Show Up in Solidarity for Heiltsuk Nation: Raven People Rising Returns to Vancouver
Join Vancouver Quakers and Unitarians to raise funds for the Heiltsuk legal defence, hear from Audrey Siegl (Musqueam Nation territorial welcome), Lisa... Read More
A Measure of Integrity: First Nations Respond to the Bitumen Reference Case Decision
Who gets to regulate the flow of bitumen through boundary-traversing pipelines: the province or the federal government? That’s been the question at... Read More
Get Clear on Wet’suwet’en Law: Unpacking Canadian Court and Media’s Confusion
There has been a lot of confusion in the media and even within the B.C. government about the place of Wet’suwet’en Indigenous... Read More
Unpacking Solidarity & Allyship
With reconciliation being discussed in communities, in classrooms, in boardrooms and on the floor of Parliament, there is an upwelling of interest... Read More
A Necessary Resource: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is a comprehensive statement addressing the human rights of Indigenous peoples. It... Read More
Our Vision? A Country Where Democracy Thrives with Honoured Indigenous Rights
RAVEN’s vision is a country where constitutional democracy is flourishing because Indigenous laws, rights and stewardship values are honoured. We are spotlighting... Read More
Understanding the UN’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Everyday
The worldwide drive to extract and develop minerals and fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal), coupled with the fact that much of... Read More
How to Implement Free, Prior and Informed Consent: An Overview
On November 12, 2010, Canada issued a Statement of Support endorsing the UN Declaration. What does the implementation of this declaration mean?... Read More
The Importance of Free, Prior and Informed Consent
Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) is the right of Indigenous Peoples to say “yes” or “no” to all proposed developments that... Read More
Act NOW in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en: Tell Coastal GasLink to Uphold Indigenous Rights
We need all hands on deck to support the Wet’suwet’en, whose rights and title to their unceded territory in northern British Columbia... Read More