Kwikwetlem First Nation
2-65 Colony Farm Road V3C 5X9 Coquitlam, BC, Canada

This is a wonderful new initiative to help Indigenous content creators share and tell their stories in British Columbia. Supported privately by Rogers Group of Funds, and administered by Creative BC, the Fund is Canada’s first provincial-national partnership focused on Indigenous creators. Creative BC will be administering this new $1 million dollar fund and is also in the process of hiring an Indigenous Lead and Program Analyst to manage this project. #IndigenousBC, #creativebc

A phenomenal day today, Luka helped show Kwikwetlem First Nation Councillors George Chaffee and John Peters as well as the First Nation's Project Coordinator - ...Referrals & Stewardship Cassandra Harper the wonders of Stoney Creek and its spawning salmon. Highlight of the day - one pool had eleven visible coho salmon, which is unheard of during daylight hours at 11am. The quickly swimming coho made the creek pool redish - to understand the significance google the meaning of Kwikwetlem. We believe it was a special welcome to the Kwikwetlem First Nation. Many great things to come. Stoney Creek Environment Committee, Mossom Creek, Pacific Streamkeepers Federation

Keeping you Connected - smiqel Master Planning Update - https://mailchi.mp//keeping-you-connected-smiqel-master-pl

Today marks a special day for kikm First Nation as we bear witness to the opening of the Red Fish healing centre on our ancestral, traditional and unceded lands located at smiqwel, said Chief Ed Hall, kikm (Kwikwetlem) First Nation. We are proud to have our language, culture and healing practices incorporated throughout the centre, from the addition of our name in hanqminm (qi wnq lelm) to the use of traditional healing practices such as smudging and the powerful display of the House Post at the entrance to the centre," he added. Provincial Health Services Authority - PHSA, BC Housing Learn more. Read the Press Release.

In partnership with Kwikwetlem First Nation we were joined by Chief Ed Hall and Brad West, Port Coquitlam Mayor for a blessing and smudging ceremony of all of t...he memorabilia items left at the cenotaph in Veterans Park in recognition of the tragic history of residential schools. Photos have been taken of the items and a webpage will be created by Kwikwetlem First Nations, BC Housing and the City to be viewed online. After today's ceremony all of the items will be cleaned and the City will work with Kwikwetlem First Nations on its storage. Thank you to Chief Ed Hall for joining us and including us in this beautiful ceremony today.

A two-and-a-half metre traditional Coast Salish welcome figure was unveiled on October 5th at Douglas College’s Coquitlam Campus. ’Salmon Woman Welcomes Salmon Home’ celebrates Douglas College’s five decades of providing higher education, and our setting on traditional Coast Salish territories in particular the Kikm (Kwikwetlem) First Nation, said Kathy Denton, President of Douglas College. https://www.kwikwetlem.com//Douglas-College-unveils--Tradi #KFN, #DouglasCollege

BC Housing and the kikm (Kwiketlem) First Nation held their first public engagement session for the smiqwel/Riverview lands and launched their new joint video on the Master Planning Process. Learn more about how you can participate in shaping the future direction of these important lands- lands which are on the core territory of the kikm people. https://youtu.be/CQEOBX15gzA #IndigenousBC

What's next for smiqel / Riverview? Join kikm and BC Housing for our first public engagement session Community Info Session #1 this Tuesday, March 30th from 6-7:30 p.m. We'll summarize what we learned during Visioning, deliver important project updates and explain how you can have your voice heard. This event is held online via Zoom. To register, please click on the link below. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/smiqwel-riverview-community-inf See More

Dreamed of working in film, television or digital media? Are you an Indigenous creator? National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI) is now accepting applications for the 2021 edition of CBC New Indigenous Voices a program for emerging Indigenous creators aged 18 to 35 to build their media careers through online training and hands-on experience. #IndigenousBC

This is so sad. Please dispose of your masks properly. We need to protect our marine wildlife and the waters we all share.

What's next for smiqel / Riverview? Join kikm and BC Housing for our first master planning event Community Info Session #1 from 6-7:30 p.m. on M...arch 30. Here, we'll summarize what we learned during Visioning, deliver important project updates and explain how to have your voice heard. To register: sumiqwuelu.eventbrite.ca Kwikwetlem First Nation Provincial Health Services Authority - PHSA

Exciting News for the Kwikwetlem First Nation! We signed an agreement with the Province of BC regarding the official renaming of Riverview to smiqwel. This name in our traditional hnqminm language means Place of the Great Blue Heron.' This is a historic milestone for our people and nation. smiqwel forms a key part of our core territory.

We hope you can attend this webinar on April 17th with our friends at the Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable.

kikm (Kwikwetlem First Nation) and BC Housing have begun the public Master Planning phase of smiqel (Suh-MEE-kwuh-EL-uh), recognizing the historical... and cultural ties to their ancestral land. smiqel means ‘The Place of the Great Blue Heron’ in the traditional hnqminm language. The land was once widely used as roosting ground for the great blue heron along the floodplain of the Coquitlam River. This redevelopment project will include engagement with the public and key stakeholders in 2021. The kikm Nation will also conduct an extensive community engagement with its membership. The feedback will be incorporated into smiqwel’s master plan. DETAILS: www.bchousing.org/news?newsId=1479156844424 Visit www.sumiqwuelu.com to learn more.

First Nations Virtual Doctor of the Day - "the level of care and genuine concern" Learn more about the First Nations Virtual Doctor of the Day program here: https://www.fnha.ca/virtualdoctor

Great news for our wild salmon! The Kwikwetlem First Nation are proud to be stewards of our lands, and our fish and marine habitat, and are working with stakeholders such as the Watershed Watch Salmon Society and the Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable to bring back the salmon to the Coquitlam River and Coquitlam Watershed.

Join the Watershed Watch Salmon Society on March 4, at 7:00 p.m., for the launch of the Urban Salmon, a short documentary by Fernando Lessa Adventure Photography about the return of wild salmon to urban Vancouver waterways!

After a couple years documenting the amazing fish around us, I believe turning the book into a short documentary was a natural consequence. So I'm happy to say ...we are rolling and filming!! Keep an eye for the news, trailier and maybe some behind the scenes! #UrbanSalmon #Wildlifedocumentary #MetroVancouver #freshwater #natureVideographer #wildsalmon #Rainforest #Vancouver #Burbaby #Langley #PortCoquitlam #MetroVancouver #PacificNorthWest #shortfilm

Thanks to Perry Bellegarde for sharing this list of Indigenous books for all of us to read during Love to Read Month!

Dear KFN Members, See image for information regarding the upcoming by-election and Ed Hall. If you have any questions, please contact Graham Gillies at [email protected] Kind regards,

Hi KFN, See image for information regarding the clothing allowance reimbursement (students). If you have any questions, please contact Derech Sill at [email protected] Kind regards,

Hello KFN, See attached regarding Colony Farm Road Closure. Colony Farm Road will be closed August 24 and 25 from 8:00am - 2:00pm and traffic controlled between 6:00am - 4:00pm. If you have any questions, please email Theresa Boyce at [email protected] ... Kind regards,

Hello KFN, See attached image "Notice of By-Election" If you have any questions, please email Fred Schiffner at [email protected] ... Kind regards.

Hello KFN, see attached for information regarding status cards during COVID-19. If you have any questions, please email Wanita at [email protected] Kind regards,