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Laura Taylor

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How to Structure an Effective Lands and Consultation Department

“The roles within the Lands Office should reflect the priorities of the communities.” —Mark MacDougall, Regulatory and Research Consultant, SVS

In the first post of our Lands and Consultation Department series, we talked about how having a...

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Plant the Seed- Making the Case for a Lands and Consultation Department

Over the past decade, we have had the privilege of working with the talented, dedicated, and visionary lands and consultation staff in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities and organizations across Canada. In this popular blog series,...

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What You Need to Know about Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas

If you've been following our Environmental Monitoring blog series, you've hopefully been inspired by all the ways environmental monitoring can benefit your community. One benefit of having baseline data from environmental monitoring that you may...

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Five Key Questions when Planning a Community-led, Environmental Monitoring Program

Field season is just a few short months!  If you've got big plans, we've got some ideas for you! 

Welcome to the first post from our popular Environmental Monitoring blog series. Today we kick things off with five fundamental questions to get the...

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Five Key Questions in Planning a Community-led, Environmental Monitoring Program

Field season is just a few short months!  If you've got big plans, we've got some ideas for you! 

Welcome to the first post in our Environmental Monitoring blog series. Today we kick things off with five fundamental questions to get the wheels...

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Eight Ways GIS Helped Shawanaga First Nation Establish its IPCA

Today we are revisiting a blog post from a series that explored the power of mapping and GIS in supporting Indigenous Nations to advance their rights and interests. Over the series, we explored everything from custom collector apps for land users...

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Shop Indigenous! SVS's Annual Gift Giving Guide 2023

Welcome back to an annual SVS holiday tradition - our Shop Indigenous Gift Giving Guide!

We love supporting Indigenous businesses and it's easy when the products are local, hand crafted, beautiful, unique, and even delicious! 

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Five Benefits of Placing Indigenous Knowledge at the Heart of Environmental Monitoring

Darrell Settee of Pimicikamak Cree Nation, image taken by Laura Taylor

With field season quickly approaching, we are revisiting our Environmental Monitoring Guide as a source of inspiration! Today in our blog, we are talking about the...

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Five Key Questions in Planning a Community-led Environmental Monitoring Program

Field season is just around the corner!  If you've got big plans, we've got some ideas for you! 

What better way to protect your lands and waters than to keep a deliberate, watchful eye on what matters? However, we get that creating an...

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Funding your Lands and Consultation Department for Long Term Success

“The problem that exists is that the funding does not, in my opinion, take into account the full extent of activities that are happening.”—Boyd Clark, Band Manager, Acho Dene Koe First Nation

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