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SUMMARY:Walk for the Children
DESCRIPTION:Healing starts with us\n\n\n\nJoin us for a 2 km Walk for Reconciliation on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as we come together to honour Survivors\, remember the children who never returned home\, and hold space to support families and community. \n\n\n\nWe will be depart from the Safeway Parking lot (1301 Main St #801) and make our way to the Syilx Indian Residential School (SIRS) Monument located beside the kł cp̓əlk̓ stim̓ Hatchery on En’owkin Trail. \n\n\n\nPlease Note: This is a public event and participants attend at their own risk. The Okanagan Nation Alliance is not responsible for any injury or incident that may occur during the walk. \n\n\n\nEveryone is welcome to participate. Remember to wear your orange\, blue\, or green shirts as we walk together to honour the children\, Survivors\, and our communities. \n\n\n\n\n\nWalk for the Children Poster+\n\n\n\n\n2026 Walk for the Children PosterDownload\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWalk for the Children Route+\n\n\n\n\n2026 Walk for the Children RouteDownload\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Date:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Location:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		Event Poster:\n	\n	\n		\n			View Event Poster >>
URL:https://syilx.org/event/walk-for-the-children/
LOCATION:Safeway Penticton\, 1301 Main St #801\, Penticton\, BC\, V2A 5E9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Annual Event,Upcoming Event
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SUMMARY:River Restoration Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Okanagan Nation Alliance in collaboration with many project partners have been successfully restoring spawning and rearing habitat for salmon in the Okanagan Basin for over 20 years. Traditional Ecological Knowledge\, best management practices\, measured stream geometry and natural habitat features have guided these restoration works. This workshop will teach the math behind the stream analysis and hydraulics that directed the restoration designs and describe the planning\, construction\, monitoring methods and results. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTRATION CLOSES: October 15\, 2026 \n\n\n\nWorkshop outline: \n\n\n\n\nTeach the calculations behind stream analysis\, river hydraulics and pool-riffle design.\n\n\n\nField visits to several habitat restoration projects including field applications.\n\n\n\nShow the process of implementing a river restoration project from beginning-to-end (planning\, designs\, construction\, and adaptive management).\n\n\n\nExplain the projects monitoring methods\, results\, and lessons learned.\n\n\n\nDiscussion and poster sessions: hydraulic modelling\, fish habitat diversity\, spawning beds\, riffles\, fish passage at barriers\, floodplain reconnection\, wetland restoration.\n\n\n\nNewbury riffle techniques.\n\n\n\n\nCourse targeted to but not limited to: \n\n\n\n\nThose designing or reviewing river instream works\, particularly for salmon habitat.\n\n\n\nEnvironmental scientists and project managers (Biologists\, Engineers\, Geomorphologists\, Hydrologists and Fisheries Technicians).\n\n\n\n\nCost: $1000 per person \n\n\n\nPAYMENT:  Email transfers\, cheque\, or invoice for larger groups. Seats will be reserved once payment is received.  (Contact Chani for payment information) \n\n\n\nIMPORTANT: Fee must be paid by October 15\, 2026 \n\n\n\n* Please note that any cancellation done less than 60 days before event will result in only 50% refunds returned \n\n\n\n\n\nFall River Restoration Workshop Poster+\n\n\n\n\nFall River Restoration WorkshopDownload\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n				Register			\n		\n	\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Dates:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Location:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContacts:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	\n		Event Poster:\n	\n	\n		\n			View Event Poster >>
URL:https://syilx.org/event/river-restoration-workshop/
LOCATION:En’owkin Centre\, 154 Enowkin Trail\, Penticton\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Upcoming Event,Workshops & Training
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