
Empowering Indigenous Elders Through Literacy
The Literacy Circle’s (TLC) Learning for Life initiative provides English literacy training and essential math skills to Indigenous Elders and adults, including Residential and Day School Survivors and Intergenerational Survivors. This initiative was born out of a need expressed by Elders in the Snuneymuwx (Nanaimo) area, many of whom lacked formal education due to their experiences in Residential and Day Schools

Cultivating Culture, Community and Care
The Peers Victoria Resources Society, a grassroots agency in Victoria, supports the Indigenous-led QomQem Coastal Connections program. Together, the groups run a Drop-In Centre that offers cultural programming, food from a local Songhees cook, Elder visits and cultural education delivered by local knowledge keepers.

Reviving Tradition: The Restoration of St. Pius X Church at Yuquot, BC
The village of Yuquot, the traditional home of the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations, is located on Nootka Island, British Columbia. At the heart of the village stands St. Pius X Church, a symbol of cultural significance and community unity.

ey stelnexw: Good Medicine for Healing Connections
The Indigenous Outreach Workers (IOW) Network, also known as ey stelnexw ("good medicine" in Lekwungen), was formed in 2020 in the Greater Victoria, British Columbia area to support relatives and friends who are living unhoused, precariously housed or who may be using substances.

Healing Regalia: Reclaiming Dignity and Identity
The Healing Regalia Project is an initiative by the syiyaya Reconciliation Movement that hopes to heal the deep intergenerational trauma experienced by survivors and families from the St. Augustine's Residential School. The school operated in Sechelt, British Columbia between 1905 and 1974.

Strengthening Cultural Programming as a Reconciliation Effort at Dr. Peter Centre
Walking through to doors of the Dr. Peter Centre in Vancouver’s West Side offers a sense of relief for many. The HIV/AIDS care facility looks more like a home than a clinic. Smells of soup and warm bread fill the air. Those coming in off the street are welcome to shower, do laundry or join a music or art therapy group

Reconciliation through language vitalization: Supporting the Victoria Native Friendship Centre’s Elders Program
The goal of the Victoria Native Friendship Centre’s (VNFC) Language Revitalization & Elders Program is to provide support to those most vulnerable in the community. Elders have survived residential school, lifelong poverty, cultural displacement and ongoing racist attitudes.




