ENV250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Beaver Lake Cree Nation, Unifor, Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines
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Lecture 19. 2 notes indigenous people and the environment: case studies. First nations impacts: tar sands impacts, salmon spawning streams, crossed over 1000 rivers and streams, salmon important to bc first nations culture. Timeline: 2010 application submitted to national energy board and canadian environmental assessment agency, 2013 joint review panel recommends project approval, 2015 trudeau government campaigns on tanker ban (bill c-48) June 2016 federal court of appeal rules federal government had not adequately consulted fns. First nation engagement on oil sands: employment, regulatory hearings. Summary: much to learn from indigenous communities, traditional knowledge, worldview, legal order/indigenous constitutionalism, part of reconciliation and our journey together, different path through our environmental challenges. Interesting area of how we can move forward: treaty and indigenous rights and title claims not available to settlers. Steps to take at utm: meet with cat criger utm indigenous elder in residence, cat. criger@utoronto. ca, learning circles on biweekly basis. Introduction to aboriginal teachings: seminar series, kairos blanket exercise.
