Shayla Wallace shares this image and thought-prompt with us today: "Patience is not sitting and waiting, it is forseeing. It is looking at the thorn and seeing the rose, looking at the night and seeing the day." -Shams Tabrizi Here I am looking at the snow, and seeing the snowflake.
A new Ts̓zil Learning Centre is on the way thanks to a $7.21 million investment from the federal government. The new facility will provide increased post-secondary, training and academic upgrading opportunities for Líl̓wat and other communities in the area. Here’s the press release sent out from the federal government Tuesday, December 13, 2016, posted to … Continue reading Lil’wat secures $7.21 million commitment from Canada to build a new Ts’zil Learning Centre
Today's feature photo was taken at the Squamish and Lilwat Cultural Centre by our contributing photographer Victoria Saddleman. "The night was clear and beautiful and the moon was shining bright," she says. "It was the best part of my very long stressful day."
I recently revisited this photo, taken by Johnny Jones. I'd spent two days reading the Information note from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, about the updated potential for a big rockfall from Mt Currie. Johnny posted, "For 11 Thousand + years the Lil'wat Nation lived here in the Lil'wat7ul Valley and … Continue reading In its earliest name, Mt Currie means “slides on the mountain”
This is a guest post written by Harriet van Wart who leads the Land and Resources Department for the Lil'wat Nation, reflecting on the first ever team takeover for the Wellness Almanac. It was inspiring to meet the team and get a glimpse at the work they do. I was really excited when Lisa invited … Continue reading When the Lil’wat Land and Resources Department took over the instagram account
https://www.instagram.com/p/BI2adpcj3Hb/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac In between university, camping trips, vacations, visiting family, working downtown and conferences, Kamana Bikadi managed to squeeze a week of instagramming into her schedule for us. https://www.instagram.com/p/BI7wke0D6vP/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac While she's based in Vancouver for school, we caught her on a week when her weekend was going to bring her back to Pemberton. https://www.instagram.com/p/BI-YPU7jPm7/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac I thought … Continue reading Kamana Bikadi had one week this summer that wasn’t jam-packed and she agreed to instagram for us. Here’s how it went down.
Happy Monday. Here's to the beginning of a beautiful week, with a takeover from Georgina Dan. Follow along. It's bound to be a great one. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ_Az86D_xn/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac The rest of this week, as Georgie rules the instagram account, we'll dedicate the blog to a review of the last month of takeovers - which all serve as … Continue reading Today, Georgina Dan’s takeover gets underway
I wish it didn't end. That's the feedback we're happy to receive from the Wellness Almanac's intagram takeover project - from followers and from photographers. Shayla Wallace took over the account from April 24 - May 1: I couldn’t help but feel amazed by how many people I’ve reached. There has always been a deep … Continue reading Take a hike, with Shayla Wallace, our newest photo contributor
I love Johnny Jones' facebook page for inspiration. His work takes him all over Lil'wat territory, and when he posts things like the photo above, with the spare caption: "medicine man with pipe and the lightning for his power, as the people do the bear dance above him", some little section of my brain lights … Continue reading What evidence of Lil’wat’s deep history in this territory means to me
When Shayla Wallace posted this photo to the Mt Currie Photography facebook page, I felt my usual flash of awe for people who are amazing at photography, and then looked a little closer. "What, did you sit in the creek to get that shot?" "Actually, yes. It was freezing." That level of dedication in a … Continue reading Shayla Wallace recaps her Wellness Almanac takeover
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