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MIRED IN A SEA OF BUREAUCRACY
The Ripple Effect
The Nanwakolas Council Marine Team works with the member First Nations to achieve their goals and priorities in marine stewardship. Behind the scenes in the Nanwakolas office are a small, hardworking crew, supporting member First…
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WISE PRINCIPLES FOR GUARDIAN TEAMS
WISE PRINCIPLES FOR GUARDIAN TEAMS On April 9, 2021, all sixteen students in the third cohort of Vancouver Island University’s Stewardship Technician Training Program graduated, with flying colours. The program had been immensely successful. The…
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A Family Of Graduates
A Family Of Graduates “Sixteen strangers who didn’t know each other’s names walked into that classroom last October. By April, we had grown into a family. We may have graduated as individuals, but we did…
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Guardians In Training: Connected, Cultural, Caring and Commited
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…
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NANWAKOLAS OPERATIONAL PROTOCOL FOR LARGE CULTURAL CEDAR
The lands and resources of our territories have sustained our culture, way of life, spirituality, economy and society for countless generations. From child to Elder, a vital part of who we are as peoples is…
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Wilkw / k ̓ wa’x̱ tłu: Nanwakolas Council First Nations have successfully secured forestry industry cooperation in the sustainable stewardship of large, ancient and culturally significant cedar trees in their territories.
Wilkw / k ̓ wa’x̱ tłu: In a trailblazing move towards improved relationships between Indigenous peoples in British Columbia and the forestry industry, several large forestry companies have agreed for the first time to abide…
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BEARLY RECOGNIZABLE
January 11, 2021 Last year on this page, we featured the early results of collaborative work between bear researcher Dr. Melanie Clapham and the Nanwakolas First Nations Guardians, using facial recognition technology and new data…
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Black Bear Dens
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…
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