Shared Value Solutions Ltd.
62 Baker Street N1H 4G1 Guelph, ON, Canada

While our head office is in Guelph, Shared Value Solutions has Indigenous and non-Indigenous staff all over the country, working remotely. COVID has made it even more clear how possible it is to work for SVS from anywhere. We’re open to applications from all across the country for our four current job openings: Environmental Scientist Fisheries Biologist Wildlife Biologist Water Resources Specialist... https://hubs.ly/H0CRQgX0

We're Hiring! Join our Team! https://hubs.ly/H0CNTqf0 Check out our postings for an Environmental Scientist, a Terrestrial Ecologist, an Aquatics/Fisheries Biologist or Similar and a Water Resources Specialist/Hydrologist or Similar!

We're Hiring! Join our Team! https://hubs.ly/H0CKWR90 Check out our postings for a Terrestrial Ecologist, an Aquatics/Fisheries Biologist or Similar and a Water Resources Specialist/Hydrologist or Similar!

The solar farm is expected to replace 800,000 litres of diesel a year, equivalent to about 2,376 tonnes of carbon emissions. Amazing!

Looking for some stories over the holidays? Check out the list below https://www.thestar.com//winter-is-time-for-stories-here-a

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We're Hiring! Join our Team! https://hubs.ly/H0CzBRJ0 Check out our postings for an Aquatics/Fisheries Biologist or Similar and a Water Resources Specialist/Hydrologist or Similar!

Cree code talkers were an elite unit tasked with developing a coded system based on the Cree language for disguising military intelligence. They provided an invaluable service to Allied communications during the Second World War

Neskantaga First Nation water crisis shows 'apartheid system' of clean water access, NDP MPP says

We are hiring a Water Resources Specialist! Managing projects focused on technical peer reviews of regulatory environmental permitting and approvals reports, and applications for development projects. Working with cross-functional teams to ensure our clients goals are met within each... project Coordinating and assisting with technical peer reviews of regulatory environmental permitting and approvals for pipelines, energy, mining, waste, and other major infrastructure development projects Assisting in the interpretation of traditional ecological knowledge and land use and occupancy research results that apply to surface water resources Conducting technical reviews and fieldwork for environmental sampling, flood mapping, water resources management, climate change, and water modeling projects Liaising effectively with Indigenous community clients, regulators and proponents Assisting in the design and execution of water quality and hydrologic programs Suggesting appropriate mitigation, compensation, and accommodation measures to address environmental and/or socio-economic-cultural impacts of major development projects. Building and maintaining client relationships through a comprehensive understanding of client needs, priorities, and objectives while providing excellent client service. See more here: https://sharedvaluesolutions.com//FINAL_JobPosting_WaterRe

"We need to create better understanding of treaties and territories or the knowledge will be lost forever," said Carolyn King, former elected chief of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

Nominations are open for the 2020 Barbara Laronde Award, which recognizes outstanding emerging Indigenous artists from Northern Ontario who are women or other-wise gender marginalized. http://www.nwia.ca/apply/

Here are some resources that explain the issue as we all seek more understanding and a better path forward https://hubs.ly/H0yJVbb0

Any Indigenous Nation who has worked on an Indigenous Knowledge study has faced this conundrum: How do we protect the knowledge that’s sacred and precious while at the same time using it to protect our rights and interests? Here's a new approach to protecting Indigenous Knowledge: Grid Mapping https://hubs.ly/H0yqSvM0

The (non-Indigenous) commercial fishery has systematically boxed us out of the market, Sack said in a statement. It will take time to rebuild our relationships in the supply chain of people and companies we did business with who are now rightly afraid.

As a researcher with expertise in fisheries science, fisheries economics and marine policy, I see no evidence the fishery will harm lobster stocks. Conservation is not at the heart of the ongoing dispute.

