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We are thrilled to announce that Liard Aboriginal Women’s Society (LAWS) was selected from a pool of 7,800 applications to receive funding and additional support from Google.org.
Beringia supported the Liard Aboriginal Women’s Society’s (LAWS) team on the 2020 award submission which received recognition as Finalist for the Northern Centre for Justice, Dignity and Leadership.
Welcome to Beringia’s new website! You likely noticed our updated logo, and the beautiful image on our home page. Here’s some background.
Beringia and Naut’sa mawt Tribal Council were awarded GOLD for Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples’ Land Use Planning Handbook in BC – in the PIBC category “Policy Planning – Small Town & Rural Areas.”
On September 7, 2017, Sarah Gillett from Beringia Community Planning joined Kaska Elder Fannie Vance, Youth for Safety participant Piper Allen, and facilitator Julie Laliberte to accept the IAP2 Core Values Award for Indigenous Engagement at a gala in Denver Colorado.
Plan Canada’s Winter Edition 2016 focuses on Indigenous Planning. From the Editorial Board (starting on page 12), Jeff Cook writes about “Reconciliation in Practical Terms” and poses the question: How do we, as planners, meaningfully collaborate with Indigenous Canada to restore relationships, based on recognition, trust, cultural respect and dignity?
Learn more about all the good stuff happening in Campbell River. Here is a video about the vision for Campbell River’s Sustainable Official Community Plan 2011.
On September 10, 2015, in Portland, Oregon, Jeff Cook and the Pikangikum Health Authority were recognized by the International Association for Public Participation, Canada for our work with the Pikangikum First Nation on its health plan entitled “Working It Out Together.”
Beringia and Pikangikum Health Authority have won the Award for Planning Excellence for Aboriginal Community Planning and Development for “Our Healing Journey: Pikangikum First Nation’s Comprehensive Community Health Plan”!
Pikangikum First Nation’s health planning process is an inspiring example of a community overcoming many challenges to work at healing and building a stronger future. Under the leadership of the Pikangikum Health Authority (PHA) and planning support from Beringia Community Planning Inc., Pikangikum has completed an innovative and comprehensive Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) entitled “Working It Out Together: Pikangikum First Nation’s Community Health Needs Assessment.”
Jeff Cook is a member of the review team for the Fuller Challenge. The team has spent months pouring over applications submitted from dozens of countries and hundreds of project teams to the 2014 cycle of the Fuller Challenge. They are getting closer to choosing a winner!
In celebration of the Indigenous People’s Planning (Sub) Committee’s (IPPC) 10-year anniversary, IPPC has led the Canadian Institute of Planners’ publication of a second Plan Canada Special Edition on Indigenous Planning.