Outreach session coming Nov. 3: Women in the Trades
On Wednesday Nov. 3, our next Outreach session will discuss Women in the Trades. Are women getting the opportunity to enter and build careers in LNG, natural gas, pipelines and other areas? And the help they need? What’s the picture? What’s working? What changes are needed? From noon to 1:15pm PDT, join us and our…
The Road to Reconciliation & Reconciliaction
Thursday Sept. 30 is a new federal holiday: the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation — billed by Ottawa as an opportunity to ‘recognize and commemorate the legacy of residential schools (through) a day of quiet reflection or participation in a community event.’ It’s also Orange Shirt Day, marked since 2013 to honour residential-school survivors and…
Events around Sept. 30 holiday and Orange Shirt Day
Here are some events set for, or related to, Sept. 30, the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. Will you take part? (All times below are PDT) Sept. 27-Oct. 1 or 2 National: From Sept. 27 to Oct. 1, Truth and Reconciliation Week 2021, an online event open to all Canadian…
Job opening: Diversity and Inclusion Outreach Worker, northeast BC
The Alliance has an opening for a Diversity and Inclusion Outreach Worker for Northeast BC. See details below, and please note the application deadline of Friday Sept. 24, 2021, at 5 p.m. PDT. CONTRACT TITLE: Diversity and Inclusion Outreach Worker LOCATION: Northeast BC START DATE: As soon as possible DUTIES: Reporting to the Senior Diversity…
Outreach: Reconciliation is in the air
The Alliance’s third outreach session on 29 July 2021 drew participants from BC and Alberta, and focused on local governments’ roles in economic reconciliation with First Nations. Here are condensed remarks from Mayor Dale Bumstead of Dawson Creek BC, himself a member of the Métis Nation, and Councillor Charlie Rensby of Burns Lake BC: Mayor…