Sara Lehman, Additions-to-Reserve Policy

Land Decolonized Podcast

Land Decolonized Podcast
Sara Lehman, Additions-to-Reserve Policy
Jun 24, 2025
First Nations Land Management Resource Centre

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It's encouraging to see young professionals learning to manage the complexities of Canada's additions-to-reserve policy. And to join the cause promoting a new, more timely approach.

Take Sara Lehman for example. This Laurentian University graduate (Masters in Fisheries Ecology) is the Lands Director at Wahnapitae First Nation, just east of Sudbury, Ontario.

This small community of about 790 members is working through a land claim involving 20,000 acres of its traditional land. Much of it is now used for mining and forestry operations.

Sara says the plan is to reclaim governance over the land to provide additional housing and to manage the land sustainably so members can enjoy it for future generations.

She spoke with host Richard Perry at a recent FNLMRC event in Toronto.

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Wahnapitae First Nation

FNLMRC website

Additions-to-Reserve Policy Redesign (Canada)

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