Forums AND ENGAGEMENTS

The Ratification Forum is a one-day virtual session where presenters from different nations share their past and current experience related to the ratification process.

As First Nations progress and advance negotiations toward conclusion and ratification of treaties and agreements, understanding the complexities of Eligibility and Enrolment (E&E) is becoming important. The roundtable included sharing experiences and insights on E&E and ratification from both Modern Treaty Nations, advance negotiating First Nations and government officials. Speakers also presented on the importance of nationhood, building capacity, and the significance of citizenship in shaping the First Nations’ self-determination and self-government.

The purpose of this engagement forum was to discuss the challenges around enforcing, prosecuting, and adjudicating Indigenous laws, and explore new mechanisms to address these issues, in order for Indigenous self-government and reconciliation to be meaningful and successfully implemented.

First Nations governance models and mechanisms are at the heart of self-determination and self-government. This forum brought together multi-community First Nations, legal and international experts to discuss international and domestic Indigenous governance models, mechanisms, constitution and governance building.

Presentations and speakers covered an array of treaty implementation experiences and challenges, Treaty First Nations governance, Nation-building, socio-economic benefits of treaty, and Nation-to-Nation protocols on overlapping and shared territories, etc.

Bringing together First Nations and representatives from Elections BC to share information on: First Nations' ratification experiences, lessons learned, dispelling misinformation, etc.

The Treaty Commission partnered with the Institute on Governance to engage in discussions around: section 35 of the Constitution Act, beyond litigation, frameworks for a New Relationship and Reconciliation, etc.

Discussions on: governance, economic development and capcity-building, etc.

Discussions and presentations on: effective negotiations, ratification, experiences from Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Nisga'a Lisims Government, Grand Council of Crees, etc.