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Arctic Journal The Youth Training in Ethical Knowledge Sharing and Co-production to Advance Northern, Indigenous-led Conservation and Stewardship Program will train a generation of Indigenous youth to design and deliver relevant research projects using Indigenous and community-based research methods, as well as ethical approaches to knowledge sharing between Indigenous and Western ways of knowing. Youth will be trained both as guardians and researchers to develop the skills to understand, work and care for the lands and waters within their traditional territories. Canadian Mountain Network...

Teegee, BC Assembly of First Nations tackles vaccine hesitancy with new campaign SHARE ON: File Photo: BCAFN Regional Chief Terry Teegee. (Photo supplied by Brendan Pawliw, MyPGNow.com staff) The BC Assembly of First Nations has launched a campaign called “Protecting Our People” to reduce vaccine hesitancy among the Indigenous population. As vaccines continue to roll out across the province, there are some Indigenous people who remain on the fence. Regional Chief Terry Teegee told Vista Radio the issue runs a lot further than the pandemic. “I think it stems from a long history of mistr...

More than 400,000 people in British Columbia will be immunized from March to early April as the Province moves into Phase 2 of the largest immunization rollout in B.C.’s history. “At every step of the way, we are putting the health and safety of British Columbians first,” said Premier John Horgan. “B.C. was one of the first provinces to lay out our vaccine plan, and now we’re

I want to make a particular case for the soap opera that often does not have the same kind of artistic legitimacy as other media forms, and thus enters popular discourse via low brow appreciation. By having such a broad-based appeal, the soap opera in Australia can have unusual power to transform entrenched bias against those who are perceived to be outsiders to the dominant white settler narrative within the nation. Changing Landscape The Heights. Australia’s home-grown gem, it should rightly alter the Home and Away face of an Australia consumed the world over and replace it with what con...

Mar 2, 2021 12:03 AM Russ Byth BC seniors 90 and older and Indigenous Elders 65 and older, can begin calling next Monday to set up a time for a covid vaccine. Those 85 and over can register on the 15th and those 80 and older can register on the 22nd. Local health authorities will have dedicated numbers to call and will be setting up clinics. Family members or caregivers can also register seniors online at gov.bc.ca/bcseniorsfirst on those dates. The government is also looking at decreasing restrictions for visiting long-term care homes. The provincial government is looking t...