PAST PARTICIPANTS AND SPEAKERS

We would like to thank again our participants from previous years who have helped by leading walks, participating in activities or talked about their work or passion:

• Dolly Garza, who talked about Seaweed and Kelp

• Laura Pattison who talked about wild dyes

• Cathy Baran who talked about sea salt making

• Bryce Kendrick, an eminent Mycologist who talked about Fungi of Gwaii Haanas

• Amber Faktor who led a pottery workshop

• Sgaas Sgwaansing - Shyla Cross who did a workshop on traditional cedar bark weaving

• Sphenia Jones and Erika Stocker, who presented traditional Haida foraging and cooking

• Jenny Cross who talked about Haida food offerings and connection with the ocean

• Susan Musgrave who talked about her wonderful book "A Taste of Haida Gwaii"

• Gwaii Haanas

• Dafne Romero who talked about seaweed harvesting

• Chef Giulio Piccioli who did a food processing workshop and demo

• Kelsey Kricheldorf, Jessica Roy, Stephanie Korolyk, Gina Beaudry, Laura Bishop and Kay who led visitors on guided forest and shore walks

• Haida Gwaii Local Food Pantry and Farm to School program

• Hannah Bregula for CHN Marine

• Bush Foods

• Phil Oates on wild edibles

• The Haida Gwaii Institute

• Ashley Furland for her Wild Wisdom brand of products

• Ruth Wheadon, who talked about deer hunting and her work at Baru Farm

• Laura Bishop, who did a hide tanning workshop

• Sylvia Doll and her handmade knives

• Dan Binema who did presentations on fermentation techniques

• Kyla Mitchell and Natalie Affolter from Islandwise Essentials

• Stu Crawford, who came to the event 4 years in a row and is our favorite biologist and lychenologist

• Doug Black who led low tide walks in Sandspit

• The BCSPCA

• And to the many more who donated their time and shared their knowledge of the wilderness...

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