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Stó:lō Service Agency Performance Report
January to March 2021
FINANCE
Hired a new Finance Clerk, Christina Price, who started beginning of March.
Evaluated the Auditor Request for Proposal submissions and sent recommendation to the SSA Board, who
approved staying with our current auditor, Manning Elliott, for a 5-year term.
Began fiscal year-end preparations.
GIFT SHOP
January began with renovations, expanding our space by over 300 sq. ft. This was accompanied by fresh new
colors and a retail display over haul. Together with the new Online presence from last quarter, it was a positive
and very busy fourth quarter!
Developed marketing strategies for upcoming fiscal year and set goals
for both Online and in-store sales.
Booked first “Pop up shop” to highlight local Artist.
Expanded cultural book section & handcrafted item
inventory.
Online sales made up $49,893 of total revenue thanks to
the NEW e-commerce website and online marketing.
Many new community relationships were formed bringing
in business from, School districts, Government offices,
community organizations, First Nations bands, and more.
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POST SECONDARY
Post-Secondary for the 2020/21 Fall and Winter terms:
UCEP Certificate/Diploma Bachelor Program Master’s PhD TOTAL
Matsqui 1 2 3
Skowkale 2 2 10 3 17
Tzeachten 2 4 6
Yakweakwioose 1 1 2
TOTAL 3 5 17 3 0 28
OPERATIONS
The Operations department moved from building 5A into building 8A and
continued to operate from the office with safety measures in place.
Consolidated the 2021-22 Budget Packages for review, presentation and
approval by the SSA Board.
Finance and Operations team member, Brianna Nakagawa and her
husband, welcomed their first baby, Hiro Martin who was born on
January 13, 2021. Congratulations to Brianna and Arie and may the fun
adventures begin!
HUMAN RESOURCES (HR)
Jan Feb Mar TOTAL
Job Postings 1 3 2 6
New Hires 4 2 1 7
Maternity Leaves 1 0 1 2
HR consultations with Staff/Supervisor 4 16 9 29
Pension and Benefit Enrollment 1 2 3
Criminal Record Check Applications 7 2 28 37
New Job Description Development 0 0 3 3
Zoom Pension and Benefits Education sessions were facilitated by Eagle Bay
Financial in January, February and March.
HR staff attended an online Labour Relations Workshop hosted by Infonex to
learn about upcoming changes to the Canada Labour Code.
Started an onboarding system for new staff to meet with HR Officer to fill out all
necessary paperwork prior to them starting work.
Assisted the Health department in the Accreditation process by ensuring the
personnel files were up to date with all required paperwork.
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Migrated email archive server from Server 2012 R2 to Server 2019 with increased storage capacity.
Migrated remote desktop services from Server 2012 R2 to Server 2019 and set-up load sharing between two
servers to better handle the additional load of staff working from home.
Migrated backup server from Server 2012 R2 to Server 2019 for onsite/offsite data backup.
Upgraded remaining staff from Office Home/Business to Microsoft 365.
Assisted with migration of landline phones from old NEC system to Telus Business Connect.
INDIAN REGISTRY
Continued to assist clients through email, telephone, social media and text on any Indian Registry concerns and
forwarded registration applications forms and instructions on the registration process and the Secure Certificate
of Indian Status Card to Indigenous Services Canada (ISC).
Received a few client requests for registration but had no knowledge of their family history so were referred to
SRRMC – Genealogy department to print out a family tree.
PROPERTY & CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Continued with the 3 major renovations that started last quarter: Building 5A kitchen and bathroom; Building 8A
office refresh and constructing the Building 10 first floor meeting room.
Began renovations for a refresh (new paint and flooring) of the 2nd floor in Building 8A.
In preparation for the demolition of Building 1 which is now projected for September 2021, started evaluating the
sewer lines which run through the Coqualeetza property and start at Building 1. Building 1 shares Natural Gas
with Building 7 which needs to be separated. Working with FortisBC Gas, we have added a new gas meter to
Building 7 and upgraded the gas meter on Building 8A which was undersized and near its end of life.
Completed upgrading the septic system in Building 19.
Constructed a new covered smoking structure at Pekw'xe:yles in Mission.
