The forest runs deep in Christen Dokk Smith. In the suburb outside Oslo, Norway where he grew up, his house overlooked the forest. There is
It’s market season on the coast of Vancouver Island and with that comes a common experience: getting home from your trip and wishing you had
When Robinson Cook arrived in Tofino in ‘91, the old growth cedars of Meares’ Island “radically changed his world.” That encounter sent him on a
“There’s no wrong answer to say who you are.” Hjalmer Wenstob In his Indigenous Studies class at Camosun College, Hjalmer Wenstob begins and ends every
Part of the mission of the Carving on the Edge Festival is to support growth in the carving community. Every year, the festival has hosted
The winner of the 2021 Virtual Carving on the Edge Festival’s Kestrel Tool giveaway is Kaylyn Messer. We got in touch with her to get
From the Trans-Canada Pacific Terminus in Tofino to the Lighthouse in Ucluelet, there are carvings to be found all throughout this peninsula. We’ve updated our
The Carving on the Edge Festival hosts a close knit community of carvers, that grieves with one another when anyone in our community suffers. A
Ask any local about the Carving on the Edge Festival, and you will hear of the expressive narrative of traditional Nuu-chah-nulth carving. You’ll hear about
One of the biggest projects of its kind for the UN International Year of Indigenous Languages—a Language Revitalization Pole commissioned by the First Nations Education
Our Friday Night program Coastal Trade Routes honoured the vast community networks that connect our stories up and down the west coast. Through the refinement
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