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SLLP Project News

Dec 22 2019 7:46 pm

A Canoe, a Biologist, and 29 Days

By Corrie AllenIn Featured Story, Project News

Originally published on page 17 in the December 2019 College Matters newsletter from the College of Applied Biology. Download the full newsletter (pdf) here.  By Corrie Allen, M.Sc., R.P.Bio. To say that 29 days canoeing and rafting down the Fraser…

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Dec 22 2019 7:07 pm

Indigenous Land Stewardship program applies old solutions to modern problems

By Justin SidonIn Featured Story, News Article, Project News

From CBC News. Original story here. Program at Native Education College comes as world looks to Indigenous knowledge to help solve climate crisis Chad Pawson · CBC News · Posted: Oct 14, 2019 8:00 AM PT | Last Updated: October 14…

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Sep 11 2019 3:55 pm

Fraser River journey highlights watershed’s importance

By Jeff GibbsIn News Article, Project News

Originally posted by the North Shore News: https://www.nsnews.com/community/fraser-river-journey-highlights-watershed-s-importance-1.23941787 Written by Ben Bengtson / North Shore News North Vancouver resident Jeffrey Gibbs is one of a dozen participants in a recent Rivershed Society of BC program on sustainable living leadership. As part…

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Aug 11 2019 5:47 pm

Quesnel welcomes Sustainable Living Leadership Program paddlers

By Jeff GibbsIn Featured Story, News Article, Project News

Before enjoying a FraserFest dinner catered by Bliss, members of the Rivershed Society of B.C. Sustainable Living Leadership Program pose for a photo with local community members who greeted them as they paddled into Ceal Tingley Park Tuesday, July 30.…

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Jul 18 2019 1:55 am

Nursing instructor part of 2019 Rivershed Fraser River journey

By Bhavna PooniIn News Article, Project News

Originally from Williams Lake, Bhavna Pooni hopes to raise awareness of the river From the Williams Lake Tribune. Original story here. Written by:  MONICA LAMB-YORSKI July 17, 2019 7:00 p.m. As she prepares to embark on this year’s Rivershed Society of…

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Apr 28 2019 9:40 pm

Reflections on a River Journey to the Sea

By Lisa BlandIn Blog, Project News, Rivershed Story

Myka Kollmann’s Rivershed Story Myka Kollmann grew up in the Bronx, New York and has lived in Vancouver for the past 13 years. She is currently a fourth-year undergrad at UBC studying social justice and environmental studies. Myka enjoys working…

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Apr 17 2019 4:43 pm

Experiencing Nature Is The Best Way To Be Inspired To Protect It

By Lisa BlandIn Project News, Rivershed Story

Sasha Makhneva’s Rivershed Story Sasha Makhneva is an environmental science student at Simon Fraser University with many creative talents and interests such as singing, art, drawing, and music. She loves to explore and go on epic adventures. Originally from Russia…

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Mar 12 2019 11:56 pm

Vanderhoof students collaborate with UNBC on mini-documentary film to tell story of water monitoring on Murray Creek

By Ella ParkerIn Press Release, Project News

For Immediate Release “Stream Monitoring for Change in SD91” to screen on March 15th at the Reel Alternatives Film Event in Vanderhoof Three high-school students from the Nechako Valley Secondary School, working alongside a research assistant from the University of…

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Mar 09 2019 11:55 pm

A Focus on Watersheds

By Lisa BlandIn Project News, Rivershed Story

Ella Parker’s Rivershed Story Ella Parker has always loved rivers, even before participating in the Rivershed Society of BC’s Sustainable Living Leadership Program (SLLP) in the summer of 2018. She grew up in the Yukon and has extensive river experience, including…

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Dec 11 2018 7:43 pm

My Adventure on the Fraser

By Samantha PennerIn Project News

Please note that this was originally posted on the Nature Trust BC website, here. On August 2, 2018, I started my 1,400km 27-day journey near Mount Robson in the headwaters of the Fraser River. I travelled downstream by canoe, raft and on foot with eight other community leaders,…

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