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Cowichan Tribes 2019 STRATEGIC PLAN 2024 Cowichan Tribes STRATEGIC PLAN 2019-2024 Cowichan Tribes 2019 STRATEGIC PLAN 2024 Cowichan Tribes STRATEGIC PLAN 2019-2024 Qwum’yiqun’ | Xwulqw’selu | S’amunu | Lhumlhumuluts’ Xinupsum | Tl’ulpalus | Kwa’matsun CONTENTS Welcome, Dear Reader 4 About This Plan 4 Our Accomplishments Since the Last Five-Year Plan 7 Our Vision 9 Our Mission 10 Our Long-Term Objectives 10 About Cowichan Tribes 11 Cowichan Tribes Government and Plans 12 Our Departments 13 Our Guiding Values 15 The Quw’utsun Snuw’uy’ulh (Teachings) 16 Our Way Forward: The Cowichan 4 C’s 17 1| Culture 18 2| Collaboration 18 3| Community-Focused 19 4| Commitment to Results 19 Actions for the Community 20 Our Past, Present, and Future 22 Environmental Scan: Strengths, Challenges, Opportunities, Trends 24 Accountability & Measuring Results 27 How This Plan Was Developed 29 Closing 30 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We are grateful to all who contributed their wisdom, experience, ideas, and guidance to the creation of this plan. We give thanks to: Cowichan Elders | Cowichan Youth | Chief and Council | Members of the Operational Leadership Team Cowichan Tribes staff | The Sul’wheen Committee | Stuart Pagaduan, artist | Trish Thomas, cover photography (kids) | Henk Scholten, cover photography (longhouse) | Maria Lobanova, graphic design Huy tseep q’u! WELCOME, DEAR READER This Strategic Plan presents the Cowichan 4 C’s - our organizational strategy and areas of focus to achieve positive results for all Quw’utsun Mustimuhw over the next five years. About This Plan This plan guides the work of Cowichan Tribes, including Chief and Council and all staff across every department. It presents our community vision and long-term objectives, as well as our mission and values. This plan also summarises our priority actions for the community, as well as performance measures to gauge our progress. Cowichan Tribes will report to members annually on the progress we make in implementing this plan. The Cowichan 4 C’s Actions for Community Our Strategy and areas of focus as 1| Housing and Infrastructure an organization to take action and deliver results for community. Working on 2| Elders the 4 C’s will 1| Culture allow 3| Education 2| Collaboration Cowichan 4| Health & Wellness Tribes to 5| Economic Development 3| Community-Focused deliver key 4| Commitment to Results results for 6| Self-Suciency community 7| Youth members in these areas: 8| Ecological Sustainability 9| Governance 10| Culture 11| Safety This plan supports the goals of Cowichan Tribes’ 2014 Comprehensive Community Plan (CCP), which is a long term 25-year plan. One of the actions in this plan is to update the CCP. This is a “living plan.” Parts of it may evolve over the next five years as progress is made and new opportunities and challenges arise. 4 | Cowichan Tribes Strategic Plan 2019-2024 Message from Chief William Seymour I have been with Cowichan Tribes for the past 35 years, and during this time I have witnessed many changes within our organization, as well as in our community. Cowichan Tribes has a population of 5,044 registered Cowichans; we have 395 employees, 19% casual staff and 66% are permanent staff, 15% are term employees. Cowichan Tribes is growing in population and continues to grow as an organization. I would like to thank all of the managers and staff involved in the planning and implementation of the Cowichan Tribes Strategic Plan. We have had many positive changes within our organization, just to name a few: Economic Development, Safe Drinking Water, Child and Family Care Services, Infrastructure and Forestry Initiatives. I look forward to the outcome of the Strategic Planning. The decisions we make affect our community and our staff. So, we need to think about our water, our lands, and the language, to preserve and protect our heritage for our future generations. Huy tseep q’u 5 | Cowichan Tribes Strategic Plan 2019-2024 General Manager’s Message As the Acting General Manager, I am grateful to the Sul’hween, elected and hereditary leaders, youth and community members, and to all Cowichan Tribes staff and community partners who contributed their knowledge, stories and insights to help create our new Cowichan Tribes Strategic Plan 2019 - 2024. This plan will guide Cowichan Tribe’s approximately 400 dedicated staff members, who are mandated by the duly elected Chief and Council to implement this important work, and will align with other Departmental Plans. We are enthusiastically committed to providing respectful, reliable and efficient programs and services to all Cowichan Tribes membership. This plan strengthens our commitment to take action and deliver results for the community, and maintains our focus on enhancing access, capacity, collaboration, innovation, and accountability. Cowichan Tribes is committed to addressing health and social disparities, continuing our own journey of truth and reconciliation, increasing membership employment within our organization, and integrating Indigenous teachings and practices within our work. We know that we have been deeply affected by the past, and many of us now know that we have yet