This webinar is for recreation groups that want to get involved in reconciliation, but don’t know where to start. A panel of leaders in the outdoor recreation community will share stories of projects where a shared passion for the outdoors has brought benefits to their local First Nations. They’ll explain what worked and what didn’t, lessons learned and offer tips and advice for getting started and moving forward.

Rod Clapton will tell us how sitting down to a cup of coffee helped the BC Federation of Drift Fishers and local First Nations work out a resolution to challenging fishing conflicts on the lower Fraser River. 

Thomas Schoen of First Journey Trails and the Indigenous Youth Mountain Bike Program will teach us how trail building and mountain biking is bringing health and economic benefits to First Nation communities across the province. 

Uzi Valiante, a policy and advocacy volunteer with the Squamish Off-Road Cycling Association, will explain how the club signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Squamish Nation.

And Irwin Oostindie will tell us how the Wild Bird Trust of BC is using Indigenous knowledge to rethink stewardship, and practicing reconciliation and redress with the Tsleil-Waututh Nation.

After the presentations a Q&A session will provide an opportunity to learn even more about how outdoor recreation can be a path to reconciliation. Full of tips, advice and practical and applicable examples, this is a webinar for anyone that wants to get involved in making B.C.’s outdoor spaces more equitable and sustainable. 

The Outdoor Recreation Council of BC is a non-profit organization. This webinar is free, thanks to the generous support of the Real Estate Foundation of BC.