Raven John: Transformation & Art

By Tessa Vikander

Raven John’s namesake, the raven, is “a trickster, a teacher, a transformer,” something John relates to as a two-spirit artist and activist.

John – of Coast Salish (Sechelt) and Stó:lō (Chawathil) background — is a recent graduate … Read More

lessLIE: Modernizing Tradition

By Cara McKenna

For Coast Salish artist lessLIE, even his name is a well-crafted piece of art.

“My colonized, Catholic, Canadian name is Leslie Robert Sam,” he introduces himself. “And my decolonized artist name is lessLIE.”

The self-given name has … Read More

Tsleil-Waututh elder receives award for visionary work

Tsleil-Waututh elder Margaret George has been honoured for a lifetime of visionary work around education and community service.

George was honoured at Native Education College’s sixth annual awards gala to honour alumni. The event took place at Musqueam on June … Read More

Elders’ therapy work inspiration for healing garden

Outside of the Snaw-naw-as Health Centre on a sunny day, community elders Bonnie Jones and Debbie Bob are busy transferring plants into bigger pots.

“That was my exercise for today,” said Bob after she finished up the day’s replanting.

She … Read More

A new way forward for Klahoose

By Chief Kevin Peacey

Kevin Peacey was elected as the new chief of Klahoose First Nation in April after serving four years on council. His priorities for the nation include job creation, connecting the community and accountability.

I would like … Read More

Vancouver Island University valedictorian from Klahoose

Klahoose member Troy Barnes was valedictorian during a special graduation ceremony to honour Indigenous students at Vancouver Island University in April.

With a Bachelor in Arts in First Nations studies and history, Barnes spoke to several dozen other Indigenous students, … Read More

Young songwriters honoured at Stz’uminus

A group of Stz’uminus Grade 6 students have won a prestigious songwriting contest that meant performing for B.C.’s Lieutenant Governor.

Judith Guichon’s Sing Me A Song program invited amateur musical groups to write and sing an original song for Canada’s … Read More

Beloved former chief remembered through healing garden

Elder and longtime Snaw-naw-as chief David Bob always took care of his people, whether it was getting the nation’s health centre built or working to revitalize culture.

When he suddenly passed away in January, Bob was making progress on his … Read More

Career fair a big success at Halalt

By Edith Moore, NmTC Communications Liason

This article is a pleasure to write because I get to brag about how wonderful my job is and also about my daughter Mikaela Whitelaw and niece Brittany Tremblett.

The H’ulh-etun Health Society works … Read More

The table tells a tale

When Darren Blaney received an order for a boardroom table from International Forest Products, he wanted to make sure the piece of furniture was something special. The Homalco artist wanted to tell the story of the origins of the famous … Read More