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May 5, 2025

Tatyanna Harrison’s Cause of Death Disputed by Independent Forensic Pathologist: Families, Justice For Girls, and UBCIC Call for Coroner’s Inquest into Deaths of Tatyanna Harrison, Chelsea Poorman and Noelle O’Soup

Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-waututh) Nations (Vancouver) | May 5, 2025 — Today on Red Dress Day, the families of Tatyanna Harrison, Chelsea Poorman and Noelle O’Soup, alongside Justice For Girls and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs are calling on Hon. Garry Begg B.C. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General to direct an inquest into2025-05-05 these deaths, following an independent Forensic Pathologist’s review that disputes the findings of the B.C. Coroners Office regarding the cause of Tatyanna Harrison’s death.

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May 2, 2025

Katisha Paul, UBCIC Youth Representative, Elected Global Indigenous Youth Caucus Co-Chair at the United Nations Permanent Forum

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – May 2, 2025) The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) proudly shares that Katisha Paul (W̱ JOȽEȽP and Lil’wat), UBCIC Youth Representative, has been elected UN Global Indigenous Youth Caucus Co-Chair at the 2025 United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII).

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April 29, 2025

Canadians Overwhelmingly Vote Against High-Risk Shift to Political Right: FNLC Congratulates Liberal Government

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) looks forward to working closely with the returning federal Liberal government on recognition of First Nations’ inherent title and rights and advancing justice and equity broadly, as well as the climate emergency.

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April 22, 2025

On Earth Day 2025, UBCIC Urges Biodiversity Protection in the Face of Rapidly Expanding Natural Resource Projects

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – April 22, 2025) The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) calls for swift and systemic action to protect biodiversity and critical habitats in B.C. During a time of governmental obsession with accelerating natural resource projects, we cannot blindly ignore the damage these projects could have on the ecosystems that sustain our way of life.

NEWS RELEASE
April 16, 2025

Relationship Protocol advances First Nations climate solutions

The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) have entered into a Relationship Protocol to strengthen First Nations climate leadership, advance climate priorities, and generate meaningful benefits for First Nations in British Columbia.

News Release
April 15, 2025

UBCIC Statement of Support for Xatśūll First Nation’s Legal Action Against Mount Polley Mine Expansion

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – April 15, 2025) The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) stands in unwavering solidarity with Xatśūll First Nation in its judicial review challenge against the Province of British Columbia’s reckless approval of the Mount Polley Mine Tailings Storage Facility dam expansion—an approval granted without an environmental assessment and in direct contravention of B.C.’s legal obligations under the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Declaration Act).

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April 11, 2025

UBCIC Denounces Outdated and Regressive Petition Filed on Behalf of Four UBC Faculty Members and Grad Student

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/ Vancouver, B.C. – April 11, 2025). The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) denounces the outdated and regressive views expressed in the petition recently filed on behalf of four University of British Columbia (UBC) faculty and a recent PhD program graduate as it relates to the inherent, human, and constitutional rights of First Nations, including rights to their lands, territories, and resources.

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April 3, 2025

FNLC Responds to Dallas Brodie’s False Accusation and Joins Calls for CPC to Drop Candidate Aaron Gunn for Residential School Denialism

(xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C.) The First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) is deeply angered and disturbed that two provincial and federal politicians continue to publicly advance Residential School Denialism.