North West Indigenous Council

Join us for a free three-part drum-making workshop led by Benjamin Gonzales, co-hosted by Aboriginal Life In Vancouver Enhancement Society (ALIVE) and the NorthWest Indigenous Council (NWIC).

The workshop will take place at 312 Main St, Vancouver, and will guide participants through the process of creating a drum.

Dates & Times:
• December 17 | 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM
• December 19 | 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM
• December 21 | 11:00 AM – 2:30 PM

Details:
• All materials provided
• Free to attend
• Meals provided each day

Registration is required. Please find the registration link below and in our bio.

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The BCNWA ISET Program is open!

Are you an Indigenous woman, Two-Spirited, transgender, or gender-diverse person looking for career or education support? The program offers funding, training, and resources to help you move forward.

Visit bcnwa.org/programs-services to apply today.

We got to celebrate the wins when we get them! Congratulations to all graduates Class of 2025!

🎓 Over 250 Indigenous grads—the most in SD73 history—were honoured on June 2 at the 2025 Indigenous Graduation Ceremony.

“You are the visionaries, everything the ancestors prayed for.” — Elder Connie Jules

Proud. Resilient. Leading the way. 🌟 https://ow.ly/NShT50W5eAR

Attention NWIC members!
If you would like to participate in the upcoming AGA, please complete this registration form prior to November 20th to help us prepare for the event. We will send information on the venue location along with the meeting agenda and supporting documents out via email on November 21.
A reminder, that as per our bylaws, in order for a member to vote, they must be in good standing for at least 30 days prior to the AGA,

First Nations Health Authority was involved in a cyber security hack in May 2024. Personal information such as first and last names; In some, but not all cases, personal contact information such as home address, home or mobile phone number, and/or email address;
Demographic information such as date of birth, gender and/or British Columbia registered band or First Nations community name, Certificate of Indian Status card number (Status Number), Personal Health Number (PHN) and other

You can check to see if you were impacted here: https://lookup.fnha.ca

https://www.fnha.ca/about/news-and-events/news/notice-of-cybersecurity-incident-and-data-breach

Notice of Cybersecurity Incident and Data Breach Update ​​​In May 2024, First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) was the target of a partially successful cyber attack. The purpose of this notice is to inform individuals – primarily First Nations peoples and their non-First Nations immediate family members living on re​​​​​serve or in First...

We're live for day two of the Urban Indigenous Self-Determination Symposium.

Symposium | NWIC Urban Indigenous Self-Determination Symposium Livestream About the symposium You’re invited to join our Symposium on Urban Indigenous Self-Determination, on November 23 and 24th, 2023. The Symposium will be held in Vancouver, on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), S....

We're LIVE
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We are going live during for our urban Indigenous self-determination symposium. Sign up for an email notification when we go live using the link in our bio.