Making Progress: CFN-GBI’s 2017 Annual Report
Our 2017 Annual Report provides just a snapshot of the positive work being done in our communities, and the impact and progress we have made together over the past year.
Keeping Our Coastal Waters Safe
For Coastal Guardian Watchmen who monitor and patrol our coastal territories, maintaining safety on the water is always the top priority.
Featured Coastal Guardian Watchmen: Alec James Willie
One of a new generation Coastal Guardian Watchmen, Alec James Willie is young and still learning from Wuikinuxv Elders, but already boasts diverse stewardship experience.
Coastal Guardian Watchmen gather together for their 10th annual conference
In early May at the Hakai Institute on Calvert Island, Coastal Guardian Watchmen and others met together for the 2018 CSN Annual Gathering.
PM and North and Central Coast Nations welcome agreement for ocean protection
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and First Nations leaders announced a new agreement between the Government of Canada and 14 Central and North Coast Nations to work together to protect the coast.
Coastal First Nations and the BC Government work together to revitalize wild salmon fisheries
(Victoria, BC, June 18, 2018) – Coastal First Nations (CFN) and the BC Government are working together to co-develop a strategy for revitalizing wild salmon in the province. Using key…
Guujaaw named Special Advisor by Coastal First Nations
“A leader is only as strong as the will of his people.” Guujaaw The CFN board of directors are pleased to announce that Guujaaw has been retained as Special Advisor…
Coastal First Nations welcomes the passing of the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act
(Vancouver, May 8, 2018) – The Coastal First Nations (CFN) welcomes the passing of the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act (Bill C-48). “Our communities have been fighting to keep oil tankers…
Urge Canada’s federal government to enact the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act
Communities throughout BC’s Central and North Coast and Haida Gwaii have the most at stake if a major oil spill occurred in our coastal waters. It’s our responsibility to ensure that future generations…