Empowering communities, protecting ecosystems
Empowering communities, protecting ecosystems
Our 2025–26 Annual Report highlights a year of meaningful work supporting communities across British Columbia through public interest environmental law while continuing to create hands-on learning opportunities for students. This year, the ELC provided more than 7,500 hours of legal…
Improving Bonding and Reclamation in BC Prepared for Wildsight, Next Steps for Responsible Mining examines BC’s mine reclamation security system and identifies gaps in BC’s current approach and offers practical reforms to strengthen transparency, accountability, and long‑term environmental protection.
Prepared for the BC Mining Law Reform Network, Remining for BC’s Energy Future explores how recovering minerals from old tailings and mine waste—remining—could help British Columbia clean up legacy mine sites while supplying critical minerals for the province’s clean‑energy transition.…
This Environmental Petition to the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development prepared on behalf of the B.C. Wildlife Federation (BCWF) sets out the legal framework for approaching the problem of invasive mussels, identifies gaps in federal leadership and support,…
Our 2024–25 Annual Report offers a snapshot of a year marked by transition and growth. As we prepare for our final move into the National Centre for Indigenous Laws later this summer, our core programs remain strong. Through our Clinic, we…
Prepared on behalf of Peninsula Biosolids Coalition, this document describes how BC law addresses the land application of biosolids, explores legal developments from other jurisdictions challenging biosolids applications due to contamination issues, and identifies potential gaps in BC law when…
Prepared in partnership with the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN), Collaboration for Protecting Eelgrass outlines options that the TWN and Village of Belcarra could explore in order to protect the Bedwell Bay eelgrass beds. Urban and industrial activities have severely impacted the…
Developed in partnership with the Coastal Stewardship Network (CFN), this new resource is an update to our 2011 Guide, which is used as a training tool for Guardians and in the field while they monitor and protect their territories. This version updates…
Prepared for Veins of Life Watershed Society, this memo explores solutions to the environmental problems caused by privately owned residential docks in the waters of the Greater Victoria area.
Prepared for Community Development Forum, Halfmoon Bay, in collaboration with the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association, Green Bylaws for the Sunshine Coast provides an overview of the green bylaws approach and sets out five recommendations to help protect sensitive ecosystems while…
Prepared on behalf of Watershed Watch Salmon Society (WWSS), A Citizen’s and Lawyer’s Guide to Private Prosecutions in British Columbia empowers citizens interested in protecting and defending the environment.
Prepared for member and former chief of the Xatśūll Nation Bev Sellars, who initiated this work as part of a larger Indigenous-led initiative to protect the Fraser River. REPORT SUMMARY: Review of Permitted Effluent Discharge into the Fraser River Watershed…
