International Law, the Pacific Salmon Treaty, and Infringement of Aboriginal...
Backgrounder for ELC Associates Program teleconference on International Law, the Pacific Salmon Treaty, and Infringement of Aboriginal Rights (February 9, 2009)
View ArticleCommunity Enforcement of Environmental Laws: Options for BC First Nations
Backgrounder for Community Enforcement of Environmental Laws: Options for BC First Nations ELC Associates teleconference (June 15, 2009 – Cohort 1)
View ArticleConsultation and Accommodation
Backgrounder for the ELC Associates teleconference on Consultation and Accommodation (April 18, 2011)
View ArticleEnvironmental Laws: A Field Guide for BCs North and Central Coast and Haida...
Environmental Laws: A Field Guide for BCs North and Central Coast and Haida Gwaii Developed in collaboration with the Coastal Guardian Watchmen Network, a project of the Coastal First Nations Great...
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New Tool for First Nations Guardian Watchmen
May 25, 2011 The Environmental Law Centre–in collaboration with the Coastal Guardian Watchmen Network, a project of the Coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative–has developed a tool to help First...
View ArticleBC Environmental Laws: What Needs to Change?
Backgrounder for the ELC Associates teleconference on BC Environmental Laws: What Needs to Change? (April 23, 2012)
View ArticleCanada’s Legal Obligation and Duty to Ensure On-Reserve Access to Clean...
Working for an affected BC First Nation, ELC student Craig Crooks completed a draft submission to the Federal Government, arguing that Ottawa is legally obliged to do more to upgrade First Nations’...
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Clean Drinking Water on Reserves
October 10, 2012 The Auditor General has noted that Canadas First Nations experience deplorable drinking water quality. Drinking water quality is inferior to non-reserve systems, and Boil Water...
View ArticleAn Agenda for Law Reform: The Need to Publicly Disclose Diseases on BC Fish...
Outbreaks of exotic or virulent fish disease at fish farms may spread to wild fish and threaten wild salmon stocks. Yet the government fails to adequately report to the public about fish farm...
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Government Should Disclose Fish Farm Disease Outbreaks
Government Should Disclose Fish Farm Disease Outbreaks June 12, 2014 Outbreaks of exotic or virulent fish disease at fish farms may spread to wild fish and threaten wild salmon stocks. Yet the...
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Northern Gateway Hearing, Day 1: An Articled Law Student’s Perspective
Photo of the #UnitedAgainstEnbridge Press Conference, Vancouver, BC / Coast Salish territory — October 1, 2015 Today I watched what I know will be a part of a historically significant event – years of...
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Northern Gateway Hearing, Day 2: An Articled Law Student’s Perspective
End of Day 2, the Gitxaala drum and sing for their lawyer in the lobby of the Federal Court of Appeal building, Vancouver, BC / Coast Salish territory – Oct 2, 2015 The second day of the Northern...
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UNESCO Calls on Canada to Protect World Heritage Site
In March, UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee responded to a petition that ELC students worked on for the Mikisew Cree First Nation. The December 2014 petition argued that the Alberta tar sands and Site...
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Coastal Impact – ELC Associates Program Update
One of the most compelling ELC Associates’ discussions (link to the Associates Program page on our website) this year explored BC’s marine spills response regime. Unfortunately, there was a recent...
View ArticleLegal Personality of Natural Features: Recent International Developments and...
Research paper prepared for a First Nation that discusses recent international developments that grant legal personality and related rights to natural features, including water bodies, related natural...
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Research-a-thon 2019: Getting Current with the Current
At 9am on Friday, February 8, snow was falling thick and fast in Victoria. On a day when no regular classes were scheduled at the Faculty of Law, many people may have been tempted to stay at home. But...
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Stand for Water March 13
On March 13, the ELC will partner with FNWARM (First Nations Women Advocating for Responsible Mining) and Amnesty International to sponsor a special Stand For Water event in Victoria at UVic’s First...
View ArticleAn Agenda for Law Reform: The Need to Publicly Disclose Diseases on BC Fish...
Outbreaks of exotic or virulent fish disease at fish farms may spread to wild fish and threaten wild salmon stocks. Yet the government fails to adequately report to the public about fish farm...
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Government Should Disclose Fish Farm Disease Outbreaks
Government Should Disclose Fish Farm Disease Outbreaks June 12, 2014 Outbreaks of exotic or virulent fish disease at fish farms may spread to wild fish and threaten wild salmon stocks. Yet the...
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Northern Gateway Hearing, Day 1: An Articled Law Student’s Perspective
Photo of the #UnitedAgainstEnbridge Press Conference, Vancouver, BC / Coast Salish territory — October 1, 2015 Today I watched what I know will be a part of a historically significant event – years of...
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