In the Classroom

We collaborate with local teachers, traditional knowledge holders and researchers to facilitate educational events for youth in the CRD public school system. Check out our past and current projects:

Living Lab provides enrichment to the Big Canoe Program, a place-based learning program at Shoreline middle school. The program allows middle school youth (grades 6-8) to learn about the importance of the Gorge waterway on traditional Lekwungen…

Talen Tests The Waters From Bowker Creek

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During River's Day (Sept. 22, 2019) Talen, with help from some Oak Bay High students and Biology Teacher, Mr. Derek Shrubsol, collected some water from Bowker Creek. At UVic, the water was filtered and then the filter paper placed on media that…

SAYL in the University of Victoria’s Biology Lab with Dr John Taylor and Matt Miller

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The University of Victoria - Biology Lab with Matt Miller and John Taylor. After we collected sand and water samples from Cadboro Bay, we brought them to the University of Victoria's biology lab to be analyzed. We had a special guest drop…

UVic Living Lab Project science adventure

Digital Scholarship Commons and Science Venture

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We were able to spend the last part of our Science Camp with UVIC's Digital Scholarship Commons and Science Venture. Dr Matt Huculak and his team introduced the youth to coding and circuit boarding. Digital Scholarship Commons with Dr.…

Local History with Nick Claxton and John Lutz

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Local History with Dr John Lutz and Dr Nick Claxton. John showed the youth historical maps. He talked about the importance of maps and our right to fight for our traditional food systems. Nick taught us about the importance of bringing back…