{"id":437,"date":"2022-01-11T09:27:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T17:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/accessiblebcactstandards\/?page_id=437"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:33:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T20:33:56","slug":"written-submission-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/declarationactactionplan\/written-submission-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Written submission guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-engagement-container\"><div class=\"engagement-page\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-engagement-content\"><bcgov-breadcrumb>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/declarationactactionplan\">Home<\/a>\n                          <span>\n        Written submission guidelines\n  <\/span>\n  <div style=\"display: flex\" slot=\"breadcrumb-extra\">\n      <\/div>\n  <\/bcgov-breadcrumb>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"bcgov-engagement-header \">Written submission guidelines<\/h1>\n<p>The&nbsp;Province&nbsp;wants to hear from Indigenous Peoples, partners and&nbsp;stakeholders involved in developing or implementing the current Action Plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to submit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The deadline for submissions is&nbsp;June 10,&nbsp;2026,&nbsp;at 4 pm&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Submit by email<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Please provide your written response by email to <a href=\"mailto:DeclarationActSecretariat@gov.bc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DeclarationActSecretariat@gov.bc.ca<\/a> with the subject line: &#8220;Declaration Act Action Plan Review&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Written submissions should be in Word or PDF format<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Submit by mail<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Please address mail to:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Declaration Act Secretariat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PO BOX 9104<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>STN PROV GOVT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Victoria, B.C., V8M 9B1<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Written submission criteria<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Submissions must meet the following criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Does not contain profanity or content that is defamatory, threatening, hateful, personally disparaging, harassing, indecent, vulgar, obscene, illegal, immoral or sexually explicit (partially masking profanity or other unacceptable language by substituting asterisks or other symbols into a word is not acceptable if the word remains recognizable)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Does not appear to, or actually, infringe the copyright, trademark, right of privacy, right of publicity or any other intellectual property or other proprietary right of any third party<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Does not contain information about, or images (e.g., photographs, videos or illustrations) of, any person other than the person submitting the content<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Does not advertise any product, person or organization, or direct attention to another website for personal gain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Does not provide links to, or information about, other sites that contain unlawful, objectionable or inappropriate content<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Does not make unproven or unsupported accusations against individuals, groups or organizations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Does not appear to be spam-like messaging, a repeat posting or a template letter writing campaign<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is not far off-topic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All submissions will be read and considered as part of the engagement summary report, provided they meet the above criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-engagement-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-engagement-call-to-actions undefined cta-left-image\"><div class=\"call-to-action-content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong><strong>Collection Notice:<\/strong> <\/strong>Your personal information will be collected for the purposes of informing the engagement project. If you have any questions about the collection of this personal information, please contact: Director, Citizen Engagement, <a href=\"mailto:citizenengagement@gov.bc.ca\">citizenengagement@gov.bc.ca<\/a>. This information is being collected by the Ministry of Citizens&#8217; Services on behalf of the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation under the authority of section 26(c) and 26(e) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (\u201cFOIPPA\u201d).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Province&nbsp;wants to hear from Indigenous Peoples, partners and&nbsp;stakeholders involved in developing or implementing the current Action Plan. How to submit The deadline for submissions is&nbsp;June 10,&nbsp;2026,&nbsp;at 4 pm&nbsp; Submit by email Submit by mail Declaration Act Secretariat PO BOX 9104 STN PROV GOVT Victoria, B.C., V8M 9B1 Written submission criteria Submissions must meet the following &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/declarationactactionplan\/written-submission-guidelines\/\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" >Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-437","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"lang":false,"translations":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/declarationactactionplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/declarationactactionplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/declarationactactionplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/declarationactactionplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/declarationactactionplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/declarationactactionplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1546,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/declarationactactionplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437\/revisions\/1546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/declarationactactionplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}