Publications
Ocean Knowledge Cards highlight 36 species of sea life found along Vancouver Island’s west coast. Bring a deck with you the next time you go to the seashore.
Photo Gallery
A sneak peek into the many activities Uu-a-thluk takes part in, from swiftwater courses to mending fish fences, to presenting to youth about fisheries related careers.
Videos
Video is a powerful medium for youth to tell their own stories as they explore their Ha-ha-houlthee and learn about Nuu-chah-nulth stewardship principles and practices .
Introducing Uu-a-thluk’s Fisheries Technician
Coleton (Cole) Gomez-Leishman joins Uu-a-thluk this summer until the fall in his new role as a fisheries technician. Cole started with Uu-a-thluk two years ago as a fisheries intern in Uu-a-thluk’s Tommorrow’s Leaders program where he began to explore post-secondary...
Study of Summer and Winter Run Steelhead Distributions in the Somass, Ash and Stamp Rivers
This is the first instalment of a special summer series focusing on a research project in Nuu-chah-nulth Ha-ha-houlthee. This and other research-based projects help further the objectives of Uu-a-thluk and Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations to manage our aquatic resources...
Two Summer Interns from Uu-a-thluk’s Tomorrow’s Leaders program Share Their Stories
Apcin hulth (Ahmber Barbosa) I was born into the Hesquiaht First Nation, and grew up learning our dances, songs, and customs. As a child my great grandparents, Yutl nauk and Tuupuat (Simon and Julia Lucas) would take me and my aunts to stay with them in Hot Springs...
Kennedy River Sockeye Enumeration Project Learns Valuable Lessons
Located in Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation Ha-houlthee (chiefly territory), the Kennedy River flows into Kennedy Lake—the largest lake on Vancouver Island. Once, Kennedy Lake was the leading sockeye producer on the Island’s west coast with returns from 300,000 to one...
Mapping Project Advances Leadership and Stewardship Among Nuu-chah-nulth first Nations
Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations have completed Marine Traditional Knowledge (MTK) mapping activities to record valuable Traditional Ecological Knowledge about areas that are important to Nuu-chah-nulth communities and culture. Over the course of the project Luc Bibeau...
Intergenerational Knowledge Sharing of Conservation Values in Indigenous Communities
Wednesday, April 19th 2017 at 1:00 PM Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT). In this webinar, Dawn Foxcroft and Michelle Colyn discuss the power of inter-generational knowledge transmission between youth and elders and its connection to stewardship in Indigenous communities....
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