NatureKids BC honours the nourishing Lands that the First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples have stewarded since time immemorial in what we colonially know as British Columbia and we are grateful for their ongoing stewardship.
We recognize our interconnected relationship to Lands and Waters and our role as an organization to nurture these connections with children and families across BC. We also recognize our significant role in nurturing connections between children and families building mutual respect and empathy among communities supporting the 94 calls to Truth and Reconciliation.
We arrive to our purpose and to our relationships with the values of curiosity, respect, honour, humility.
Indigenous Peoples have inherent rights, and distinct ways of knowing, learning and being.
NatureKids BC seeks to deeply listen to and honour Indigenous voices and perspectives.
As a nature-based educational organization, NatureKids BC was born out of a love for “nature” and the naturalist tradition of curiosity. We acknowledge our colonial history and seek to invite connections to Lands and Waters from a variety of worldviews.
We commit to:
NatureKids BC will build our intercultural competence and strength in creating ethical space to open and invite deeper, respectful relationships with Indigenous Peoples.
We acknowledge that recentering ourselves is an unknown future; we make the path by walking it – and we will be intentional about where we place our feet.
