When: October 6, 2025 from 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
For October’s presentation, kayaking guide Maia Beauvais will talk about her experience of getting to and paddling in Gwaii Haanas. She will cover trips she has been part of, her favourite places, and key pieces and reflections from her first three seasons guiding in Gwaii Haanas. She will introduce the SKGABC and the original connection to Gwaii Haanas, the story of Athlii Gwaii as well as her own experiences along Indigenous lead Land Defence.
A Zoom link is below – public welcome!
Maia Beauvais, Level 3 Guide
Her love for nature, especially salmon, birds and the forest, has brought her to a stand against harmful salmon farming in the Broughton Archipelago—a place she proudly called home for a long time; as well as bushwhacking throughout the Pacific rainforest looking for intact old-growth and building trails and boardwalk to access it.
Maia’s adventures took her further north, where she embraced guiding, tree planting, and working as an aquatics and forest technician in Northern, BC. Now, she lives in Laxyuumb Ts’msyen (Terrace, BC) with her dogs, Skye and Zymmy, and a sea-can full of boats and snowboarding gear. She’s had the amazing chance to live on Haida Gwaii, where she spent her days canoeing, fishing, wandering through magical-mossy forests, and tree-planting through contrasting cut-blocks.
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Meeting ID: 826 7172 6670
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