Finished sewer work for Bldg 19 septic system. Finished wall in Bldg 10 Foyer. Covered smoking area at Pekw’xe:yles.
RECORDS MANAGEMENT
374 files created, 1758 files edited, 29 boxes were archived, and 57 boxes edited.
Boxes in the Records Centre were removed from the shelves to be shredded this coming July, while many were
archived for other departments.
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HEALTH SERVICES (HS)
ADMIN/OPERATIONS/HEALTH AND SAFETY
Held discussions with First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) about the Health Priority Business Case. No additional
positions were confirmed and FNHA has assured us that cash flow determination and payment release is priority
to ensure that funding releases will be on time and no services are impacted.
Began operations year of review with the Executive Director.
10-year Health and Wellness Plan was completed and submitted to the SSA Board.
Received funding for a 1 Year Elders Day Program.
January 18 to 22 EMBC Partnership Table: Community to Community.
Community Engagement hosted Community Health Central meeting on March 2 to update SSA communities on
SSA Health updates, which included 10-year plan.
Community Health Central Continuation meeting held on March 17 to discuss the Health Priority Business Case
submitted to FNHA.
COMMUNITY HEALTH & HOME CARE
Provided 458 adult and childhood immunizations.
Participated in COVID-19 vaccine clinics to support
members from Tzeachten, Skowkale, Aitchelitz,
Popkum, Yakweakwioose, Matsqui, Sumas and
Shxwhá:y Village as well as tenants at the Stó:lō Elders
Lodge (SEL).
COVID-19 Outreach team, that was created in mid
December, supported and continues to support many
community members in the form of education, supply
resource (food, PPE’s, etc.), connection to mental
health resources, as well as just simply lending an ear
during difficult times.
Vaccine Clinic at SEL.
Supported 71 clients with homecare needs (wound
care, chronic disease management, homemaking, and footcare).
Provided service to 24 pre- and post-natal clients (education, connection to other resources, monthly gift card,
home visits and liaison with midwife).
Began monthly zoom meetings with each community Health Lead to review client list and department programs,
as well as receive feedback on services.
FAMILY EMPOWERMENT TEAM
34 clients on caseload.
BC Association of Pregnancy Outreach Programs (BCAPOP) and Parent Child Assistance Program (PCAP) training
were completed. Both trainings were sponsored by FNHA.
Traditional Parenting successfully completed its first full training session with 6 community members.
Growing Great Kids provided one on one parenting services to 20 clients.
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SHWT’AM:ETSEL FAMILY PROGRAMS
Aboriginal Supported Child Development (ASCD), Aboriginal Infant Development (AIDP), Aboriginal Family Place (AFP)
ASCD had 17 new referrals, AIDP had 14 new referrals, and AFP had 48 participants in the program: 7 of them
were new to the program.
Kindergarten transition began for children entering the School District next September. There were Information
evenings set up virtually in each region and ASCD were involved in those.
There were 25 children transitioning into kindergarten this year in the 3 different regions.
Had 3 successful Jordan’s Principle applications for private services for children.
ASCD started to get back to more frequent center visits as Childcare Centers became more comfortable with safety
COVID-19 processes. However, continued to do virtual visits, visits outside or in other locations but not inside
client’s homes.
Staff attended the BCPAOP virtual conference and workshop and the Langley Community Development workshop,
titled “ Helping our Children Become their Best Selves”. Thank you to FNHA for the sponsored seats at the BCPAOP
Winter Virtual Conference.
“Posie and the Pandemic”, the child friendly story for children about the
Pandemic, continued to be a big hit and made the newspaper. We have
given out an additional 213 copies and received lots of good feedback on
the resource. Service providers are happy to have locally developed
resources that show Indigenous people for their families.
Aboriginal Family Place drop-in sessions included lots of baking, science
experiments and are now enjoying a unit on Nature.
We have had one staff leave for maternity leave and one staff retiring in
March. The retiree will be staying on part-time to assist with coverage for
a Maternity Leave in the AFP very soon.
The Play and Connect Group in Chilliwack which includes visits from
therapists from the Child Development Center, held monthly drop-ins
which had 14 families participate over the quarter. There are 3 – 4 time
slots allotted per month.
YOUTH SERVICES
Mémiyelhtel
Continued representation on the Chilliwack
Youth Health Centre (CYHC) membership;
including guest supervision and training for
intern clinicians.
