Program Overview
GUARDIANS OF OUR LANDS AND WATERS
Guardian Watchmen programs provide First Nations students with the knowledge and skills to monitor and ensure that activities and practices within their territories are responsible and consistent with community plans and government regulations.
Guardian Watchmen programs strengthen local peoples’ capacity for direct and active involvement in monitoring and stewardship of their traditional lands and waters. Program graduates are better able to contribute to decisions and plans regarding the management and protection of important cultural and natural resources in their territories.
GUARDIAN WATCHMEN TRAINING PROGRAM
Northwest Community College and First Nations communities on the Central and North Coast together created the Guardian Watchmen Training program to provide easily accessible, regionally appropriate training to help develop community-based resource practitioners (Watchmen).
Trained Watchmen work as environmental stewards—on-the-ground eyes and ears—to ensure sustainable natural and cultural resource management practices (forestry, fisheries, tourism and parks) are implemented and adhered to on local lands and waters. The Guardian Watchmen Training is a field-based cultural, environmental stewardship program.
Applied technical training and cultural knowledge is delivered in a flexible format, suited to the individual needs of the student.
The GWT program offers courses in natural and cultural resources management and includes certification courses in first aid, boat safety, and firearms acquisition.
Northwest Community College is committed to delivering the program in local communities. Contact NWCC for Guardian Watchmen Training program delivery in your community. |
