Indigenous Water Laws, Planning & Capacity Building
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G2G Agreement with Lake Babine Nation, Province and Canada includes joint decision making on strategic priorities such as "governance and management of water resources using new tools under the Water Sustainability Act and other relevant legislation."
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Cowichan Tribes and the Minister of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations’ interim letter of agreement (February 2020) to collaborate and jointly explore the benefits of a Water Sustainability Plan for the Koksilah Watershed.
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Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs and the provincial and federal governments’ Memorandum of Understanding (May 2020) where water is included as one of the immediate areas of jurisdiction to be addressed. MoU updates
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?Esdilagh First Nation historic ʔEsdilagh Sturgeon River Law (May 2020) to protect the health and future of its community.
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POLIS Water Sustainability Project- Dec 2019 Watershed Knowledge Dispatch Pooling Shared Information and Knowledge Governance
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First Nations Fisheries Council 2019- Statement of Requirements for Water Governance in British Columbia According to Crown Commitments to Reconciliation
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Released by the POLIS Water Sustainability Project and the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources, Collaborative Consent and British Columbia’s Water: Towards Watershed Co-Governance
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POLIS, CIER and the First Nations Fisheries Council co-hosted a webinar on Mapping Archaeological, Cultural and Ecological Values for Decision-Making in April 2017.
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Joe, N., Bakker, K. & Harris, L. “Perspectives on the BC Water Sustainability Act: First Nations Respond to Water Governance Reform in BC” (March 2017)
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Overduin, N. & Simms, R. “Wayfinding: Rethinking B.C.’s Approach to Freshwater Through Partnerships & Shared Decision-Making” in WaterCanada (March 2017)
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First Nations Fisheries Council, Water for Fish Program
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UBC Program on Water Governance & Keepers of the Water, “Sustainable Water Governance and Indigenous Law Research Project” (2016-2023) also known as the Decolonizing Water Project
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CIER & FNFC’s Indigenous Watershed Initiatives and Co-Governance Arrangements: A British Columbia Systematic Review (Sept 2016) Also see the Communique
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2016 (Oct) FNFC & CIER Systematic Review Reporting Webinar and Powerpoint Presentation
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Webinar Summary 2015 (Nov) Shared Decision Making
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Webinar Summary 2015 (Jan) First Nations Place-Based Governance
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Webinar Summary 2014 (June) First Nations Policy
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UVic Environmental Law Centre and Indigenous Law Research Unit - Water Laws: Lessons from Indigenous and Colonial Stewardship: The project team will work with three Indigenous communities to map their Indigenous water laws and draw parallels between Indigenous water stewardship and licensed water user behaviour.
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Revitalizing Indigenous Law for Land Air and Water (RELAW): RELAW is a project of West Coast Environmental Law and the Indigenous Law Research Unit at the University of Victoria. Through the RELAW project, participating Indigenous nations will work with community researchers and lawyers to develop a written summary of legal principles related to environmental governance and land and resources for their nation.