Conference Coordinator Position Filled by C. Anne Robinson
I’m so excited to be brought onboard to coordinate the 5th Annual Traditional Foods Conference! So far it’s been great…
The Vancouver Island & Coastal Communities Indigenous Foods Network (VICCIFN) is a collective of passionate and dedicated members with a shared vision of a healthy future based upon reconnecting with First Nations cultural teachings and practices.
I’m so excited to be brought onboard to coordinate the 5th Annual Traditional Foods Conference! So far it’s been great…
We’re meeting at the office of First Nations Wildcrafters today, near Port Alberni. Nitanis, Diandra and Anne are already experts…
VICCIFN has recently expanded it’s staff and projects and we now have three main programming streams including the Digital Harvest,…
Come back to this site this week to register for the conference! ETA: Registration is now live !!
In late May, the Department of Fisheries made the decision to close their national contaminants program. Staff of this program,…
Below is our recent Call for Proposals for a Conference Coordinator for the upcoming Traditional Foods Conference. You can forward…
I would like to share the Save the Date Invitation to the 5th Annual Traditional Foods Conference hosted in partnership…
You can view and download photos from the 4th Annual Traditional Foods Conference at the following link. Please use photos…
Dr. Peter Ross and research technician, Neil Dangerfield, boat back to the Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney after the…
These are some of the people who were nominated as Traditional Food Champions by their communities and honoured for all…
Grade 3/4 class from Quadra Elementary School loved participating!
Traditional Foods Fear Factor provided lots of entertainment for the crowd! In the preliminary rounds, people were challenged to eat…
The two pits are opened for the feast! Vegetables in one, and seafood in the other. Gilakasla!
Pollution is an important concern in the ocean. Understanding where pollutants come from, and where they end up in the…
Abe Lloyd demostrated the use of a bentwood box for cooking. Taneesha Thomas from Campbell River helped add red hot…
Melody Charlie shared her story about her husband, Evan Touchie. Please watch the video that she has created. Thank you…
Shawn “Sugar” Decaire and Sandy “Salmon Sandwich” George prepare the second pit to cook the seafood. Manilla clams and oysters…
Joan Morris (Songhees) teaches everyone how to bake scow bread over the fire. She learned the recipe from her great-grandmother….
“Pulling together” canoe journey
Niko Rampanem helps the film crew from Down 2 Earth. The conference will be featured in one of the season…
Sandy and Erik try raw oysters for the first time. “They’re not that bad!”
BBQ Salmon and salmon In the smokehouse. Thank you Tom Wilson!
Chief Ralph Dick welcomes two hundred people as they arrive for the beginning of Day Two of the 4th Indigenous…
Kalilah and her little sister Hali’dzox. Tonight, Kalilah played guitar and performed three original songs that she composed. The titles…