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Our Approach

Special Interest Groups

The FNHIC-BC is engaging directly with special interest groups across BC, including youth, young parents, women, elders, and people with diverse-abilities to understand unique perspectives around housing and infrastructure, learn about shared initiatives, develop a strong knowledge base, foster strong working relationships and generate feedback on how these unique perspectives will be incorporated into the Authority.

First Nations Organizations

The FNHIC-BC is engaging directly with First Nations Organizations involved in housing and infrastructure across BC to learn about shared initiatives, develop a strong knowledge base, generate feedback on how these organizations will work with the Authority, and foster strong working relationships.

First Nations Leadership

The FNHIC-BC is engaging directly with First Nations Leadership across BC to build relationships and trust, generate feedback, and foster strong working relationships. We provide regular updates to the Leadership Council and Leadership organizations in order to ensure First Nations leadership is up to date on all aspects involved in the creation of a new Authority. We conduct individual Leadership presentations to share information and to listen to concerns and suggestions.

Urban & Off-Reserve Housing Providers

The FNHIC-BC is seeking to engage directly with Urban and Off-Reserve housing providers involved in housing and infrastructure across BC to learn about shared initiatives, develop a strong knowledge base, generate feedback on how these organizations will work with the Authority, and foster strong working relationships.

First Nations

The FNHIC-BC is engaging directly with First Nations across BC to build relationships and trust, develop a knowledge base, generate feedback, foster strong working relationships and incorporate community input into evidence-based decisions that will inform the Authority.

Tribal Councils

The FNHIC-BC is seeking to engage directly with Tribal Councils and technical service providers involved in housing and infrastructure across BC to learn about shared initiatives, develop a strong knowledge base, generate feedback on how these organizations will work with the Authority, and foster strong working relationships.

Timeline

Egnagement

Navigating Change

Navigating Change Through Engagement

The FNHIC-BC acknowledges that the transfer of authority from Canada to a First Nations Authority will be disruptive and require dedicated effort to inform and assist First Nations in the process. The FNHIC-BCs Navigating Change Policy and Methodology approaches change as a collective responsibility where FNHIC-BC and BC First Nations establish a vision, in cooperation with federal government partners, and actively navigate the necessary changes to achieve that goal together. The FNHIC-BC’s Navigating Change Methodology relies on Engagement as the key change activity and shares many principles of Participatory Engagement that are incorporated throughout our Engagement Strategy.

A key principle in the FNHIC-BC’s Navigating Change Policy and Methodology is Reciprocal Accountability, meaning: if BC First Nations are expected to create a new housing and infrastructure delivery system they must have meaningful opportunities to prepare themselves and to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills. The role of facilitator of the exchange of the necessary knowledge and skills falls primarily on the FNHIC-BC and ISC. First Nations and Tribal Councils will identify the change required in their organizations and work with FNHIC to access assistance. 

The four core change messages that will be communicated through the engagement process are: 

  1. The transfer of authority from Canada to a First Nations’ Authority is a significant step towards self-determination.
  2. There are good reasons and need for change—government care, control and management of First Nations housing and infrastructure programs and services is no longer acceptable and is being discontinued. The transfer of care control and management of housing and infrastructure programs and services will be transferred to First Nations organizations;
  3. Together the FNHIC-BC and First Nations must create and embrace a new vision for the future; and
  4. New practices, policies and relationships must be put in place.

Phase 3 Engagement

We launched our Phase 3 Engagement - Pathways Towards Transformation in July, 2020. In light of COVID-19, we revised our approach and are proceeding with online engagements and webinars. Click here to see Recent Engagements.

Phase 3 Engagement

Phase 2 Engagement

In 2019 three potential delivery model examples were presented to the BC First Nations housing and infrastructure community and leaders for feedback. The FNHIC-BC repeated engagement sessions to further refine ideas, the delivery models and the terms of the associated transfer agreement between the FNHIC-BC and ISC.

Phase 2 Engagement

Phase 1 Engagement

Phase 1 Engagement concluded in 2018. The Report summary is available online.

Phase 1 Engagement