Connecting ecosystems, communities, cultures, and economies for a healthy, thriving future.

We are an Indigenous-led, educational non-profit that supports Indigenous Peoples’ leadership and capacity in the establishment of IPCAs.

Our Purpose

Our purpose is to support Indigenous Peoples’ leadership and capacity in the establishment of Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) and guiding the transformation of nature conservation in Canada.

Why IPCAs?

We envision a world where diverse ecosystems, communities, cultures, and economies are connected, healthy, and thriving. We believe IPCAs are a powerful pathway for repairing and restoring balanced relationships with each other and with the Land. IPCAs help cultivate our shared responsibility for the places, people, and species whose health and well-being are interconnected.

Group of diverse people standing in front of the NaWas totem pole at the Clayoquot Campus with forest trees in the background.
A landscape of the Tofino mudflats, viewed from the Clayoquot Campus, with Meares Island in the background.