Archives - October 2025

“Rebuilding Confidence After Setbacks,” originally presented on October 8, 2025. [71 min]

STINGING NETTLE AND BIGLEAF MAPLE are featured in a conservation area with enhanced habitat for the Oregon Forestsnail (a species at risk under federal legislation) near Lálèm Way—an affordable housing project of 23 unit rental suites, completed in 2022, that Ch’íyáqtel (Tzeachten) First Nation built for its members in collaboration with BC Housing.

BEAR IMAGE PRODUCTIONS, A FILMMAKER FROM the Ch’íyáqtel First Nation, collaborated with the Chilliwack Local Immigration Partnership in 2023 to produce Common Territory

A STÓ:LŌ AGREEMENT FOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION, a landmark pilot project signed in 2022 between the Province of BC and the S’ólh Téméxw Stewardship Alliance (STSA) and extended in 2023, provides protection for 45 sacred, spiritual, and ceremonial heritage sites on Stó:lō Nation territory across the Central Fraser Valley, Chilliwack, and the lower Fraser River watersheds.

CLEBC’s Employment Law Conference will return in 2026. Right now, we invite you to submit a brief outline of papers and presentations you would like to present at the conference.

THE JOINT WORKING GROUP ON FIRST NATIONS HERITAGE CONSERVATION IS ASKING FIRST NATIONS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND OTHERS for feedback by November 14, 2025 on proposed changes to BC’s Heritage Conservation Act.