Vancouver Port Authority & Musqueam Event

Media advisory

Announcement from Musqueam Indian Band and Vancouver Fraser Port Authority

November 2, 2021 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MUSQUEAM TERRITORY, BC

Media are invited to attend an event for an announcement from Musqueam Indian Band and the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.

The announcement will be preceded by a welcome including drumming and a message from Musqueam Indian Band. A seated lunch will follow at noon.

Date:                Friday November 5, 2021

Time:               11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. PST

Location:         Musqueam Community Centre – 6735 Salish Drive, Vancouver B.C.

For those unable to attend in person, there is also a livestream to Musqueam’s Facebook Page.

Notes for media

• Musqueam and Vancouver Fraser Port Authority representatives will be available for media interviews
• Parking is available onsite at the Musqueam Community Centre, with street parking also available
• COVID-19 health protocols are in place in all Musqueam facilities. Visitors are required to sign-in at the main entrance of the community centre, wear a mask indoors, and maintain a safe physical distance from others. Please stay home if you are feeling sick.

Media contacts

Odette Wilson, Communications Officer
Musqueam Indian Band
236.885.7335
[email protected]

Matti Polychronis, Media Relations Advisor
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority
778-928-5818
[email protected]

About Musqueam Indian Band

Musqueam people have lived in the Fraser River estuary since time immemorial. We are a proud and culturally-resilient First Nation of over 1,300 members. About half of our members live in a small portion of our territory known as Musqueam Reserve, located south of Marine Drive in Vancouver. Many of the remaining members live throughout Musqueam’s territory, now called Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Delta, North Vancouver, West Vancouver and New Westminster. Our lands and waters continue to support our cultural and economic practices, while serving as a source of knowledge and memory, encoded with our teachings and laws.

About the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and the Port of Vancouver

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is the federal agency responsible for the stewardship of the Port of Vancouver. Like all Canada Port Authorities, we are accountable to the federal minister of transport, and operate pursuant to the Canada Marine Act with a mandate to enable Canada’s trade through the Port of Vancouver, while protecting the environment and considering local communities. The port authority is structured as a non-share corporation, is financially self-sufficient and does not rely on tax dollars for operations. Our revenues come from port terminals and tenants who lease port lands, and from port users who pay various fees such as harbour dues. Profits are reinvested in port infrastructure. The port authority has control over the use of port land and water, which includes more than 16,000 hectares of water, over 1,500 hectares of land, and approximately 350 kilometres of shoreline. Located on the southwest coast of British Columbia in Canada, the Port of Vancouver extends from Roberts Bank and the Fraser River up to and including Burrard Inlet, bordering 16 municipalities and intersecting the traditional territories and treaty lands of several Coast Salish First Nations. The Port of Vancouver is Canada’s largest port, and the third largest in North America by tonnes of cargo. Enabling the trade of approximately $240 billion in goods with more than 170 world economies, port activities sustain 115,300 jobs, $7 billion in wages, and $11.9 billion in GDP across Canada.