This podcast (14 min) features a circle hosted in the Flexible Studies Program at Reynolds Secondary (Victoria) with Siemthlut (Michelle Washington), Language Exhibition Manager for content gathering for Our Living Languages, First Nations Voices in BC, asking "Can we authentically incorporate indigenous ways of knowing and being in a classroom?"

This stunning slow motion footage shows how bats use echolocation to find water. We know how bats echolocate to hunt insects, but this is the first study to show how they recognise large, flat objects like ponds (by Youtube contributor Nature Video).

Stephen Harper acknowledges the discrimination against Chinese Canadians by the Canadian government regarding the Chinese Head Tax, and the Chinese Exclusion Act.

This document gives a comprehensive report on the historical wrongs against Chinese Canadians, the apology given by Stephen Harper in 2006 for the Chinese Head Tax, and Chinese Exclusion Act, and recommendations for reparations.

Little Brown Bat echolocation calls in Washington state. 

In June 2006 Prime Minister Harper apologized to Chinese Canadians for their treatment regarding the Chinese Head Tax, and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1923.  The survivors of the head tax or their spouses were paid roughly 20,000 dollars in compensation.
Article taken from the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper website.

This was made on Botanical Beach. Create your own by filling in the shape of a species using found objects in nature.  Write the name of the species underneath and you, by doing so, have created awareness of its habitat. Choose a species at risk and you, and others, will better understand its importance.  Don't forget to take a photograph to share!