Take Action
Linkedin-in Facebook-f Instagram Youtube X-twitter

Reconciliation

Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
9 MIN READ

Equity partnerships represent a turning point for Indigenous communities

Indigenous entrepreneurs are putting tired narratives to rest. Josiah Haynes explores the partnerships defining a new generation of economic reconciliation.
Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
1 MIN READ

Indigenous resource development opportunities and Canada’s Arctic, with Dr. Heather Exner-Pirot

In Episode 7 of Resource Works' Cause & Affect podcast, co-hosts Stewart Muir and Margareta Dovgal chat with Dr. Heather Exner-Pirot about
Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
9 MIN READ

Wet’suwet’en women leaders under fire from anti-development faction

As blockader aggression intensifies, Josiah Haynes takes readers back to the surprising story that led three Wet'suwet'en women to speak out.
Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
6 MIN READ

Canadians view natural resources as an important pathway to Indigenous economic development: new poll

Western Canadians lead the country in understanding the importance of responsible resources for Indigenous economic development. But more work is needed to
Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
4 MIN READ

Look North for Canada’s future

Northern communities are increasingly ready to play their part, contribute and benefit from this new era, writes Sean Willy.
Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
8 MIN READ

Will UNDRIP hurt resource development?

"UNDRIP does not just provide Indigenous peoples with the right to say no to development; it also supports our right to say
Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
9 MIN READ

Questions abound in fate of Wet’suwet’en governance

Non-Indigenous elected officials are staying quiet about a title deal made with a small group of unelected hereditary chiefs, despite calls for
Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
7 MIN READ

Consultation, accommodation, no veto

We will ignore, for the moment, the Twitter photo of BC First Nations activists with raised middle fingers, and the adolescent message:
Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
2 MIN READ

Declaration of rights opens the door to billions in First Nations partnerships

The benefits to First Nations that participate more fully in the B.C. economy will be measured in billions of dollars. A win-win
Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
10 MIN READ

Activist-backed male chiefs’ attempt to ‘unperson’ female leaders ends up in court

Female hereditary chiefs who are fighting for the future of their people share their stories in harrowing court documents. Journalist Grant Warkentin
Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
9 MIN READ

A First Nation searches for opportunity through responsible resources

Eva Clayton, president of the Nisga’a Nation, told senators recently that federal tanker ban Bill C-48 undermines the principles of self-determination and
Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
3 MIN READ

A woman hereditary chief speaks out

VIDEO SERIES: Who speaks for members of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation? That's at the heart of a controversy involving elected and hereditary
Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
1 MIN READ

Breaking boundaries, changing lives

Crystal Smith, elected chief councillor of the Haisla First Nation in Kitimat, is the latest indigenous leader speaking out against threats of
Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
1 MIN READ

Homeland Journey: Stories of First Nations and the land

VIDEO SERIES: Across western Canada, a movement is stirring. Aboriginal people, seeking to revive their cultures and preserve myriad indigenous languages, are
Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
1 MIN READ

Travels in LNG: Hear firsthand why First Nations are embracing opportunity

HOMELAND JOURNEY: More than 20 First Nations are actively supporting the LNG Canada project. Many of their members are choosing to speak
Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
1 MIN READ

A question of rights – the Trans Mountain pipeline example

VIDEO: Energy has roiled Canadian politics in the past, but today it's a different game. Climate, indigenous rights, and the role of
Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
1 MIN READ

How Whispering Pines came to support the Trans Mountain pipeline

Chief Mike LeBourdais of the Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band relates the conversation he had with the CEO of the Trans Mountain oil
Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
4 MIN READ

Not too late for Trudeau to spare First Nations unwanted impacts of Bill C-69

Improve Canada's energy project process as needed, argue these experts, but be cautious with federal legislation that puts energy security at risk.
Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
2 MIN READ

First Nations group charts path to becoming a real economic force

The First Nations Major Projects Coalition is a BC-based group that aims to bring indigenous values and culture into the work of
Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
8 MIN READ

Healing the Divide: A plan for B.C.’s rural development strategy

REPORT: In contemporary British Columbia, non-Native society is embracing more and more of the Indigenous approach to sustainable resource development. This Resource
Reconciliation
  • Reconciliation
13 MIN READ

At the nexus of high tech and natural resources

To mark the British Columbia Tech Summit, Resource Works looked at how foundational industries are at the leading edge of innovation. You'll