Doris Paul (Xele’milh) is a Squamish Nation elder and leader, an Indigenous educator and advocate, and a survivor of ten years of deep trauma endured at the Sechelt Indian Residential School. She was the driving force behind initiatives such as North Vancouver RCMP’s Integrated First Nations Unit (IFNU), North Vancouver’s Integrated Domestic Violence Unit and the First Nations Court. She is a leader on the North Shore’s Violence Against Women Committee’s Strength and Remembrance Pole project. Doris is also the recipient of British Columbia’s Reconciliation Award, Ending Violence BC’s ‘Be More than a Bystander’ Award, the King George III Coronation Award and BC Achievement’s Community Award.
