Urban Indigenous Self-Determination Symposium Livestream
About the symposium
You’re invited to join our Symposium on Urban Indigenous Self-Determination, on November 23 and 24th, 2023. The Symposium will be held in Vancouver, on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
The purpose of the Symposium is to deepen the dialogue within urban Indigenous communities, First Nations, and governments about implementing the right to self-determination in an urban context. Specifically, the adoption of the Declaration by BC and Canada presents a historic opportunity to implement self-determination in the places where the majority of Indigenous people in Canada live. Affirming this right in an urban context affirms that Indigenous rights, and Indigenous people, are capable of evolving, changing, and adopting new forms of social and political life, and that these are not subordinate to the settler state. Urban communities, then, are a central location in the urgent project of decolonization.
Urban Indigenous Self-Determination Symposium
The purpose of the Symposium is to deepen the dialogue within urban Indigenous communities, First Nations, and governments about implementing the right to self-determination in an urban context.
Become a Member
The purpose of the Symposium is to deepen the dialogue within urban Indigenous communities, First Nations, and governments about implementing the right to self-determination in an urban context.
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Why you should join
The Northwest Indigenous Council is an organization where you can work alongside other urban and rural Indigenous peoples to ensure you have a legitimized voice and a place at the table to ensure your rights and aspirations are brought to important discussion in your neighbourhoods, cities, villages and the evolving Nation to Nation discourse.
The Northwest Indigenous Council’s governance includes an Annual General Meeting that takes place typically in January or February where all are welcome.
As a young organization, the Northwest Indigenous Council has a volunteer working board with little operational funding. The Board of Directors is elected by, and accountable to, the organization’s membership.
The Northwest Indigenous Council hosts quarterly Board of Director meetings to identify priorities and develop a strategy moving forward on numerous key issues impacting the people the Northwest Indigenous Council seeks to advocate for.