Honour one and all.

Recognizing each person is on their healing journey. Their healing journey is individual and sacred.

Let’s value and treat each person with a significance of morals and ethics.

The gifts of our ancestors are powerful.

Respect the lands and protocols to which we stand. Acknowledge and be led by the cultures, ceremonies and teachings of First Nations elders, knowledge keepers, and those providing guidance.

Respect the protocols of the spiritual native.

We are a caring and healing organization.

A respectful relationship is to understand each person brings different gifts and contributions.

We must commit to respectful relationships with ourselves, our partners and more importantly, the people we serve.

Every child matters.

Appreciating the diversity of all people we serve, and all members of the IRSSS. Working together with teamwork, being fully engaged and involved, as possible.

Creating positive experiences through unity and cooperation.

Healing is necessary.

We acknowledge the resilience of First Nations people, especially the Survivors and students of the Indian Residential School System.

With a blend of knowledge and confidence, we will be the best role model we can be.

The IRSSS understands transformation is required and change will happen. The continuous growth of the organization will support healing for the people we serve, from the elders to the youth.

With change comes learning, and members of the organization must be willing to be both a teacher and the learner.

To sustain and maintain a strong foundation for the work we do, there must be a clear and accurate understanding.

Development comes from within. Through development comes justice and equal opportunity.