Australian heritage law

Attawapiskat First Nation Says to DeBeers' Owners Anglo American and Botswana to Stop Mine Landfill: No Juukan Gorge in Our Traditional Territory!

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星期二, 四月 6, 2021

Juukan Gorge was an Indigenous sacred site, thousands of years old, blasted by miner Rio Tinto in Australia.

Key Points: 
  • Juukan Gorge was an Indigenous sacred site, thousands of years old, blasted by miner Rio Tinto in Australia.
  • Major De Beers' shareholder Anglo American had a record USD $9.8 billion in earnings last year (before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization).
  • "We don't want another Juukan Gorge disaster in our Traditional Territory," says Attawapiskat First Nation, Council Member, Jack Linklater.
  • Contact: Attawapiskat First Nation, Department of Lands and Resources: Charles Hookimaw, Director of Lands and Resources: +01-705-997-2375 ex.

New Funding from the Federal Government to Preserve and Celebrate Indigenous Heritage in British Columbia

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星期三, 八月 28, 2019

Funding has been provided through four components of the Museums Assistance Program (MAP): Aboriginal Heritage, Access to Heritage, Collections Management and the Exhibition Circulation Fund.

Key Points: 
  • Funding has been provided through four components of the Museums Assistance Program (MAP): Aboriginal Heritage, Access to Heritage, Collections Management and the Exhibition Circulation Fund.
  • "As our government has affirmed time and again, no relationship is more important to Canada than the one with Indigenous Peoples.
  • When we celebrate and promote Indigenous heritage, we are celebrating British Columbia."
  • The Access to Heritage component provides funding to heritage organizations for travelling exhibitions in Canada, to promote access to heritage across different geographic regions.

Government of Canada Announces New Heritage Lighthouse Designations

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星期一, 六月 4, 2018

The Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act is designed to conserve and protect federally-owned lighthouses that have significant heritage value.

Key Points: 
  • The Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act is designed to conserve and protect federally-owned lighthouses that have significant heritage value.
  • The Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act protects the heritage character of designated heritage lighthouses.
  • The Act also facilitates the sale or transfer of a heritage lighthouse to other levels of government, to community organizations, or to individuals in order to ensure an ongoing public purpose for the lighthouse and its long-term conservation.
  • Any sale or transfer of a heritage lighthouse out of the federal portfolio must provide for the protection of its heritage character.