#british colombia

Alberta: Gordon Dirks

• http://education.alberta.ca/
• Telephone: +1-780-422-4495
• Twitter: @gordondirks

British Colombia: Peter Fassbender

• http://www.gov.bc.ca/bced/
• Telephone: +1-250-387-1977
• Fax: +1-250-387-3200
• Twitter: @FassbenderMLA

Manitoba: Peter Bjornson

• http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/
• Telephone: +1-204-945-3720
• Fax: +1-204-945-1291

New Brunswick:Serge Rousselle

• http://www.gnb.ca/education
• Telephone: +1-506-453-3678
• Fax: +1-506-453-3325
• Twitter: @canadasr02

Newfoundland & Labrador: Susan Sullivan

• http://www.gov.nl.ca/edu/
• Telephone: +1-709-729-5040
• Fax: +1-709-729-0414
• Twitter: @SSullivanMHA

Northwest Territories: Jackson Lafferty

• http://www.ece.gov.nt.ca
• Telephone: +1-867-669-2399
• Fax: +1-867-873-0169
• Twitter: @monfwi2012

Nova Scotia: Karen Lynn Casey

• http://www.ednet.ns.ca
• Telephone: +1-902-424-5168
• Fax: +1-902-424-0511

Nunavut: Paul Aarulaaq Quassa

• http://www.edu.gov.nu.ca/
• Telephone: +1-867-975-5600
• Fax: +1-867-975-5605

Ontario: Liz Sandals

• http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/
• Telephone: +1-416-325-2929
• Fax: +1-416-325-6348

Prince Edward Island: J. Alan McIsaac

• http://www.gov.pe.ca/education/
• Telephone: +1-902-438-4130
• Fax: +1-902-438-4062

Quebec: Yves Bolduc

• http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca
• Telephone: +1-418-643-7095
• Fax: +1-418-646-6561
• Twitter: @DrYvesBolduc

Saskatchewan: Don Morgan

• http://www.education.gov.sk.ca
• Telephone: +1-306-787-7360
• Fax: +1-306-798-0263
• Twitter: @SaskMLA

Yukon: Elaine Taylor

• http://www.education.gov.yk.ca
• Telephone: +1-867-667-5141
• Toll free (In Yukon): 1-800-661-0408, local 5141
• Fax: +1-867-393-6254

podencos:

Pacific Northwest’s ‘forest gardens’ were deliberately planted by Indigenous people

“That suggests the forest gardens were not only deliberately cultivated by Indigenous gardeners, but also remained resilient in the face of dominant local flora long after people left the scene, the researchers report today in Ecology and Society. The mix of different species was probably key to their persistence, Miller says: “There’s less open niche space, so it’s harder for new species to come in.”

The forest gardens were filled with plants that benefited humans, but they also continue to provide food for birds, bears, and insect pollinators, even after 150 years of neglect. It’s evidence that human impact on the environment can have long-lasting positive effects. “A lot of functional diversity studies have a ‘humans are bad for the environment’ approach,” Armstrong says. “This shows humans have the ability to not just allow biodiversity to flourish, but to be a part of it.””

An ancestral Ts'msyen village site in northwestern British Columbia still harbors a distinct mix of species beneficial to humans at least 150 years after it was planted. Storm Carroll.