by dewolfe001 | Jul 27, 2017 | Earth Keepers Education, General News, Volunteers
Please join FOCS in welcoming Cypress Che Seitcher to the FOCS team as our new summer student and the Earth Keepers Organizer! Here is an introduction from Cypress: “My name is Cypress Che Seitcher. l live on planet earth and I am Tla-o-qui- aht First Nation living in...
by dewolfe001 | Jul 24, 2017 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, General News
FOCS has launched this year’s Trail Building with Friends program, aimed at supporting First Nations’ management of trails found within Clayoquot Sound. We have now completed two of the three trail building sessions scheduled for 2017. The first session was a...
by dewolfe001 | Jun 30, 2017 | First Nations, General News, Indigenous Solidarity
IDLE NO MORE & DEFENDERS OF THE LAND: CALL TO ACTION UNsettling Canada 150 In honour of Arthur Manuel, we call for a National Day of Action in support of Indigenous self-determination over land, territories, and resources UNsettling Canada 150: Video Webinar 1...
by dewolfe001 | May 24, 2017 | Clayoquot Mining Ban, First Nations, General News, Indigenous Solidarity
*GREATER VANCOUVER ACTION ALERT FOR THURSDAY, MAY 25th, 2017* Imperial Metals is engaging in genocidal mining practices and operations that are in direct opposition to the protocols and inherent rights and title of the Secwepemc, Ahousaht, Tla-o-qui-aht,...
by dewolfe001 | Apr 10, 2017 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, Campaigns, FOCS in the Media
Photo credit: T. J. Watt Twenty-five international environmental organizations are calling for immediate action to protect and restore Vancouver Island’s endangered old-growth rainforest and its species diversity, carbon storage and benefits for a diverse economy...
by dewolfe001 | Feb 21, 2017 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, First Nations, General News
Tsimka Martin and Gisele Martin wrote the following statement on behalf of the Tla-o-qui-aht Initiative for Interconnected Community Health. TIICH is a group of Tla-o-qui-aht members committed to upholding ancestral values. “Tiich” is also a Tla-o-qui-aht word meaning...
