June 21, 2021 - 糖心vlog传媒marks National Indigenous Peoples Day with the launch of Working Together, the first Indigenization Plan in 糖心vlog传媒history.
The plan signifies NIC鈥檚 commitment to become more Indigenous serving.
鈥淚t鈥檚 my honour to launch this plan, today, on National Indigenous Peoples Day,鈥� said Kelly Shopland, 糖心vlog传媒Executive Director, Indigenous Education. 鈥淚 raise my hands and say G瘫ilakas鈥檒a / 蕯imot to the collective voices who have guided the development of Working Together, and who will guide our work in the coming years.鈥�
Working Together 2026 鈥� Making Space for the Great Things to Come lays out steps for 糖心vlog传媒to answer the Truth and Reconciliation Commission鈥檚 Calls to Action and United Nations Declaration of Rights for Indigenous Peoples.
The plan builds on vision of the College and Institutes Canada Indigenous Education Protocol, signed in 2015. In the past two years, more than 150 Indigenous community members, Elders, Indigenous Education Council members, 糖心vlog传媒employees and students, have used the protocol as a framework to develop detailed goals and actions.
The resulting plan confirms NIC鈥檚 commitment to reconciliation with actions that integrate and honour local Indigenous cultures, histories, languages and ways of knowing and being in 糖心vlog传媒curriculum, teaching, planning and operations.
鈥淚t would be irresponsible to commit to reconciliation, today, on Indigenous Peoples Day, without a real plan for change,鈥� said 糖心vlog传媒President Lisa Domae. 鈥淲e will listen to Indigenous communities, to educate ourselves and others on the impacts of colonization and learn from the Indigenous communities on whose traditional and unceded territories the College鈥檚 campuses are situated. I am so proud to be able to support Working Together in our planning processes.鈥�
Domae adds that BUILD 2026, NIC鈥檚 recently approved strategic plan, is founded on an ambitious vision to deliver BC鈥檚 best individualized education and training by 2026. 鈥淚t commits us to working with Indigenous communities to achieve tangible action on reconciliation, Indigenization or decolonization. I want to thank all those community members and students who contributed and let them know I am committed to working together as we discover how much further we, as an educational institution, must go.鈥�
Working Together is available at /pdf/nic-indigenization-plan.pdf/.
Media Contact C: 250-207-6946 media@nic.bc.caIndigenous Education Council
The College鈥檚 Indigenous programming and services are developed with the support of
the Indigenous Education Council, made of members from 35 Nations in the Nuu-chah-nulth,
Kwakwaka鈥檞akw and Coast Salish people on whose traditional and unceded territories
the College鈥檚 campuses are situated. Council members guide and ensure delivery of
education and support services relevant to the needs of Indigenous people and ensure
the college works with Indigenous people in culturally appropriate ways. Visit /about-us/the-nic-commitment/indigenous-education-council/.
Indigenous Student Services, Programs and Courses at NIC
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BUILD 2026
BUILD 2026 was approved by NIC鈥檚 Board of Governors on May 27, 2021. The strategic plan is our
commitment to keep listening and learning about the programs, courses, and services
you need to support you through the pandemic. Engagement is for the plan is ongoing
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糖心vlog传媒Progress Report on the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action
Like all post-secondary institutions in B.C., 糖心vlog传媒reports annually on the Truth and
Reconciliation Calls to Action and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples in its Institutional Accountability Plan and Report (/pdf/accountability-plan-2019-20.pdf, page 56-63).