Exploring Theme: "Indigenous-led Initiatives"

Opening ceremony at Hot Springs Cove on Aug. 8. Submitted/Clean Energy BC. Canada’s National Observer: Former Hesquiaht Chief Richard Lucas dreamed of a day when his community of Hot Springs Cove would have clean, self-sufficient energy. After 17 years, that dream came close to fruition with the 2021 opening of the Ahtaapq Creek Hydro Project...

An Indigenous-led, cross-border approach has seen great successes. But it needs BC and Canada’s ongoing financial support. Canada’s National Observer: The Columbia River was once the source of the greatest salmon runs in the world. Millions of life-giving sockeye and giant chinook swam upriver to spawn each year. The Columbia’s headwaters are in British Columbia....

Tu Deh-Kah facility site owned by Fort Nelson First Nation, which was once an oil reserve before it was depleted. Photo submitted Listen to article Canada’s National Observer: Elders and community members always knew something was bubbling under their feet on this remote B.C. First Nation territory. Long before contact, the hot springs throughout Fort Nelson...

New book details how joining Western science and an Indigenous worldview makes for better science Amanda Buckiewicz · CBC News · Posted: Apr 19, 2024 3:08 PM EDT | Last Updated: April 19 Quirks and Quarks – 19:12 An Indigenous ecologist on why we need to stop and listen to save the planet Click to the following link to...

Through film, the TEṮÁĆES Revitalization Project tells the story of the W̱SÁNEĆ presence on the Southern Gulf Islands. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by...

Lydia Hwitsum is a land champion for bringing together First Nations and settler governments using a traditional Cowichan principle. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or...

Accolades for First Nations leaders and initiatives at this year’s Real Estate Foundation of BC gala.  The Tyee: This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by...

Ollie Williams·April 29, 2024 A bull caribou. Twildlife/Dreamstime NationTalk: Cabin Radio – Indigenous governments are looking to Guardians programs to safeguard the land and water while providing employment, too. How do you make sure they all work together? Amos Scott recently became the executive director of the Caribou Guardians Coalition, a body dedicated to coordinating the...