Continued work with the Leadership Table
for the CBFY common agenda process.
Development of new group initiative
focused on Mental Health & Resilience. In
partnership with Chilliwack Youth Health
Centre (CYHC) doctoral intern. Group
session commenced in March.
Tour of the Stó:lō-CYHC clinic with Major Ken Popove.
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Technology Access Grant: funds for 19 youth from the Mémiyelhtel
program to receive laptops, headphones and office applications that
will assist in decreasing isolation and increase access to school and
other supports. Equipment purchased in partnership (discount pricing)
with Best Buy Chilliwack.
Monthly Cyrus Centre Youth Homeless Shelter dinner service.
Ongoing development of Mémiyelhtel brand engagement and website
development with Partner & Hawes: Moodboard and Home Page
development.
Trail building/riding days in partnership with Chilliwack Park Society and
United Way.
Regular access of the new City of Chilliwack Pump Track.
Met with Baker Newby to discuss a sponsorship opportunity. To be
explored further in conjunction with our marketing and branding
process.
Adopt-A-Road Mémiyelhtel Stewardship – road clean-up (Knight Road
– Shaw Avenue – Gaetz Street).
National Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy (NAYSPS)
Online offering of suicide prevention skills training (ongoing since Sept
2020) – START.
o 98 people registered for the course.
o 84 completed the course.
o 9 are in progress.
ASCIRT response to recent crisis.
Posting and hiring of new Transitional Support Worker and NAYSPS Worker.
Youth Elders’ Advisory
“Elder-A-Day”, phone availability for team, youth and community partners.
Elder participation in trail building days.
Elder presence, support, and planning for new group initiative.
STÓLŌ ELDER’S LODGE
Activities this quarter included: tenant virtual visits with family & friends, chair fit twice weekly, tenant bingo,
tenant social & share, SAIL Program, monthly tenant meetings, celebrated Chinese New Year, and Lion’s bingo
every Thursday.
Produced quarterly tenant newsletter.
Tenants offered COVID-19 vaccinations first and second
dose.
Began the Healthy Living Program.
MHO Single Site Order in place.
FH Infection Control Audit- Jan-Mar 2021 Low Risk.
High Surface Infection control cleaning 2 x daily.
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Staff training included:
o PPE Donning & Doffing monthly.
o Hand Washing Monthly Infection Control monthly.
o N95 fit tester training LPN.
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Sexual Violence Response Team Project Restoring Our Voice - held Sexual Violence First Responders Training Jan
13-15, Jan 27-29, Feb 23-25, March 23-25 all on Zoom. In total, 26 trainees set to be First responders to Sexual
Violence incidents.
Day treatment held 2 sessions of the program with 12 participants.
Wellness Team participated in “Harmonizing Our Minds“ - Dr Gabor Mate, Len Pierre and Harley Chappell
Held Men’s Wellness Group, Women’s Wellness Group, LGBTQ & Two Spirited Wellness Groups.
Á:LMÉLHÁWTXW EARLY EDUCATION CENTRE
Online zoom meetings with the City of Chilliwack, BC Aboriginal Childcare Society, Fraser Salish Early Years
Community of Practice meetings with FNHA, ECD Manager Support meetings with Chilliwack Childcare and
Referral.
Offered one to one outreach sessions on or offsite, as well as doing zoom with families that didn’t feel comfortable
being physically around other people.
Our preschool programs have been going great and are starting to already plan for Grad!
Every Friday offered preschool zoom to registered children who wanted an extra class or are not attending regular
program due to COVID-19.
February-Gearing up for Kindergarten open to everyone. We shared information through zoom to Chilliwack
families who have children entering kindergarten. We collaborated with School District 33 Aboriginal Education
Dept and ASCD from Stó:lō Health.
Offered family night deliveries to our registered head start participants each month, which was a great way to
bring family night into their own homes. Our families enjoyed a meal prepared for them and an activity shared
with their family.
Staying connected with our families from head start for the month of February. Families were asked to post (to a
private Facebook Group) a picture of them doing an outdoor activity. March was artwork they created together.
Families that posted were entered in to win some prizes.
Head start staff participated in workshops recommend by our Fraser Region Aboriginal Head Start Advisor from
FNHA.
