Malahat Nation Joins the DFO Ghost Gear Program to Clean Up the Salish Sea

Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council extends our congratulations to Malahat Nation on their recent partnership in the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Ghost Gear Program. Malahat Nation will undertake mapping and removal of ghost fishing debris in the Salish Sea using funding awarded by the Ghost Gear Fund over the next three years, thus improving ocean health and contributing to Canada's blue economy.

For more information, check out Malahat Nation's Ghost Gear Program announcement on their website.

Klahoose Wilderness Resort Awarded First Nation Clean Energy Business Fund Grant

Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council is thrilled to congratulate Klahoose Wilderness Resort on soon becoming a 100 percent clean energy eco resort thanks to a grant from the First Nation Energy Business Fund. This will allow them to redesign and improve their water intake, pelton wheel (hydro-wheel), and storage capacity at the resort and draw power from the nearby creek. The project is scheduled to start soon and should be ready by next tourism season.

The resort is 100% owned by Klahoose First Nation.

Check out the Klahoose Wilderness Resort for your next eco-getaway!

Rising Youth Grant Opportunity

Rising Youth is an organization based in Ontario funded by the government of Canada (Canada Service Corps). It funds small scale youth-led project ideas that promote youth leadership and encourages community engagement, volunteerism, social activism and innovation! There are three levels of grants - $250, $750 and $1500.

To apply, the youth must be 15 to 30 years in age and be a Canadian Citizen/have a PR card or a Refugee Claimant Status. For more information please visit the website at: www.risingyouth.ca.

To learn more, check out the information package below:

Rising Youth Grant Package.pdf

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Contact:

Priyanka Kaul

priyanka@takingitglobal.org

(778) 878-3935

Outreach Activator (British Columbia)

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If you are a Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council Member Nation and wish for us to arrange an Ideation and Grant Writing Workshop hosted by Rising Youth for your Nation's youth to go through the grant writing process, please contact Silver Anderson at silvera@nautsamawt.com.