Wild Bird Trust Of British Columbia

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Free for Coast Salish Participants

Tier 2 Ticket

<p dir="ltr" fr-original-style="line-height:1.656;text-align: justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" id="isPasted" style="line-height: 1.656; text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Join the Wild Bird Trust&#39;s Artist-in-Residence Kayah George for a conversation series in tandem with her current exhibition, Village Under the Sea. The collection of photographs follows a journey of connection to the waters of the Salish Sea, the life they hold, and the Coast Salish cultures that have always been intertwined with them. <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" id="isPasted" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;"><span fr-original-style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(14, 14, 14); font-size: 14px;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(14, 14, 14); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit;">Kayah George (She/They)&nbsp;<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;"><span fr-original-style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(14, 14, 14); font-size: 14px;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(14, 14, 14); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit;">is an Indigenous filmmaker, activist, and student from the Tulalip and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. Her work blends storytelling, environmental advocacy, and cultural revitalization. She co-wrote, directed, and produced<span fr-original-style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(14, 14, 14); font-size: 14px;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(14, 14, 14); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit;">&nbsp;<i fr-original-style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(14, 14, 14); font-size: 14px;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(14, 14, 14); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit;">Our Grandmother the Inlet<span fr-original-style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(14, 14, 14); font-size: 14px;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(14, 14, 14); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit;">, which received an honorable mention for Best Canadian Short at the Vancouver International Film Festival.&nbsp;Kayah&nbsp;is currently co-directing a National Geographic funded educational documentary series on orcas and matriarchy with Danielle Khan Da Silva. Recognized in<span fr-original-style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(14, 14, 14); font-size: 14px;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(14, 14, 14); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit;">&nbsp;<i fr-original-style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(14, 14, 14); font-size: 14px;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(14, 14, 14); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit;">Globe and Mail<span fr-original-style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(14, 14, 14); font-size: 14px;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(14, 14, 14); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit;">&nbsp;<span fr-original-style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(14, 14, 14); font-size: 14px;" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; color: rgb(14, 14, 14); font-size: 14px; box-sizing: inherit;">and named one of Corporate Knights&rsquo; &ldquo;30 Under 30&rdquo; sustainability leaders in Canada, she continues to push boundaries in film and activism. Alongside filmmaking, she studies Linguistics and Psychology at Simon Fraser University. <p dir="ltr" fr-original-style="line-height:1.656;text-align: justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" id="isPasted" style="line-height: 1.656; text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">The Stolen Generations (11:00am - 12:30pm)&nbsp;<p dir="ltr" fr-original-style="line-height:1.656;text-align: justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" style="line-height: 1.656; text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">At the same time orcas were violently captured from Pacific waters for marine parks, Indigenous children were taken from their families and placed in residential schools. This workshop draws meaningful parallels between these two traumas, including the disruption of community, language, and identity. Orcas and Indigenous communities are both social and interdependent, and their worlds were fractured by colonization. In this session, we&rsquo;ll hold space for grief, story, and truth-telling. But we will also explore healing&mdash;how communities are rebuilding, returning, and reclaiming what was taken. Participants are invited to reflect on kinship, empathy, and the resilience of both peoples and whales.<p dir="ltr" fr-original-style="line-height:1.656;text-align: justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" style="line-height: 1.656; text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Orca Time - Embodying the Future (2:00 - 3:30pm)&nbsp;<p dir="ltr" fr-original-style="line-height:1.656;text-align: justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" style="line-height: 1.656; text-align: justify; margin: 12pt 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">This final workshop invites participants to move from reflection into embodiment. After learning about the cultural and ecological roles of orcas, we ask: how do we carry this knowledge forward? Inspired by a journey out on the water with youth, this session is grounded in presence, imagination, and action. Through guided reflection and creative prompts, we&rsquo;ll explore what it means to embody care for land and sea, not just in thought but in practice. It is a call to envision and live into a future where Indigenous teachings, orca kinship, and our own roles in the ecosystem are honored and protected. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __&nbsp; <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">These workshops take place in the Nature House. The space is wheelchair accessible. The Nature House is reached from our parking area (paved asphalt), leading to a compact limestone trail, and then a concrete paved ramp that leads up to the Nature House entrance. The doors to the Nature House are not automatic, but there will be staff or volunteers in and around the space on the day of the workshops to open doors. Bathrooms are not wheelchair accessible.&nbsp;

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; color: rgb(42, 42, 196); padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you for registering for Kayah George&#39;s workshop happening alongside her current exhibition, Village Under the Sea, at Wild Bird Trust. Make sure to check the time of the workshop you signed up for, as we have 2 workshops happening that same day (September 7th) at different times!&nbsp; Don&#39;t hesitate to reach out if you would like to contribute further or contact us to become a volunteer. Soha Salemsoha.salem@wildbirdtrust.org

Join the Wild Bird Trust's Artist-in-Residence Kayah George for a conversation series in tandem with her current exhibition, Village Under the Sea. The collection of photographs follows a journey of connection to the waters of the Salish Sea, the life they hold, and the Coast Salish cultures that have always been intertwined with them. Kayah George (She/They) is an Indigenous filmmaker, activist, and student from the Tulalip and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. Her work blends storytelling, environmental advocacy, and cultural revitalization. She co-wrote, directed, and produced Our Grandmother the Inlet, which received an honorable mention for Best Canadian Short at the Vancouver International Film Festival. Kayah is currently co-directing a National Geographic funded educational documentary series on orcas and matriarchy with Danielle Khan Da Silva. Recognized in Globe and Mail and named one of Corporate Knights’ “30 Under 30” sustainability leaders in Canada, she continues to push boundaries in film and activism. Alongside filmmaking, she studies Linguistics and Psychology at Simon Fraser University. The Stolen Generations (11:00am - 12:30pm) At the same time orcas were violently captured from Pacific waters for marine parks, Indigenous children were taken from their families and placed in residential schools. This workshop draws meaningful parallels between these two traumas, including the disruption of community, language, and identity. Orcas and Indigenous communities are both social and interdependent, and their worlds were fractured by colonization. In this session, we’ll hold space for grief, story, and truth-telling. But we will also explore healing—how communities are rebuilding, returning, and reclaiming what was taken. Participants are invited to reflect on kinship, empathy, and the resilience of both peoples and whales.Orca Time - Embodying the Future (2:00 - 3:30pm) This final workshop invites participants to move from reflection into embodiment. After learning about the cultural and ecological roles of orcas, we ask: how do we carry this knowledge forward? Inspired by a journey out on the water with youth, this session is grounded in presence, imagination, and action. Through guided reflection and creative prompts, we’ll explore what it means to embody care for land and sea, not just in thought but in practice. It is a call to envision and live into a future where Indigenous teachings, orca kinship, and our own roles in the ecosystem are honored and protected. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __  These workshops take place in the Nature House. The space is wheelchair accessible. The Nature House is reached from our parking area (paved asphalt), leading to a compact limestone trail, and then a concrete paved ramp that leads up to the Nature House entrance. The doors to the Nature House are not automatic, but there will be staff or volunteers in and around the space on the day of the workshops to open doors. Bathrooms are not wheelchair accessible.

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