Lissa Dawn Smith

All Métis people 18 yrs and up can register now for B.C.'s online vaccine appointment booking system. Have you got your COVID-19 vaccine? If not, please follow this link to register for your vaccination today. https://www.getvaccinated.gov.bc.ca/s/

Acting President Lissa Smith has got her COVID-19 vaccine. Have you made your appointment yet? Call centres are open for Métis people aged 18 and up 7am-7pm PS...T, 7 days a week. Phone lines may be busy. . Get Ready to Call: When you call your health authority, you’ll be asked for: - First and last name - Date of Birth - Postal Code - Personal Health Number . Here’s what happens when you call: - Please identify yourself as a Métis Citizen or self-identified Métis person - The phone agent verifies your age and asks for your personal information - You work with the phone agent to select an appointment time slot at the clinic closest to home - The phone agent confirms your appointment time and clinic location - If you provided contact information, you get a confirmation message by email or text . If you don’t know your health region, visit this link:https://www.2.gov.bc.ca/.../regional-health-authorities . Vancouver Island Health Authority: 1-833-348-4787 . Vancouver Coastal Health: 1-877-587-5767 . Fraser Health: 1-855-755-2455* book online at Fraser Health:https://www.fraserhealth.ca/.../coron.../covid-19-vaccine... . Interior Health: 1-877-740-7747 . Northern Health the northern way of caring: 1-844-255-7555 See more

MNBC’s Board of Directors, CEO, Senior Directors, and the entire professional public service staff have been hard at work meeting the needs of our Métis people... through the COVID pandemic. From organizing the first virtual AGM, providing direct funding through our rent supplements, or coordinating vaccine sign-ups, they have been working diligently. To hear that MNC did not involve our well qualified staff or any of our active Board members in the process when submitting a budget on behalf of MNBC is disheartening. We are supposed to be one nation, united, but the MNC continues to act alone and without input on the nearly 90,000 Métis in B.C. who MNBC represents. This must stop, and MNC must include our staff and team moving forward. No one person speaks for Métis Nation B.C. This year, for the first time ever, we held a consultation with Chartered Community Presidents on our historic $79-million budget. This is the opposite of what MNC has done, acting as if one individual speaks for the entire nation. This is not how democracy works, and MNC needs to include the entirety of MNBC moving forward. We are all in this together. The below motion was passed unanimously at our last Board meeting on March 25. Acting President Lissa Dawn Smith on behalf of the MNBC Board of Directors *An earlier version of this post had a motion with incorrect wording, so it was deleted. We apologize for the inconvenience.*

IMPORTANT UPDATE Today, Dr. Henry announced new health orders & guidelines in effect until April 19 to curb COVID-19 spread in communities. As such, MNBC has made the decision to close HQ to the public to keep staff and citizens safe. Read more: http://ow.ly/Ojg850EbL04

#COVID Update New Cases - 617 Total - 56,632 VCH - 139 FHA - 320... VI - 27 IH - 81 Northern - 49 Outside of Canada - 1 Active Cases - 6,118 Hospitalized - 358 ICU - 75 Deaths - 18, total of 988 Recovered - 48,205 All current restrictions have been extended until Feb. 5.

#COVID Update New Cases - 625 Total cases - 55,254 VCH - 178 FHA - 305... VI - 28 IH - 71 Northern - 43 Active Cases - 6,343 Hospitalized - 381 ICU - 78 Active monitoring - 8,719 Deaths - 8, total of 962 Recovered - 46,728 See more

COVID-19 Update New Cases - 2,211 Dec. 31 - Jan. 4 Total cases - 54,201 VCH - 389 FHA - 1,301... VI - 64 IH - 288 Northern - 169 Active Cases - 6,823 Hospitalized - 351 ICU - 76 Deaths - 45 - total 946 Recovered - 45,229 See more

Happy New Year from MNBC! We hope you celebrate safely and welcome the new year with health and happiness this winter. Welcome to 2021! #HappyNewYear #2021 #Métis #MétisBC