Past NewslettersJune 8, 2022 –
Please read and share our new Spring 2022 Newsletter!
January 12, 2022
Healthy Watersheds Initiative (HWI) is launching a newly developed Graphic Novel: We Are of Water on January 19, 2023 from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm (PST) with Indigenous Illustrator Chenoa Gao.
Webinar Registration is here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwpde6gpz0rH9R4f-pJd0LaDz7XNU7SjHPd
About us:
The Indigenous voices and reflections illustrated in this graphic novel were gathered through the Healthy Watersheds Initiative (HWI). The purpose of the graphic novel is to provide visuals connected to voices and knowledge shared by indigenous elders, youth, and community members regarding watersheds and water. It provides a visual platform to share the work and stories of indigenous led watershed projects, while creating an educational and engaging resource. We hope these illustrated stories will amplify indigenous voices and experience, embrace and advance inter-generational learning between youth and elders, and foster future generations of water champions and stewards.
Webinar Info below:
At the webinar, HWI will launch the graphic novel and hear from the illustrator Chenoa Gao about her own journey through this work and her creative process. We are also planning to have a panel to hear from some of the individuals who are featured in the novel. This includes Mavis Underwood, our REFBC Board Governor and Chair of the HW Indigenous Leaders Advisory Circle. We are also working with School District 6 – Rocky Mountain – to involve a number of youth who will share some of their own learnings they took from the graphic novel. This webinar will inform us on the creation of a teacher’s and learning kit, which will be shared along with the completed comic.
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I acknowledge, with respect and gratitude, the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations, as well as First Nations across British Columbia, on whose unceded and occupied territories I live, work, and learn.
June 6, 2022
An inspiring update from Nancy Shackelford (Academic Director of the Restoration of Natural Systems Program at UVic):
“The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is partnering with the Society for Ecological Restoration on Make a Difference (MAD) Week. MAD Week is a now-annual week in June where groups around the world can register and report on restoration events for a global celebration – extending World Environment Day and adding a restoration focus.
A group of students out of UVic have launched a regional hub for the Week, in hopes of bringing together and honoring the thousands of volunteers and dozens of restoration organizations we have regionally. We are truly in a restoration bubble here. Last year and this year these students organized, by far, the most registered events for any one region globally. For each event, they send at least one rep with swag and cameras in hand to thank the volunteers.
We have a regional logo designed by Sarah Jim (Member of W̱SÁNEĆ Nation & Senior Crew Member for PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW̱) that gets used and distributed, a video that Sarika Suzuki narrated last year, and a ton of amazing participants, almost entirely due to the commitment and work of the UVic student team.
They have growing efforts around decolonial practices and protocols, but it will be a slow and thoughtful journey. I’m super proud of them, and of all their amazing work.”
February 28, 2022 –
Please read and share our new Winter 2022 Newsletter!
February 24, 2022 –
“The Salish Sea Institute is launching a Fellows Program! Scholars and others with expertise in Salish Sea issues are invited to apply for a fellowship to contribute to transboundary Salish Sea policy research.”
Website: https://wp.wwu.edu/salishsea/
“Open Science Beyond Open Access: For and With Communities. A Step Towards the Decolonization of Knowledge”. Available here: https://zenodo.org/record/3946773#.X2uYDWhKiUk