The Vancouver Island University Stewardship Technician Training Program (the STTP) offers First Nations students the skills and qualifications necessary to be land and water Guardians. The 2020-2021 program is being delivered within an expanded cultural…
Taking Care Of Black Bear Dens Guardians of the Nanwakolas First Nations are learning how to locate black bear dens on Vancouver Island, to help protect them from the impacts of logging. Black bear dens…
The territories of Tlowitsis First Nation span the coast of northern Vancouver Island, Johnstone Strait, and the adjacent mainland inlets. Until the 1960s, the Nation occupied sites throughout their lands and waters including their primary…
How Nanwakolas Council is working during COVID-19 Earlier this year—like every other organization in British Columbia—Nanwakolas Council was faced with the challenge of how to keep working while ensuring we are doing our best…