National Indigenous Peoples Day
National Indigenous Peoples Day Hôtel-Musée Premières Nations Image Credit: Pierre-Olivier Fortin, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported As National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21 approaches, how the commitments of UNDRIP and the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission are reflected in the management of cultural heritage resources is only beginning to be understood in Ontario. Increasingly, Indigenous communities are developing community specific requirements related to identification, evaluation and mitigation of impacts to cultural heritage. TMHC makes efforts to incorporate Indigenous community input whenever possible. We also encourage our clients to work with Indigenous communities to build respectful, long term relationships. As consultants, it is the expectation of Indigenous communities that we support their requirements. However, as they are not government requirements, occasionally proponents are reluctant to support meeting…