The Need for a Moratorium on Placer Mining Claims and Leases
A submission prepared on the behalf of the BC First Nations Energy and Mining Council regarding the need for a moratorium on placer mining claims and leases in BC.
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Cleaning up Coles Bay and the BC Coast: The Urgent Need for a Federal Action to Address Indigenous Shellfish Issues
A submission on behalf of the Pauquachin First Nation to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans; Minister of Environment and Climate Change; Minister of Health; and Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations regarding the rehabilitation of shellfish habitat on the Saanich Peninsula…
Kootenay Lake Fisheries Act Investigation Request
Request to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard on behalf of the British Columbia Wildlife Federation (“BCWF”) and yaqan nukiy (Lower Kootenay Band) to investigate concerns about ongoing harm to fish and fish habitat occurring in…
2022-23 Annual Report
Over the year, we offered three sessions of the Clinic and a Spring Intensive Clinic. We mentored 35 Clinic students, who provided over 3,131 hours of legal services to 25 client groups. In total, ELC staff, Articling Students, Coop students…
Cleaning up Coles Bay: A Partnership for Justice and Shellfish Restoration
A submission on behalf of the Pauquachin First Nation to the District of North Saanich regarding the rehabilitation of shellfish habitat on the Saanich Peninsula.
Cleaning Up Coles Bay: The Urgent Need to Restore Traditional Shellfish Harvesting Sites of the Pauquachin First Nation
A submission on behalf of the Pauquachin First Nation to the Ministers of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation; Health; Environment and Climate Change Strategy; Land, Water and Resource Stewardship; and Agriculture and Food.
Reforming the Competition Act to Defend Climate: The Need to Regulate Deceptive Ads
There is clearly no issue facing Canadians that is of higher importance than dealing with climate change. The Government of Canada’s current initiative to reform the Competition Act presents a unique opportunity to reform the Act’s provisions to better deter…
Reducing Wildfire by Encouraging Prescribed and Cultural Burning
Law reform recommendations to combat the ever-increasing scale of mega-fires that ravage the province each year through supporting prescribed and cultural burning, which has been an essential part of British Columbia’s ecosystems since time immemorial, and is one of many…
Protecting Indigenous Cultural Heritage Resources on Private Land
In recent years, Indigenous Nations in British Columbia have made great progress in providing better management and protection for cultural heritage resources, such as artifacts, spiritual sites, initiation sites, transformation sites, burial grounds, cultural practice sites, ceremonial bathing sites, and…
Legal and Policy Options to Ban or Limit the Use of Horticultural Peat Moss in British Columbia
A submission prepared on behalf of Peatlands Protection Society recommending legal and policy options to ban or limit the use of horticultural peat moss in BC.
Wild Places and Green Spaces: A Citizen’s Guide to Proving Public Access
Prepared on behalf of the Outdoor Recreation Council of BC, this Citizen’s Guide is designed to assist British Columbians who want to prove a public right to access to wild places and green spaces. October 20, 2022: updated version of…
2021-22 Annual Report
A review of highlights from 2021-22, a year where we resumed in-person teaching and welcomed new members to the ELC team, helping us to deliver over 6,500 hours of pro bono legal services to Indigenous and community organizations across BC.
