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Read MoreMining Law Timeline2017-18 ELC Clinic Evaluation Results – Executive Summary
Funding from a UVic Community Engaged Learning Grant helped us to complete a comprehensive evaluation of the Environmental Law Clinic course. We investigated whether the Clinic builds professional legal skills, what class and file management activities build those skills, if…
Community-Based Water Monitoring and Decision Making
Community-based monitoring (CBM) is a type of scientific data collection that is led and driven by citizens or non-governmental organizations and seeks to increase direct community involvement in research and monitoring program design. Prepared for Living Lakes Canada and The…
Digging Up a Legislative History: A Timeline of Mining Law & Contamination Events in BC
One day of research: 160 years of history This timeline was developed to show how colonial laws related to mining in BC have evolved – or stayed the same – across this time horizon. Law students from the University of…
Submission: Recommendations to changes in road maintenance policy to mitigate damage to bird populations
Report providing law reform recommendations to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure’s road maintenance policy
Auditor General request for an audit and examination of grazing leases on Crown land
Request to the Auditor General to conduct an audit and examination of grazing leases on Crown land. Submitted June 12, 2018.
Submission to the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy: Cowichan River Provincial Park, Park Management Plan
Submission calling on government to address long-standing and growing concerns over an active gun range in the Cowichan River Provincial Park, the only operational gun range in a provincial park in the province.
The Northwest Burke Vision: Principles and Recommendations
Report prepared for the Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable (CRWR) to support their work developing standards for the Northwest Burke area.
Request for an examination of Canada’s failure to protect endangered Pacific salmon and anadromous trout species under the Species at Risk Act
Request that the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development and the Auditor General examine Canada’s failure to protect endangered Pacific salmon and anadromous trout species under the Species at Risk Act.
A Blueprint for Revitalizing Environmental Assessment in British Columbia
Joint document providing a vision for a new approach to environmental assessment in BC as well as key changes needed to make that happen.
Request for an audit and examination of the Government of British Columbia’s failure to adequately regulate placer mining
Submission to BC’s Auditor General to examine the government’s apparent failure to adequately regulate placer mining
A National Strategy to Combat Marine Plastics Pollution: A Blueprint for Federal Action
This report prepared for the T. Buck Suzuki Foundation builds on our Seven Reforms to Address Marine Plastic Pollution report and outlines exact actions that Ottawa can take to address marine plastic pollution. It identifies the constitutional powers that allow Parliament to…
