Vancouver Island
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Kunsoot Wellness Centre progress continues, despite COVID-19 changes
Project adapts to COVID-19, as construction phase transitions to operational phase.
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Coast Salish fashion house centres intergenerational knowledge in new collection
Ay Lelum’s latest features family, fashion and tradition.
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Changing needs of Indigenous students top of mind as kids are back to school on Vancouver Island
‘The message that we got from [the nations] is that there’s a lot of families in this community that aren’t feeling comfortable bringing their kids back to school,’ says SD61 rep
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Returning to your roots: the role of traditional plants in a healthy diet
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh ethnobotanist Leigh Joseph researches and teaches how traditional knowledge can help those living with Type 2 diabetes revisit their relationships with carbohydrates.
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Wellness webinars offer at-home alternative to community programming during pandemic
The nine-part series promoting resiliency focuses on holistic health and traditional teachings.
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Cree educator teaches students to challenge colonialism
How Clinton Kuzio is creating a safe space for his students to challenge the system.
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Chantel Moore’s family and supporters continue to call for justice
The group returned to the B.C. legislature on Sept. 5 to call for changes to wellness checks and Indigenous oversight in the inquest on her killing.
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How gardening is helping Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Nation cope with COVID-19
The pandemic highlights the need to be self-reliant for Jess Housty (‘Cúagilákv).
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Delegated Aboriginal Agency Kw’umut Lelum opens service hub in Duncan
Expansion aims to increase jurisdiction over Indigenous children and youth in care in the mid-Island region.
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We’re covering education for Indigenous students, teachers, and families: Here’s the latest
Following what’s happening in the education space, so you don’t have to.