Water is Life: what healthy water means to us all

Water is Life:

Confirmed speakers are:

Chief Bill Williams - Squamish Nation - local water issues
Celia Brauer- False Creek Watershed - sewers, runoff, beach health, special events, engaging the public 
Bryn Davidson - St. George's Creek Blueway - daylighting a city street
Christianne Wilhelmson - Georgia Strait Alliance - sewage treatment in Vancouver
Dr. John Richardson - Professor Forest Science UBC - The Fraser River - North Arm and Estuary health
Ben West - Wilderness Committee - tankers in Burrard inlet
Dr. Jonn Madsen - Squamish Streamkeepers - herring in Howe Sound
Andrea Reimer - City of Vancouver Councillor - Greenest City Initiative - Water Advisory Board and Blueways Program discussion

There will be presentations, Q & A, breakout discussions, First Nations participation, group tables etc.

The film will be "Rise of the Salmon People" by Jeremy Williams

Partners: City of Vancouver Greenest City, City of Vancouver - Sewers and Water, St. George's Blueway, Wilderness Committee, Georgia Strait Alliance, Roundhouse Community Centre, Village Vancouver, North Shore Wetland Partners, City Studio, Gibby's Field.

Table displays by Georgia Strait Alliance, North Shore Wetland Partners, BC Water and Waste Association, Stop the Pave / Burns Bog, Still Moon Society (Renfrew Ravine), Salmon are Sacred, Village Vancouver, False Creek Watershed Society, FCWS Community Mapping Project, St. George's Blueway, Gibby's Field, Camosun Bog, Hastings Park, White Water, Black Gold, VAPOR (Jet Fuel at YVR) Wilderness Committee and more! 

Free admission - (Membership and donations gratefully accepted) / Everyone welcome / Snacks
Wheelchair accessible /ASL Sign language interpretation

OTHER PROJECTS BY THE FCWS:

Mapping the Spirit of the False Creek Watershed:

From March 2010 - March 2011 we brought together a Community Mapping Project in the False Creek Watershed. http://www.mappingfalsecreek.com

Lost Streams Walks:

From 2009 - 2011 we offered Lost Sreams walks every September to celebrate Wild Salmon Month in Vancouver.

Salmon Celebration:

"The Salmon Celebration -Remembering Our History, Celebrating the Living" was a BC Rivers Day event that we created and produced from 2004 - 2009. It grew from a startout audience of 400 to well over a thousand participants annually and it also supported other events such as craft workshops, community tables and Lost Streams walks. The event showcased local artists and performers, featured First Nations groups and individuals and provided a venue for Environmental groups who were working on salmon issues to discuss their work with the public. All-in-all, it was a fun and informative event in the context of BC Rivers Day and over the years thousands of people locally were exposed to the very important discussions of Lost Streams history and the state of salmon today.

Downloads

September is Salmon Month in Vancouver. Download the official Proclamation from City Hall. (pdf, 780 kb)

View Salmon Celebration photos in the "Gallery"

Event Posters: 2004 – 2009

From 2006-2008 the False Creek Watershed Society created the 3 consequtive events - Interspiritual Salmon Blessing for Earth Day. We offered discussions by local faith leaders, education on the Lost Streams of Vancouver and First Nations participation. And most important, we invited the community to come down to the water's edge to offer a blessing to the millions of juvenile salmon who are starting their epic ocean journey.

In 2005, there was a request put out by Alexandra Morton, a prominent biologist who works on the West Coast of Vancouver Island and is very concerned about the serious effects of fish farming on wild salmon. She asked that we offer our concern for the fate of our salmon by heading down to a local waterway and gathering with community members to offer blessings to these very young creatures as they head out to their life at sea.

For 2006, two organizations – the False Creek Watershed Society, and the Sierra Club of Canada BC Chapter, joined together to expand on this idea.

View Interspiritual Blessing photos in the "Gallery"