The entire W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council (WLC) team is proud to announce our 2022-2027 Strategic Plan (the Plan). This Plan – explained in-depth in the adjacent video – is an opportunity for you, as important W̱SÁNEĆ community members – to learn how WLC will serve as a catalyst for revitalizing W̱SÁNEĆ culture, language and natural laws and advancing W̱SÁNEĆ rights and title in the years to come.

The Plan outlines four key objectives and expands upon each objective with a list of measurable actions. The first objective is “reconciliation and nation-to-nation relationship,” which includes tangible goals such as revitalizing and implementing the broken Douglas Treaties, pursuing recognition of W̱SÁNEĆ title, implementing land-back initiatives, and increasing neighbouring governments’ and citizens’ understanding of W̱SÁNEĆ territory, history, and natural laws.

The second objective is “occupying W̱SÁNEĆ jurisdiction,” which includes actions such as asserting our natural laws into the management of lands and waters and negotiating an education jurisdiction agreement.

The third objective, “keeping our circle strong,” includes actions such as ensuring our own people have a strong understanding of natural laws and collaborating with neighbouring nations to ensure our shared values are respected by colonial bodies.

Finally, the fourth objective is “governance and capacity.” Within this objective are action steps such as ensuring W̱SÁNEĆ culture is woven into all of WLC’s work and developing WLC’s organizational structure to reflect the volume and importance of the work.

We have designed this Plan with the intention of letting it be a reminder of where we came from, a reflection of our communities’ shared vision, and a directive guiding us where our W̱SÁNEĆ communities want us to go. Just as all of WLC’s work has been and will continue to be, the full video presentation of the Plan is interwoven with W̱SÁNEĆ values, which are named aloud by language holder and community member Tiffany Joseph.

We hope you enjoy this presentation of our vision and plans for reestablishing our community – including future generations – as united, self-determining, and prosperous stewards of our homelands and waters.

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Listen to a Language Holder pronounce the seven W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council Values on our Speak Page.