Georgia Lloyd-Smith
Georgia Lloyd-Smith (she/they) is a staff lawyer at West Coast Environmental Law working with both the Marine Program and the RELAW Program (Revitalizing Indigenous Law for Land, Air, and Water). Born and raised on Coast Salish territories, she has a deep love for the coast and focuses on supporting the ocean to revive itself by advocating for stronger legal protections at the local, national, and international levels. She works supporting Indigenous nations in their efforts to revitalize their laws and governance and conserve their territories. More specifically, she focuses on Indigenous-led conservation including Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) and Guardians programs.
Georgia is a co-author of Protecting the Coast and Ocean: A Guide to Marine Conservation Law in British Columbia, the first marine conservation law textbook in Canada. Prior to working at West Coast, she worked at the Environmental Law Centre at the University of Victoria and with the Indigenous Law Research Unit (ILRU). She also spent a summer in Fort McMurray, Alberta working as a legal intern with a First Nation in the heart of the tar sands. She is grateful to spend her time supporting and learning from the Indigenous laws of these lands, is a proud auntie and can spend all day revelling in the wonder of a tide pool.
