Alert Bay youth – Gwimolas Hunt Cranmer and Giselle Alfred - recently returned from a 16-day East Coast journey with the Students on Ice Torngat Mountains Expedition. From their floating classroom they explored coastal Labrador, including the incredible Torngat...
Last week we celebrated our youth! We had students from Carleton University join us in presenting the documentary they created in collaboration with our Nawalakw youth to the community. Jessica Mountain, Giselle Alfred, Brennan Sawyer, and Lucy Whonnock worked...
Petr Javier Jr. is a student at UBC. He was already developing online games in Kwak’wala when a chance encounter with K’odi while walking on Granville Street in downtown Vancouver revealed their shared passion for language and culture. A few years later and following...
In each edition of the Nawalakw News, we will introduce you to a member of our team. This edition features Jonah Johnson, who joined the team in April 2020 to help with the garden box project. What is your role with the project? J.J. Building the garden boxes so all...
Warmer weather means green thumbs get busy. With the COVID-19 restrictions, Nawalakw pivoted to help the community stay healthy, positive and uplifted during these unsettling times. Since April, a crew including Stephen Alfred, Jonah Johnson, Keith Dawson, Dallas...
In response to the global pandemic, the Nawalakw team quickly mobilized its network to provide community support for our Musgamakw Dzawada’enuxw Tribes. At the same time as we are preparing for construction and the launch of the Nawalakw Healing Center, due to travel...