By Ratika Sethi Multiculturalism Day is an important time to celebrate the many cultures in British Columbia, and to honour a difference in experience. The Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) believes that newcomers make our communities stronger economically, socially, and culturally. For 50 years, ICA has been supporting newcomers and immigrants with settling and …
A year ago, BC Parks set out on a path to transform into a user-centered, design-driven organization when it comes to its recreation services. Our shared goal is to ensure our services are: Simple, streamlined, and human-centred, with improvements based on a continuing practice of real-world user experience research. We’ve jumped a few hurdles and …
Happy Pollinator Week! Pollinators come in all shapes and sizes and are important for ecosystem functioning around the world. Protected areas, like those that BC Parks takes care of, let scientists collect data that help us understand the baseline conditions for comparison as we cope with climate change impacts on both protected and unprotected areas. …
By Ratika Sethi, BC Parks co-op student This pride month, we would like to highlight the community fostered by the Vancouver Outdoor Club for Women (VOCW). VOCW is primarily an organization that serves the lesbian community and welcomes all who identify as women. Club members meet for a variety of outdoor activities including hiking, biking, …
Guest blog by Sandra Riches, BC AdventureSmart Executive Director —– Hiking season is almost here, and B.C. loves to hike! BC AdventureSmart wants you to get informed, be prepared and #HikeSmart. The BC AdventureSmart trail-specific videos, launched April 25 – May 18, 2022, focus on the 11 trails in B.C. with the highest number of …
Stephen Ban, Protected Areas Applied Ecologist, BC Parks Every now and then in the world of marine conservation, some new idea or topic catches scientists’ attention and takes the academic world by storm. Recently, that topic has been “Blue Carbon.” As is often the case, our knowledge about the world’s oceans lags behind our knowledge …