{"id":5225,"date":"2024-09-26T16:19:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T23:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/?page_id=5225"},"modified":"2024-09-26T16:22:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T23:22:03","slug":"meet-kristy-bell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/meet-our-staff\/meet-kristy-bell\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Kristy Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-79uwro-fe8bfa157f22a047eac9aa18576cd118 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5xcq44-203f4a70f354059a4ac879d34ca17e29\">\n.avia-image-container.av-5xcq44-203f4a70f354059a4ac879d34ca17e29 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-5xcq44-203f4a70f354059a4ac879d34ca17e29 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-5xcq44-203f4a70f354059a4ac879d34ca17e29 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-5228 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-5228 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/09\/IMG_9753-168x300.jpg\" alt='' title='IMG_9753'  height=\"300\" width=\"168\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/09\/IMG_9753-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/09\/IMG_9753-575x1030.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/09\/IMG_9753-768x1375.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/09\/IMG_9753-858x1536.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/09\/IMG_9753-1144x2048.jpg 1144w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/09\/IMG_9753-838x1500.jpg 838w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/09\/IMG_9753-394x705.jpg 394w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/09\/IMG_9753-scaled.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-3jyitg-7dc9ae7bfd938e99ea6724cb93b8e8b1 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-9zhas-e6486a127bea8788a714ce30e4003b73 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Tan\u2019si, my name is\u00a0<span class=\"mark8e1la8vea\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Kristy<\/span>\u00a0Bell. My Indigenous ancestry is from the Driftpile Cree Nation in Northern Alberta and my settler ancestry from Scotland. I am grateful to walk gently on the unceeded territory and lands of the K\u2019omoks First Nation. I have four children, two of whom have graduated from G.P Vanier and Nala\u2019atsi and two in grade 7 and 11. My children and I have a beautiful blended family and hold family connections to K\u2019omoks First Nation, Stz\u2019Uminus First Nation and Cowichan Tribes.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0I studied Criminology in Post Secondary and have spent many years advocating for Indigenous youth and families involved with the Criminal Justice System and the Ministry of Children and Families. I am a passionate grassroots organizer raising awareness on the many issues we as Indigenous peoples face in a broken colonial system with a focus on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirited peoples across Canada. I worked with the First Nations Justice Council of British Columbia, the Provincial Government as an advisor and the Federal Government as an assistant to Members of Parliament in the House of Commons. In that work, I ensured decisions made that impact our lives should have the representation of Indigenous voices at decision making tables within every level of Government.<\/div>\n<div>I am inspired to start this new journey with Indigenous Education at Mark Isfeld. I believe our young people are our greatest gifts and I\u2019m humbled to be in this role and excited to get to know each student, celebrate their gifts and walk together in a good way.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"parent":695,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5225","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 00:43:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_tag","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5225"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5227,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5225\/revisions\/5227"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/indigenous-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}