The project had three principal research aims: 1. Document Indigenous solutions to COVID-19 response; 2. Identify gaps, challenges and barriers in provincial and federal support for Indigenous jurisdiction; 3. Assess how existing provincial and federal laws cause or contribute to these challenges.
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This project investigates how Tŝilhqot’in law and jurisdiction were operationalized during the COVID-19 emergency and identifies barriers and gaps within the Canadian state that impeded recognition of and support for that jurisdiction.
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The project, as originally proposed, had three principal research aims: 1. To assess how the governments of Canada and British Columbia currently support First Nations communities in wildfire prevention, preparedness, response and recovery. 2. To identify causes of conflict and confusion over jurisdictional responsibility between government and First Nations communities. 3. To provide recommendations on how improve co-ordination between government and First Nations communities around wildfire prevention, preparedness, response and recovery.
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This project looks at First Nations Wildfire Management in Yunesit’in, one of six Tsilhqot’in communities, and a community that was at the heart of the British Columbia wildfires in the summer of 2017.