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Celebrating the 2023/2024 fourth cohort of the Stewardship Technician Training Program

In May we celebrated the completion of the STTP program by sixteen students. You can watch them talk about why this program is so important, and successful, here:

Guardian Gatherings: Cultural Connection, Learning, Sharing, Professionalism- And Togetherness

In the Kwak̓wala language, “ǥa̱lǥa̱poła” means “standing together,” or “lifting each other up.” Twice each year, that’s exactly what the Guardians of the six Nanwakolas Council member First Nations of the Ha-ma-yas Stewardship Network do…

Marine Protected Area Network partners endorse plan to protect British Columbia’s North Coast

Vancouver, British Columbia – The blueprint for a vast network of marine protected areas (MPAs) across the northern third of Canada’s West Coast is being unveiled after more than a decade of work. Today, 15…

Indigenous-led conservation and the Great Bear Sea PFP

Indigenous-led conservation and the Great Bear Sea PFP As First Nations of the north Pacific coast, we have governed our territories for countless generations. Our lands and seas are among the richest and most productive…

Ha-ma-yas Stewardship Network Supports Guardians, Collaboration

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Federal government commits to developing conservation finance model for Great Bear Sea

UN Biodiversity Conference – COP 15 – Montreal, QC – The federal government announced its plan to invest $800 million in four Indigenous-led conservation initiatives across Canada, including a commitment to join our Nations to…

We want to be everywhere

“Ten years from now,” says We Wai Kai Chief Ronnie Chickite thoughtfully, “I envision we’ll have at least eight, maybe even ten Guardians working full time for the Nation. They will be monitoring what is…

All Hands On Deck

Partnering on Emergency Environmental Response with the Canadian Coast Guard September 27, 2022, started out foggy and cool in Mamalilikulla First Nation territory. As the morning progressed, however, the fog gave way to glorious warm…

Needed Urgently: More Trained First Nations Guardians

The need for more energetic, eager, and dedicated First Nations’ youth to become land and water Guardians has never been more pressing. Right now, the work of monitoring resource use and activity in the Nanwakolas…

Reconnecting With The Homelands

On May 5, 2022-after more than 100 years of forced separation from their territory- the Mamalilikulla First Nation gathered to observe the dedication of the the Gwaxdlala / Nalaxdlala Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA)…

Growing A Powerful Group Of Guardians

Their numbers may be small, but the twenty land and water Guardians of the six Nanwakolas Nations are achieving outstanding things together in the vast expanse of their territories. Imagine what they could do if…

Conservation of Lull Bay and Hoeya Sound watersheds shared by Mamalilikulla and BC

Wei Wai Kum and We Wai Kai Guardians lead the work to remove a sunken barge off Quadra Island:

Traditional canoe, carved with traditional methods, emerges from B.C. forest

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Conservation of Lull Bay and Hoeya Sound watersheds shared by Mamalilikulla and BC

Wei Wai Kum and We Wai Kai Guardians lead the work to remove a sunken barge off Quadra Island:

Traditional canoe, carved with traditional methods, emerges from B.C. forest

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