The Centre had a COVID-19 audit as per our Fraser health Licencing, and were at low risk. This was great news!
Approved for the HSG (Health and Safety Grant) one-time payment, to help with additional costs associated with
adhering to the BC Centre for Disease Control and Ministry of Health, due to the pandemic.
Collaborated with Pivot Point from the community, to help support intensive behavioural learning strategies with
one of our Head Start Families. These therapy sessions were done downstairs in our sensory room or gym. Due to
COVID-19 , we are providing a COVID-19 safe area for this family which takes a lot of stress off them.
Our childcare programs are currently full with 31 children.
Childcare children explored the changing seasons, visited the cedar tree behind the longhouse with its strong
climbing branches. Our children always love when the ducks come back to visit.
11 Program Staff attended a Zoom workshop about ‘Challenging Behaviors’ in March.
We welcomed practicum students from University of the Fraser Valley (UFV), into our programs.
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STÓ:LŌ ABORIGINAL SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT TRAINING (SASET)
Services continued to be delivered remotely. Leq’á:mel First Nation was the only community open to in
community services from SASET.
SASET continued to deliver employment services via telephone, emails, Facebook private messaging, video chats
such as Zoom, Skype and Facetime.
Client statistics:
o Served a total of 646 clients (with 3163 interventions).
o There were 339 male and 301 female clients, 6 unspecified.
o 219 clients were between the ages of 15 and 24; 231 were between the ages of 25 and 39; 132 were
between the ages of 40 and 54; and 64 clients were over the age of 55. This fiscal year we have seen the
over 55 year of age statistic increase who are re-entering the workforce.
o Of the 646 clients: 145 individuals found employment and 39 individuals returned to school or further
training the balance of clients are still working with employment counselors to find employment.
SASET SPONSORED TRAINING PROGRAMS
From January to March the following programs were funded and coordinated by SASET:
o Pre-apprentice Utility Arborist Training March 1 – 19, 2021: 6 completed of 9 applicants.
o Online Certificate Training (Spring Break) March 15 – 19, 2021: 15 completed of 19 applicants.
o Basic Security Training March 22 – 26, 2021: 6 completed of 12 applicants.
o Stqoya Chainsaw Training March 25 & 26, 2021: 7 completed of 8 applicants.
o Building Service Worker Program March 29 – April 15, 2021: 8 completed of 10 applicants.
o Landscaping Training March 29 – April 12, 2021: 6 completed of 9 applicants.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING SUMMARY
# of Clients January 1 to March 31, 2021
Community TTW STT LTT In School At Work TOTAL
SASET 7 6 8 15 11 47
Seabird 0 0 1 1 0 2
Sts’ailes 1 0 1 0 0 2
Boston Bar 0 2 1 1 2 6
Spuzzum/Yale 0 2 0 2 2 6
Cheam 2 1 0 1 2 6
Mission/Abbotsford 1 0 5 5 2 13
Chawathil/Shxw’ow’hamel/Hope 1 3 2 3 6 15
TOTAL 12 14 18 28 25 97
Transition to Work (TTW) Short-term Training (STT); Long-term Training (LTT)
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Vocational Training Accessed
Stó:lō First Nations
On-reserve Status Off-reserve Status
Matsqui 1 1
Popkum 1
Skowkale 2
Squiala 2
Tzeachten 1
Yakweakwioose 3
TOTAL 10 1
Breakdown of Training Categories by Stó:lō Community
Tzeachten FN Skowkale FN
Transition to work x 1: Camp Cook
Transition to Work x 1 : Asbestos Abatement
Long-Term x 2: Aesthetics (eyelashes,
Long-Term x 1: UFV Upgrading
microblading)
Shxwhá:y Village Leq'á:mel FN
Short-Term x 2: Pesticide Applicator and safety
certificates Short-Term x 1: Building Service Worker
Squiala FN Long-Term x 2: UFV Trades Sampler; Business
Admin
Transition to Work x 1: Warehousing
Our vocational trades administrator continued to work with First Nation post-secondary administrators and
assisted with funding supports where their educational needs met our ISET agreement criteria.
