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Sponsored by Pacific Salmon Foundation and First Nations Fisheries Council of British Columbia

PREVIOUS SESSIONS

Session 6: Made in BC Salmon Recovery Model

February 5th, 2024 – Building on the 3-scale collaborative model discussion, the team has undertaken a deep dive into the Washington State model inner-workings and developed a report, including recommendations for a ‘Made in BC Salmon Recovery Model’.

  • Welcome Remarks: Jordan Point & Michael Meneer

  • ‘A made in BC Salmon Recovery Model’ presentation: Tom Rutherford

  • Q&A Discussion moderated by Jason Hwang

Download the draft report (pdf)


Session 5: A Declaration & Framework for Collaboration, Building a Model for BC

April 22, 2023 – The Salmon Action Dialogues aim to align and coordinate action for the conservation and recovery of wild Pacific salmon. In the first four sessions, the Dialogues have focused on collaborative working models underway in B.C., Washington State and the Great Lakes and from these we have collectively developed key ingredients for success to help in the development of a collaborative framework. Session 5 will focus on the notion of a shared declaration for salmon and a three-scale collaborative framework for salmon recovery.

Morning 1

Morning 2

Afternoon 1

Afternoon 2

Time lapse illustration


Session 4: Towards Solutions for Collaboration in BC

June 2, 2022 – Session 4 starts to identify potential solutions that support better collaboration specific to BC salmon, through asking how lessons learned in Sessions 2 and 3 can apply to the development of a coordinated framework for salmon recovery in BC. Through breakout groups and plenary facilitated discussions, virtual and in-person participants discussed contextualizing ingredients for success for BC, as well as next steps to driving a collaborative framework in BC.

Session 4 Agenda (pdf)


Session 3: Collaborative Models from BC

June 1, 2022 – Building off of Session 2, Session 3 focusses in on BC examples of watershed and regional scale models of collaboration through two panel presentations and facilitated discussions. The morning panel explores two coastal examples: Cowichan Watershed Board, and West Coast Vancouver Island Roundtables. The afternoon panel explores two interior examples: Nicola Watershed Governance Partnership, and Okanagan Nation Alliance.

Session 3 Agenda (pdf)


Session 2: Collaborative Models

April 27, 2022 – Through the first two panels and facilitated discussions, functioning multi-jurisdictional models of collaboration are explored, including: Washington State’s “State of Salmon” initiatives, BC’s “Together for Wildlife” Strategy, and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The third panel and discussion invites representatives from the Province of BC and DFO to speak to current initiatives focussed on salmon conservation and recovery, and their interest and value in the Dialogues.

Session 2 Agenda (pdf)

Morning (Panel 1)

Mid-Day (Panel 2)

Afternoon (Panel 3)


Session 1: Dialogue Series Launch

March 3, 2022 – Introduces the Pacific Salmon Action Dialogue Series, and examines what the present salmon system looks like. Includes a facilitated discussion with guest speakers and audience participation surrounding the idea of the Dialogues Series as proposed by PSF and FNFC.

Purpose Letter and Session 1 Agenda (pdf)


Pacific Salmon Foundation contact info: 300-1682 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC. Email: salmon@psf.ca.
Contact info of First Nations Council of BC: 320-1200 West 73rd Avenue, Vancouver, BC. Email: info@fnfisherscouncil.ca.