“This experience has become one of the building blocks of my future life, in relation to both my career path and my personal endeavours.” – Faye Petersen, 18, Argenta/Kaslo After two long years away from the water due to the pandemic, paddles finally dipped, canoes sliced, and hearts sang as the Columbia River Field School … Continued
You may have heard about the Columbia River Treaty in the news once, or perhaps many times, over the last decade. The Columbia River Treaty is an agreement between Canada and the United States about our shared watershed. It was originally ratified in 1964 with negotiations to “modernize” it ongoing since May 2018. It’s big. … Continued
National Indigenous Peoples Day: Let’s celebrate the groundbreaking work Indigenous Nations are doing to bring the salmon home This is National Indigenous History Month with National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21st. This occasion calls on us to explore the rich and diverse cultures, voices, experiences, and histories of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. … Continued
By Graeme Lee Rowlands, Program Coordinator of the Columbia River Field School Photos by Bailey Repp “I wonder[ed how they] could understand so little about my purpose, what I was born for: to find my way with great freedom and power to the sea.” So says the Columbia River, personified, in Heart of … Continued
Last August, 16 pioneering teenagers spent two weeks traveling down the Columbia in the first run of Wildsight’s new education program – the Columbia River Field School (CRFS). As they paddled stretches of the river between the headwaters in Canal Flats and the Kootenay confluence in Castlegar, they met with over 20 guest speakers including … Continued
