Associations near Similkan BC (102 Result(s))

The Indian Residential School Survivor Society (IRSSS) is a provincial organization with a twenty year history of providing services to Indian Residential School Survivors.The Indian Residential School Survivors Society began in 1994 as a working committee of the First Nations Summit. We were known as the Residential School Project, housed out of and as a part of the BC First Nations Summit. The work was primarily to assist Survivors with the litigation process pertaining to residential school abuses. In the more recent years the work has expanded to include assisting the descendants of Survivors and Community education measures (Aboriginal & Non-Aboriginal).

The negotiations on the Statutory Easement for the Evans-Ashwell Connection road are now complete. The easement was the Department of Indian Affairs last land management obligation before Squiala can begin managing its own lands and resources according to the Land Code. The Individual Agreement that transfers the land management authority from the Government of Canada to Squiala First Nation is waiting for a signature from the Minister. Once the minister signs the the agreement Squiala can begin managing its own lands and resources. Construction of the Evans Interchange/Connector Project is expected to start in August 2008.