to experience a prosperous future that is based on the promise of unity, respect for each other, resilience, and a rekindling of the light that once provided the opportunity for our people to thrive. Let us work together by telling our individual and collective truths with the intention to restore our language, identity, kinship, and sense of belonging. Since our 2013 - 2018 Cowichan Tribes Strategic Plan, there have been many notable successes in improving our programs and services for Cowichan Tribes membership. We owe much gratitude to the increased collaboration between staff and community to define departmental priorities. All of our departments work with determination to ensure that we are on track with the overall implementation of our planning processes. While we acknowledge these successes, we also know that we have much that we can improve on. In the spirit of the Cowichan Teachings we ask for the Cowichan Tribes membership’s continued guidance and support to help make Cowichan Tribes an organization that will continually improve the programs and services that we provide. We look forward, daily and always, to the journey ahead. Derek Thompson Acting General Manager Cowichan Tribes 6 | Cowichan Tribes Strategic Plan 2019-2024 OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE THE LAST FIVE-YEAR PLAN As we approach our work with humility and professionalism, it is also important to acknowledge and celebrate our successes. Below are some of the key accomplishments of Cowichan Tribes since our last five-year plan (2013-2018). Clean drinking water to Opened Slhexun Sun’ts’a’ – rst-ever Wilson Rd., Tommy Rd., Trestle Rd. First Nations primary care clinic in BC Decreased number of Quw’utsun Hosted 42nd annual B.C. Elders Gathering – children going into care hosting over 3,000 people to our territory Adopted new Tumuhw (land) code to Successful youth better manage our lands and resources engagement program Fibre-optic internet connections Increased enrolment of to River Rd, Khowutzun Forestry Services (KFS), Quw’utsun youth in post-secondary Khowutzun Development Corportion (KDC), Kwun'atsustal, and others Increased number of spaces Developed award winning for K-4 program at daycare Transportation and Mobility Plan 7 | Cowichan Tribes Strategic Plan 2019-2024 Increased Ts’ewulhtun Health Centre High graduation rates own-source revenues achieved accreditation status at trades school Established capital New sewer system for Tyup Rd, projects department Trestle Rd, Wilson Rd Decreased average sta Digitized 98% recruitment time by 5 days of oral history Implemented the Guardians Operational Leadership Team work program for community safety on Social Determinants of Health Increased use of social media and Funding for prevention services for child online communications and family including o reserve Family night – cultural activities, Developed new policies language and family fun and nancial law Agreement with Canada to claim Successful Embracing Life program, full jurisdiction over our child services suicide prevention Increased funding for employment Implemented records and skills training management system (Laserche) Housing projects Streamlined membership services Successful sh that were completed including use of TIFIS program hatchery activities 8 | Cowichan Tribes Strategic Plan 2019-2024 OUR VISION What we are working towards Through Quw’utsun heritage, we are working together respectfully for a healthier, safer and stronger nation. Tun’ni’utu squw’utsun’al’lh syuwen, ts’I’ts;wutultst kws s’uy’elhs, kw’amkw’ums, tu stielh mustimuhw. 9 | Cowichan Tribes Strategic Plan 2019-2024 OUR MISSION What we do, our purpose Cowichan Tribes is a community-driven organization promoting the respect of our culture and traditions and empowering the individuality and success of our people and nation. Nilh tu Quw’utsun mistimuhw tl’im ‘o’ hi wa’qw ye i’mushstuhw syu’wentst, snuw’uy’ulhtst kw’am kwum’ tu shqwulawuns sis’o’ tslhqwnamut ‘utu syaays, ‘i’kw’ni’tatul’utus. OUR LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES 1| Quw’utsun Mustimuhw are healthy and value their cultural identity 2| All Quw’utsun Mustimuhw are gainfully employed in a manner of their choosing 3| Cowichan Tribes is recognized as a leading organization and employer 4| We are self-sufficient and self-governing to the fullest extent possible 5| Quw’utsun Mustimuhw are learning Hul’q’umi’num 6| Our natural resources are managed and protected for current and future generations 10 | Cowichan Tribes Strategic Plan 2019-2024 About Cowichan Tribes Since time immemorial, Quw’utsun Peoples have Development. Other services we provide include lived in and stewarded the land and sea in our Community Justice, Culture, Emergency Preparedness, territory. Our ways of being are firmly grounded in Fisheries, Hatchery, Indian Registry and Band the Hul’q’umi’num’ language and the Quw’utsun Membership, Lands, S-ul’hween (Elders) Program, Snuw’uy’ulh (teachings). Operations and Maintenance, Capital Infrastructure, Treaty Negotiation, Job Training and Youth Services. With over 5,000 members, Cowichan Tribes is the largest First Nation Band in British Colombia.
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