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INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY ON MAY 18 IS A GOOD TIME TO FOCUS ON REPATRIATING ancestral human remains and burial items to Indigenous communities.

AS WE HEAD INTO SPRING, WE ARE REMINDED THAT INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES FACE IMPACTS of climate change in ways that can be particularly disruptive. Floods, wildfires, heat domes, and atmospheric rivers require new levels of emergency response.

Our annual two-day conference held on November 14 and 15, 2024 brings together leading human rights law practitioners to address current and emerging issues in human rights law with a focus on BC. We invite you to submit an outline of the paper you would like to present at the conference.

“Mental Health Forum for Legal Professionals – Part 2,” originally presented on February 6, 2024. [183 min]

MAHIHKAN MANAGEMENT IS ASSISTING HEALTH CANADA TO HEAR INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES on end-of-life care and medical assistance in dying (MAID).

SACRED AND STRONG: Upholding Our Matriarchal Roles, published in 2021 by the First Nations Health Authority and the Office of the Provincial Health Officer, is a downloadable 154-page PDF exploring “the health and wellness journeys of BC First Nations Women and Girls”.

“TODAY … MARKS A NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION TO SEARCH THE LANDFILLS, a painful reminder that Indigenous women continue to be dehumanized, devalued, and discarded.”

Spring 2024
Our spotlight shines on Ingrid Tsui of Alexander Holburn.

“OUR HERITAGE PROGRAM HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE AND HOW TO LIVE. WE KNOW THAT THERE IS AN URGENT NEED to protect Indigenous heritage, now and into the future.”

FOLLOWING TWO PHASES OF ENGAGEMENT with First Nations in BC and external stakeholders, the Heritage Conservation Act Transformation Project (HCATP) will not produce legislative amendments in the current legislative session scheduled to end March 16, 2024.