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Introducing YCCBC Hazelton

  • Writer: Kate Addison
    Kate Addison
  • Jul 11, 2025
  • 1 min read

YCCBC is thrilled to announce that, in partnership with the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition (SWCC), we have launched our first-ever program in Hazelton and its surrounding communities!


As part of this program, four local Gitxsan and Wet'suwet'en youth were hired to participate in two connected programs facilitated by YCCBC and SWCC. One program, the Junior Guide program, aims to get youth practicing their leadership skills while navigating rivers and creating meaningful community connections with the waters. Meanwhile, field interns will participate in developing innovative solutions to reduce wildfire risk, learn bioremediation techniques, and ways to utilize their field skills to support their community amidst the impacts of large-scale industrialization.


We can't wait to share more with you about this exciting new partnership!


 
 
 

We are committed to maintaining and growing respectful relationships in every region where we work.

 

YCCBC recognizes that colonization has deeply disrupted Indigenous Peoples’ relationships with their lands, communities, and cultural practices. We understand that the climate crisis is rooted in ongoing systems of colonialism and resource extraction—systems that became possible through the dispossession of Indigenous Peoples from their homelands.

We believe that Indigenous sovereignty is essential to building just futures and liveable worlds. YCCBC is committed to listening, learning, and walking in solidarity with Indigenous communities and to supporting Indigenous-led climate action across the province.

ABOUT US 

Youth Climate Corps BC develops the climate leaders of tomorrow by training a workforce of young people who know how to work together, communicate powerfully, and get things done on projects that contribute to climate resilience in communities across British Columbia.

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YCCBC headquarters is grateful to be located on the traditional and unceded lands of the Sinixt, the Syilx, and the Ktunaxa. 

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