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William Nikolakis

Mar 7

Written By Meghan Gillespie

PHD, LLB, BBUS

Executive Director

William Nikolakis, PhD, LLB, BBus practices law in British Columbia, and practiced in Australia. His focus is on the intersection between Aboriginal rights and natural resources law. William is also a Research Fellow in the Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia, Canada.
Since 2000, William has been working with Aboriginal organizations, governments and corporations in Australia and Canada to help achieve their objectives, including gaining greater control over their economies and natural resources, and designing governance mechanisms to support these objectives. William's work has been published in leading peer reviewed journals, including the Journal of Hydrology, International Public Management Journal, Water Policy, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Organization and Environment, Journal of Water and Climate Change, and Community Development.
William recently co-edited a book published by Routledge, entitled "Forests and Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Development." He is also the Deputy Coordinator for the International Task Force "Resources for the Future: Sustainable Transformation in Forest Use", International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO).

Contact William at: william@gatheringvoices.com

Executive Director

Meghan Gillespie

Tyson Atleo

Russell Myers-Ross

CONTACT

william@gatheringvoices.com
(778) 874-9231

Based in British Columbia, Canada

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Dr. Jonaki Bhattacharyya is working for Gathering Voices Society to evaluate the effects of cultural burning on ungulate (hooved animal) behaviour.

Dr. Bhattacharyya joined us in spring to for our spring burns. She monitored post-burn ungulate behav

Beauty of the Land

Gorgeous shots of both Xeni Gwet’in and Yunesit’in land this spring.

Learning from the land…
Masters students taking soil samples and analyzing burns.

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Elders from Yunesit’in sharing traditional knowledge with Victor Steffensen of @firesticks.alliance.network. Our work could not exist without this sharing of knowledge through generations.

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Reconnecting with Traditional Practices:
Letting the land lead, Victor Steffensen discovered the benefits of using Aspen Bark as a fire starter for our cultural burns.
Instead of relying on modern tools such as drip torches, this technique incorpor

Unhealthy Forest Fuels Wildfires

These photos showcase how logging and mono culture leads to unhealthy forests. Reduced
biodiversity and increased flammability is prime fuel for
devastating wildfires.

It’s time to embrace Indigenous-led e

Members of the Gathering Voices Society who do not identify as Indigenous are grateful to live, work, and be in relation with people from across many traditional and unceded territories, covering all regions of British Columbia. We are honoured to live on this land and are committed to reconciliation, decolonization, and building practical long-term solutions to support the economic, ecological, social and cultural priorities of Indigenous communities.