Living Lab supported 16 Grades 10-12 indigenous youth from Esquimalt and Spectrum High school with teachers Emma Milliken and Rachel Trebilco to hold a three day outdoors Field School, based in Goldstream Park and focused on indigenous land use, science and history in traditional WSANEC and Songhees territory. Living Lab facilitators UVic professor leads John […]
JOIN US for a Community Celebration highlighting the Reefnet Fishery – September 22, 2018 On August 9th, 2014, the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation went reef net fishing to reclaim a practice that the colonial government outlawed a hundred years ago. Nick Claxton (XEMŦOLTW̱), Tsawout community member and PhD. Candidate in UVic’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction has […]
Songhees Academic Youth Leadership had a 2-day Science Camp at the University of Victoria. Dr. John Taylor lined up a bunch of amazing mini-workshops for our youth. SAYL working with the University of Victoria to collect sand and water samples to do lab work with Matt Miller and Dr. John Taylor. We started the morning learning […]
Our Songhees Youth interviewed our Elders in both Year 1 and Year 2 of the SAYL – Living Science Lab project. CRD’s Erich Kelch and Keir Cordner from First Nations Health Authority made this trip possible. Erich drove us out to T’souke. Having Keir there, allowed our youth to bring the harvested food to […]
Each year, Songhees Academic Youth Leadership goes to our islands to do some historical, biological and anthropological work with Songhees and UVIC experts. Standing around an ancient longhouse foundation with Songhees youth, researchers and Songhees knowledge holders. Morgan Black shared so much of what she’s learned in her studies. The youth greatly appreciated learning […]
Living Lab participated in National Aboriginal Day – LAU WEL NEW Tribal School’s Cultural Day sponsored by PEPAKEN HAUTW who have been leading the Reefnet – willow restoration project. Sharing a Clam Bar B Q – marine life tent with Earl Claxton Jr was Morgan Black, Living Lab Science Coordinator. Many children, teachers, elders and […]
On July 11th Living Lab team members Florence Dick and Darlene Joseph ( Songhees Nation) , Earl Claxton Jr, Nick Claxton and Tiffany Joseph ( WSANEC) along with John Lutz (UVic History), John Taylor ( Biology), Judith Lyn Arney ( PEPAKEN HAUT’W) and Maeve Lydon ( Staff) had field trip / learning day out at […]
Living Lab’s 2019 Eco-Culture and Science Camp was our first regional effort, building on last year’s 2 day Songhees Academic Youth Leadership (SAYL) – UVic Camp. 16 youth aged 11-18 from Songhees, WSANEC and other indigenous nations from across Canada – and who now live in Coast Salish territory – came together with a diverse […]