Reflections on RELAW: The role of stories in law
Friday, June 17, 2016 West Coast is excited to launch the Revitalizing Indigenous Law for Land, Ai...
aboriginal law
Field notes from the Treaty 8 Moose Summit
Monday, April 18, 2016 In February 2016, West Coast's Hannah Askew attended a Moose Management...
Gitanyow Aboriginal Title and Sustainability
Friday, April 15, 2016 On April 4, 2016 the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs filed an amended Notice of ...
Province Can’t Pass the Buck on Oil Pipelines: BC Supreme Court
Thursday, January 14, 2016 West Coast has previously suggested that, in spite of the Province of B...
Fort Nelson First Nation Shuts Down Nexen’s License to Frack
Friday, November 20, 2015 In September, the Fort Nelson First Nation won a major legal challenge a...
Day 6: Judges left to decide fate of Enbridge
Friday, October 9, 2015 First Nations and environmental organizations had a chance to make reply submissions before the Federal Court of Appeal today. This six-day hearing was the culmination of…
Day 4: Canada seeks to defend Enbridge approval in Court
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 We are on the home stretch with only two days left of this historic proceeding! Today, lawyers representing the government of Canada argued their position. In…
Tsleil-Waututh Nation: “Yes” to solar; “No” to Kinder Morgan
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 I was honoured to attend the Tsleil-Waututh Nation’s (TWN) launch and celebration of its new solar tracker. With the installation of TWN’s solar tracker, TWN signaled…
First Nations, Non-Governmental Organizations and Union Get Green Light to Proceed With a Barrage of Court Cases against Enbridge Northern Gateway Proposal
Monday, October 20, 2014 Earlier this month, a large number of First Nations and organizations celebrated an important step forward when all of their cases challenging the federal approval of…
Field Notes from the Totem Pole Journey
Friday, September 19, 2014 WCEL is honoured to have partnered with Lummi Nation and Tsleil-Waututh Nation to help deliver a 21 foot western red cedar totem pole carved by master…
Field notes from the Salish Sea Summer Gathering
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 This year marked the Third Annual Salish Sea Summer Gathering in Whey-ah Wichen/Cates Park in North Vancouver, hosted by the Tsleil Waututh Nation Sacred Trust. West…
See you in court, Enbridge! First Nations launch legal challenges to Enbridge pipelines and tankers project
Friday, July 18, 2014 In a wave of legal filings on July 11 and July 14, 2014, eight First Nations from Haida Gwaii to Yinka Dene territory west of Prince…
Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia: Implications for the Enbridge Tankers and Pipelines Project
Friday, June 27, 2014 On June 26, 2014 the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decision in Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia marked a watershed moment in the long journey of…
Field Notes: a Visit to Lummi Nation’s Sacred Summit and the Protection of the Salish Sea
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 The 10 day Water Festival hosted by The Lummi Nation of Washington State wrapped up on June 22nd. I had the opportunity to attend part of…
Field notes on the Hupacasath legal challenge to the Canada-China FIPA: WCEL summer law student volunteer reports from the Federal Court of Appeal
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 On the morning of June 10, 2014, as my first investigative assignment as a law student volunteer working with West Coast Environmental Law, I was sent…
Taseko Mines, what part of “No” don’t you understand?
Monday, March 31, 2014 Last month, the federal government rejected Taseko Mines’proposal to build the controversial New Prosperity Project. Again. But Taseko is going to court arguing that the environmental…
NEB’s thumbs up ignores wall of opposition that will stop Enbridge
Thursday, January 16, 2014 The National Energy Board Joint Review Panel, in its recent report endorsing the Enbridge Pipelines and Tankers Project, argued the economic benefits of the project would…
West Coast and others pledge to hold the wall of opposition to Enbridge
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 On Thursday, December 5, 2013, members of the Yinka Dene Alliance, a group of six First Nations in northern BC who have banned the Enbridge Northern…