“Looking back on it, you don’t know what you’re missing because you don’t know what the opportunities are. That’s one of the challenges I think for any First Nation. You don’t know what you’re missing. And if you don’t have the right system, and...
“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...
A Meeting of the Minds: Implications of the Kebaowek Federal Court Decision on UNDRIP Implementation
I recently attended a powerful presentation on the implications of the Kebaowek Federal Court decision. Hosted by the Chiefs of Ontario and featuring lawyer Nick Leeson of Woodward & Company (Nick Leeson | Woodward & Company LLP, the session...
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,...
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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Looking out over frozen wetlands and lakes, field season can seem far away. But in the blink of an eye, you’ll be dusting off the old hip waders and heading out on the lands and waters — so what better use the colder months, than to plan your...
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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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With field season approaching in a few short months, we are revisiting our Environmental Monitoring Guide as a source of inspiration!
Today in our blog, we talk about the benefits of placing your community’s Indigenous Knowledge at the...
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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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In the deep waters of Nipissing lives an ancient species of fish whose ancestors shared these same waters with the dinosaurs. Like the Anishinaabe, N’me, or freshwater lake sturgeon, have been affected by many changes caused by colonization,...
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