BACKGROUND
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada was created by the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. For over six years the Commission traveled the country and heard from Aboriginal people the impact Residential schools had on their lives and their communities. The Commission culminated its efforts with a report outlining 94 calls to action. This page provides information related to Thrive’s work towards reconciliation.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We recognize that Residential Schools and other acts of colonization have resulted in broad inequities for Indigenous people in Canada, and that these inequities create significant and unique barriers for Indigenous children, families and community trying to access services. As a multi-faceted agency advocating for services which are inclusive and accessible to all community members, we acknowledge our responsibility to work towards reconciliation with the Indigenous community.
OUR COMMITMENTS
Thrive acknowledges that we live, work and play on the Traditional Territory of the Lək̓ʷəŋən speaking peoples. It recognizes the First Nations governments across this region — Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees) and Xwsepsum (Esquimalt) Nations in the core area, the W̱SÁNEĆ Nations {W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip), BOḰEĆEN (Pauquachin), SȾÁUTW̱,(Tsawout) W̱SIKEM (Tseycum)} out on the Saanich Peninsula and Gulf Islands, to the west Sc'ianew (Beecher Bay), T’Sou-ke, and Pacheedaht, and MÁLEXEȽ (Malahat) and Pune’laxutth’ (Penelekut) Nations.
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