GETTING OUT INTO THE
COMMUNITY: EXAMPLE SPEAKERS AND CONVERSATIONS
Tofino Botanical Gardens Foundation
Invite George Patterson, the Director of the foundation, to discuss the
benefits challenges involved with instigating a Research and Education
Economy in our region.
Contact
George Patterson
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (250) 725-1220
Web: www.tbgf.org
Red
Fish Blue Fish Consulting
Red Fish Blue Fish Consulting “provides professional services to
coastal communities, First Nations, governments, and industry in the areas
of aquatic and cultural resource management.” Invite one of their
staff to talk about coastal environmental and community issues that they
are currently working with.
Contact
Josie Osborne
Phone: (250) 266-5229
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.redfishbluefish.ca
Ecotrust Canada
Ecotrust is “driven by the triple-bottom-line, where economic opportunity
improves rather than degrades social and environmental conditions.”
Schedule a talk with our local branch of Ecotrust to see how they are
helping our community develop a conservation economy.
Contact
Brenda Kuecks
Phone: (250) 725-2536
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.ecotrustcan.org
Oyster
Farming
Watch an Oyster Farm deliver their harvest to a truck that will drive
the bivalves to the other side of Vancouver Island. Invite a local oyster
farmer to talk with your group about the ups and downs of farming shellfish,
or better, ask if there is any way to tour the farm.
Contact
Brenda Kuecks
Phone: (250) 725-2536
Email: [email protected]
Salmon Farming
Creative Salmon is one of the two companies farming salmon in Clayoquot
Sound. Contact Creative Salmon to schedule a tour and or presentation
about the industry.
Contact
Janet Pleasants
Phone: (250) 725-2884
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.creativesalmon.com
Nuu-chah-nulth
Language Project
The Nuu-chah-nulth Project is helping First Nations in our region retain
their languages. The project focuses on teacher training and participation
in informal language training. Invite Anne Morgan to discuss the successes
and challenges of this innovative program.
Contact
Anne Morgan
Phone: (250) 726-4230
Tonquin Foundation
The Tonquin Foundation’s goals include searching, surveying and
interpreting historically significant coastal sites, as well as public
outreach relating to the history of Westcoast peoples, places and events.
Invite a member of the Tonquin Foundation to tell the story of their namesake;
one of the most notorious nights in the history of European contact with
coastal First Nations.
Contact
David Griffith
Phone: (250) 725-6613
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.tonquinfoundation.org
Pacific Sun Kelp
Pacific Sun Kelp produces four types of dried Sea Vegetables: Alaria,
Kombu, Bull Kelp and Macro Kelp. Ask Scott if it’s possible to take
a tour of his “Sea Vegetable Farm” in nearby Barkley Sound.
Contact
Scott MacDonald
Phone: (250) 726-4317
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.kelp.ca
Clayoquot Botanicals
Carmen Bell grows medicinal herbs for Clayoquot Botanicals in Tofino Botanical
Gardens. Contact her to see if she has the time to provide your group
with an interpretive walk through her garden.
Contact
Carmen Bell
Phone: (250) 726-5203
Tofino-Long Beach Chamber of Commerce
The local chamber of commerce deals with tourism issues on a daily basis.
Invite Michael Tilitzky, the manager of the chamber and a councilor for
the District of Tofino to discuss some of the major issues that the chamber
and council wrestle with.
Contact
Michael Tlitzky
Phone: (250) 725-3414
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.tourismtofino.com
Clayoquot Biosphere Trust
The CBT uses a $12 million endowment to “to assist the Clayoquot
Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Region Community to achieve its vision
by providing funding and logistical support for research, education and
training initiatives that promote conservation and sustainable development.”
Give them a call and ask them how.
Contact
Stan Boychuk
Phone: (250) 726-2086
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.clayoquotbiosphere.org
Logging
in Clayoquot Sound: Iisaak Forest Resources
Iisaak is a First Nations-led company that operates exclusively in Clayoquot
Sound. Iisaak is “committed to Hishuk-ish ts’awalk (pronounced
He-shook ish sha-walk), the Nuu-chah-nulth belief of respecting the limits
of what is extracted and the interconnectedness of all things.”
Ask them about some of their challenges in creating this new type of logging
company.
Contact
Gary Johnsen
Phone: (250) 726-2446
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.iisaak.com
British Columbia Provincial Parks
Clayoquot Sound’s sixteen provincial parks have many conflicting
challenges: A large number of visitors, a dwindling budget, and a mandate
for conservation while providing users with infrastructure and opportunities
for adventure. Invite someone from the local parks office to go for a
hike in one the many nearby provincial parks.
Contact
Carl Wilson
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve (PRNPR)
Park Interpreters at PRNPR offer a variety of educational programs for
groups visiting the region. Visit www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/pacificrim/edu/index_e.asp
to learn more.
Contact
Peter Clarkson
Phone: (250) 726-7165
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/pacificrim
Large Predator Project
Ask Bob Hansen to take go for a walk and explore the daily lives of cougar
and wolves by learning about this ongoing research project in Pacific
Rim National Park Reserve.
Contact
Bob Hansen
Phone: (250) 726-7165
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.westcoastaquatic.ca/article_park_wolf_studies0605.htm
Friends
of Clayoquot Sound: Ancient Forests Campaign / Salmon Farming Campaign
The Friends of Clayoquot Sound are “strongly opposed to logging
of old growth temperate rainforests in Clayoquot Sound and globally,”
and “believe that open net-cage salmon farms in the ocean pose unacceptable
risks to the marine environment and to wild salmon.” Ask one of
their staff to explain how these two seemingly unrelated goals are intricately
connected.
Contact
Helen Clay
Phone: (250) 725-4218
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.focs.ca
Tofino Streamkeepers
Ask one of Tofino’s Streamkeepers to take your group for a walk
along one of the streams that they are working on to restore the region’s
salmon habitat.
Contact
Gary Thomas
Phone: (250) 725-1259
Email: [email protected]
Strawberry Isle Research Society
Located a stone’s throw from Tofino’s inner harbour, the Strawberry
Isle Research Society “conducts primary research and monitoring
of various marine ecosystems in Clayoquot Sound” while promoting
“public interest and awareness of the marine environment.”
Learn about their different research projects on their website, and drop
them a line to ask how you can help.
Contact
Rod Palm
Phone: (250) 725-2211
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.strawberryisle.org
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