DAY CARE AGREEMENTS
SASET continued to administer 3 Day Care Agreements: at Stó:lō Service Agency, Seabird Island and Sts’ailes,
where “grandfathered” funding provided seat allocated supports.
It is anticipated that 2021/22 will be the final year of the transfer of these dollars to ISET agreement holders. The
BC Aboriginal Child Care Society (BCACCS) has been designated by the Chiefs through an AFN resolution to secure
BCACCS as the organization to deal with all funding transfers. SASET has been working with them and at
Federal/Provincial ISET levels to ensure that these dollars that have been received over the years will minimally
be provided to these three daycares, along with added funding the Federal government will be providing.
SASET CULINARY ARTS FOUNDATION PROGRAM
Continued programming at the SASET kitchen at the Trades and Technology Center at the UFV Campus in
Chilliwack, capped at 8 people per intake.
The program commenced in January and completed mid-March: 6 people completed the program.
COMMUNITY PROPOSAL CALL 2021/22
21 Student Employment Program (SEP) proposals which will provide 94 participants work experience.
23 Targeted Wage Subsidy (TWS) proposals providing 45 individuals with up to 52 weeks paid employment on the
job experience.
10 | P a g e SASET submitted a proposal to the Province of BC - Request for Qualifications Skills Training for Employment
Programs, to be able to qualify for future funding opportunities if and when they become available and qualified
for the following categories:
o Persons with disabilities in trades.
o Youth & Equity Seeking Groups in Trades.
o People at Risk of Experiencing homelessness.
o Individuals with Criminal justice System Involvement.
STÓ:LŌ RESEARCH AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CENTRE (SSRMC)
CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Worked on 44 heritage overview and impact assessments, mitigations, and cultural monitoring projects. The work
as stewards helped protect and preserve Stó:lō heritage.
Archaeological/cultural monitoring and investigations by Stó:lō archaeological assistants with outside consultants.
Attended First Aid training and multiple training courses for Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP).
Conducted safety audits and continued work to improve our Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) program.
Repository - cataloging, accessioning, uploading to Reciprocal Research Network (RRN), donation and loans.
A series of photos detailing some of the field assessments and associated material culture and features identified.
11 | P a g e From January to mid March, the Unit reviewed and assessed 58 Stó:lō Heritage Investigation Permits (SHIP).
Continued to care for the Stó:lō Material Culture Repository and objects curated there on behalf of the Stó:lō
community, past and present.
Continued to accession material objects brought in through assessments both internal and external. The materials
in our repository are accessible on-line by way of the RRN in which the Stó:lō Nation-Tribal Council/SRRMC were
founding developers and members.
S’ÓLH TÉMÉXW STEWARDSHIP ALLIANCE (STSA) SUPPORT SERVICES
S'ólh Téméxw Stewardship Alliance (STSA)
STSA Strategic Planning Session held Feb 3-4, 2021 remotely over Zoom.
People of the River Referrals Office (PRRO) staff met with Seabird Island First Nation leadership on January 5, 2021
via Zoom, to answer questions regarding STSA and potential options for Seabird’s joining.
PRRO staff presented an overview and introduction, over Zoom, to STSA and PRRO for newly elected Skwah First
Nation leadership.
Collaborated with SRRMC’s Federal Engagement Team on Federal Engagement Protocol overview presentation to
Regional Director Generals from the Federal Indigenous Issues and Interests Committee (FIIIC).
Provided support to SRRMC’s Major Projects Manager for deliverables related to a Federal Species at Risk project
with the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) under their Indigenous Partnerships Initiative (IPI).
Provided support for pending Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)’s environmental assessment for the
Global Container Terminals (GCT) Deltaport Expansion– Berth Four project (DP4).
PRRO staff presented StoloConnect and STSA structure to British Columbian Environmental Assessments Office
(BCEAO) in the interest of encouraging their membership in the STSA Strategic Engagement Agreement.
12 | P a g ePeople of the River Referrals Office (PRRO)
Measure SSEA Referrals Federal Referrals Other Referrals
(Industry, Regional, Civic, etc)
Referrals Received 127 23 7
Final Response Timelines Met 91% n/a n/a
Grizzly Bear Habitat Restoration efforts continued. A Grizzly Bear Hazard Assessment for Skagit Valley is currently
being drafted by biologists hired by Okanagan First Nation, in which Stó:lō are participating. Outcomes to be
reviewed by STSA once ready; most likely in April 2021 .
