UVic Community Mapping Collaboratory

07/26/2018

The SṈIDȻEȽ Resiliency Project is an amazing restoration initiative happening with the SeaChange Marine Conservation Society - and they need support to continue their important work! The efforts of W̱SÁNEĆ youth and community members are ensuring the continued revitalization of traditional food ecosystems. If you have funding or partnership opportunities, contact the Project today:

https://seachangesociety.com/restoration/the-s%E1%B9%89id%C8%BCe%C6%9A-restoration-project/

SeaChange, in partnership with the Tsartlip First Nation, the PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW̱ Foundation and BC Parks, will restore traditional food in SṈIDȻEȽ (Tod Inlet)

07/25/2018

As shared by UVic Geography - the Colonial Despatches archive and map collection are an incredible historical view on BC's historical settlement and ecology. Worth a visit!

06/21/2018

Happy ! The CMC is grateful to all friends and partners in First Nations communities who share their welcome, their knowledges, their stories and their laughter during the many collaborative projects we are so grateful to be a part of. Pictured here is the
Lax-Yuup-a-Gitga'at place names project, started in 2012.

06/19/2018

And we had so much fun doing it! See you all next year.

This is "PEPÁḴEṈ HÁUTW̱ (Blossoming Place)" by Jakob Hjalmar Hólm on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love…

05/29/2018

Big News! The Community Mapping Collaboratory​ and the folks at Green Map System are announcing the 3rd edition of the definitive guide, "Mapping Our Common Ground" this Thursday at the 8th International Conference at the Corvinus University of Budapest ! The guide is a free downloadable pdf. Check it out!

Mapping Our Common Ground BookletNote: scroll down through interactive booklet pages using pdf reader. Right-mouse-click to open links in a new browser window. Or Download the interactive pdf File

08/13/2014

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/first-nations-uvic-and-google-partner-to-map-traditional-lands-1.1310079

The Lyackson First Nation’s creation story says that its people descended from the sky, down a very tall Douglas fir tree. They wished to live on the tree, and asked a mystical creature to fell . . .