BC Reconciliation Award 2025

Vancouver, B.C. – The Office of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, in partnership with BC Achievement Foundation, is honoured to announce the recipients of the fifth British Columbia Reconciliation Award.
The 2025 award program recognizes four individuals and three organizations each of whom has demonstrated the essence of “putting truth before reconciliation” . Their efforts strengthen relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities while inspiring others to continue this important work.

Individual Recipients:
• Charlene Belleau (Eaglestar Woman) – Williams Lake
• Kevin Borserio (Luu G̱aahlandaay) – Daajing Giids
• Deanna Duncan (H ̀ búkvs λamalayu) – Klemtu Phyllis Webstad Emerging Leader
• Dwight Ballantyne – Maple Ridge

Organization Recipients:
• Aboriginal Housing Management Association – Squamish Territory, West Vancouver
• Honouring Our Elders Legacy Project Coordinating Team – Smithers
• syíyaya Reconciliation Movement – Sechelt

“Reconciliation is about listening deeply, acting with integrity, and standing together in ways that create real and lasting change,” said BC Achievement Foundation Board Member and honorary award advisor, Cloy-e-iis, Judith Sayers. “Across British Columbia, we are seeing powerful examples