Negotiations for how to process BC’s ‘grandfathered’ ground-water wells new permitting system has been a length
multi-year process. With support for SRRMC Archaeology, a pilot Cultural Heritage Overview Assessment (CHOA)
has been funded by BC to analyze these pre-existing wells for impacts to Stó:lō interests.
First draft of a funding agreement with Enbridge for referral review was initiated and work is ongoing.
In detail review of Heritage Conservation Act (HCA) archaeology referrals in StoloConnect began in partnership
with Archaeology Branch staff and SRRMC Archaeology staff to address better integration of Stó:lō Heritage
Investigation Permits (SHIPs) in the Provincial HCA permitting system.
StoloConnect system presented to Tla'amin First Nation, as well as to new staff of Sumas First Nation.
LAND STEWARDSHIP
Collaborative Stewardship Forum (CSF) Coordination: Provided ongoing coordination and implementation of CSF
Projects. Successfully completed the third year of the BC-STSA CSF.
BC-STSA Species at Risk Collaboration: Received $50,000 in funding from BC and started the Conservation of
Species, Ecosystems & Indigenous Values in S’ólh Téméxw project.
S’ólh Téméxw Guardians:
o Received $150,000 in funding from the Indigenous Advisory and
Monitoring Committee (IAMC) and started the Emergency Preparedness
and Response project with our partner First Nations Yale, Scowlitz, and
Skwah First Nations.
o New S’ólh Téméxw Guardian, Ray Douglas, successfully completed the
16-week BC Parks Laws and Admin course, completed the 1-day H2S
Alive training, and job shadowed on fieldwork with Resilient Waters
S’ólh Téméxw Guardian, Ray Douglas
at Ferry Island, Cheam FN. - H2S Alive Training.
o Started designing a S’ólh Téméxw Guardians data portal.
o Relationship building with external partners including BC’s Recreation Sites and Trails team, Mines
Monitoring and Compliance Branch, and Natural Resource Officers.
First Nations Emergency Planning Secretariat (EPS): Secured the $20,000 bid for consultant role and started work
on the Mainland Coast Salish Flood Risk Assessment project co-led by the EPS, Fraser Basin Council, and Kwantlen
First Nation.
Received $25,000 in funding from the First Peoples’ Cultural Council and started work on the Climate Change and
Cultural Heritage Pilot project.
Selected consultant for the Chilliwack River Watershed Climate Change Assessment project and submitted funding
application to the First Nations Adapt Program.
13 | P a g eLIBRARY/ARCHIVES, CULTURAL EDUCATION & TOURS (LACET)
Library/Archives
External researchers continued to submit Research Registry applications, and, where possible, were provided with
research information through digital means.
All Stó:lō Shxwelí analog audio tapes were digitized and entered into Past Perfect. The project moved on to
copying files off of floppy disks and 3mm video cassettes which were returned from a third-party digitization
company. The deadline for the project was extended from March 30 to June 1, 2021 in order to complete Past
Perfect entries for the video cassettes.
Brought on an archives contractor who assisted with organizing place names material for the tour guide manual
project.
Ordered archival materials to rehouse the Treaty-related textual records with funds from the Friends of the BC
Archives Society grant funding that we received in the fall of 2020.
Genealogy
Processed 81 requests for family tree research which resulted in 86 printed charts, provided to requesters.
New data entry for the Family Tree-Maker database included 287 new names and 109 marriages. To date the
database has 51,016 names and 15,208 marriages recorded.
Involved in assisting a number of communities and members with research and family connections including:
o continued research for the McDonald-Kelly family.
o assisted with forms for the family tree portion of the Semá:th project.
The Stó:lō Genealogy Office Facebook page continued to be an excellent form of community outreach. This
quarter, the Facebook page was updated with monthly in-office information and a weekly post. The page had
over 9,800 people reached and nearly 2,000 post engagements. Posts shared included stories/photos donated
from descendants, the book Stanley Park’s Secret, the Chilliwack Progress, Chilliwack Museum and Archives, and
The Reach.
The top posts from this quarter.
