Rakiya Larkin is from the traditional territories of the Kwakwaka'wakw, speaking peoples from Alert Bay, which is located at the northern tip of Vancouver Island, Blackfoot from the Piikani Nation in Brocket Alberta and is of German and Romanian descent. Since Rakiya was 8-years old she has been travelling and public speaking, across Canada, educating all Canadians on the realities and social determinants of health that affect Indigenous peoples, land, community and culture, in hope to support to bridge the gap.

Rakiya received her Diploma in Human Resources Management at Camosun, where she continues her schooling to complete her degree in Human Resources Management with a leadership major. Rakiya currently works as the Change Management and Human Resources Coordinator with Emergency Management B.C, Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General. Here, she has the opportunity to bring her various passions together in terms of the work with Human Resources and getting the right people in the right job for the right time, her passion for and dedication to service excellence, empowerment of employees and more importantly supporting the important work of reconciliation that the BC Public Service has been thoughtfully and compassionately embarking on.

She is looking forward to the mountains we will move, the discourse and the narrative we will shift and the relationships that will be created.

Gilak’asla (thank-you)