5

Take your students on an educational adventure that combines a treasure hunt and ecology knowledge! Led by clues and a forest map, your students will decode the mysteries of temperate rainforest plants and animals, searching for the secret of life in the rainforest. You’ll also have a chance to view forest life up close with our amazing projector!

*For classes coming on a guided program, you can add on an Eye Spy or Eco Quest at a discounted rate. Fees are $50 for larger classes (13-30 students) and $25 for smaller classes (up to 12 students).

Listen to the voices of BC mountaineers, analyze photographs of their expeditions and tools of the trade, and discover their role in wilderness conservation. This education kit investigates the relationship that the Indigenous people have had with local mountains, the scientific and technical advances made by mountaineers, the impact of Mountaineers on wilderness conservation, and how mountain experiences have influenced our cultural heritage. It is based upon the virtual exhibit of the same name (available in French and English).

Your students will:

• Learn how people have interacted with the North Shore mountains over time.
• Explore primary source evidence of mountaineering history in BC.
• View primary source evidence and develop photo analysis skills.

Hosted through video conference software, an FRDC educator will lead your students through a fully interactive program, engaging them with the material by utilizing the latest tools in online and remote education. 

Learn about all sturgeon from both an Indigenous and Western Science Perspective.

Did you know there’s a 6-meter-long, 100-year-old fish living in the Fraser River? Learn all about the endangered white sturgeon through interactive activities, with both Indigenous and Western science perspectives. Students will listen to a First Nation’s story about sturgeon, construct theories from available research, and communicate their learning through art.

To participate in this program, you will need:

• A stable internet connection.
• The ability to join the video conference with the FRDC educator.

Curricular connections:

This program incorporates the First Peoples Principles of Learning, specifically that learning is relational; recognizes the role of indigenous knowledge; is embedded in story; and requires recognizing the consequences of one’s actions. This program supports science competencies through analyzing data and constructing theories, and applying First people’s perspectives. This program supports the ELA Big Idea that stories help us make connections with others and the world. And this program supports the Arts Education competency of expressing feelings, ideas, stories, observations, and experiences through the arts.

For more information, visit our website or email us. 

Online booking form here.

Explore c̓əsnaʔəm: the city before the city through a scavenger hunt activity based on the Big Six Historical Thinking Concepts. Learn about the impacts of colonization on the Musqueam First Nation and their resilience in the face of assimilation. Through Object-Based Learning, examine the impacts of colonial practices and policies on various aspects of First Nations traditions, languages, and cultures, and examples of reconciliation today.  

Engage in a virtual experience of our galleries from the comforts of your classrooms! An educator leads you through our 360° virtual galleries via screen sharing, pausing along the way with inquiry-based questions to stimulate creative thinking and critical discussions.

Virtual Galleries available:

Vancouver History Galleries

ćəsnaʔəm: the city before the city

 A Seat at the Table

That Which Sustains Us

Haida Now

Talking Trees – Student Program (K to Grade 12)

Welcome to our TALKING TREES - School Program | Presented by Talaysay Tours

Type of Program:  Student Indigenous Walking Tour - Ecology

Tour Description:  This is a walking tour in Stanley Park. Your Talaysay Cultural Land Ambassador(s) / Guide(s) will take you on a forest walk and teach the rich stories and history of the land while you learn how the trees and plants are used by indigenous people for both food and medicine.  Learn to identify a variety of indigenous plants and tree species  so when you venture into the forest you too will know what is edible, medicinal and adaptable for technology.   Emphasis on Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Sustainable Practices and Ecology. 

Date of Tour:  Monday to Friday

Start Time:  10:00 am   End Time:  11:30 am    Duration:  1.5 hrs  We can book custom times between 9:00 am and 10:30 am for the morning tour and 12:00 pm and 1:30 pm for the Afternoon Tour.

Includes:  Guide-Ambassador-Instructor.  At times we have a co-guide, a trainer and or a trainee. The tour is rich with Indigenous stories and interpretation.  Students have the opportunity to discuss and ask questions during the tour and or in the last 15 minutes of the tour.  

Student Rate with 20 or more participants:  $32.00 / participant + GST & Fees (This Rate is for K to 12 Students Only). 

With 20+ students, 1 teachers or adult volunteers is complimentary.  When there are less than 20 students, the base rate is $640 + GST & Fees.

Primary Location:  Stanley Park:

This tour meets at the Stanley Park bus loop which is accessible by car, taxi, bus or by foot. Our guide will meet you under the gazebo in the bus loop. Please note, if driving by car, the parking lot is all pay parking. If taking the public bus, it is the #19 bus to Stanley Park and it is the last stop.  
If traveling by school bus, the driver can drop the students off then park at the designated bus parking in Stanley Park.  

Please provide yourself plenty of time to arrive and find your guide.

Custom Locations: 
When planned in advance, our Cultural Land Ambassadors could travel to a forest area near your school.  Review of the site for safety, access and diversity in Indigenous plants is required. There is an additional $115.00 + GST & Fees cost for travel related fees for us to come to a custom location.

Inquiring and Bookings:  Please email info@talaysay.com or contact us at 1-800-605-4643 (Toll Free) or 604-628-8555 (Vancouver line)

Our Tour Line-Up:

1. Talking Trees - Nature Based  (90 min)

2. Spoken Treasures - History Based (75 min)

3. Talking Totems - Art & Culture Based (60 min)

4. Love the Land - Nature & History (90 min) | North Vancouver

5. Salish Sea & Me - Ocean / Nature & History Based (90 Min)

6. Workshops & In-class presentations:
     We can turn any of our tours into a presentation / workshop. Contact us for activities.

Locations:  Vancouver, North Shore, Sunshine Coast, Squamish

Dates and Times:  can be customized with groups.

Wishing you a great week ahead and look forward to planning further with you both.

Media:

Land Based Learning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahAFvrl90e4

Talking Totems:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww0P01Ehtgo

Spoken Treasures:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7JbZgnnNKg

Talaysay Virtual Tours:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ-4KWXx5p0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-LY2tTLzrc

Liz V | Reservations Manager - info@talaysay.com 

Talaysay Campo | Co-Owner / Regional Manager

Talaysay Tours - Authentic Indigenous Cultural Experiences | www.talaysay.com

Tundra & I will visit your school if it is within a reasonable travel distance. During the COVID 19 pandemic, this visit occurs outdoors, preferrably in a forested area on your school grounds or nearby. If no such location, then we use your school fields & we improvise that it is a forest. Students & staff get to watch Tundra's behavior & I explain what wolves in the wild would be doing. I tell many First Nation stories & legends about the wolf & why this animal is so important to their culture. I explain the important role the wolf plays in the ecosystem as an apex predator & keystone species. Opportunity for many questions from students & staff. Cost is $100 for the walks & travel expenses to the school.

If your school is too far away, I can over a ZOOM version of this program where the same material is covered & the students & staff get to see the four wolves our centre has.