Windspeaker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
In the midst of a pandemic, climate emergency and uncertain economic future, Klahoose First Nation is looking at ways to shift from fossil dependence to alternative sources of green energy.
Continue reading Klahoose Wilderness Resort decreases carbon footprint with the power of waterBy Jenessa Joy Klukas, The Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Education student Hayden Taylor says Vancouver Island University (VIU) is “definitely a safe space for Indigenous future educators.”
Taylor is a member of the Haisla Nation, and as a fifth year in VIU’s Bachelor of Education program, he regularly participates in Indigenous practices on campus.
Taylor is an active participant at Shq’apthut (A Gathering Place), the campus’s hub for Indigenous supports, and is part of VIU’s community cousins program. “[Community Cousin’s] is a mentorship program that is made up of Indigenous students at VIU, that provides support for Indigenous students.”
Continue reading What Vancouver Island University is doing to decolonise BC’s classroomsBy Charlie Carey, North Shore News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A first for any museum in Coast Salish territories, MONOVA: the Museum of North Vancouver, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and Səlílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nation have signed respective memorandums of understanding, in an effort to strengthen the relationship between the two host Nations and the museum.̓
Continue reading Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations sign memorandums of understanding with the Museum of North VancouverNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A new conservation area on B.C.’s Galiano Island with deep cultural significance for local First Nations will protect a pristine shore for a multitude of seabirds and help an increasingly rare ecosystem withstand global warming.
A kilometre of beach in Cable Bay and the adjoining 66 acres of land inside the threatened Coastal Douglas-Fir biogeoclimatic zone (CDF) have been acquired by the Galiano Conservancy Association (GCA) and the Nature Trust of British Columbia.
Continue reading Environmentalists protect local history and seabirds on Galiano IslandCKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
The City of Powell River has established a working group with members of the Tla’amin First Nation to dig into how to best honour the Tla’amin request for the municipality to change its name. But there is no great rush to the finish line.
Continue reading Discussions continue on name change for City of Powell River
