Educator hopes incorporating traditional knowledge will draw more Indigenous students to STEM
An example of Indigenous education and STEM learning working together.
Canoe carving project brings youth closer to their culture
Master carvers teach youth of the Westbank First Nation how to carve a canoe from a cottonwood log.
These students spent 300 hours welding metal into a red dress sculpture honouring MMIWG
Two Grade 12 students are use metalwork as their medium to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
Reconciliation Canoe
This canoe carving project was developed in partnership with the residents of Powell River and the Tla’amin Nation and aims to create a more meaningful understanding of reconciliation through community participation.