By Luke Faulks, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Pique Newsmagazine The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District (SLRD) has formally adopted Truth & Reconciliation: In Practice, A Guide for Working in a Good Way, a document outlining how the organization intends to translate nearly a decade of reconciliation pledges into daily governance. Since declaring itself a “Regional District of Reconciliation” in 2016, the SLRD Board has endorsed several Calls to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and committed to aligning its work with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). Board Chair Jen Ford called the new guide “just the next step of that declaration,” offering a pathway for how staff and elected officials “intend to show up in a good way.” “It’s not a binding contract. It’s not…
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