Submitted by
Joan.Russow
on Tue, 01/29/2019 - 17:40
General Information
Resolution
46505
IUCN Constituent
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication 2017-2020
Period covered
Country/Territory
Canada
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
Other non-IUCN related organisations
Social and environmental network (SEA) and with Indigenous activists at the UN at different conferences, and locally
II. Implementation
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
I was in New York, in 2007, when Canada was embarrassed by being one of four countries that refused to adopt UNDRIP, and I lobbied until Canada finally adopted it in 2010, and since then I have lobbied for its implementation, and exposed Canada's decision to proclaim that "consent" is not really consent but only "consultation" Also I have continually protested against the violation of First Nati
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
An achievement is the action by the University of Victoria in the establishment of the world’s first degree programme to combine the intensive study of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous law, enabling people to work fluently across the two realms.
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