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For the Love of Salmon

Under a haze of wildfire smoke and with her ancestors watching from above, Keely Weget-Whitney steps into the frigid and fast-moving waters of the Fraser River with one goal in mind: make people care. Join the 25-year-old member of the Stl’atl’imx First Nation as she embarks on a 60-kilometre swim to bring awareness to the depleting number of wild salmon and its impacts on her culture and the environment. “I just feel that if I care, a young Indigenous Stl’atl’imx mother, people will reflect on that, and they’ll say why am I not caring, what can I do for a change?” As she battles the strong current and her own self-doubt, Keely encourages us all to come together to make change. / Film by Jan Vozenilek

Image © Jan Vozenilek

Image © Jan Vozenilek

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Rivershed Society of British Columbia

Non-profit charity dedicated to conserve, protect and restore the Fraser river.

The Rivershed Society of British Columbia (RSBC) is a non-profit charity dedicated to improving the health of British Columbia's longest river, the Fraser, and its riversheds. The society formed in the wake of Fin Donnelly`s 1995 ‘Swim for Life’ – a 1,400 km three-week swim down the entire length of the Fraser River. Since its inception in 1996, the RSBC has been actively delivering public education programs, community initiatives, and building stewardship capacity in the Fraser River Basin.

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