Reconciliation is a critical, complex, and continuous process, and is the responsibility of individuals and institutions in Canada, including the City of Prince Rupert. Reconciliation involves recognizing and being accountable to the intergenerational impacts of colonization, attempts at assimilation, and cultural genocide facing Indigenous communities and Peoples and committing to taking a role and assuming responsibility to work towards a better future. There is a complex and broad-base of initiatives that can be considered under the umbrella of reconciliation. Acknowledging this, the City is developing an Action Plan with input from the community to guide us in how to move forward in a good way.

To guide us, the City partnered with Kxeen Community Services Society to establish a Committee to guide the work that we are doing to make our services and programs more culturally aware and inclusive. The City’s aim continues to be to operate by the key Truth and Reconciliation Commission principle that, ‘the preservation, revitalization, and strengthening of Indigenous languages and cultures are best managed by Indigenous people and communities’. The Committee has been working towards establishing priorities for actions the municipality can take, and is currently in the process of conducting public engagement to develop an Action Plan to support future improvements. Thank you to everyone who has engaged with us here in our survey and at other events throughout the community.

The Draft Reconciliation Action Plan is now complete and available for review in the Documents Section of this page. Following additional community feedback, it will be coming to Council in the summer of 2026 for final consideration.

*Please note this community-based committee is not intended to replace Government to Government processes and relationship protocols in place with neighbouring Ts'msyen governments that ensure their rights are respected and our responsibilities to them are upheld.