by Manda Aufochs Gillespie | Nov 23, 2020 | Folk U
Today’s Folk U Radio is called Board Reality 101. And by board I am referring to a piece of wood. What is a tree? What are our forests to us? On today’s Folk University we look deeper into this question and the incredible partnership between the Klahoose First Nations and non-nation members in creating a forest managed by a community. Folk U Radio: Manda Aufochs Gillespie interviews Mark Lombard& Nick Gagnon from the Cortes Fortes General Partnership Cortes Forest General Partnership: A Unique Model for Community Forest Stewardship Mark Lombard, ecological builder and manager with the Cortes Forest General Partnership, joins us to open this episode to explain the Partnership, the Cortes Community Forest Coop, and the impressive and rare community stewardship being modelled on Cortes. The Cortes Forest General Partnership holds a 3,800 ha Crown land tenure and was won thanks to visionary work of those that came before including the Klahoose First Nations and their generosity. The Partnership includes three members of the Klahoose Nation and three non-indigenous members, which are selected by the Cortes Community Forest Coop. The primary function of the Coop is to represent the non-indigenous community and select these three members of the Partnership. The Co-op has no other operational decision-making regarding the community forest. Creating Lifestyle Businesses from Protecting Forest Ecosystems Nick Gagnon is from a family business of silviculturists. Silviculture is the “art and science” of cultivating forest health for the trees, and the wildlife, water, soil, and for the land stewards/users. His family supported themselves actively managing forests for their health and using the dead or lower quality trees to create fibre resources. This was heavily dependent on...
by Manda Aufochs Gillespie | Oct 17, 2020 | Folk U
In Archaeology 102: The Science of Once and Future Things BC edition professor and neighbour Dr. Brian Hayden, archaeologist, takes us through thousands of years of human history and what it can tell us about the peoples of BC. Quiggly hole, or Si7xten, in Lillooet, 1996 by Skookum1 @ en.wikipedia (Public domain) Folk U Radio: Manda Aufochs Gillespie interviews Dr Brian Hayden about Archaeology 102 Archaeology, like all sciences, has those aspects of it which are certain, probable, and speculative Dr. Hayden tells us. Because archeology as a science has only been around for 150 years there are not a lot of certain things, such as that the first stone tools showed up 2 to 3 million years ago, that the first people came to North America 15 to 20,0000 years ago, and that both cultural and biological evolution of humans has occurred. First people in BC These things are known. Recent findings in BC, such as the 14,000 year old artifacts at Triquet Island, now compose the oldest artifacts found in North America. The artifacts were found just 500 km northwest of Victoria and included tools for lighting fires, fish hooks, and spears. They seem to confirm what many archeologists have speculated: that humans first came into North America along the coast of BC 20,000 to 15,000 years ago. Geologically at this time, the ice-sheets were parting. These ice-sheets covered the area and were covered by 1 kilometre-deep ice. This ice melted about 10,000 years ago in this area. It is probable that these first peoples were simple hunter gatherers that lived with no competition, where little or nothing was owned,...
by Manda Aufochs Gillespie | Oct 7, 2020 | Folk U
Folk U Radio: 101 Series. Archaeology: the science of once and future things and I am joined in the studio by our neighbour Dr. Brian Hayden, archeologist extraordinaire. Brian got his doctoral degree from the University of Toronto and taught archaeology at Simon Fraser University for 40 years and is now a Research Associate at the University of British Columbia, fellow of the Royal Society of Canada: and, of course, a professor here at the esteemed Folk University. His archeological and ethnoarchaeological research has taken him to Australia, Southeast Asia, France, Guatemala, Mexico, Ontario, and here to British Columbia. Folk U: Manda Aufochs Gillespie interviews Dr Dr. Brian Haydon about Archaeology: the science of once and future things In Archaeology: The Science of Once and Future Things, Dr. Hayden discussed what archaeology is and what it isn’t and the important distinctions of context that separate it from antiquarianism. Archaeology as the study of trash and archeologists are able to decode this trash to understand the level of income inequality, education, and many other things about a culture. CKTZ’s Podcasts Talk RadioOur DJ podcasts(Almost) Daily NewsFolk U Radio Top photo credit: A dig in Villaricos (Murcia) by Capture the Uncapturable via Flickr (CC BY SA, 2.0...
by Manda Aufochs Gillespie | Apr 23, 2020 | Folk U
On the April 17th Folk U Friday: Gardening Tips were provided by Billie Taylor Nervous System 101 - by Hayley NewellDance Breaks by Jen Wilson Folk U Friday: Manda Aufochs Gillespie interviews Billy Taylor & Hayley Newell Gardening Tips On April 17th Gardening tips were provided by Billie Taylor and were focused largely on water conversation and included a call out to local potters to perhaps make and sell an ancient water conservation pot called an olla. Check out these photos of some I found online. Let us know if you try making your own or if you want to make some for sale! Nervous System 101 The main feature on April 17th was Hayley Newell, RTC who came to the studio to discuss the Nervous System 101. Nervous system health has been a popular topic these days and with Hayley’s help we learned more about what nervous system health looks like and what regulation and disregulation and resilience (popular buzz words of the times) actually means. She also discussed how to mitigate the stress during these COVID-19 times There are many ways to tend to this amazing part of your body. Click here to access Hayley Newell’s supplemental notes on Cortes Currents: Why understand the Nervous System? Folk U Friday Folk University has taken Folk U Friday to Cortes Community Radio, CKTZ, 89.5 FM cortesradio.ca every Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. with write-ups and podcast available all the time on CortesCurrents.ca featuring host Manda Aufochs Gillespie. Neighbours continue to share their interests, passions, and skills with each other over the air-waves. YOU are encouraged to call-in every...
by Roy L Hales | Aug 27, 2019 | Cortes Currents
Originally Published on Cortes Currents The SMURFETTE reached Squirrel Cove about 1 PM on Wednesday, August 21. According to a crew member, it is one of the catamarans battling it out for the lead. The last of the small boats arrived over the course of the next three hours. They are mid-way in the 2019 Barefoot Raid around Cortes Island. Origins of The 2019 Barefoot Raid On their website, the event organizers state they were inspired by “Norseman in their longboats; soggy, determined Haida in their war canoes; and sun-baked Island-hopping Polynesians … As long as people have been taking boats out on the water, groups of boaters have been plying oar and sail, for adventure, exploration, and to visit mayhem on their neighbouring communities.” A group of small boat enthusiasts from Gabriola Island started holding “raids” in 2005. These early events inspired the better known Race to Alaska (R2AK) The 2019 Barefoot Raid is a 102 nautical mile event that started at Heriot Bay, Quadra Island on Aug 18. Participants stopped overnight at Carrington Bay, Penn Island, Squirrel Cove, Cortes Bay, Mansons Landing and Shark Spit. They finally return to Open Bay, Quadra Island, on Aug 25th. 2019 Round Marine Island Race This is the third race in our waters since August 13. Heather and Dan Drugge’s 16-foot-long wooden dingy MIRROR MIRROR participated in every event. “We set out from Heriot Bay on the Tuesday before [the Barefoot Raid] so that we could participate in two other races. One is called the Round Marina Island Race. The other is called the August Full Moon Regatta,” said Heather. “The first race was actually amazing for...
