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Centre for Sustainable Environments - Biocultural Studies
Haida Gwaii Field School
Overview
Haida Gwaii, known to the Haida as "Islands of the People", is a diverse archipelago of over 150 islands located on the northwest coast of British Columbia, Canada. Also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, these islands are nestled below the Alaskan Panhandle and separated from the British Columbia mainland by Hecate Strait. The Haida people have lived on Haida Gwaii for over 12,000 years. Recent findings have pushed that date back a further 1,000 years.
Gandll K'in Gwaayaay - Hot Spring Island - Gwaii Haanas Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site
The Haida Gwaii Field School is an interdisciplinary biocultural studies program sponsored by Northwest Community College's Centre for Sustainable Environments, with the support of the people and communities on Haida Gwaii. Biocultural studies at the College promote learning about the unique biological and cultural diversity and the interconnectedness of the two in northwest British Columbia. Biocultural studies also promote learning about the importance of sustaining that diversity given increasing assaults of environmental degradation. Biocultural studies support conservation, restoration and local control of resources including new out-of-the-box perspectives on how governments, industry, NGO's and local people can work together for an ecologically sustainable and just society.
T'anuu 'llnagaay - Tanu - Haida Gwaii Watchmen Cabin
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