Licensee Portal Login

CHCPBC releases “Ten Years of Repair and Growth: Our Journey Towards Truth and Reconciliation”

Home 5 News 5 CHCPBC releases “Ten Years of Repair and Growth: Our Journey Towards Truth and Reconciliation”

January 21, 2026

The year 2025 marked ten years since the conclusion of the mandate of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to inform all Canadians about what happened in residential schools. December 15, 2025 marked the ten-year anniversary of the release of the Final Report by the Commission, which included Ten Principles for Reconciliation and 94 Calls to Action.

The College of Health and Care Professionals of BC would like to respectfully acknowledge the life and legacy of the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Mazina Giizhik (One Who Speaks of Pictures in the Sky). As the Chair of the TRC, his dedication and advocacy for truth and justice for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people led to the creation of the 94 Calls to Action. His leadership with the TRC is a reminder to everyone that reconciliation is ongoing and calls for collective commitment and action.

The College has taken time to reflect on our progress in addressing the Calls to Action over the past ten years. In doing so, we also reflect on the work we’ve undertaken to eradicate Indigenous-specific racism in the healthcare system and to embed Indigenous cultural safety and humility within regulatory governance, standards and processes.

With humility, we share “Ten Years of Repair and Growth: Our Journey towards Truth and Reconciliation” (PDF), which looks below the ground for the foundations at the roots. It identifies signs of early growth from the seeds that have been planted. And it considers the future forest we envision.

Read News Posts

Recent posts

Introducing the Professional & Quality Practice Program (PQPP)

CHCPBC has designed a comprehensive new approach to quality practice that includes continuing professional development, practice support, and quality assurance assessments. The Professional & Quality Practice Program (PQPP) will launch in fall 2026 and will apply to all nine professions regulated by the College.

VFSS certifications repealed from bylaws

Changes are coming to Schedule 10, Certified Practice in the CHCPBC Bylaws to remove the need for certification for some videofluoroscopic swallow study (VFSS) certifications. When the bylaw amendments come into effect, speech-language pathologists can be involved in the provision of VFSS without regulatory limits or conditions as part of their scope of practice.

HPOA Licensee Webinar Series

,

CHCPBC will host the HPOA Licensee Webinar Series. Each session in the series will focus on a different aspect of the Health Professions and Occupations Act and what it means for licensees. Recordings of the sessions will be made available.

Opportunity to join the CHCPBC Registration Committee

CHCPBC’s Registration Committee includes both registrant members and public members. The College is recruiting for psychologist and school psychologist registrant members for this committee, with a view to ensure adequate diversity of perspectives, lived experience, and profession-specific expertise.

HPOA bylaws consultation: Delegation

CHCPBC is seeking feedback on an additional part of draft bylaws for the College under the Health Professions and Occupations Act: Delegation. Feedback is due October 22, 2025. Feedback can also still be sent, until October 15, 2025, on two other parts of the draft bylaws: Continuing Professional Development and Professional Responsibilities.

Sending documentation during the strike at Canada Post

Please be aware that strike action at Canada Post is impacting the delivery of mailed documents to CHCPBC. To ensure your correspondence reaches us, we encourage you to communicate with us through electronic means wherever possible.

CHCPBC 2024/2025 Annual Report

CHCPBC has developed and posted the College’s first annual report. Titled “A New Beginning – Annual Report 2024/2025,” the report provides a comprehensive overview of CHCPBC’s first nine months of operation, from amalgamation on June 28, 2024 until March 31, 2025.

Prioritizing anti-discrimination

As we prepare to observe Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Tuesday, September 30, we are also looking ahead to the implementation of the HPOA, which will weave principles of reconciliation and anti-discrimination directly into the fabric of regulation.