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Hiking Socials Squamish

Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)

In partnership with
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Beginner-friendly socials that offer low-impact alternatives to moving your body, and nurtures relationships with our plant kin and our surroundings.

These socials will place an emphasis on cultural sharing and learning through plant identification and stories of the land from local Nation members as well as will include a variety of discussion topics.

  • Plant identification and respectful harvesting practices
  • sharing our languages, cultures, traditions, and journeys
  • Walking and hiking as a lifestyle; caring for your body now and for the future
  • Safety; what to wear/bring, planning ahead, fueling
    your body, and being wildlife aware

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Program Leaders

Melissa Hoffart

Program Lead

Trail Running, Hiking & Special Events

Melissa is Anishinaabe Kwe from the Ojibway Nation with unknown European ancestry. Her family is from the community of Batchewana, located within the Robinson-Huron Treaty of 1850. She is proud to be Indigenous and is on a journey to reclaim her culture. She has taught herself how to bead and is actively learning Anishinaabemowin; she hopes that her children will grow up with these cultural teachings and can pass it on to future generations.
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