Claiming Memory in British Columbia: Aboriginal Rights and the State

1996 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 71-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fae L. Korsmo
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
The State ◽  
Aboriginal Rights

Canadian Supreme Court: Delgamuukw V. British Columbia

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-333
Author(s):  
Catherine Bell
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Legal Reasoning ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Aboriginal Rights ◽  
Canadian Law ◽  
Aboriginal Title ◽  
British Colonial ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
British Colonies

Delgamuukw v. B.C. is a pivotal decision in the evolution of Canadian law on Aboriginal rights.Numerous meetings, round-tables, workshops and conferences have been held to discuss its potential impact on litigation and negotiation.1 Delgamuukw has also served as a vehicle for discussion of more fundamental issues such as the appropriateness of selecting the judicial forum to resolve Aboriginal title claims and the role of legal reasoning in furthering the process of colonization.2 Given the influence of British colonial law on the development of Aboriginal rights jurisprudence in former British colonies and the restrictions placed by evidentiary presumptions originating in English courts, Delgamuukw may also have persuasive precedential value outside of Canada. In particular, the Supreme Court's elaboration of the concept of Aboriginal rights and its discussion of the weight to be given to oral histories may influence other commonwealth courts which face the demanding task of accommodating the rights of colonized peoples within a contemporary political and legal rights regime.3

scholarly journals Settling the Fisheries: Pre-Confederation Crown Policy in Upper Canada and the Supreme Court's decisions in R. v. NIKAL and LEWIS

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-172
Author(s):  
Peggy J. Blair
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Supreme Court Of Canada ◽  
Upper Canada ◽  
Aboriginal Rights ◽  
Fishing Rights ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Subject

Although a casual reading of the Supreme Court of Canada's decisions in R. v. Nikal and R. v. Lewis might suggest otherwise, this article will argue that Court's decisions in two recent British Columbia aboriginal fishing cases do not apply in Ontario. In doing so, it will be shown that the Supreme Court of Canada relied on evidence of historic Crown policies towards aboriginal fishing rights in Upper Canada in the absence of appropriate context as to when, how and why those policies evolved. As a result, the Court wrongly concluded that fisheries could not be the subject of exclusive aboriginal rights.

scholarly journals Lepidoptera of Canada

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 819 ◽  
pp. 463-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory R. Pohl ◽  
Jean-François Landry ◽  
B. Chris Schmidt ◽  
Jeremy R. deWaard
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
The State ◽  
Dna Barcodes ◽  
Major Lineage ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Western Interior Basin

The known Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) of the provinces and territories of Canada are summarised, and current knowledge is compared to the state of knowledge in 1979. A total of 5405 species are known to occur in Canada in 81 families, and a further 50 species have been reported but are unconfirmed. This represents an increase of 1348 species since 1979. The DNA barcodes available for Canadian Lepidoptera are also tabulated, based on a dataset of 148,314 specimens corresponding to 5842 distinct clusters. A further yet-undiscovered 1400 species of Lepidoptera are estimated to occur in Canada. The Gelechioidea are the most poorly known major lineage of Lepidoptera in Canada. Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and British Columbia are thought to show the greatest deficit in our knowledge of Lepidoptera. The unglaciated portions of the Yukon (Beringia), and the Pacific Maritime, Montane Cordillera, and Western Interior Basin ecozones of British Columbia are also identified as hotbeds of undescribed biodiversity.

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