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Indigenous Relations
The Association of Professional Biology (APB) recognizes the importance of building respectful, meaningful, and lasting relationships with Indigenous Peoples and communities throughout British Columbia and beyond.
As part of this commitment, APB is developing an Indigenous Relations framework that will help guide our organization, our members, and our professional practice in ways that support collaboration, learning, and reconciliation.
Work currently underway includes:
- Developing a work plan to help APB engage with and build relationships with Indigenous Peoples and communities
- Creating an APB statement on Indigenous relations
- Designing a visual identity and logo to help represent and support this work
- Identifying Indigenous organizations and communities with whom APB can build meaningful working relationships
- Providing guidance, resources, and support to APB members working with Indigenous Peoples and communities
- Highlighting APB participation in Indigenous-led events and initiatives, including Gathering Our Voices and other opportunities for engagement and learning
APB understands that this work requires ongoing listening, relationship-building, and accountability. We are committed to approaching this process with respect, humility, and a willingness to learn.
Please check back in Summer 2026 for updates as this work progresses.
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APB Presents at Indigenous Youth Conference
Pamela Zevit RPBio, a current member of the APB Board and former President of APB, joined Technology Professions BC Board member Dawn McGrath in presenting at 2 one-hour sessions at Gathering Our Voices (GOV), each with 30+ youth in attendance. GOV is an Indigenous-led conference designed to enhance Indigenous youth awareness of many aspects of their culture and other areas of development such as education and careers.
Pamela’s goal was to impart information on educational and career opportunities in applied biology. A second objective was to gather input that will help APB frame a statement on Indigenous Peoples and craft a logo.
🧡 APB and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
The Association of Professional Biology is steadily building its program on our relations with Indigenous Peoples. The APB Board recently approved a Statement on Indigenous Peoples, to be posted and released soon. Past President, Pamela Zevit, participated earlier this year in a workshop at Gathering Our Voices, an Indigenous-led conference for youth. The APB is drafting an icon / logo that will help build the APB’s presence for our Indigenous Peoples initiative. In the future the APB will profile Indigenous Peoples in their roles as biology professionals, support through the APB Mentoring program and build linkages with Indigenous organizations in areas of common interest.
As the APB develops our relationship with Indigenous Peoples, the APB pays respect to our Indigenous neighbours and joins in support of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
(Left) APB President, Bruce Clark, is pictured at the start of the Spirit Trail on the Squamish Nation traditional lands in North Vancouver and (Right) Executive Director, John Leech, was recently in Alert Bay observing the many totem poles raised by the ‘Namgis First Nation.