Anyone interested in your right to fish and hunt in Nanaimo in the future should attend.
The next membership meeting is on Tuesday Sept. 23/14. In an attempt to make our monthly membership meetings more interesting the executive is arranging guest speakers.
Our guest speaker at the September membership meeting will be Tracy Samra. A lawyer and consultant with over 18 years’ experience working in the field of Aboriginal governance, natural resource management and economic development with First Nations and Aboriginal organizations across Canada. In addition to practicing law in Nanaimo she teaches Natural Resource Management and Indigenous Rights at Vancouver Island University in the Resource Management Officer Technology program. Ms. Samra spent a year studying how the Maori manage their natural resources in New Zealand and has applied that knowledge to working with First Nations on treaty negotiations and government consultations. She spent a year living and working with the Nisga'a Nation on the implementation of their treaty in the Nass Valley, BC. Tracy will be sharing her knowledge on how Aboriginal and treaty rights may be exercised by First Nations on Vancouver Island in the areas of fishing and hunting. Her discussion will explore the historic Douglas Treaties and compare them with the Maa-Nulth Final Agreement concluded in 2006 under the BC Treaty process. She will also highlight some interesting and relevant case law on Aboriginal rights in BC.
The next membership meeting is on Tuesday Sept. 23/14. In an attempt to make our monthly membership meetings more interesting the executive is arranging guest speakers.
Our guest speaker at the September membership meeting will be Tracy Samra. A lawyer and consultant with over 18 years’ experience working in the field of Aboriginal governance, natural resource management and economic development with First Nations and Aboriginal organizations across Canada. In addition to practicing law in Nanaimo she teaches Natural Resource Management and Indigenous Rights at Vancouver Island University in the Resource Management Officer Technology program. Ms. Samra spent a year studying how the Maori manage their natural resources in New Zealand and has applied that knowledge to working with First Nations on treaty negotiations and government consultations. She spent a year living and working with the Nisga'a Nation on the implementation of their treaty in the Nass Valley, BC. Tracy will be sharing her knowledge on how Aboriginal and treaty rights may be exercised by First Nations on Vancouver Island in the areas of fishing and hunting. Her discussion will explore the historic Douglas Treaties and compare them with the Maa-Nulth Final Agreement concluded in 2006 under the BC Treaty process. She will also highlight some interesting and relevant case law on Aboriginal rights in BC.
