Rivershed Society of BC logo Rivershed Society of BC
Go to main navigation
Members
Skip to content
  • Get INFORMED
    • What is a Rivershed?
    • Fraser River Basin
      • Regions of the Fraser River Basin
    • Issues Affecting the Fraser River
    • Rivershed Stories
  • Get INVOLVED
    • FraserFEST
      • About FraserFEST
      • Community Dinners 2019
      • Raft the Fraser Canyon 2019
      • Paddle the Lower Fraser 2020
      • Group Bike Rides 2019
      • Eco-Tours 2019
      • FraserFEST Partners
      • FraserFEST Sponsors
    • Sustainable Living Leadership Program
      • About the SLLP
      • How to Apply
      • SLLP Registration
      • Facilitators and Advisors
      • More Information on the SLLP
      • Previous trip summaries
        • 2019 SLLP
        • 2018 SLLP
        • 2017 SLLP
        • 2016 SLLP
        • 2015 SLLP
        • 2014 SLLP
        • 2013 SLLP
        • 2012 SLLP
      • Donors and Supporters
    • River Clinics
      • About River Clinics
      • River Clinic for Environmental Leaders
      • River Clinic for Empowered Youth
    • Fraser Watershed Initiative
    • Foodlands Corridor Restoration Project
    • Support Us
  • EVENTS
  • PROJECTS
    • SLLP Community Projects
    • SLLP Graduates
    • SLLP Project News
  • NEWS
    • Blog
    • News Articles
    • Press Releases
    • SLLP Project News
  • ABOUT
    • Vision and Mission
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff Members
    • History
    • Annual Reports
    • Stewardship Partners

My Profile

  • back
Close
Ella Parker
Member Details
Ella
Parker

Ella grew up in Whitehorse in the Yukon Rivershed. She moved to Squamish after high-school and completed a bachelor of Arts and Sciences at Quest University. Her focus at Quest was making inquiries about the natural world from multiple disciplines and ways of knowing. She has now moved to Prince George and is doing an internship with the University of Northern British Columbia's Integrated Watershed Research Group.

2018
Social Profiles
SLLP Community Project
Stream Monitoring for Change: A Collaborative Video Project
Prince George
Nechako
Awareness, Education
Climate Change, Monitoring and Enforcement, Pollution, Stewardship Funding
The goals of this film project are to: 1) Provide a venue for students to have their voice heard on issues in their watersheds as discovered through stream monitoring and through the iterative nature of film, reflect on the impacts the program has on themselves and their community 2) Trial film as a tool for documenting the stream monitoring program and sharing its results with stakeholders, now and in years to come. 3) Share the lessons learned from this trial program with other schools interested in adopting similar watershed monitoring programming, through social media.
Beginning in the fall of 2017, School District 91 (SD91) in partnership with the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) established a student-based monitoring program of local stream health. The pilot program, called the Small Streams Living Laboratory (SSLLP), engages high-school students to collect data using scientific protocols designed by the Pacific Streamkeepers Federation (PSF). Monitoring assesses physical, chemical and biological indicators of stream health in order to answer questions about future restoration initiatives. Meanwhile, researchers at UNBC have developed the Nechako Watershed Portal, an online, map-based database that aims to be a tool providing user groups with an easy way to archive geo-referenced information pertaining to their watershed interests, including community-based monitoring data. This fall students from multiple school groups in SD91 will collect data and trial entering their results into their version of The Portal. As this year is one of the preliminary iterations of the SSLLP, documentation of the process is instrumental to understanding the impacts of the program on students and their community, and areas for program improvement in the future, including the usability of The Portal. For my community action project my plan is to organize a short film, in collaboration with students from SD91 to showcase their stream-monitoring program and its impact on students, their community and their environment. The story mapping, filming and editing of the film will be directed by a small group of grade 12 students who choose to be involved in this project. The film will contain footage of students conducting stream-monitoring tests, entering data into the geospatial database designed by UNBC, presenting their findings to City Council and interviews with students, teachers and members from the local conservation society (Nechako Environment and Water Stewardship Society). Depending on time restrictions, there is also the possibility including a brief historical description of the Nechako Rivershed or the stream being studied, Murray Creek.
15-10-2018

Projects

  • SLLP Community Projects
  • SLLP Graduates
  • SLLP Project News

Recent News for this Alumni



Vanderhoof students collaborate with UNBC on mini-documentary film to tell story of water monitoring on Murray Creek
0
Press Release, March 12, 2019
For Immediate Release “Stream Monitoring for Change in SD91” to… Read more
Stream Monitoring for Change in School District 91
0
Project News, November 2, 2018
My name is Ella Parker and I am a research… Read more
SLLP poem
0
Blog, October 22, 2018
I’m rafting the Fraser to Vancouver Building eden along the… Read more
Privacy Policy | Site Map | Contact Us
© 2021 RSBC Rivershed Society of British Columbia | All rights reserved | Society # S-36028 | Charity #887313237RR0001Back to top