First Nations Fisheries

For more information about the First Nations Summit, please visit their website at www.fns.bc.ca.

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July 8, 2020 from 10-11 AM PT: BC Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act and Expectations for Water Sustainability Act Reform (for First Nations only)

To register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkdumrrTIqGdY-dpqtfYFwYiBaSVHFpJYR

In this webinar, Rosie Simms, Water for Fish Interim Manager, will present and ask for feedback on a draft discussion paper that identifies reforms required to begin the process of bringing the Water Sustainability Act (WSA) into conformity with the BC Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA). FNFC has been working on this paper since December 2019 with Mandell Pinder and a small group of water law experts.

The FNFC Water for Fish Initiative, in collaboration with B.C.’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, is convening First Nations and provincial government staff and executive in Phase II of the “Working Together on Water Initiative” to continue to explore and implement a new Water Sustainability Act engagement framework in summer 2020. Two half-day online meetings that will build on one another will take place on July 16th and 23rd (for First Nations only).

To register: contact Genevieve Layton-Cartier at Genevieve@fnfisheriescouncil.ca

The FNFC Water for Fish Initiative, in collaboration with B.C.’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, is convening First Nations and provincial government staff and executive in Phase II of the “Working Together on Water Initiative” to continue to explore and implement a new Water Sustainability Act engagement framework in summer 2020. Two half-day online meetings that will build on one another will take place on July 16th and 23rd (for First Nations only).

To register: contact Genevieve Layton-Cartier at Genevieve@fnfisheriescouncil.ca

For more information, please visit www.imawg.ca.

For more information please visit https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/upcoming_events

For more information, please visit www.imawg.ca.

ONA will be hosting the WORKSHOP: 20 YEARS OF RESTORING SALMON HABITAT & FISH PASSAGE WITHIN THE SYILX (OKANAGAN) TERRITORY on October 6^th & 7^th, 2020.

For more info or to reserve a seat, please contact Camille Rivard-Sirois at crivard@syilx.org.

For more information about the First Nations Summit, please visit their website at www.fns.bc.ca.

For more information please visit http://fns.bc.ca/summit-meetings

Watersheds 2020 is hosted by the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance with the BC Freshwater Legacy Initiative, Canadian Freshwater Alliance and First Nations Fisheries Council of BC. This forum will continue the successful dialogue and action generated at the 2012 Solutions Forum, Watersheds 2014, Watersheds 2016 and Watersheds 2018.

To register: https://watershedsforum.ca/

The symposium will take place in Ottawa, Ontario on October 20, 2020, followed by an evening reception. Join fishery and industry experts, Indigenous and community leaders, and policy-makers to help create an agenda to rebuild Canada’s fisheries and adapt to an increasingly uncertain future for our oceans. An abundant ocean is possible. Rebuilding fish populations can be our legacy. Learn more at oceana.ca/RebuildingAbundance

For more information, please visit www.imawg.ca.