John and Mic

Mavis Underwood is a teacher, elder, advocate, spiritual leader and community representative from the Peninsula based Tsawout Nation. Our discussion specific to the Territorial Acknowledgement was captivating and compelling.

 

Thank you Mavis for continuing to work and engage with Regional Industry sectors to help all of our communities. Your ongoing and consistent leadership is invaluable.

As someone who chairs and/or leads business meetings on a regular basis, I have been encouraged and challenged to begin meetings with a First Nations Territorial Acknowledgement. It's been a fascinating, earnest & unexpected journey of self-awareness and personal reconciliation. I have sought guidance and understanding from regional First Nations leaders and have recorded these discussions to help broaden the dialogue & conversation amongst business community colleagues.

My daughter Kathryn works for RAVEN (RAVEN raises legal defence funds for Indigenous Peoples in Canada to defend their rights and the integrity of lands and cultures). Please consider attending the following fund-raiser:

On July 22nd, join us for an evening of music and stories on and for the water.

 

Float your canoe, kayak, paddleboard, floatie, rowboat (you name it!) to some music and stories on the dock at Victoria Canoe and Kayak Club, featuring Kwakwaka'wakw & Songhees/Coast Salish artist Brianna Dick, ANSWER Drum Group and live music from local jazz and soul band, Wes Carroll Confabulation featuring Owen Chow on trumpet.

 

Don't have a boat? These concerts are accessible to watch from land at Esquimalt Gorge Park (across the Gorge) and on the public beach next to Victoria Canoe and Kayak Club.

 

All ticket purchases and donations will go towards West Moberly First Nations legal challenge in opposition to the Site C Dam (https://fundraise.raventrust.com/event/july-22-floating-concert-on-the-gorge-with-wes-carroll-confabulation-and-e-lie-brianna-marie-dick/e347539). 

 

Nola discusses the resultant triggering & healing processes from the discovery of unmarked gravesites across Canada.

 

All Points West with Kathryn Marlow - June 17th Interview with Nola Jeffrey, ED Tsow-Tun Le Lum Society Residential Substance Abuse Center. Nola discusses the Tsow-Tun Le Lum healing centre moving to a new facility in Cowichan.

In this podcast I have the pleasure of digitally meeting & chatting with Kelly Edzerza-Bapty. Kelly is one of the premier Indigenous business leaders in Canada.  She is an Architect and Industrial Designer based in Golden, BC, and the second Indigenous and first Tahltan woman in the province to achieve the AIBC designation.

Kelly is the principle of Obsidian Architecture, an Indigenous owned and operated firm practising architecture & design in communities across BC & Yukon.  We were also joined by Scott Kemp, Principal of Scott Kemp Architect based in Vancouver. Both architects are currently involved with the construction of the Tsawout Nation Bighouse in Central Saanich.

In this podcast we discuss key factors to successful Indigenous/Industry employment activities. Those include:

• building relationships,
• combatting systemic racism,
• acknowledging & understanding the historical context of Indigenous communities in Canadian society,
• learning to embrace the huge, untapped potential of hiring Indigenous peoples

• Adam & John Juricic discuss the recently released Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond report on this subject
• we discuss business & organizational strategies to address this issue in the workplace

Christina Clarke, CEO of the Songhees Development Corporation, has been a strong leader and remarkable advocate for developing Industry and First Nations employment related relationships. The discussion specific to the Territorial Acknowledgement has become the proverbial bridge by which we begin meaningful reconciliation, building trust & long-term relationships.

In this must listen podcast for every business person, Christina provides a sincere and passionate overview of the Territorial Acknowledgement, it’s historical context, community integration and cultural significance.

As someone who chairs and/or leads business meetings on a regular basis, I have been encouraged and challenged to begin meetings with a First Nations Territorial Acknowledgement. It's been a fascinating, earnest & unexpected  journey of self-awareness and personal reconciliation. I have sought guidance and understanding from regional First Nations leaders and have recorded these discussions to help broaden the dialogue & conversation amongst business community colleagues.