Terry Teegee: The mineral claims consultation framework is a step backward for B.C.
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Self-Sufficiency
Reconciliation with a paycheque: How a new focus on good jobs is helping young Indigenous people and B.C.'s economy
As a journeyman ironworker, Dalia Landaverde has installed the structural skeletons in some of Vancouver’s largest and most impressive residential towers.
Standing outside a massive construction site in South Vancouver, the 29-year-old woman beams with pride while discussing how this well-paying job pulled her out of poverty.
“I was a brand new, young single mom — no job, no education, really no prospects of what to do,” she recalled.
“Now I live off Commercial Drive. I support my son by myself. I have a big, nice truck. I’ve done all right for myself.”
New First Nations centre coming to B.C. to give economic development guidance
Centre will look at how to better benefit from sectors such as forestry, mining and natural gas.
A group of 204 First Nations in B.C. will soon have one central hub to look toward for support and advice on economic development.
The B.C. Assembly of First Nations announced Tuesday (Oct. 11) the launch of its new Centre of Excellence in First Nations Economic Development, along with a $1.2-million injection from the province.
The federal government is failing First Nations fishers, Senate committee finds
A new report from the Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans asserts that the federal government has failed to fully implement Indigenous rights-based fisheries.
For the next Thousand Years! Kanaka Bar's Vision for a sustainable future
What we do to the Land, we do to ourselves. (Kukpi7) Chief Patrick Michell explains that NOW is the time for action and investment in renewable technologies based on indigenous leadership, and re-localizing the necessities of life: Water, Food, Energy, Housing and Employment. For more information, please visit
Nuxalk Housing Solutions - Part 1 - Promo
The Nuxalk Nation in Bella Coola British Columbia has done some amazing work in their housing and social development sectors. They have come up with some brilliant solutions to issues that plague First nations across the country. This promotional video was made to screen at the 2017 joint gathering in Vancouver BC. It is the first in a 2 part series made in hopes of inspiring other nations to adopt and adapt some of the Nuxalk Nation's successful strategies. Part 2 is coming soon and will be an in-depth look at their programs, strategies and successes.
T'Sou-ke First Nation: A leader in the innovative use of renewable energy in Canada
See how the T'Sou-ke First Nation on Vancouver Island has become a leader in the innovative use of renewable energy in Canada and how it became the most solar intensive community in Canada. For more information about Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, please visit. For more information about T'Sou-ke First Nation, please visit.
Read a transcript of this video on the AANDC web site.