FNID Offices and Contacts
Victoria (ADM’s Office)
Integrated Land Management Bureau
First Nations Initiatives Division
P.O. Box 9352 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9M1
Charles Porter, ADM
Shawna Hill, Executive Assistant
(250) 387-1526
Trish Balcaen
Executive Director
(250) 387-0600
Caribou (Williams Lake)
Integrated Land Management Bureau First Nations Initiatives Division Mike Gash, Manager Suite 300 - 640 Borland Street Williams Lake, BC V2G 4T1 (250) 398-4574 |
Kootenays (Cranbrook)
Integrated Land Management Bureau First Nations Initiatives Division Pamela Cowtan, Manager 205 Industrial Road G Cranbrook, BC V1C 7G5 (250) 489-8587 |
Northeast (Fort St. John)
Integrated Land Management Bureau First Nations Initiatives Division Vacant, Manager #370 10003-110th Ave. Fort St. John, BC V1J 6M7 |
Omineca (Prince George)
Integrated Land Management Bureau First Nations Initiatives Division Ed Hoffman, Manager 1044 5th Avenue Prince George, BC V2L 5G4 (250) 565-6243 |
Skeena (Smithers)
Integrated Land Management Bureau First Nations Initiatives Division Geoff Recknell, Manager 3726 Alfred Avenue Smithers, BC V0J 2N0 (250) 847-7535 |
Thompson Okanagan (Kamloops)
Integrated Land Management Bureau First Nations Initiatives Division Ed Collazzi, Manager 441 Columbia St. Kamloops, BC V2C 2T3 (250) 828-4212 |
South Coast (Surrey)
Integrated Land Management Bureau |
West Coast (Nanaimo)
Integrated Land Management Bureau |
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In 2008, the BC Government committed to improving consultation and respectful engagement with First Nations. Benefits of this work—to government, First Nations, proponents, and the public—include enhancing meaningful government-to-government relations with First Nations, creating a positive investment climate by providing certainty and predictability, and reducing the heavy consultation workload for all parties.
The First Nations Initiatives Division (FNID), a division of the Integrated Land Management Bureau, is leading a shift in business to the “Virtual integration” of aboriginal relations. Virtual Integration is a government initiative to implement common, policies, procedures and tools across all the natural resource agencies. FNID works with all Natural Resource Agencies to deliver Virtual Integration through two main business lines:
- Coordinating interagency consultation with First Nations, comprising i) an aligned policy framework, ii) regional economic development priority setting, including shared business planning and resource sharing, and iii) coordinating multi-authorization project consultation.
- Negotiating strategic agreements with First Nations that will improve the Province’s investment climate, reduce the consultation volume for all parties, create enduring forums for government-to-government engagement and achieve the goals of the Transformative Change Accord.
http://www.newrelationship.gov.bc.ca/agreements_and_leg/trans_change_accord.html
