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Indigenous Nations, Water

Indigenous-led watershed protection effort lacking crucial municipal support in Okanagan

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By Aaron Hemens, IndigiNews, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Nearly every municipality, regional district, and First Nation across the Okanagan and Similkameen watersheds has signed on to a syilx-led initiative to restore and protect the region’s waters for the next seven generations. 

But the multi-government effort is missing two key players: the cities of Kelowna (kiʔláwnaʔ) and West Kelowna, representing a combined population of nearly 210,000 people, according to B.C. Stats.

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Education

UBC Professors Sue University Over Land Acknowledgments and other ‘political’ matters

A group of professors and a graduate student at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have filed a lawsuit against the university. They allege that its institutional practices—such as Indigenous land acknowledgments, equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) hiring requirements, and political statements on global issues—are infringing on academic freedom and violating the University Act.

This lawsuit has sparked a wave of condemnation from Indigenous leaders and underlines some of the ongoing tensions within the university as well as the wider community.

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