Indigenizing Water Governance in Canada

Bradford, Lori; Ovsenek, Nicholas; Bharadwaj, Lalita

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“…We view the absence of Indigenous inclusion and engagement in watershed planning as a missed opportunity on several fronts. First, while watershed planning requires participation of multiple partners, stakeholders and rights holders (Montgomery et al, 2016), there is a strong normative emphasis on the inclusion of Indigenous voices, knowledge, and interests in water governance more generally (Bradford et al, 2017). Second, water (and land) management to control for water quality and quantity within a watershed will be more efficient when coordinated between and among watershed groups, actors, and organizations, including First Nations, Métis, and Indigenous organizations (Noble, 2016;Udofia et al, 2016).…”

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“…Often, researchers suggest that inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in water governance is more important than in water management (Bradford, Ovsenek, & Bharadwaj, 2017;Castleden, Hart, Cunsolo, Harper, & Martin, 2017), eschewing their potential role as citizen stakeholders within provincial processes (Porten, Loë, & Plummer, 2015). Although participation in state-based management and planning processes has some barriers and opportunities, as recognized in the literature cited above, it may be that a strategy of pragmatism that includes consensus, conflict, social protest, and participation is more effective than other approaches in isolation (Borrows, 2005;Hanna, Langdon, & Vanclay, 2016;Maclean, Robinson, & Natcher, 2015;Wanvik & Caine, 2017).…”

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Planning Around Reserves: Probing the Inclusion of First Nations in Saskatchewan's Watershed Planning Framework

Baijius

Patrick

2019

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Watershed-based planning in Saskatchewan began in earnest after 2006 under the auspices of the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority. Within a decade, a dozen watershed plans were produced following a planning framework that included technical and watershed resident committees. First Nation communities, or "reserves," exist within these watershed areas. This article probes the inclusion of First Nations in those plans. Using document analysis and keyword search, our analysis explores any spatial relationship that may exist between First Nation inclusion and the amount of reserve land in a watershed. The results of this research show that First Nation inclusion is limited in watershed planning in Saskatchewan. We see opportunity for more effective watershed planning through greater collaboration with First Nations.

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Planning Around Reserves: Probing the Inclusion of First Nations in Saskatchewan's Watershed Planning Framework

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Patrick

2019

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“…iv For more information on indigenous water governance in BC and Canada see: Simms (2015) and Bradford, Ovsenek, & Bhardwaj (2016).…”

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Groundwater law, abstraction, and responding to climate change: assessing recent law reforms in British Columbia and England

Ohdedar

2017

Water International

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In 2014, British Columbia enacted the Water Sustainability Act, a comprehensive overhaul of its ground and surface water regimes. Meanwhile, in England more piecemeal changes have been made to existing groundwater laws and policies. Through developing a framework from groundwater governance and climate change adaptation literature this paper analyses the effectiveness of these reforms, which have been carried out through different methods and from different starting points. The paper goes on to considers how new processes and technologies, such as hydraulic fracturing (fracking), bring fresh challenges in aligning progress in groundwater law reforms with the wider policy framework.

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“…Thus, First Nations contest the sovereign authority claimed by the state, and resist or otherwise attempt to influence the hegemonic activities of the state. They do so by litigating against the government for trespassing on Indigenous rights [57], participating in institutional processes [47,58,59], as well as educating themselves and others about treaty-based relationships [60], Indigenous rights [50,61], and Indigenous world views [62][63][64][65].…”

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“We Don’t Drink the Water Here”: The Reproduction of Undrinkable Water for First Nations in Canada

Baijius

Patrick

2019

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First Nation communities in Canada are disproportionately plagued by undrinkable water and insufficient household sanitation. In addition, water resource management in First Nation communities has long been a technocratic and scientific mission controlled by state-led authorities. There has been limited engagement of First Nations in decision-making around water management and water governance. As such, problems associated with access to drinkable water and household sanitation are commonly positioned as hydrological or environmental problems (flood or drought) to be fixed by technical and engineering solutions. This apolitical reading has been criticized for not addressing the root cause of the First Nation water problem, but instead, of reproducing it. In this paper, an approach using political ecology will tease out key factors contributing to the current water problem in many First Nation communities. Using case study research set in source water protection planning, this paper explains how persistent colonial practices of the state continue to reproduce undrinkable water and insufficient household sanitation. Solutions to this ‘water problem’ require greater attention to First Nations water governance capacity and structures.

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Indigenizing Water Governance in Canada

Cited by 24 publications

References 50 publications

Planning Around Reserves: Probing the Inclusion of First Nations in Saskatchewan's Watershed Planning Framework

Planning Around Reserves: Probing the Inclusion of First Nations in Saskatchewan's Watershed Planning Framework

Groundwater law, abstraction, and responding to climate change: assessing recent law reforms in British Columbia and England

“We Don’t Drink the Water Here”: The Reproduction of Undrinkable Water for First Nations in Canada

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