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Coastal First Nations ‘Setting the Table’ for Marine Conservation

March 10, 2023 - Emilee Gilpin

Coastal First Nations (CFN) hosted an important feast to ‘set the table’ for the three levels of government, partners and allies committed to finding sustainable ways to preserve and protect…

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Nuxalk pole

‘A New Beginning’ — Nuxalk Bring Totem Pole Home

February 21, 2023 - Emilee Gilpin

After years of work, a house entrance pole was lifted out of the Royal BC Museum (RBCM), reawakened and delivered back to the Nuxalk people in their homelands, from where…

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Nola Mack

‘Our food is medicine, our spirits are hungry’

February 15, 2023 - Emilee Gilpin

From the river to the smokehouse to catering important meals in big cities — Ximana Nola Mack is speaking her truth and giving people a taste of her people’s foods…

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Great Bear Sea MPA Network Announced at IMPAC5

February 6, 2023 - CFN

Coastal First Nations, along with federal and provincial governments, jointly endorse the Great Bear Sea MPA Network Action Plan.

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Marine Protected Area Network Partners Endorse Plan to Protect BC’s North Coast

February 5, 2023 - CFN

Blueprint for a vast network of Marine Protected Areas on the Pacific North Coast is being unveiled after more than a decade of collaborative work.

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Indigenous-led Conservation and the Great Bear Sea PFP

February 3, 2023 - CFN

Learn about Project Finance for Permanence (PFP), a groundbreaking approach to conservation financing that will preserve the health of our coastal waters for all future generations.

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bear guide

Have you ever been asked to babysit bear cubs?

January 30, 2023 - Emilee Gilpin

Have you ever been asked to babysit bear cubs? Sierra Hall has. She was 15 at the time, working as a student bear guide in her territories and the experience…

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Carbon Offsets

Great Bear Rainforest carbon offsets support conservation and community

December 15, 2022 - Emilee Gilpin

Coastal First Nation’s forest carbon financing model generates carbon offsets through sustainable management practices and uses revenue generated to support coastal conservation and stewardship. ​In 2009, CFN and BC signed…

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

December 7, 2022 - CFN

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…

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Hayley Wallis

Emerging Indigenous Artist Launches New Album in Vancouver

November 10, 2022 - Emilee Gilpin

Hayley Wallis will launch her new album, a collection of songs she says represent the emotional transformation and growth she’s experienced in her life and music career, at the The…

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2021-22 Annual Report: Renewal and Revitalization

November 8, 2022 - CFN

Our 2021-22 Annual Report highlights the outstanding work we have achieved over the past two years, and lays out key objectives as we look to the future.

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Qway

‘I feel like I’m coming full circle’

November 4, 2022 - Emilee Gilpin

Qway Renata Schooner is a member of the Nuxalk Nation. She grew up back and forth between Vancouver and Bella Coola, she says, sipping a coffee while keeping an eye…

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