Aquatic Values Survey for Howe Sound/Átl’ka7tsem

Aquatic Values Survey for Howe Sound/Átl’ka7tsem

Apr 28, 2021 | Project Update

Do you live in Howe Sound / Átl’ḵa7tsem or have you visited this area before? Do you care about the Sound’s ocean or freshwater and want to inform regional decision-making and education? If so, we would like to hear from you! You are invited to participate in a survey...
Hoping for Herring

Hoping for Herring

Mar 17, 2021 | Herring, Project Update

As winter slowly gives way to warmer days, there is new movement in the water. From February to April, Pacific herring (Squamish name: Slhawt’, Latin name: Clupea pallasii) return from the open ocean to Howe Sound/Átl’ka7tsem to spawn. Slhawt’ lay...
Stories from the Bay

Stories from the Bay

Jan 28, 2021 | Project Update

The Howe Sound / Átl’ḵa7tsem Marine Reference Guide hosted a Zoom event with SeaChange Marine Conservation Society and Bowen Island Municipality called ‘Stories from the Bay’. It was an evening of storytelling about Kwil’akm / Mannion Bay with memorable tales...
Rethinking Maps: History, Culture, and Ways of Knowing

Rethinking Maps: History, Culture, and Ways of Knowing

Oct 6, 2020 | Region Update

Maps can be more complicated than what we initially see on the surface. Many of our modern maps have a history of colonialism, with aims of cutting up the landscape, separating people from their traditional territories, and claiming borders and areas for political...