

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: All about IPCAs: The power and potential of Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 19 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Mon, 19 Jan, 2026 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: All about IPCAs: The power and potential of Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas

Monday, January 19th | 7-8:30pm | VIU Cowichan - Lecture Hall 140, 2011 University Way, Duncan | FREE

What is an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA)? How do they work? How can they support the unique priorities and responsibilities of the Indigenous communities that create them?

An emerging approach for Indigenous Peoples to protect and manage their traditional territories, IPCAs are not just nature reserves. They are a way for Indigenous communities to assert their jurisdiction, support their economic growth, and uphold their responsibilities to their lands and waters. Join the Cowichan Watershed Board and Steven Nitah on January 19th to learn about the power and potential of IPCAs for Indigenous communities!

This month’s speaker, Steven Nitah, is a member, and former chief, of Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation. Since acting as chief negotiator for the Thaidene Nëné Indigenous Protected Area—a more than 26,000 km2 expanse of the Northwest Territories established in 2019—Steven has continued to support the establishment and management of IPCAs, in his own community and beyond. Steven currently sits on the Thaidene Nëné Xá Dá Yáłtı, the operational management board for the Thaidene Nëné Indigenous Protected Area, and is also the managing director of Nature for Justice, supporting BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) communities on the front lines of climate change by generating financial value of their lands via nature-based solutions initiatives and the carbon offsets markets. His role in Canada is to support Indigenous governments that are advancing Indigenous protected and conserved areas (or IPCAs) from coast to coast to coast. 

This Speakers Series is hosted by the Cowichan Watershed Board, with the support of VIU Cowichan and funding from the Watershed Security Fund.

Photo in header image by Jeff Hipfner. Headshot sourced from Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/duncan/all-about-ipcas-the-power-and-potential-of-indigenous-protected-and-conserved-areas/200029504500544
- **Event Categories**: art, theatre
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Duncan
- **state**: BC
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: VIU Cowichan, Lecture Hall 140
- **lat**: 48.78417
- **long**: -123.70658
- **full address**: VIU Cowichan, Lecture Hall 140, 2011 University Way, North Cowichan, BC V9L 0C7, Canada, Duncan

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- **organizer**: Cowichan Watershed Board (https://allevents.in/org/cowichan-watershed-board/26346804)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 19 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** VIU Cowichan, Lecture Hall 140, 2011 University Way, North Cowichan, BC V9L 0C7, Canada, Duncan
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Cowichan Watershed Board
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, theatre
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