Passages from the Peace: Community Reflections on Changing B.C.’s Peace Region

Published by: David Suzuki Foundation and partners
Authored by: Briony Penn
Partners: Global Forest Watch Canada

Environmental rights Indigenous Peoples, British Columbia, industry, species at risk, grizzly bears, caribou, community and culture, human health and wellbeing, land use, Indigenous protected and conserved areas, fossil fuels

This report is presented from the perspective of First Nations and non-Indigenous people living in Northeastern B.C. who speak to the impact industrial development has had on their lives and the well-being of their communities. The Peace region has seen intensification of converging industrial operations such as logging, mining, oil and gas development and hydro. Over two-thirds of the region is what Dane-zaa elder May Apsassin calls “broken” country for communities and the wildlife they rely on, including threatened species such as caribou and grizzly.