ABSTRACT
Biocultural ethics is about the way we relate to one another, recognizing that we are all interconnected across generations and across species in the web of life. From a biocultural ethics perspective, the biocultural rights of Indigenous peoples are necessarily linked with responsibilities emanating from Indigenous worldviews, based in relationships of care and relational accountability. The principle of consent is explored within Canadian ethics policy initiatives as an illustrative example of how the relational emphasis of biocultural ethics can complement biocultural rights-based approaches by encouraging not only justice of rights but also relational justice through right relationships. This approach can deepen our awareness and capacities to work well together across our diversities in shared goals of protecting culture and environment and caring for the well-being of our earth and All Our Relations.
