay)
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-...
Summer 2022 Community Engagement- Sc’ianew (Beecher Bay)
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!
Fall 2022 Community Engagement- p̓aačiidʔaaʔtx (Pacheedaht)
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...
Summer 2022 Community engagement- p̓aačiidʔaaʔtx (Pacheedaht)
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,...
Summer 2022 Community Engagement- W̱SÍKEM (Tseycum)
Over the summer, our SIIA team was grateful for all the Craft and Social evenings they were able to host in W̱SÍKEM. Despite the small gathering space available, we consistently witnessed a large number of community members come out to join us! In following our...
Fall 2022 Community engagement- W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip)
This fall, W̱JOȽEȽP Nation members were busy making Ribbon Skirts through workshops organized by SIIA and facilitated by the fantastic Crystal Brune. These Ribbon Skirt workshops were requested by community members and were an opportunity for SIIA to continue to build...