Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Events with an Indigenous focus or including Indigenous speakers.

Since 1991, the Women's Memorial March Committee has organized a march on February 14th to honour the memory of all women from the Downtown Eastside who have died due to physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual violence. Each year since 2005, the Women's Memorial March Quilt is carried by dozens of people during that march. This quilt was created through the collaboration of family members, friends, and community members over many years. 

Each year Vancouver Public Library hosts an Indigenous Storyteller in Residence who organizes events at library branches throughout the city. The Indigenous Storyteller in Residence provides a valuable link between the library and Indigenous communities as a way to honour Indigenous culture and traditions, and connect storytellers and listeners. For both Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants, this promotes intercultural understanding and communication.

Canadian Indigenous television network.

Provincial treaty negotiations, interim agreements, the B.C. Treaty Commission, and publications.

Regional arm of the National Assembly of First Nations.

Federal government department concerned with Indigenous peoples in Canada. In August 2017, the Prime Minister announced the dissolution of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) and the creation of two new departments: Indigenous Services Canada and Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Until the transformation is complete, please visit the former INAC website.

Speak with Indigenous staff about courses, available funding for Indigenous students, the application process or other JIBC courses that may be of interest to you.

The national representational organization protecting and advancing the rights and interests of Inuit in Canada.

Representative body for the Métis Nation in Canada.

Permanent home for all statements, documents, and other materials gathered by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.

Offers various programs in academic upgrading, business, health sciences, social sciences and humanities, or fine arts. Most certificate and diploma programs are transferable to other post-secondary schools in British Columbia.

Working towards the recognition, implementation, and exercise of inherent Indigenous Title, Rights and Treaty Rights.

Provides links to First Nations resources in many subject areas.

An interactive map of North and South America that shows the ancestral homelands of various Indigenous groups. Search for a geographic region by name or postal/zip code to learn more about the history of those lands and the people who traditionally lived on them.