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