Governance Projects

This project will create an accessible, quick reference to help Indigenous governments understand the range of possibilities and key terminology for engaging with Parks Canada.

This research aims to provide in depth information on three local IPCAs to inform government decision-making and build learning tools through the IPCA Knowledge Basket, a toolbox to support Indigenous communities in the planning, development, establishment, and ongoing management of IPCAs

This audio series is to share perspectives of Indigenous community members regarding their relationships to the National Parks in their territories

This project will provide information to Indigenous Nations to help in their decision-making about appropriate conservation mechanisms for their lands. The work will help guide the development of a decolonial model of conservation to support Indigenous led conservation on fee simple lands. This project is also associated with the Domestic Law and Policy Stream

This project includes contributions to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series currently under development.

This project addresses the question of how Indigenous stewardship of territory is understood and practiced today by Crees of Eeyou Istchee.

Participatory action research involving Cree youth from Wemindji (Eeyou Istchee, Northern Quebec) focuses on their recent trip to South Australia to learn more about water and culture with people from Adnyamanthanha, Kaurna and Ngarrindjeri communities.

This project is centered on a global-scale analysis of the contribution of Territories of Life (ICCAs).

This project explores the multitude of governance arrangements in IPCAs across Canada and in some key international examples of Indigenous-led conservation.

This edited book volume draws on the experiences of Indigenous groups from different international settings to offer insight into how state conceptions of jurisdiction, property and boundary-making have distorted and fragmented Indigenous land-and-sea territories.

This collaboration examines recent efforts by the Parks Canada Agency to fulfill its commitment to reconciliation and renewed relationships with Indigenous people within the Canadian National Park system.