A small city in B.C.'s northwest has apologized for the impacts of systemic racism on former city councillor Hlox-Majagalee, whose English name is Jessica McCallum-Miller.
, signed by the City of Terrace, current mayor Sean Bujtas, and Hlox-Majagalee, acknowledges the harm to Hlox-Majagalee's "sense of dignity and equality as an Indigenous woman" but maintains that the City "never intended to do or say things that would have a negative impact" on her.
Hlox-Majagalee was elected in 2018, the city's youngest councillor at 25. After her resignation, she said that her young age, along with her Gitxsan, Nisga'a, and Tsimshian heritage, made her feel alone and isolated when raising issues relating to women and Indigenous peoples."One of the unavoidable consequences of colonialism is that harm can be caused even when no person or institution intended to cause harm," reads the joint statement.
The City of Terrace sits on unceded Tsimshian territories of the Kiselas and Kisumkalum peoples. Pictured from above in January 2023.
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