Our Waterkeeper position created water awareness to empower indigenous women and girls as existing and future leaders of water protection/restoration by strengthening their relationship as Waterkeepers.
• Collection and analysis of 45 water samples from 14 Manitoulin Island stream watersheds
• Control and maintenance of phragmites at 45 sites
• 28 bags of garbage removed from 5 communities
• Knowledge Transfer Interview with Traditional Waterkeeper Carroll Kitchikake: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhkXrCVw8yE&t=8s
• Traditional Ceremonial Water Walk with public involvement
• Certification Invertebrate CABIN & OBBN protocols
• Social media/ water educational awareness
• Stream restoration completed along Smith Bay Creek (63m shoreline, 160m2 in-stream)
• www.manitoulin.com/manitoulin-streams-waterwalker-holds-inaugural-wa
lk-in-little-current/
• www.fcc-fac.ca/en/about-fcc/media-centre/customer-stories/manitoulin
-brewing-indigenous-heritage.html
Nearest city or town: Wikwemikong, ON
Project start date: July 5, 2021
End date: October 31, 2021
Project focus: Combination of Education, Restoration, and Monitoring
Project contact: Seija Deschenes