Reconciliation

We believe that we need to be interactive in our Regina, Moose Jaw and Weyburn community and have attended many events in the community (National Indigenous Peoples Day, Orange Shirt Day Walks, Pow Wows, workshops on Indigenous Peoples history, culture, and worldviews, Career Fairs, and other important events. We are proud of the kinship relationships we are building with Indigenous groups and look forward to connecting with many more.  

Office:  We have worked hard to ensure that Indigenous voices are at all levels of our organization from Board Member to volunteers within our programs, to staff and students.  

Training: We believe it is important to support our staff on their learning journey, and as such, we have embedded Indigenous Awareness training for all staff and yearly professional development that helps our staff to better understand the shared history of this land.  

Programming: Integration within our programs: we have integrated cultural programming to be more reflective of the youth we serve, for example, incorporating Indigenous materials for activities, and partnership with other community partners to host and facilitate events. 

Print Material: As a non-Indigenous organization working with diverse communities, including many Indigenous youth but with few Indigenous mentors, we consistently seek the best ways to equip our mentors. Our journey involves meetings, dialogues, guidance from other BBBS agencies, surveys, and collaboration with community members and organizations—both Indigenous and non-Indigenous. This process is helping us grow as an organization and better prepare future mentors.    Read here: BBBS-Indigenous-Toolkit-Regina (link)  

Acknowledgement: Within our email signatures, at events, meetings, and within our physical presence in our offices, we respectfully recognize and honour that we live and work on Treaty 4 territory and the homeland of the Metis Nation.