Pre-Readings

The following articles and reports have been provided by speakers and breakout leaders as background to the information and examples that will be presented during the conference. These pre-reading resources are intended as a useful way to enrich participant learning and enable you to come prepared with specific questions and ideas. These resources will be circulated as a reading list to all forum speakers and participants closer to the event. If you wish to contribute references or resources to this list, please email Megan Spencer at [email protected].

Managing for Environmental Flows in BC: What’s Needed

WWF-Canada and the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance. (2016, August). Forum on Environmental Flow Needs in British Columbia. Hosts’ Statement and Summary.

Making the Federation Work for Water

Saunders, O. (2008, July). Managing Water in a Federal State: The Canadian Experience. Paper presented at the International Conference on Water Management in Federal and Federal-Type Countries, Zaragoza, Spain.

From pH to Plankton: Co-Monitoring for Better B.C. Water Knowledge

Conrad, C. & Hilchey, K. (2011). A review of citizen science and community-based environmental monitoring: issues and opportunities. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 176: 273–291.

Canadian ICCAs & Biosphere Reserves: Indigenous Governance Applications for Watershed Governance Innovation

Enns, E. (2014). Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks: A Different Conception of Humanity. American Indian Magazine 15(2): 14-15;18.

First Nations Integrated Watershed Planning

Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources. (2011). First Nations Integrated Watershed Planning: Getting Started.

Understanding Applications of Indigenous Water Laws

UVic Indigenous Law Research Unit. (2015, September 14).Indigenous law: an introduction. Video file.