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INDIGENOUS STEWARDSHIP COORDINATOR POSITION
Contract Opportunity INDIGENOUS STEWARDSHIP COORDINATOR POSITION General Description: The Nanwakolas Council is seeking an Indigenous Stewardship Coordinator to join our Ha-ma-yas Stewardship Network team. This is a contract position (approx. 35hrs per week) beginning March…
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TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
The Referrals Department at Nanwakolas Council has been providing an invaluable service for nearly 20 years to the member First Nations—one that also creates good relationships with business and helps support economic certainty. “Twenty years…
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GOING DEEP
Some of the Ha-ma-yas Guardians take their research skills to the next level: underwater. “I’m really happy I did the dive course. It’s not easy, and you have to dedicate the time and work into…
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A DIFFERENT DRUM
The Ha-ma-yas Guardians have added drums and songs to their stewardship toolkit. “We talk a lot about the connections between everything, and that’s a big part of being a Guardian, knowing that connection, knowing that…
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Building Marine Response Muscle
The Ha-ma-yas Guardians of the Nanwakolas member First Nations are on the frontline of emergency response in the event of a marine disaster in the territories, whether it is a small recreational vessel catching fire…
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First Nations are vital to BC’s Forestry Economy
“Bringing our stewardship values and responsibilities to the land for resource management into forest operations is vital to providing the stability that everyone wants, and confidence that we all can enjoy balanced and responsible long-term…
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WHAT THE ELK IS GOING ON OUT THERE?
Ha-ma-yas Stewardship Network Guardians, ecosystem biologists from the B.C. Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship (WLRS), and Nanwakolas Council staff are working together to study the habitat and behaviour of Roosevelt elk in the…
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Loxiwe – Clam Gardens
The Indigenous-led work of loxiwe restoration and reintegration of Indigenous-led science and maricultural practices into coastal management policy and practice is a growing movement on the west coast, from Alaska to Vancouver Island and the…
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