About This Meeting

Presentation and discussion about Indigenous Heritage and Ecological Conservation in the Salish Sea.

In the Salish Sea, a range of development pressures threatens the deep connections to place and the ecosystems that sustain them. In this free webinar, our five panellists guided discussions about the potential for on-the-ground actions and higher-level policy initiatives that lead to the protection of valued ecosystems and at the same time honour Indigenous connections to the land.

Panellists included:

• Alag̱a̱mił Nicole Norris – Halalt First Nation, Indigenous Planning Officer for the Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness
• Adam Huggins – Restoration Coordinator for the Galiano Conservancy, Sessional Instructor for Ecological Restoration in Continuing Studies at the University of Victoria
• Gordon Scott – Chair, Lasqueti Island Nature Conservancy
• Kate Emmings – Manager, Islands Trust Conservancy
• Eli Enns – CEO and President of the IISAAK OLAM Foundation

This webinar was hosted by the Xwe’etay/Lasqueti Archaeology Project and Simon Fraser University.

Contact Owen Wilson at SFU for further information.

This webinar was the first of a series of speaker events supported by the Islands Trust Conservancy’s Species At Risk Program.