YOUTH CLIMATE CORPS IN BC

Youth Climate Corps BC (YCCBC) is grateful to be headquartered on the traditional and unceded lands of the Sinixt, the Syilx, and the Ktunaxa peoples. We recognize that colonization has deeply disrupted Indigenous peoples’ relationships with these lands and others across what is now known as British Columbia, removing them from their ancestral territories, communities, and practices.

We also acknowledge that YCCBC operates across many Indigenous territories throughout BC, including programs currently running in the territories of the Squamish, ’Namgis, K’ómoks, Okanagan, Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, Gitxsan, Wet’suwet’en and other Nations. As our work continues to grow, we remain committed to learning from, supporting, and amplifying Indigenous leadership across all the regions we serve.

We see climate change as a direct outcome of extractive systems rooted in colonialism. YCCBC recognizes that Indigenous Sovereignty is central to creating just futures and liveable worlds.