Cultural Education
Began filming videos including segments of our regular LEP tours in order to provide additional resources to the
Chilliwack School District in place of the LEP tours which were canceled for this school year.
With news of the cancelation of the LEP tours and additional dates for Steqó:ye programming, saw a big increase
in Steqó:ye bookings for February, March, April, May and a few dates into June.
Booked tours of Xá:ytem for all Grade 6 students in Mission School District for dates in May and June.
14 | P a g eTours
Restarted outdoors grounds tours at Coqualeetza, Xá:ytem, and Pekw’xe:yles (St. Mary’s).
Began work on a program to revitalize and expand the interpretive signage at Xá:ytem, as well as signage for the
Grave House at Coqualeetza, and about the Salish Wooly Dog for the Area 1881 development in downtown
Chilliwack.
Met with the “Walk in the Spirit of Reconciliation” group of churches based in Langley about their 6th annual walk
to St. Mary’s from Langley. We will record a virtual St. Mary’s tour for them, in place of the larger tour we would
normally provide.
Began working with Heritage Abbotsford to review exhibit text for an upcoming exhibit which is being developed
between Heritage Abbotsford and Matsqui First Nation.
Stó:lō Shxwelí
Continued to hold online meetings and workshops with our Síwes ye Syewálelh Sq'ep, our Halq’eméylem Teachers
Network of which there have been 16-20 participants consistently.
Held “Community Pilots”, where the teachers took what they have learned throughout the year with us and shared
it with the community. With the restrictions we also offered partnered learning/mentorship, and material
development for this project. We have had 12 teachers participating this year.
Completed Language Status Assessments for First Peoples’ Cultural Council for several Stó:lō communities.
Focused on adding literal translations to existing documents hosted on First Peoples’ Cultural Council’s “First
Voices” website. Began “clean up” of the site, deleting doubles and addressing unpublished items.
Selected to work with FPCC First Voices team as a test site for new features.
STÓ:LŌ XWEXWILMEXW TREATY ASSOCIATION (SXTA)
Hired an Executive Assistant, Josephine Kelly, an Office Manager, Jamie Delowsky.
Completed the SXTA transition away from SSA: administration, finance and policy preparation.
Completed Constitution Vote evaluation.
Outreach activities included:
o Voter incentive distribution.
o Update from SXTA Leadership to communities.
o SXTA Youth to National Treaty Simulation.
o New staff orientation event.
o Podcast and radio station strategic planning.
o App research.
Stó:lō Art Self-guided tour and teambuilding to the Reach Gallery in Abbotsford.
ENVIRONMENT AND SPECIAL PROJECTS
Emergency Response:
o reviewed sediment and water sampling results regarding CN Mile 47 Derailment (Potash spill).
o Sumas Oil Spill - continued review of petrofix and water sampling.
o Agassiz manure spill - review of water sampling and species at risk.
o Coordination with the Emergency Planning Secretariat.
• Air and water quality monitoring, cumulative effects assessments: continued with water quality monitoring
program and continued review of cumulative effects assessment policies and planning by BC and other agencies.
15 | P a g eGEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)
Stó:lō Heritage Database - cultural sites work took place within the Stó:lō Heritage Database (SHeD). Maintenance
on sites included reworking current sites, editing sites, harmonizing sites, creating layer files for the archaeology
department, adding information from past projects, and
creating new sites as needed.
Fishing Sites Inventory - focused on the Fraser River
between Mission and slightly north of Hope. Sites and
photos were taken of each site at high and low water. 180
sites were recorded. The GIS Specialist worked to create
an entry in StoloConnect for each site. The spatial data was
buffered from a point so that a small polygon would be
created as a place holder for the fishing site.
Created a map for Chilliwack School District that outlined
the schools within the district with the surrounding First
Nation Reserves. The schools were separated by type
(elementary, middle, secondary) and everything was
labelled accordingly to make the map clear and easy to
read.
Created a site map for the Xá:ytem Interpretive Centre’s rehabilitation and safety upgrades. This map included
identifying and labelling buildings and features on the land parcel as well as outlined the parcel itself.
Skwah First Nation requested assistance with mapping to assist their land code and to help with historical lands
research.
Provided location mapping to assist with the Skowkale longhouse grant.
Created maps for Cheam First Nation for a funding application around their Fishing Village.
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