First Nations
Clayoquot SoundA message from Brenda Kuecks, President, Ecotrust Canada
With this week’s scheduled meetings between Canada’s native and non-native leaders, it seems plausible to hope for some positive change.
terratruthproject_name:terratruthThe Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed that the Title and Rights of Aboriginal people must be accommodated in development on the land. A system of referrals has been established to facilitate this.
standing tree to standing homeproject_name:standing tree to standing homeAs a result of a visioning exercise in 2008 organized by Ecotrust Canada, five Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations have agreed on one common need across Clayoquot Sound: improved housing.
green cultural building designproject_name:green cultural building designWe are working with Nuu-chah-nulth communities on the west coast of Vancouver Island, BC, Canada, to help them design green and culturally appropriate homes that recognize present circumstances, using today’s skills, based on yesterday’s knowledge, for future generations.
Today (Wednesday October 26, 2011), a joint statement was released regarding the first ever hearings into the violation of Indigenous land rights in Canada. Ecotrust Canada is part of the group endorsing that statement.
Neil Hughes receiving donation from RBC reps, l-r: Sylvia Kerfoot, Community Marketing Advisor and Olympian, RBC; Heather Beresford, Manager, Environmental Stewardship, Resort Municipality of Whistler; Neil; Scott Riley, Branch Manager, RBC WhistlerRoommates Jenny Lehmann and Zach Garland, first place finishers in the women’s and men’s categories of the 2011 RBC GranFondo Whistler cycle race respectively, weren’t the only winners on Saturday September 10.
On Wednesday August 24, the Lake Babine First Nation celebrated the opening of a smokehouse in the community of Tachet.
Ecotrust Canada recognizes that information democracy, the sharing of knowledge, is key to transformation and resilience. Knowledge Systems therefore play a major role in our work.
UFFCA Nechako White Sturgeonproject_name:UFFCA Nechako White SturgeonIf the Nechako white sturgeon population does not recover soon, it will likely become genetically extinct. The Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance (UFFCA), in partnership with Ecotrust Canada and others, are working to prevent just that.
.thumbnail.jpg "Slide of modeled carbon emissions reductions available for Clayoquot Sound, from Hughes' webinar presentation")
From mid-April to the end of May, 2011, Ecotrust Canada participated in a series of web-based presentations on First Nations and Carbon hosted by the Centre for Environment, in collaboration with The First Nations Carbon Collaborative (FNCC).
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