Resource person: Neerava: info@fircom.ca

Description:

An exciting and intergenerational week of camp offered in partnership with Knowledge Holders and Elders from the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation and Ayas Menmen Child & Family Services. 

This will be an incredible week at camp! Come and make new friends and get to know Gambier Island/Chá7elkwnech while immersed in Squamish/Skwxwù7mesh culture. Indigenous and non-indigenous campers, Camp Counsellors, and facilitators will walk together through this week of joyful play and exploration. Each age group will be part of a focus activity that they will work on throughout the week. They will be guided in this project by Squamish leaders - Elders, Knowledge Holders and Youth Ambassadors. For example, campers may make their own drum, weave cedar, or create their own salve to get rid of mosquito bites!

Cabin groups will journey through all activities together. Every camper will have a chance to go paddling on the ocean and enjoy a variety of classic Camp Fircom activities. All age groups (Junior, Senior and Teen) will come together for campfires and campwide games in the evening.

Campers will also have the special and unique opportunity to share and learn Skwxwù7mesh language, drumming, and dance. By the end of the week everyone will have new friends, awesome memories, and a deepening connection with the Skwxwù7mesh People’s culture and land they have cared for over generations.

Chá7elkwnech is the original name of Gambier Island in the Squamish language. The name reminds us that we are brought together by the power of long-held sacred Skwxwù7mesh land.

Come learn the Orca song with us and celebrate the incredible history, culture, ecology, and community that is the Howe Sound/ Atl’kitsem!

Available spots: Full

Price: $810.00 Taxes not included

Required age: 12 - 15 years old on the day of the activity

Notes: Important information such as packing information and water taxi times will be sent out via email 2-4 weeks before camp, and updated on the appropriate webpage for each camp.

Prerequisites: Campers must have completed Grades 7 through 9 (ages 12 to 15) in the 2024/2025 school year.

More information: 30% payment is due when registering, unless applying for subsidy. 

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