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00:07:12

"Tatianna's Travels," Ep. 2: Why Were the Gulf Islands Once Nicknamed "Little Hawaii"?

Gabriola Island's own islands-roving correspondent visits Hawaii and discovers some little-known links to our area.

BC

- Gabriola Island and area

11-Mar-24

01:40:55

"To Share, Not Surrender": Understanding the Douglas Treaties on Vancouver Island

Can Indigenous People, Settlers, and the Government Come to Know and Agree on What the Treaties Mean, 170 Years Later?

BC

- Gabriola Island and area

03-Mar-24

00:45:55

"Scenes from the Nanaimo Indian Hospital": Rewriting the colonial script

Laura Cranmer spent three years in the hospital as a child. Decades later, she has written a play about the experience.

BC

- Gabriola Island and area

25-Feb-24

01:00:53

Walking Together with "Syeyutsus"

Gabriola's Lisa Webster revisits some favourite past episodes of the series "Learning with Syeyutsus."

BC

- Gabriola Island and area

20-Feb-24

01:18:58

"Water Balance" Study Proposed for Gabriola as Islands Trust Looks Ahead to a Complex Future

Climate change and return of First Nations land are factors as government considers freshwater availability.

BC

- Gabriola Island and area

13-Jan-24

00:35:41

First Nations, Parks Funding, and Sea-level Rise: A Year-end Interview with Regional District of Nanaimo Director and Chair Vanessa Craig

The representative for Gabriola, Mudge and DeCourcy Islands sits down with us for a wide-ranging conversation.

BC

- Gabriola Island and area

30-Dec-23

01:23:59

Snuneymuxw First Nation Rep Calls for Greater Involvement in Gabriola Island Parks & Trails Plan

"Colonization has typically taken areas of great importance to Indigenous people and created parks on them."

BC

- Gabriola Island and area

08-Dec-23

00:23:40

Islands Trust Local Trust Committee Meeting on Gabriola Island Considers Walks, Water, and Indigenous Cultural Heritage Sites

Changes to a pedestrian route are examined and a Trustee seeks better guidance from BC and Canada re sensitive locales.

BC

- Gabriola Island and area

02-Dec-23

00:08:23

"Life on Gabriola: Refections on Heath & Wellbeing," Eps. 3 & 4: "Laughter & Weeds" and "Giving and Growing"

In this double episode, Gabriola Islanders find health and community in their forests and gardens.

BC

- Gabriola Island and area

27-Nov-23

00:18:18

Visioning Gabriola: 27 Years After the Last One, a Review of the Island's Official Community Plan Gets Underway

Trustees Tobi Elliott and Susan Yates discuss the process, and some of the many issues it will no doubt raise.

BC

- Gabriola Island and area

26-Nov-23

01:27:24

Regenerating Gabriola Island, BC

Author and eco-activist Joe Brewer makes the case for a bioregional approach to restoring the earth.

BC

- Gabriola Island and area

02-Nov-23

01:19:14

Island View, Ep. 6: Gabriola Artists Give Thanks for the Thanksgiving Tour / National Day for Truth & Reconciliation

The 27th Annual Thanksgiving Tour will pour $150,00 into the local economy. Plus, Snuneymuxw call for remembrance.

BC

- Gabriola Island and area

07-Oct-23

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