Wolastoqey Nations v. New Brunswick and Canada, et.al., 2024 NBKB 203
This legal document is a precedent setting decision confirming the possibility of declaring Aboriginal title over privately held land.
This legal document is a precedent setting decision confirming the possibility of declaring Aboriginal title over privately held land.
This blog from Olthuis Kleer Townshend (OKT) Law provides context and further explanation of the decision for Aboriginal title to apply to privately owned lands. In November of 2024, six Wolastoqey Nations in New Brunswick received a precedent-setting decision in their Aboriginal title claim
This report documents the Heiltsuk Nation's response to the 2016 Nathan E. Stewart oil spill in their territorial waters.
This blog is the first in a series from West Coast Environmental Law that looks [...]
This series of videos examines how land governance must change to recognize and uphold Indigenous rights and responsibilities and to restore nature’s once abundant ecosystems.
This video from CNN provides a brief overview of Gitdisdzu Lugyeks (Kitasu Bay) Marine Protected Area (MPA) declared by the Kitasoo Xai'xais Nation (British Columbia).
This webinar features a dialogue Indigenous approaches to reclaiming relationships with the land and waters.
This report examines how IPCAs can offer pathways to bring together Indigenous and Crown legal systems. It looks at SGaan Kinghlas-Bowie Seamount Marine Protected Area in Haida Gwaii and Thaidene Nëné in Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation territory as two contemporary examples of how this can occur.
This links to the official website of the Tahltan Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas Project (British Columbia). It includes a project overview, background, and connected projects.
This short explainer video provides an overview of Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs).