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Exploring Stakeholder: "Government of British Columbia"
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(Filtered by Theme "Reclaiming Indigenous Names")
March 30, 2023
Parents win battle to have son’s Kwak̓wala name on his B.C. birth certificate
Crystal Smith took fight to recognize λugʷaləs K’ala’ask Shaw’s name to B.C. Supreme Court Anna McKenzie · LJI Reporter · Posted: Mar 30, 2023 1:39 PM EDT | Last Updated: March 30 CBC News: After 13 months of fighting, the parents of λugʷaləs K’ala’ask Shaw have received a birth certificate that accurately represents the spelling of his name. It’s...
May 26, 2022
Bill M209 proposes useing Indigenous characters, symbols on B.C. IDs
Chemainus Valley Courier: Emme Abbs, a Grade 12 student in Golden, has inspired Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Doug Clovechok to introduce a private member’s bill that would allow Indigenous language characters on birth certificates, adoption papers and pieces of government identification in B.C. Clovechok says a letter that she wrote him is what led him to...