UNDRIP Strategy - Indigenous engagement

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We are in the creation mode of the UNDRIP Engagement Framework. The Draft UNDRIP Strategy Engagement Summary is based on previous workshops and engagements and will help us develop the Framework moving forward.

Updates on the process so far:

We invited Indigenous people who live or work in Vancouver to join us to learn more about the City of Vancouver's United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) Strategy, and to share thoughts on how the Strategy and its Calls to Action can better reflect the needs and rights of Indigenous people in Vancouver. Below is a list of past workshops and engagements.

Next Steps:

  • Continue engaging with urban Indigenous community members
  • Report back to the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) and urban Indigenous community members
  • Share the engagement findings with all City of Vancouver departments

  • Develop an Indigenous Engagement Framework based on the feedback received

To learn more, you can:

Background:

Vancouver has the second largest urban Indigenous population in Canada. Urban Indigenous people also have important rights and experience ongoing impacts from colonialism. The work to implement UNDRIP within Vancouver, is being done with care to strengthen the government-to-government relationship and respect the protocols of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) as Aboriginal title holders, while continuing to build relationships with diverse Urban Indigenous communities.

An engagement approach based on supporting solidarity among xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) and urban Indigenous people is taking shape. It will be important to work with urban Indigenous leadership and bring together Urban Indigenous communities to address the priorities of Urban Indigenous people, and make sure that their voices are included.

We acknowledge that what is known as the City of Vancouver is situated on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation).


Siwash Rock in Stanley Park at sunsetSiwash Rock, Stanley Park


We are in the creation mode of the UNDRIP Engagement Framework. The Draft UNDRIP Strategy Engagement Summary is based on previous workshops and engagements and will help us develop the Framework moving forward.

Updates on the process so far:

We invited Indigenous people who live or work in Vancouver to join us to learn more about the City of Vancouver's United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) Strategy, and to share thoughts on how the Strategy and its Calls to Action can better reflect the needs and rights of Indigenous people in Vancouver. Below is a list of past workshops and engagements.

Next Steps:

  • Continue engaging with urban Indigenous community members
  • Report back to the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) and urban Indigenous community members
  • Share the engagement findings with all City of Vancouver departments

  • Develop an Indigenous Engagement Framework based on the feedback received

To learn more, you can:

Background:

Vancouver has the second largest urban Indigenous population in Canada. Urban Indigenous people also have important rights and experience ongoing impacts from colonialism. The work to implement UNDRIP within Vancouver, is being done with care to strengthen the government-to-government relationship and respect the protocols of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) as Aboriginal title holders, while continuing to build relationships with diverse Urban Indigenous communities.

An engagement approach based on supporting solidarity among xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) and urban Indigenous people is taking shape. It will be important to work with urban Indigenous leadership and bring together Urban Indigenous communities to address the priorities of Urban Indigenous people, and make sure that their voices are included.

We acknowledge that what is known as the City of Vancouver is situated on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation).


Siwash Rock in Stanley Park at sunsetSiwash Rock, Stanley Park


  • Register for a workshop (October 2025)

    Registration for this workshop is limited to Indigenous people (First Nations, Inuit, Métis).

    Purpose of these workshops: To bring together Indigenous community members who live or work in Vancouver to learn more about City of Vancouver projects and to share your perspectives. Planning team members working on social policies, facilities, resources, and services would like to connect with you. 

    If you have any questions or need help with registering, please email: indigenous.engagement@vancouver.ca

    In-person workshop
    Tuesday, Oct. 21 | 9am-12pm (Lunch is served afterwards) | Downtown Eastside - Location confirmed after registration

    Register now
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