
Bear Xekinexen Sam, from the Tsartlip First Nation, opened our Annual General Meeting on 13 November with a healing prayer and blessing. VMS Chair Dr John Borrows gave a presentation on Indigenous & Canadian Stories: New Understandings (video here).
Our Annual Report 2022 summarized the year in photos, presented by various members of the board. Current VMS board members as we enter 2023 are:
- John Borrows – Chair, Indigenous Spirituality
- Henri Lock – Secretary, Christian seat
- Ora Stefanic – Treasurer, Jewish seat
- Lesia Kohut – Unity seat
- May Shihadeh – Muslim seat
- Janine Theobald – Buddhist seat
- Jagir Virk – Sikh seat
- David Batterham – Bahá’í seat
- Shrikant Shenwai – Hindu seat
- Sheila Flood – Executive Director