The Resilience Institute is a charitable organization based in Alberta focusing on working with vulnerable populations to develop community-led directives. For this profile we join them in a visit to Piikani Nation to explore how they focus on the weaving of Indigenous knowledge and ways of being with science and education.
For our second part of the Waterton Biosphere Reserve series we will meet the head of the Carnivores and Communities Program, Jeff Bectall. Through the piece we will explore various ways the program finds sustainable solutions that protect rural communities, ranchers, and the large carnivores that share the land.
The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Northern and Southern Alberta Chapters, along with the Alberta Environmental Network took on the Alberta government after they threatened to remove parks protections - and they won. Here we chat with them about how they leveraged the power of community to defend our treasured parks.
Our first in a three part series exploring the Waterton Biosphere Reserve. In this piece you will meet the Board Chair on the Board Of Directors, Kim Pearson, and get an overview of what a biosphere reserve is.
