In this keynote and afternoon workshop, Katisha Paul will guide teachers and staff through the practical work of integrating Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and seeing into the everyday lives of young learners. She will draw on the importance of celebrating intergenerational excellence and making space for First Nations protocols and sacred teachings within curriculum. Sooke School District staff will explore why First Nations knowledge systems are essential to education, offering vital teachings in environmental protection, governance, language, mental health, and storytelling. The morning Keynote presentation will be followed by a panel discussion with Indigenous valedictorians from across the district, who share their lived experiences navigating the education system and their solutions for building a stronger, more culturally grounded learning environment for the next generation. Teachers and staff will leave with concrete ways to bring Indigenous knowledge systems into their classrooms.

Katisha Paul, UBCIC Women's Representative, is hosting the Women of the UBCIC Chiefs Council for an evening of connection during the UBCIC Annual General Assembly. The gathering will centre discussion on a Red Dress Alert, a proposed emergency notification system for missing Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people. As governments move to fast-track major project approvals under Bill C-5 and related legislation, matriarchs will discuss the risks that come with expanding LNG, pipeline, and extraction projects without First Nations consent, including the presence of "man camps," which have been linked to increased violence against Indigenous women near resource sites.

Coming as federal MMIWG2S+ funding faces an uncertain future, this is a space for the Women of UBCIC Chiefs Council to connect, share knowledge, and strategize on protecting our women, our land, and future generations.

To register, email kay@ubcic.bc.ca

Katisha Paul will present as the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs' (UBCIC) Women's Representative at this investor webinar on advancing Indigenous Peoples' rights through shareholder proposals. Speakers from UBCIC, the Reconciliation and Responsible Investment Institute, West Coast Environmental Law, and the Tallgrass Institute will examine how investors can hold a high standard for Indigenous rights across Canada. The session will cover practical tools for investor engagement, including benchmarks for assessing corporate commitments, disclosure, and accountability, and how to ground shareholder proposals in Indigenous priorities that move companies beyond symbolic commitments toward meaningful, structural action.

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This gathering invites Indigenous peoples living in Vancouver to bead and learn about Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) as a legal standard and a living tool for their own advocacy and rights protection. Grounded in NEPENEḴ’s Nation-led, relational facilitation approach, participants will explore what FPIC means under both BCʼs Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA, 2019) and Canadaʼs UN Declaration Act (UNDA, 2021), who is legally required to obtain it and for what purposes, and how Indigenous peoples can identify when FPIC applies and how to use it. Youth will leave with practical skills for recognizing, asserting, and monitoring FPIC across every area of their lives, from resource development on their territories to decisions about their schools, health, and cultural practices.