ResourcesIllumination: Insights and Perspectives for Building Effective Watershed Governance in B.C.June 2016POLIS Water Sustainability Project
NewsIndigenous Watersheds Initiative Launches Interim Impact ReportFebruary 15, 2024. Released in February 2024, the Indigenous Watersheds Initiative (IWI) Interim Impact Report aims to uphold accountability and transparency while disseminating valuable insights. This document looks at IWI’s approach to grant-making, offering a glimpse into the impactful...
NewsHealthy Watersheds Initiative Launches Indigenous Graphic Novel “We Are of Water”June 2, 2023. June 1, 2023 | VANCOUVER BC, xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh): Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and youth share their relationships to water in the newly released graphic novel, “We Are of Water.” The Covid stimulus...
NewsBC residents: water is #1 environmental concernOctober 21, 2021A public opinion poll released October 20th by the Real Estate Foundation of BC and the University of Victoria’s POLIS Water Sustainability Project shows that water is now the top environmental issue in the province. Release provided by Real Estate Foundation...
Events & WebinarsIndigenous Water Relations within the Columbia Basin Online webinar Living Lakes CanadaLiving Lakes Canada is hosting ‘Indigenous Water Relations within the Columbia Basin’, a new webinar series that will create space, time and place for knowledge-sharing by the place-based Indigenous Peoples that are located within what is now known as the...
MapRegional District of Nanaimo Drinking Water and Watershed Protection ProgramThe Regional District of Nanaimo’s Drinking Water and Watershed Protection (DWWP) program helps protect the region’s water resources. The program is guided by an Action Plan with seven project areas and is aimed at learning more about water in the...
