First Nations Fisheries

For more information about the Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance, please visit www.upperfraser.ca.

For more information about the First Nations Summit please visit www.fns.bc.ca.

For more information about the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance (LFFA), please visit www.lffa.ca or email rosalie.hope@lffa.ca.

For more information about the UBCIC please visit www.ubcic.bc.ca.

For more information about the Island Marine Aquatic Working Group (IMAWG)  please visit www.imawg.ca or email smorin.imawg@gmail.com.

For more information about the Fraser River Aboriginal Fisheries Secretariat, please contact Communications Coordinator Allison James at frafs15@gmail.com or visit www.frafs.ca.

For more information about the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance (LFFA), please visit www.lffa.ca or email rosalie.hope@lffa.ca.

For more information about the Island Marine Aquatic Working Group (IMAWG)  please visit www.imawg.ca or email smorin.imawg@gmail.com.

For more information about the Fraser Salmon Management Council please visit www.frasersalmon.ca

Event notice at https://frasersalmon.ca/event/fsmc-annual-assembly-2019/

TOPIC: Let’s Talk About Drought in BC (for First Nations only)

To register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7838893783072377869

In this webinar, FNFC Water for Fish Project Coordinator Geneviève Layton-Cartier will give a short presentation on the current drought situation and forecast across BC and tools (including some under the Water Sustainability Act) that First Nations can use proactively and once water levels hit very low levels. Geneviève will then facilitate a group discussion.

For more information about the Fraser River Aboriginal Fisheries Secretariat, please contact Communications Coordinator Allison James at frafs15@gmail.com or visit www.frafs.ca.

For more information about the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance (LFFA), please visit www.lffa.ca or email rosalie.hope@lffa.ca.

Please visit the AFN website at www.afn.ca for more information on the Assembly of First Nations.

***The August 2019 monthly call will be cancelled due to meeting conflicts. We look forward to speaking with you when we resume our regular schedule of calls in September.***

The FNFC hosts a monthly update conference call on the second Monday of each month from 1:30pm to 3:00pm. The calls are open to all BC First Nations (Tier 1). The FNFC provides updates on our work, and also requests local/regional updates on fisheries work from participants. The dial-in information is sent out via the FNFC Tier 1 email list prior to each call. For more information please email us at info@fnfisheriescouncil.ca.

For more information about the Island Marine Aquatic Working Group (IMAWG)  please visit www.imawg.ca or email smorin.imawg@gmail.com.

The FNFC hosts a monthly update conference call on the second Monday of each month from 1:30pm to 3:00pm. The calls are open to all BC First Nations (Tier 1). The FNFC provides updates on our work, and also requests local/regional updates on fisheries work from participants. The dial-in information is sent out via the FNFC Tier 1 email list prior to each call. For more information please email us at info@fnfisheriescouncil.ca.

For more information about the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance (LFFA), please visit www.lffa.ca or email rosalie.hope@lffa.ca.

For more information about the UBCIC please visit www.ubcic.bc.ca.

TOPIC: BC Mining Law Reform Report and FNWARM (for First Nations only)

To register: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4092145185098729483

In this webinar, Loretta Williams from the Xeni Gwet’in First Nation will present on the BC First Nations Women Advocating Responsible Mining (FNWARM) which she chairs. Calvin Sandborn, Assistant Teaching Professor and Legal Director of the University of Victoria Environmental Law Centre, will discuss their report entitled BC Mining Law Reform: An Action Plan for Change developed in partnership with FNWARM, Fair Mining Collaborative, Northern Confluence and Mining Watch Canada. This report proposes recommendations to reform BC’s regulatory system for mining in response to growing evidence of systemic failures including the Mount Polley Mine disaster. Calvin will focus especially on the recommendations related to water protection.

For more information about the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance, please visit their website at www.lffa.ca.

The FNFC hosts a monthly update conference call on the second Monday of each month from 1:30pm to 3:00pm. The calls are open to all BC First Nations (Tier 1). The FNFC provides updates on our work, and also requests local/regional updates on fisheries work from participants. The dial-in information is sent out via the FNFC Tier 1 email list prior to each call. For more information please email us at info@fnfisheriescouncil.ca.

For more information about the Fraser River Aboriginal Fisheries Secretariat, please contact Communications Coordinator Allison James at frafs15@gmail.com or visit www.frafs.ca.

For more information about the First Nations Summit please visit www.fns.bc.ca.

For more information about the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance, please visit their website at www.lffa.ca.

For more information about the Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance, please visit www.upperfraser.ca.

Please join the FNFC and invited guests for a 1.5 day Fisheries Indigenous Knowledge Forum.

Tuesday, October 29th (full day) & Wednesday, October 30th (morning), 2019

SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue

580 W Hastings St, Vancouver BC

Please register by Friday, October 11, 2019 (link below).   

The Prime Minister has committed the Government of Canada to achieving reconciliation with Indigenous peoples through a renewed government-to-government relationship based on recognition of rights, respect, co-operation, and partnership as the foundation for transformative change.  The process of reconciliation and the fundamental shift in fisheries governance approach will be challenging not only for Government, but also for First Nations, and will require on-going commitment of both parties to improve relationships in ways that lead to improved outcomes for Indigenous peoples. Recently, the Fisheries Act has been amended and, among other significant changes, now requires consideration of Indigenous knowledge for decisions made under the Act and provides for the confidentiality of Indigenous knowledge.

The First Nations Fisheries Council is hosting a Fisheries Indigenous Knowledge Forum on October 29^th (full day) and October 30^th (half day) to initiate dialogue and build an understanding of Indigenous Knowledge systems and how the integration of Indigenous Knowledge relating to fisheries and their environments can lead to improved outcomes not only for fisheries, but for First Nation communities as well. The Forum agenda will be designed for First Nations to share how they have approached community-based engagement and research and how they have worked to address issues and challenges relating to sharing and integrating their Indigenous Knowledge systems with Western Knowledge systems:

• First Nation Case Studies: Highlight innovative approaches, practices & projects and developing successful partnerships
• Best Practices: Sharing and Protection of Indigenous Knowledge
• Facilitated Dialogue: Integration of Indigenous Knowledge to strengthen or improve decision-making
• Networking: Opportunities for participants to exchange ideas and develop partnerships

REGISTRATION:

Registration for this event is requested by October 11, 2019.

Please register online at http://www.createsurvey.com/s/Cf8p16/

TRAVEL FUNDING:

Limited funding is available to help support First Nations participant travel to this session. Participants must register online for the event, and if travel support is needed, must also complete the online Travel Subsidy Request form. The deadline to apply for travel is October 11, 2019; however, funds are limited and subsidies will be approved on a rolling basis, so early application is recommended.

To request the link to apply for travel funding online, please email us at info@fnfisheriescouncil.ca.  

For more information about the Island Marine Aquatic Working Group (IMAWG)  please visit www.imawg.ca or email smorin.imawg@gmail.com.

For more information about the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance, please visit their website at www.lffa.ca.