shíshálh Nation and the Loon Foundation Sign Landmark Collaboration Agreement to Support Environmental Education, Research and Stewardship in kalpilin (Pender Harbour)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (SECHELT, BC) – The Loon Foundation and shíshálh Nation have signed a historic, 15-year Relationship Agreement that represents a landmark collaboration in the development and operation of the Pender Harbour Ocean Discovery Station (PODS), a community-based noprofit NGO. The agreement also covers the future operation and transfer… Read more

Housing Policy Update

Zoom recording from October 2024, Housing Policy Community Engagement Meeting

Orange Shirt Day / National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

 Join shishalh Nation for Orange Shirt Day / National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. To recognize, honour, and support survivors of residential schools, and commemorate the children that attended the Sechelt Residential School.   Schedule of events:   Commemoration Ceremony: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm located at the Residential… Read more

RE: District of Sechelt Council’s support for the Union of BC Indian Chiefs’ Resolution 2024-33 “Rejection of Residential School Denialism”

September 20, 2024 District of Sechelt Council PO Box 129 5797 Cowrie St, 2nd Floor Sechelt, BC VON 3A0   We are writing to express our gratitude for the District of Sechelt Council’s standing with us and for support of UBCIC Resolution 2024-33 “Rejection of Residential School Denialism.” Residential Schools… Read more

RE: District of Sechelt Mayor’s failure to support Union of BC Indian Chiefs’ Resolution 2024-33 “Rejection of Residential School Denialism”

September 20, 2024 District of Sechelt Mayor PO Box 129 5797 Cowrie St, 2nd Floor Sechelt, BC VON 3A0   We are writing in response to your failure to join District of Sechelt Council in expressing support for UBCIC Resolution 2024-33 “Rejection of Residential School Denialism.” Relatedly, we understand that… Read more

Updates to dock management plan provide certainty for Sunshine Coast dock owners

Updates to dock management plan provide certainty for Sunshine Coast dock owners VICTORIA – B.C. and shíshálh Nation are making further updates to changes proposed in the shíshálh swiya Dock Management Plan (DMP) to provide additional predictability for Sunshine Coast dock and boathouse owners. The latest changes are informed by… Read more

shíshálh Nation Name Recognized in Legislative Amendment

SECHELT – The shíshálh Nation will be better reflected in provincial legislation after the passage of legislative amendments to recognize traditional and legal shíshálh names in existing provincial acts. “We are pleased that provincial legislation is being updated to reflect our proper name,” said shíshálh Chief (lhe hiwus) Lenora Joe…. Read more

shishalh Nation and Renewal Development in partnership with Wesgroup Properties Announce Nation Housing Project

[SECHELT, B.C.] The shishalh Nation and Renewal Development, with support from Wesgroup Properties, are excited to announce a sustainable and affordable housing project where 10 homes are being repurposed for the Nation. On Tuesday, April 2nd, the Nation and Renewal Development start trucking and then barging homes that were previously… Read more

shishalh Nation attends Women’s Memorial March

shishalh Nation staff, teens, and members of Chief and Council attended this year’s 33rd Women’s Memorial March in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. The Memorial March, on or around Valentine’s Day, is organized for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, two-spirited people, and transgender individuals from across the country. It… Read more

Joint statement on shíshálh swiya Dock Management Plan process

 SECHELT – Nathan Cullen, Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship; Murray Rankin, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation; and lhe hiwus (Chief) Lenora Joe, shíshálh Nation (shíshálh), have released the following joint statement: “We stand shoulder to shoulder to denounce in the strongest terms the inflammatory and disrespectful statements… Read more