Mounties Make National Headlines as IPAC Ambassadors
Front-line workers model a campaign to bring resources to remote parts of Canada
Divers make headlines in pursuit if Indigenous knowledge
By Travis Poland
Travis Poland of the Gazette uncovers how frontline workers are bringing educational tools to support Indigenous history and culture to remote communities along the coast of British Columbia.
In this recent edition we learn how the Naut'sa mawt Initiative has partnered up with the RCMP and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) and started delivering Canadian Geographic's four-volume Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada, a giant floor map and other educational materials into the remote communities.
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RCMP West Coast Marine Services transport the Canadian Geographic resources like the IPAC Giant Floor Map to remote northern communities like Haida Gwaii.
IPAC Ambassador Constable Tony Eeftink prepares to introduce the Giant Floor Map to community members in Daajing Giids on Haida Gwaii
West Coast Marine members with Charlene Bearhead hosted the IPAC event during a recent pole raising in Daajing Giids