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Author: Emilee Gilpin

Carbon Offsets

Great Bear Rainforest carbon offsets support conservation and community

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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Hayley Wallis

Emerging Indigenous Artist Launches New Album in Vancouver

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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Qway

‘I feel like I’m coming full circle’

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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Reg and Robert

‘He’s here with us in Spirit’ Brothers Reg and Robert Davidson remember their beloved Ben

Brothers Reg and Robert Davidson settle into Reg’s carving studio in Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, coffee in hand, one foggy late September morning, weeks before they raised a memorial pole…

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Dúqva̓ísḷa William Housty

‘Salmon are the heartbeat of our coast, our people, everything around us’

Coastal First Nations Community Storyteller Emilee Gilpin in conversation with Haíɫzaqv cultural leader and conservation manager Dúqva̓ísḷa, William Housty on Oct 11, 2022. Audio clips of the interview are included…

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Babs Stevens

A path of healing and peace: In conversation with Babs Stevens

Iljulaawas Barbara (Babs) Stevens is from the Ts’aahl/Kay’ahl Laanas clan. She recently retired from working over 50 years for the Skidegate Band Council, a job she says wouldn’t be possible…

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Nuxalk Guardians

Nuxalk Guardians: The Eyes and Ears of Their Territory

Roger Harris has been a Nuxalk Guardian Watchman for about nine years. His role, he says, is to protect his lands and waters, to serve his community and to set…

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Nuxalk art

‘It’s in our DNA’ : Nuxalk art teacher inspiring a new generation

Lyle Mack is often asked how he keeps his class so quiet. He covers the rectangular window of the door with a printed photo of Nuxalk masks. Inside, his students…

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Returning home: Reclaiming place at Nusq’lst village

  As Nuskmata Jacinda Mack drives her son’s car full of corn, groceries and supplies, down the infamous hill from Anahim Lake into Bella Coola, she speaks about coming home…

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