As we approach September 30th, which is Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we invite settlers and non-Indigenous Canadians to join us in taking reconcilACTION by participating in the One Day’s Pay campaign.

As we approach National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, we’d like to share some of the activities, deep learning and reoriented practices we have undertaken as an organization over the past year.

Learning about and supporting Indigenous-led organizations through a donation, without the expectation of a tax receipt, is an opportunity for settler Canadians to take action on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

VCF's Truth and Reconciliation Journey

In the wake of recent acts of anti-Black violence and discrimination in Canada and the United States, Vancity Community Foundation expresses our solidarity with Black people, Indigenous people and people of colour, and the changemakers fighting for racial justice and an end to racialized violence. We share in the outrage over the senseless deaths of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, Chantel Moore, George...

It has been named "Saa-ust" Centre, which means "to lift up" in Coast Salish. Through the newly opened Saa-ust Centre, trauma-informed counselling services, ceremony space, and access to Elders and Knowledge Keepers will be made available to families and survivors affected by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Opened on March 18, the healing centre...

This discussion paper has been prepared as part of an ongoing project on Investment and Reconciliation with the support of the Edmonton Community Foundation, Inspirit Foundation, the McConnell Family Foundation, and Vancity Community Foundation.