Highlights In early 2022, the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport (TACS) provided Indigenous Tourism BC (ITBC) with $3.7 million to support the implementation of ITBC’s alignment strategy (2021 – 2024) to support the recovery of Indigenous tourism to pre-pandemic levels.  To achieve recovery, ITBC created the capacity building and resiliency program as a…

Highlights As of January 2024, 80% of homes on First Nation reserves and Modern Treaty Nation lands have access to high-speed internet services. When all current projects are complete, that figure will rise to 91.7%. As more projects are received and assessed through the Connecting Communities BC program, this figure will increase until all homes…

Highlights In alignment with a distinctions-based approach, the Ministry of Education and Child Care (ECC) has provided direction to B.C. superintendents that the language, culture, heritage, history, and land-based connections of the First Nation(s) whose territory a school district is located are honoured, acknowledged, and taught. Historically, boards of education have decided which languages will…

Highlights In alignment with a distinctions-based approach, the Ministry of Education and Child Care (ECC) continues to support partnerships between school districts and First Nations communities in developing curriculum documents for First Nations languages. There are currently 20 ministry-recognized First Nation language curriculum documents, to support the teaching and learning of 20 First Nations languages. …