Eli Enns Email & Phone Number

IPCA = Indigenous Protected and Conserved AreasThe IPCA Development Fund and IPCA Innovation Program will generate resources and provide hands on support in the establishment, governance and management of IPCAs and IPCA Innovation Centres in Canada

British Columbia, Canada

Inspired by the Nuu'chah'nulth principle of IISAAK and the Hebrew phrase "Tikkun Olam" - The IISAAK OLAM Foundation (IOF) is an Indigenous Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) focused on capacity development and knowledge mobilization for the protection, conservation and promotion of bio-cultural diversity primarily through supporting the establishment, governance and management of Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs): www.iisaakolam.caIOF is one of three host partners of the Conservation Through Reconciliation Partnership (CRP) which is a multi-year, multi-million dollar research and capacity development project co-hosted by the Indigenous Leadership Initiative and the University of Guelph: www.conservation-reconciliation.ca

- Watersheds 2016, Vancouver, British Columbia- IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016, Honolulu Hawaii- National Aboriginal Forestry Association- Indigenous Terra Madre http://www.indigenousterramadre.org/shillong2015 Megalayah, Shilong, Northeast Indian- Working Better Together: A Conference on Indigenous Research Ethics (https://indigenousresearchethics2015.wordpress.com) Vancouver BC, February 2015- Quest University, Ethno-Ecology course, Squamish BC, January 2015- 2014 World Parks Congress - Sydney Australia- Vancouver SIX, May 2014- Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia, "The Renewed Relationship in British Columbia"​ April 2014- Boreal Learning Network, Winnipeg Manitoba March 2014- On The Ground Indigenous Stewardship in Canada Gathering, Cheakamus BC February 2014- Idea Fest 2014, University of Victoria: Cultural Perspectives on Peace & Conflict- Center for Global Studies, University of Victoria: The Renewed Relationship in BC: Alternative pathways to Economic Certainty- Watersheds 2014: Towards Watershed Governance in BC and Beyond, Duncan BC- 10th World Wilderness Congress (WILD10); Salamanca Spain 2013- Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society AGM; Victoria BC 2013- Living Earth Festival; Smithsonian Institute Washington DC 2012- Ecosystem Services, Stewardship and Sustainability; University of BC 2012- Earth Week Assembly; Betty Gibson School Brandon Manitoba 2012- PacMARA Marine Ecosystem Based Management; Victoria BC 2011- International Conference on Biological Diversity; Montreal Quebec 2010- International Congress of Ethnobiology; Tofino BC 2010- British Columbia Parliament Building Jobs & Forests Public Awareness Campaign; Victoria 2009- Paying Poseidon Ecosystem Marketplace; Palo Alto California 2009- British Columbia Parliament Building Jobs & Forests Public Awareness Campaign; Victoria 2008

Victoria Bc

The Polis Project on Ecological Governance brings an important perspective to current discourse regarding sustainable development and environmental security. Guest lecturing. Public speaking. Knowledge mobilization. Research collaboration. http://www.uvic.ca/research/centres/globalstudies/

Victoria, Canada

Ongoing volunteer engagement; Support Local Communities and Indigenous led initiatives in: Self-Determination; Sustainable Livelihood Program development and Environmental Stewardship. Organizing workshops to forward good practices in ICCA development throughout North America. Traveling to communities to support ICCA development, bringing to bear variety of resources at community level.

http://pacificpeoplespartnership.org/

Victoria Bc

Respecting Aboriginal Rights and Environmental Values RAVEN: We raise funds to assist First Nations who are taking responsibility for the Environmental Security in their Home Lands which is a precondition for Human Security in Canada. http://www.raventrust.com/

Ottawa, Canada Area

Plenty Canada is a registered charitable organization, Indigenous founded and directed, with mandate priorities in Sustainable Development; Environmental Stewardship and Sharing Indigenous Knowledge. What do indigenous societies - their world views, their political and economic systems - have to offer the global discussion on sustainable development and reliable prosperity? The answer to this question shapes Eli's directorship with Plenty. The Nation Building program currently under construction is a grass roots strategic Nation development approach with capacity development objectives at four levels (individual, family, community and Nation) and in four general areas (community healing/restorative justice, environmental stewardship, economic development and good governance).

Ottawa, Canada Area

There are 18 Biosphere Reserves across Canada, with a full spectrum of Indigenous engagement from one in the NWT that is 100% lead by Indigenous Peoples, to one in Clayoquot with a 50/50 model, to some with very little, and others somewhere in between. In the era of reconciliation, biosphere reserves are uniquely positioned to contribute to the growth of our society as we strive for sustainability.

Tofino, B.C. Canada

Tribal Parks are Indigenous Watershed Management Areas (IWMA) with a focus on self-determination; environmental stewardship and the development of sustainable livelihoods. Based on Indigenous Ecological Governance values/principles/concepts, an IWMA approach employs an inclusive and comprehensive stakeholder management process to unlock international dispute resolution opportunities with the aim of supporting and enhancing biological and cultural diversity. Key to ensuring long term biological and cultural diversity objectives is a well thought out economic diversity strategy. www.tribalparks.ca

Brandon Manitoba

300 level Seminar course on Native Government. Exploration of: 1) pre-contact Native Government institutions and processes; 2) domestic and international influences on Native Government in Canada 1867 to 1982 (BNA Act to Canada Act/Section 35); and, 3) future challenges/opportunities for Native Government in Canada. Emphasis on what pre-contact economic institutions have to offer the world in efforts to figure out current sustainable development challenges/opportunities. Text: "Resilience, Reciprocity and Ecological Economics: Northwest Coast Sustainability" Routledge 2009 - Trosper

Tofino Bc

- Facilitate community consultations; Interpret legal concepts and cultural values to convey among leadership, legal counsel, staff & community members; Chair Membership and Chief & Council meetings.- Design & conduct qualitative interviews with Nation members in a ‘door-to-door’ consultation program; Organized volunteer Community Development Advisory Group to assist project management team and Chief & Council in community planning processes. - Design & co-facilitate Nation Building seminar for reconciliation of hereditary & elected governance systems. - Research Secondary language acquisition, conduct community needs assessment, access grant dollars for implementation of preferred option.- Co-direct multi-stakeholder management processes; Design & implement Strategic Education Sector development strategy and implement through strategic partnerships with post-secondary institutions regionally, nationally & internationally including SSHRCC & IDRC.- Lead planning team in successful grant applications to complete watershed & land use planning for streamlining the consultation & accommodation process.- National & Inter-national promotion through public education campaigns including written materials for distribution, broker distribution engagements, public speaking events through community and university partners, multi-media features. - Oversee Health, Education, Social Development, Public Works, Housing, and Natural Resource Management programs; Operating in a dynamic political atmosphere, manage to navigate interests from Board of Directors, entrenched staff, community members and external government agencies.- Cooperate with external Auditors, including problem solving around unique auditing considerations and multiyear retro-reconciliation of housing rental arrears.- Interface/problem solve with Workers Compensation Board Agency regarding staff injuries on the job, including extended cases; Interface/problem solve with Federal Labor Board.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Political Science And Government

Major in Political Science, minor in sociology. Liberal education requirement for natural sciences: geology. Canadian Constitutional Law..

Education record

Graduate program requirements for MA in geography.