Great explainer article put out by First People’s Law that addresses the following and more. #alleyesonmikmaki 1) What is the Marshall Decision and what is its importance? 2) What is this current conflict about? 3) Constitutional and Treaty Rights associated with Sipekne’katik fishers and their fishery... 4) Lobster conservation as it relates to the fishery 5) The Crowns’ obligation to fulfill treaty commitments Read this article

"When it comes to the issue of the fishery itself, the Mi'kmaq people clearly have a right that is a higher right than the commercial fishers have, and the commercial fishers don't recognize that."

When a big project like a mine takes away the lands and waters where children best learn about their culture, how do you now teach your children well? This is the scenario, based on a real-life case study, to think through how to gather Indigenous Knowledge that brings potential project impacts to the forefront of negotiations with a resource development proponent. Read the latest instalment in our series, Indigenous Knowledge Matters: https://hubs.ly/H0xFbPj0

As we continue to feel the impacts of COVID-19 in how we go about our work and personal lives, we are revisiting our Pandemic-Inspired Research Innovations eBook. The stories that we share are as applicable now as they were in the early days of the pandemic. We also present our usual roundup of interesting new funding opportunities and inspiring stories from across Turtle Island. Sign up today for our biweekly newsletter! https://hubs.ly/H0xkQbX0

The date, September 30, was chosen because that was the time of the year the trucks and buses would enter the communities to collect the children and deliver them to their harsh new reality of cultural assimilation, mental, sexual and physical abuse, shame and deprivation. Indian residential schools operated across Canada between 1831 and 1996. In its comprehensive report in June 2015 on the residential school policy, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada declares "establishment and operation of residential schools were a central element of this policy, which can best be described as cultural genocide." #orangeshirtday #everychildmatters

‘That was the best feeling when I found my trap with some lobster in it’: Sheyanne Francis, known as Awesome Awesome, is still harvesting lobster as negotiations continue to implement the moderate livelihood fishery management plan. We hope everyone learns more about Mi’kmaw Fishing Rights! #mikmaw

Canada tramples on First Nations treaty rights as it works to pay off its COVID-19 bill - Anishinaabe journalist Tanya Talaga posts first opinion piece to the Globe and Mail: "Every time Canada finds itself in an economic catastrophe, it reverts to some of its most destructive colonial habits with First Nations people paying the price. One only has to look at Ontario’s omnibus Bill 197, the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, which was rammed through in less than two weeks with...out public consultation in July. That bill turns Ontario’s entire Environmental Assessment Act on its head, by deeming that, in order to help smooth the way for businesses, industrial or development projects will no longer require environmental assessments to proceed. Cabinet can request assessments for projects (though there are also currently no clear rules for what should be included in an assessment), but what Conservative minister would stand in the way of resource development? ...But Bill 197 is an underhanded colonial move that ignores Section 35 of the Constitution, which affirms First Nations treaty rights. Ontario seems to have forgotten it is a signatory to Treaty No. 9, which stretches up from the Robinson-Superior Treaty, west to the Manitoba border, north to Hudson Bay and east to James Bay... But while Ontario tries to slip through its own agenda under the guise of the COVID-19 emergency, First Nations leaders are consumed with just trying to keep people alive."

Sipekne’katik Chief Mike Sack spoke with reporters Thursday. I always take it back to ignorance. People are not aware of what we’re fighting for, he said. They think we’re trying to take food off their table. But on the other hand, we only want food on our table.... When asked by Mi’kmaw journalist Maureen Googoo, Is it ignorance, or is it racism? He replied, All of the above. https://t.co/2SsL14jMBP

The Regional Chief of Ontario First Nations says resources being mined in the North belong to the First Nations. Roseanne Archibald was keynote speaker at the annual general meeting of the Timmins Chamber of Commerce. She noted to the business audience that some First Nations are already participating in mining activity, and the next wave for indigenous economic development is ownership. So it’s not just sharing in profits, she said, but it’s actually owning the mines, ow...ning the infrastructure and I think we have to get there for First Nations to really, truly benefit. She adds that past agreements don’t go far enough. They were perhaps helpful at the very beginning of our process, our economic journey together, but we have to move quickly into ownership. Archibald’s home is Taykwa Tagamou First Nation, southeast of Cochrane.