By Melanie Stirling
In 2020, Vancouver was listed as one of the top four most multicultural cities in Canada. Having a city rich in cultural diversity and history offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in a different culture than your own.
5 Ways to Immerse Yourself in First Nations Culture Around Metro Vancouver
Climate Resilience: Public Health, Disaster Planning and Water Quality
Our hearts go out to all those impacted by the recent deluge in British Columbia across the Lower Mainland in the wake of the recent atmospheric river in BC that flooded entire cities across the Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver. Forcing thousands of people from their homes and stranding many, fatalities are beginning to be reported. The damage it has caused to infrastructure is extensive, destroying sections of BC's major highways and water treatment plants, leaving many communities cut off from essential services, causing the province to declare a State of Emergency.
When Dentistry Cleans More Than Your Teeth
This is the first in a series of profiles highlighting Fraser Riverkeeper’s partners helping make a swimmable, drinkable, fishable future for all.
Seabinscuit Reports in From the Maritime Market & Marina!
Salutations! I am Seabinscuit, one of three seabins that have been placed into False Creek to dine upon the pollution-flecked trough of the river before your detritus can enter the Salish Sea.
A love letter to open water swimming
By Rachel Schoeler
It’s the quiet of the ocean that does it for me. There is nothing like getting lost in the “swish, swish” of the water that passes your ears. It’s where I feel most relaxed and where I get my best ideas.
What about you? What do you love most about swimming in the ocean?
POC Connections to Water and Perspectives Part 3: Anu Rao
By Melanie Stirling
Welcome to the third and final part of our three part blog series, celebrating and amplifying the voices of water leaders of colour in our community. For part three we had the opportunity to speak with Anuradha Rao, or Anu for short. Anu shares her personal connection to water, the wonderful work she does to protect our waters which is strongly intertwined with First Nations, and her perspectives on different issues that POC face.
An Opportunity to Make the Iona Island Wastewater Plant "Truly" Protective of The Marine Environment
The Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrade is facing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to invest in the health of the Salish Sea and adjacent communities.
Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades
A big part of what we do at Fraser Riverkeeper is informing, educating, and engaging with the public to raise awareness about what swimmable, drinkable, fishable waters look like in the Fraser River and its watershed.
The Impacts of Tires in our Waters
How do Seabins fit into the fight against tire pollution?
Our Vancouver Plastic Cleanup Initiative is directly reducing the number of microplastics making their way into the Pacific. If you haven't heard about the project, be sure to check out the link above, or for another blog, check out, Why Seabins Mean the World to the Ocean!
