Bylaw 183 Policy Statement Schedule A

· Islands Trust Area · 2025

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Islands Trust 
Policy Statement
July 29, 2025First reading, for consultation

 
Acknowledgement
Islands Trust Council respectfully acknowledges that the lands and 
waters that encompass the Islands Trust Area have been home to 
Indigenous Peoples since time immemorial and that their relationship 
to these lands and waters continues to this day. Islands Trust Council 
acknowledges that residential schools, forced removal, and colonial 
laws and restrictions on Indigenous governance and cultural practices 
have displaced and dispossessed Coast Salish peoples and disrupted 
their relationships with the islands and waters of the Salish Sea. Islands 
Trust Council acknowledges that a healthy environment is essential 
for Indigenous Peoples to be able to exercise their inherent and treaty 
rights. Islands Trust Council is committed to reconciliation and to 
working together to preserve and protect this ecologically, culturally, and 
spiritually significant region in the Salish Sea.
The Islands Trust Area is located within Coast Salish Territory, in the 
treaty lands and territories of:
BOḰEĆEN (Pauquachin) First Nation
Da’naxda’xw/Awaetlala First Nation 
K’ómoks (Comox) First Nation
Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation
MÁLEXEȽ (Malahat) First Nation
Mamalilikulla First Nation
Qualicum First Nation
Quw’utsun Nation (comprised of Cowichan 
Tribes, Xeláltxw (Halalt) First Nation, Lyackson 
First Nation, Spune’luxutth’ (Penelakut Tribe) and 
Stz’uminus (Chemainus) First Nation)
scəẃaθən (Tsawwassen) First Nation
səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nation
SEMYOME (Semiahmoo) First Nation
shíshálh (Sechelt) Nation
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) First Nation
Snaw-naw-as (Nanoose) First Nation
Snuneymuxw (Nanaimo) First Nation
Songhees First Nation
SȾÁUTW̱   (Tsawout) First Nation
ɬaʔəmen (Tla’amin) First Nation
Tlowitsis Nation
Ts’uubaa-asatx (Lake Cowichan) First Nation
Wei Wai Kum (Campbell River) First Nation
We Wai Kai (Cape Mudge) First Nation
W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip) First Nation
W̱SIḴEM (Tseycum) First Nation
Xwémalhkwu (Homalco) First Nation
Xwsepsum (Esquimalt) First Nation
xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation
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contents
Contents
4 Part 1: The Islands Trust Act 
4 1.1 —    The Islands Trust Object
5 1.2 —    Map of the Islands Trust Area
6 1.3 —    Indigenous Inherent Rights Acknowledgment
6 1.4 —    Purpose and Structure of the Policy Statement
8 Part 2: Guiding Principles
8 2.1 — General  Guiding  Principles
9 2.2 —  Reconciliation  Principles
9 2.3 — Cooperation  Principles
11 Part 3: Goals and Policies
11 Goal 1: Advance Reconciliation
12 Goal 2: Preserve and Protect Indigenous Cultural Heritage and Culturally Significant 
Areas, Sites, and Species
14 Goal 3: Preserve and Protect Healthy and Biodiverse Ecosystems
15 Goal 4: Foster Sustainable, Inclusive, and Resilient Communities
19 Goal 5: Foster Sustainable Stewardship of Lands and Waters
23 Part 4: Implementation 
23 4.1 — Policy Statement Implementation
26 4.2 — Pol

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