CLE Online

Welcome and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)

Deborah L. Curran — Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and School of Environmental Studies, Executive Director, Environmental Law Centre, University of Victoria, Victoria
Terri-Lynn gid7ahl-gudsllaay lalaxaaygans Williams-Davidson — White Raven Law Corporation|XUUYA GAADA KILYAHDA, Surrey

Haida Gwaii (9:10 – 10:10)

Moderator: Terri-Lynn gid7ahl-gudsllaay lalaxaaygans Williams-Davidson — White Raven Law Corporation|XUUYA GAADA KILYAHDA, Surrey

Introduction and overview: examining the interim joint exercise of jurisdiction on Haida Gwaii

Terri-Lynn gid7ahl-gudsllaay lalaxaaygans Williams-Davidson — White Raven Law Corporation|XUUYA GAADA KILYAHDA, Surrey

Collaborative management with Canada: Gwaii Haanas Haida Heritage Site and National Park Reserve Archipelago Management Board: history and overview

• • marine spatial planning
  • successes and challenges

Jason Gaagwiis Alsop — President, Haida Nation, Haida Gwaii
Ernie Nang Kaa Klaagangs Gladstone — Field Unit Superintendent, Gwaii Haanas, Parks Canada Field Unit Office, Skidegate

BREAK (10:10 – 10:25)

Haida Gwaii (10:25 – 11:25)

Moderator: Terri-Lynn gid7ahl-gudsllaay lalaxaaygans Williams-Davidson — White Raven Law Corporation|XUUYA GAADA KILYAHDA, Surrey

Collaborative management with BC
Haida Gwaii Management Council: structure and accomplishments

• • solutions table: process and challenges
  • marine spatial planning

Derek Thompson — Former Chair, Haida Gwaii Management Council, Haida Nation, Victoria

BREAK (11:25 – 11:40)

Provincial Perspective: BC's Approach to Government-to-Government Agreements (11:40 – 11:55)

Becky Black — Ministry of Attorney General, Victoria
Tom McCarthy — Division Chief Negotiator, Ministry of Indigenous Relations & Reconciliation, Victoria

LUNCH (11:55 – 12:25)

Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs (12:25 – 1:15)

Moderator: Nigel Grenier — White Raven Law Corporation|XUUYA GAADA KILYAHDA, Surrey

• introduction and overview
• the land use plan as establishing ecosystem-based standards for activities in Gitanyow territory
• land use plan implementation
  • ecological standards
  • shaping forestry
• questions & discussion

Tara Marsden — Wilp Sustainability Director, Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs, Kitwanga
Roger Ritsema — Acting Regional Negotiator, Skeena, Ministry of Indigenous Relations & Reconciliation, Smithers

BREAK (1:15 – 1:30)

Great Bear Rainforest (1:30 – 2:45)

Moderator: Deborah L. Curran — Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and School of Environmental Studies, Executive Director, Environmental Law Centre, University of Victoria, Victoria

• how the Nations' governance vision is transformed into ecological standards and funding for a conservation economy
• introduction and overview

Chief Gagvi Marilyn Slett — Chair of Coastal First Nations, Chief Councillor, Heiltsuk First Nation, Bella Bella
Kelly Brown — Director, Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department, Heiltsuk First Nation, Bella Bella

• new and developing forms of protected areas

David Ranson — Executive Director, BC Parks Provincial Services Branch, Ministry of Environment, Victoria

• forestry elements of the GBR agreements

Jeff Sheldrake — Executive Director, Regional Operations – Coast Region, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, Victoria

Questions & Discussion

BREAK (2:45 – 3:00)

The Broughton Archipelago (3:00 – 4:00)

Moderator: Deborah L. Curran — Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and School of Environmental Studies, Executive Director, Environmental Law Centre, University of Victoria, Victoria

Broughton Archipelago consensus recommendations for fish farms

Brenda Gaertner — Mandell Pinder LLP, Vancouver
Geraldine Hutchings — Ministry of Attorney General, Victoria
Kelly Speck — Elected Councillor, 'Namgis First Nation, Alert Bay

BREAK (4:00 – 4:15)

Discussion: Breakout Groups (4:15 – 4:45)
Participants join breakout groups to discuss case studies with presenters

• Haida Gwaii

Moderator: Terri-Lynn gid7ahl-gudsllaay lalaxaaygans Williams-Davidson — White Raven Law Corporation|XUUYA GAADA KILYAHDA, Surrey

• Great Bear Rainforest

Moderator: Deborah L. Curran — Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and School of Environmental Studies, Executive Director, Environmental Law Centre, University of Victoria, Victoria