Indigenous Rights and Reconciliation

The City is committed to establishing and maintaining respectful relationships that acknowledge those inherent rights and that cultivate healthy Indigenous Nations and New Westminster community. 

The City has made progress towards these goals through the endorsement of UNDRIP and the reconciliations recommendations presented to Council by New Westminster residents in 2017. In 2020, a New Westminster City staff representative was appointed Chair of the Metro Vancouver Municipal Technical Advisory Committee on Indigenous Relations. In March 2022, the City hired an Indigenous Relations Advisor to assist in the development and implementation of Indigenous Engagement and Reconciliation strategies.