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  • First cohort completes new nsyilxcən degree at UBCO: ‘our language is very strong'

    Aaron Hemens

    June 13, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

    The first eight graduates of a new program run by the University of British Columbia Okanagan, the En’owkin Centre, and the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology received their bachelor's of nsyilxcən language fluency degrees. The program is one of the ways the syilx Nation is revitalizing their language, which is critically endangered. Students spend their first two years learning from fluent speakers in the community and the second two years working on a capstone project that includes an internship.

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  • Indigenous practices are the future — and past — of wildfire prevention

    Aaron Hemens

    March 02, 2022 |

    The Discourse |

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    Response Location: Canada, Okanogan, British Columbia

    When the Mount Law wildfire ripped through the Westbank Community Forest, traditional mitigation work based on centuries-old methods practiced by Westbank First Nation stopped flames from spreading beyond. The methods, which have been practiced for close to 1,000 years, include "removing ladder fuels and surface fuels to help space out mature trees. Each tree is pruned at least two to three metres above its base so fire can’t carry flames up the branches and spread to surrounding trees."

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