This workshop, led by Alexandra Thomas (Tlowitsis) offers participants the opportunity to learn about Indigenous ways of knowing, and will help participants understand First Nations’ connection to their territories and the significance of this land’s…
Nanwakolas Council, Coastal First Nations, and the Ministry of Forests have today announced new measures to sustain the Great Bear Rainforest as one of the world’s most treasured and diverse coastal temperate forest ecosystems. The…
It was a beautiful evening and a beautiful place to celebrate the launch of this new book by author Katherine Palmer Gordon (who happens to be the communications and media lead for Nanwakolas). Nanwakolas President…
2021 graduates of the Na̲nwak̲olas and Vancouver Island University (VIU) Stewardship Technician Training Program (STTP), who completed the program in the middle of Covid restrictions, were finally celebrated in person on June 12 at the…
The Ha-ma-yas Guardians have been practising responses to marine disaster scenarios for three years now in partnership with the Canadian Coast Guard and Western Canada Marine Response Corporation (WCMRC). When a fuel tanker carrying 17,000…
Photo credit: Emilee Gilpin Representative from three governments gathered at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art on February 9, 2023, to celebrate the Marine Protected Area (MPA) Network Action Plan, which marks the…