Vancouver’s Lifeguard Legend

“Ruby Smith Diaz (l.) examines the life of Joe Fortes, a Black lifeguard in Vancouver, during a time of rampant racism, exploring his legacy and identity through research, personal reflections and poetry.FULL STORY

 

Reclaiming Haida Gwaii

October 15th, 2014

Louise Takeda is a Research Affiliate with the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance. Her Master’s degree in Environment and Development focused on land use planning in Haida Gwaii. In her book, Islands Spirit Rising — Reclaiming the Forests of Haida Gwaii (UBC Press $95.00) Takeda examines how the local indigenous environmental community faced multi-national forest industry and political bodies to gain control of forest resources. Islands Spirit Rising looks at collaborative land use planning and its impact on the Haida people and their community control of forest resources. 9780774827652

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