Today was a day to play tourist in my own city, checking out some First Nations tourism spots in Vancouver, BC, mostly art galleries and the totem poles in Stanley Park. There’s a great little First Nations gallery in North Vancouver called Khot La Cha Gallery (270 Whonoak Street, 604-987 3339). Unassumingly tucked off the [...]

Once I arrived in Whistler after the train ride, I made my way to the new Squamish Lil’wat Centre, an aboriginal museum space, with three other writers. Bill took us through the exhibits, telling us about the (surprising) harmony between the Squamish and Lil’wat people. His grandfather, an elder, made one of the canoes hanging [...]