BC Reconciliation Award 2025

This recognition belongs to the many people who have walked alongside this work—Elders, knowledge keepers, community members, partners, and all those who continue to show up with care, courage, and commitment to reconciliation on the shíshálh swiya.

We receive this award with gratitude and humility, and as a reminder of the responsibility to keep walking this path together.

The award ceremony was a powerful and moving moment. We invite you to witness and share in it through the videos below.

The BC Reconciliation Award recognizes individuals and organizations who demonstrate exceptional leadership, integrity, respect, and commitment to furthering reconciliation in British Columbia.

We are honoured to stand alongside the other 2025 recipients, each contributing meaningful work toward reconciliation across the province.

Below is the official announcement from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.

We acknowledge and celebrate the following recipients:

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