Please note: Acknowledgements have not yet been updated to reflect the work Woodward & Co. and Ecotrust Canada have contributed to the Toolbox update; nor to reflect the financial assistance the BC Law Foundation has provided.
We would like to acknowledge the contributions and insights of the people that assisted with various aspects of this project.
We would also like to note that any errors in the content contained in the referrals toolbox are the responsibility of the project coordinator and staff that worked on the various components of the toolbox.
Participating referrals practitioners: Andrew Bak (Tsawwassen); Wilfred Humchitt, Brett Waterfall, Bo Reid, Jennifer Carpenter (Heiltsuk); L. Maynard Harry (Sliammon); Maureen Touchie (Ucluelet); Dave Mannix, Kathleen Johnie, Keith Wilson (Snuneymuxw); Frances Roberts, Rod Naknakim, John Munro, Johnny Nelson, Al Bagelman, Thomas Smith, John Smith, Terri Henderson, Dee Cullon, Shirley Johnson, Danielle Assu (Kwakiutl Laich-Kwil-Tach Nations); Paul Siebert (Ditidaht); Tawney Lem (Hupacasath); Tim Raybould (Westbank); Doug Brown (Skeetchestn); and Craig Paskin (Clayoquot Sound Central Region Board).
Legal reviewers: David R. Boyd (Senior Associate, Eco-Research Chair of Environmental Law and Policy, University of Victoria Faculty of Law), Cheryl Sharvit (Staff Lawyer, EAGLE- Environmental-Aboriginal Guardianship through Law and Education), Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson (Director & General Counsel, EAGLE) and Nancy A. Morgan, Morgan & Associates (Barrister and Solicitor).
Forest referrals checklist reviewers: Alan Hopwood, Laurel Brewster (SLDF, Silva FF), Will Horter (Forest Futures), Dennis Morgan (Fishery biologist, Huu-ay-aht FN and RAMS), Sharon Hadway (MoF), L. Maynard Harry (Sliammon), Tawney Lem (Hupacasath) and Simon Fraser University Resource and Environmental Management Forest Ecology lab members: Ken Lertzman, Lori Daniels, Josie Hughes, Claire Hutton, Emily Heyerdahl, Audrey Roburn, Holgar Sandman, Saleem Dar, and Brigitte Dorner.
Participants in the November 1999 Referrals Workshop that wrote letters of support for the Toolbox Project: Bo Reid (Heiltsuk GIS), Randy Ames (Consultant: Land Claims and Aboriginal Self-Government), Dave Mannix (Snuneymuxw Forestry Co-ordinator), Marlane Christensen (Centra Gas Aboriginal Business and Employment Coordinator), Doug Hopwood (RPF).
Academic Advisors that wrote letters of support for the Toolbox Project and provided general guidance: Ken Lertzman (Associate Professor, SFU School of Resource and Environmental Management), Don Alexander (Assistant Professor, SFU School of Resource and Environmental Management), David Boyd (Senior Associate, University of Victoria Faculty of Law)
Financial supporters: This project has been funded by the Sliammon Crown Land Referrals Department and Ecotrust Canada, supported by Human Resources Development Canada and Youth Options BC. We also thank the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs for their contribution.
Other contributors: We would like to thank Karen Galligos helping us find the Sliammon phrase – Kla-soms Kwuth Tooqen – that serves as an excellent title for the website. We would also like to thank all those who participated in the visioning exercise at the November 1999 Crown Land Referrals Workshop, as they conceptualized and set the general parameters for the project that was developed. Others that have put some of their time and effort into the project include personnel of the various government departments, especially the federal ones, who took the time to respond to enquiries regarding their consultation practices with First Nations. Legal experts and consultants that authorized inclusion of their opinion pieces on consultation are also thanked. Ecotrust Canada personnel: David Carruthers, Doug Hopwood, Russell Collier, Ian Scott, Caron Olive, George Dockray, Steven DeRoy and also Kirsti Medig, Leah McMillan and Erin Kellog (former Ecotrust employees). Sliammon personnel: L. Maynard Harry, Davis McKenzie, Wendy de Bruin, former and current Chief and Council of Sliammon First Nation. Laurie Flahr, Referrals Project Coordinator for Ecotrust Canada and Sliammon First Nation Crown Land Referrals Project.