North Island-Mt. Waddington

North Island College (NIC) is honoured to acknowledge the traditional territories of the combined 35 First Nations of the Nuu-chah-nulth, Kwakwaka’wakw and Coast Salish traditions, on whose traditional and unceded territories the college’s campuses are situated. North Island College (NIC) is honoured to acknowledge the traditional territories of the combined 35 First Nations of the Nuu-chah-nulth, Kwakwaka’wakw and Coast Salish traditions, on whose traditional and unceded territories the college’s campuses are situated. North Island College (NIC) is honoured to acknowledge the traditional territories of the combined 35 First Nations of the Nuu-chah-nulth, Kwakwaka’wakw and Coast Salish traditions, on whose traditional and unceded territories the college’s campuses are situated. We are distinguished by our commitment to student success through strong partnership agreements with universities and colleges across BC, the US and around the world. NIC has been internationally recognized for its technology-enabled distance learning and responsive in-community programs.

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The Mount Waddington Community Food Initiative connects community agencies, institutions and volunteers to facilitate partnerships and community action to support a healthy food system across the Mount Waddington Region. Under the leadership of Leslie Dyck, and in partnership with North Island College (Mount Waddington Campus), the Initiative is guided by a food security needs assessment and food action framework that provides a basis for identifying community priorities for a Healthy Food System. Since its inception the initiative has been a catalyst for community food action in region helping to garner community support and funding for many initiatives including: Indigenous foods projects (e.g. the Indigenous and International Food Project and the in Kwakwaka’wakw youth oolichan fisheries project);

Learning and skill building initiatives (eg. School Food Initiatives, ProD workshops for teachers, Farm skills workshops for growers, and community workshops related to local urban agriculture bylaws) and;

Farmers Markets development initiatives. Mount Waddington Community Food Initiative has also been working to share the North Island Voice and bring home key learnings from province wide and island wide events such as the BC Food System gathering, Healthy Communities Conference (Parksville), and the annual Island Food Connections gatherings.

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