Contract Opportunity: Indigenous Elder In-Residence - Surrey Urban Indigenous Leadership Committee

Surrey Libraries is offering a 5 month contract for a local Indigenous elder with lived experience working in Indigenous community, with the public, leading and/or facilitating workshops, public speaking, knowledge sharing, and storytelling to work as a Elder In-Residence. The goals of this program include ongoing reconciliation efforts with Indigenous community in Surrey, supporting the demand for learning about Indigenous culture, and helping local elders achieve their goals around sharing cultural literacy e.g. cultural practices, oral or written stories, art.

 5 month contract
 21-28 hours per week
 $13,800-$18,400
 start date June 1, 2024, and end date October 31, 2024

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All Our Relations: Honouring the Host Nations

Surrey Urban Indigenous Leadership Committee's work takes place on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the Katize, Kwantlen, and Semiahmoo First Nations. We recognize their connection to this land and acknowledge that we are newcomers to Surrey like everyone else. Our group, the Surrey Urban Indigenous Leadership Committee does not represent these land-based First Nations and we are careful not to speak on their behalf. Instead, we represent urban Indigenous people that have moved here from all over BC and Canada to make Surrey their home. Our focus is making Surrey a great place for Indigenous people living in the city — regardless of where they come from, their legal status, or their particular culture heritage. As we do this, we endeavour to live in a good way with the land-based First Nations that have called this land their home since time immemorial.