Getting Curious about Economic Reconciliation

Description

How do businesses take action towards economic reconciliation that goes beyond checking a box?

Join Sxwpilemaát Siyám (Chief Leanne Joe, Squamish Nation) and Lily Raphael for a session where they will discuss the learnings and content of the Economic Reconciliation Framework in BC, based on convenings with Indigenous thought leaders and community economic development practitioners from across the province.

Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of what transformative economic reconciliation looks like, and invitations for how businesses and individuals can commit to this journey of reconciliation with Indigenous communities.

Following a presentation of the framework, there will be some small-group discussions and a Q&A period.
 

Event Details:

Date:  Wednesday, February 9
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am
Venue:  Digital 
Tickets: Complimentary- BBOT members only
Register: Call 604 412 0100, email us, or sign up online using your email address.

Presenters:


Sxwpilemaát Siyám Chief Leanne Joe is a Transformative Storyteller for Economic Reconciliation, with Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Environment, Community Economic Development program. She is extremely passionate about her work in Economic Reconciliation and hopes that she can inspire others to meaningful engage in it. She has a BA in Business Administration, Community Economic Development Certificate, and other related certificates and training. Sxwpilemaát Siyám authentic teachings come from her culture, language and lands of her peoples. She is a very passionate and resilient woman who is committed to being in service of her families, communities and Nations. She knows that our legacy is our children; thus, understands her responsibility to ensure that their future and the generations to come, have a more balance, peace and wellness in their lives. Whereupon, they have the tools to engage in the world in a completely different way than we have and can walk in two worlds with ease…using the knowledge of the past to make a brighter future.


Lily Raphael is a community planner and educator currently living in Vancouver, on the unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. For 10 years she has worked at the intersection of culture, ecology and community development, with an emphasis on co-creating with communities to address eco-social challenges. Her work draws on action research, equity-centered community design, place-based learning, somatics and creative praxis. Lily’s work and research interests include community-driven planning, co-management in heritage and conservation planning, collective memory and placemaking, and the 'how' of systems transformation — from the ways in which we come together to make decisions and address complex challenges, to the ways in which we learn, heal, deepen our capacities, and communicate knowledge. Lily holds a Masters in Community and Regional Planning and is a co-author of the Framework for Economic Reconciliation in BC. She is of Black/Louisiana Creole, German and Irish ancestry.
 

This event is part of our Diversity, Inclusion & Business Program that features the Burnaby Board of Trade’s ongoing efforts in support of diversity and inclusion in our business community through education, advocacy and events.

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