Truth and Reconciliation

• Working with local Aboriginal community groups in homework help
• Ensuring culturally, and age-appropriate collections are made available
• Providing culturally appropriate programming, involving parents and elders
• Using the principles and approaches of Community-led librarianship to ensure that community needs are identified, prioritized and met
• Providing culturally appropriate/relevant information literacy workshops
• Ensuring that story times support early childhood education programs for Aboriginal families
• Working with local associations, community groups, and city partners to provide culturally appropriate parenting programs for Aboriginal families
• Providing access to relevant government reports
• Providing space, resources and facilities to enable public dialogue, public/private partnerships and public initiatives for reconciliation
• Introducing core training for all staff to ensure awareness of the inter-generational impact of residential schools and colonization
• Forming staff working group to focus on furthering reconciliation within the Library
• Adopting a formal statement acknowledging the Treaty, unceded and traditional territory on which the library sits 

1-866-925-4419 | The Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line is available 24 hours a day for anyone experiencing pain or distress as a result of their Residential school experience. This line is also available to family of former students.

1-800-KUU-US17 (1-800-588-8717)
Child and Youth Text line: 250-723-2040
Adult and Elder line: 250-723-4050

First Nations and Aboriginal specific crisis line 24/7, regardless of where individuals reside in BC.

1-800-668-6868 | Speak to a professional counsellor 24 hours a day or text CONNECT to 686868

If you are experiencing emotional distress and want to talk, contact the toll-free Hope for Wellness Help Line at 1-855-242-3310 or the Home For Wellness online chat service, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Toll free 1-877-779-2223 or 604-738-9950, Monday – Friday 9:00 am-5:00 pm | To provide support to anyone coping with grief and loss. 

1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) | If you are in distress or are worried about someone in distress who may hurt themselves, phone the suicide help line to connect to a staff person. No waits or busy signals. Available 24/7 throughout Canada and US.

Learn about the Kwikwetlem First Nation's community groups, environmental stewardship, title, rights and future plans.

Visit the Kwikwetlem First Nation website

Use the interactive map to view and explore the Kwikwetlem First Nation community and other surrounding territories.

View map

Stolen Lands, Broken Promises is a hands-on resource designed to guide researchers through planning and completing lands-related research projects that have a strong historical component.

Read it online or download the manual

Truth & Reconciliation Week is a 5-day national event that will continue the conversations from Every Child Matters. Important conversations including the truths of the Indigenous treaties, First Nation, Métis and Inuit land claims, and the residential schools system.

Watch recorded sessions