SCHEDULE
9:00am - 9:15am: Welcome
Chief Judy Wilson, Neskonlith for Secwepemc Hosts
Dean Bradford Morse, TRU Faculty of Law
9:15am - 10:45am: Session 1
Indigenous territorial governance in the Interior
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Implementing a declaration of Aboriginal Title. Chief Russel Myers, Yunesit'in, Tsilhqot'in Nation, will present on developments since the 2014 Supreme Court decision in Tsilhqot'in Nation, including Dasiqox Tribal Park.
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Logging to challenge provincial and assert Indigenous jurisdiction. Arthur Manuel, George Manuel Institute and Secwepemc plaintiff in ongoing title litigation, who will discuss litigation.
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Indigenous Governance and Aboriginal Title: Identifying the Holders of Authority and Rights. Professor Kent McNeil, Osgooe Hall Law School, York University, will present on how Canadian law approaches the question of identifying the title holder and the related governing authority.
10:45am - 11:00am: Break
Refreshment and Snacks will be provided
TRU President Alan Shaver
11:00am - 12:15pm: Session 2
Indigenous law and Indigenous governance
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Pipsell (Jacko Lake) and Ajax Mine. Dr. Ron Ignace, Chief of Skeetchestn First Nation, will present on the Stk'emplups te Secwepemc regarding the assessment process being developed in relation to the Ajax Mine proposal, the declaration of title and recently filed statement of claim.
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Hat Creek Land Use Plan, Chief Ryan Day, Bonaparte First Nation and Secwepemc Spokesperson for the Interior Alliance together with Chief Darrel Bob, St'at'imc Spokesperson for the Interior Alliance
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Pipelines, Aboriginal Law and Indigenous Authority, Professor Gordon Christie, Associate Professor of Law, University of British Columbia, Director, Indigenous Legal Studies Program, University of British Columbia.
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MONDAY, February 15th
TUESDAY, February 16th
9:00am - 9:15am: Session 1
Indigenous territorial governance and environmental stewardship (fisheries, forests, and waters)
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Haida Nation Governance. Guujaaw, Skidigate representative and past president, Council of Haida Nation, will present on the Haida Nation reconciliation protocl with the Province (Kunst'aa Guu - Kunst'aayah Reconciliation Protocol), the internal organization of the Haida Nation and their stewardship of resources
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Transmountain Pipeline Project. Reuben George, Tseil-Wauthuth Nation, will present about the assessment process and decision undertaken by Tseil-Wauthuth in accordance with their Indigenous law
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Intersections between Environmental Law and Indigenous Governance of Aboriginal Title. Professor Sharon Mascher, Faculty of law, University of Calgary, will present on how Indigenous governance relates to sustainability and inter-generational equity and also the restrictions placed on the uses of Aboriginal title lands by the title doctrine.
10:30am - 10:45am: Break
Refreshments and snacks will be provided
10:45am - 12:00pm: Session 2
Indigenous Knowledge and Alliances
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Earth Conciliations: The Burgeoning Work of Indigenous Territorial Authority in Alliane with Settler Polities. Professor Brian Noble, Dalhousie University, Department of Anthropology, will present on the work between Secwepemc people and academics on territorial authority, and discuss the potential for such work for Indigenous Peoples across Canada, including network on Indigenous Territorial Authority.
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Small t Treaty Relations: Decolonizing L'sitkuk Ancestral Homelands. Sherry Pictou, PhD Candidate, Dalhousie University, will present on L'sitkuk's struggle to maintain fishing (and other) livelihoods and how re/learning Ankukamkewel (adding relations) through Netukulimk (Indigenous practices with the land) and building alliances, comprise forms of decolonization.
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Indigenous Peoples' Control Over Access to Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge in the Interior of British Columbia. Professor Nicole Schabus, TRU Faculty of Law, will present on a research project she is leading together with Professor Tesh Dagne that aims to identify concerns Indigenous Peoples in the Interior have regarding access to their knowledge and biodiversity in their territories. Access to indigenous knowledge an biodiversity are, or should be, subject to the consent of Indigenous Peoples and can provide a starting point for developing broader indigenous territorial authority.