Upcoming Events
CBC4Kids - Winter Bird Count
Join us with local birders Fianna & Blythe Wilde and Candace Campo, founder of Talaysay Tours; for a fun-filled day of birding at our Christmas Bird Count 4 Kids Event (CBC4KIDS)! This event is perfect for young bird enthusiasts who want to learn more about our feathered friends. We will be meeting at 4595 Sunshine Coast Hwy - Mission House, ts'ukw'um (Mission Point) Park for a day of bird counting and nature exploration. We'll be travelling a 0.4km loop trail while learning fun facts and how to identify and count our local birds such as Great Blue Herons, sea ducks and Bald Eagles. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to connect with nature and learn more about the birds in our area.
After our bird counting adventure we will join for story sharing, hot chocolate / tea, and snacks! If you're able to, please bring your own mug / tumbler to enjoy your warm treat.
Remember to bring your binoculars! There will be some to borrow and share for those who don't have any.
See you there!
Intro to SUP
Intro to SUP (Stand Up Paddle Board)
Salish Life, Sea Gardens & the Salmon People - Sachi Adventure Event
Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Start Time: 6:30 pm End Time: 8:00 pm
Join us to stand up paddle board, journey to the Salish Sea and check out the Shíshálh ancient Sea Gardens.
This is a BIPOC & 2SLGBTQ+ community members and families event.
Participant Numbers: 8
If you have your own SUP (Standup Paddle Board, please let us know!)
Guides: Blythe, Trent and Anneke
To register: Email info@talaysay.com
Please note registration is necessary.
Complimentary Community Event hosted by Talaysay Tours Love the Land
Beavers, Birds and Bannock @ Smugglers Cove
Beavers, Birds and Bannock @ Smugglers Cove
Date: Monday, August 12, 2024
Start Time: 6:00 pm End Time: 8:30 pm
Duration: 2.5 hrs
Group Size: 8-12 people
Location: Smugglers Cove
Location: Smuggler Cove Marine Park, Brooks Road, Halfmoon Bay
To register: Email info@talaysay.com
Please note registration is necessary and there will be a cut-off limit of 12 participants.
Complimentary Community Event hosted by Talaysay Tours Love the Land
PRIDE - Nature Art Workshop (Youth 12-24)
PRIDE - SACHI ADVENTURES — Nature ART WORKSHOP (YOUTH)
Date: Tuesday, August 06, 2024
Check-In: 6:15 PM
Time: 6: 30 PM End Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Porpoise Bay Provincial Park
Age: 12- 24
To register: Email info@talaysay.com
Please note registration is necessary.
This event is exclusive for LGBTQIA2S+ community.
Complimentary Community Event hosted by Talaysay Tours - Love the Land and Sunshine Coast Botanical Gardens.
Moss, Mycelium & Magnificent Trees Xwesam - Stelkaya
Moss, Mycelium & Magnificent Trees
Xwesam - Stelkaya
Date: Monday, August 5th, 2024
Start Time: 1:00 pm End Time: 4:00 pm
Duration: 3 hrs
Hiking skills required
Meeting Location: Patrick’s Pass Trail Head. Park up Lehman Rd. Go up Crow Road. Turn right on Lehhman, continue up the gravel section, and look for the sign for Patrick's Pass.
Talaysay Guides: Trent and Richard
Complimentary Community Event hosted by Talaysay Tours & Love the Land
To register: Email info@talaysay.com
PRIDE - Talking Trees & The Birds & The Bees PRIDE Event (Adult)
PRIDE - Talking Trees & the Birds & the Bees PRIDE Event (Adult)
Type: Walking Tour in Stanley Park - ethnobotany, ethnology. indigenous ways of knowing, birding tour.
Date: Saturday, August 3rd, 2024
Meet and Greet: 11:15 am
Start Time: 11:30 am End Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Stanley Park. Please meet your guide at the Stanley Park Loop.
Complimentary Community Event hosted by Talaysay Tours - Love the Land This event is priority for LGBTQIA2S+ community.
To register: Email info@talaysay.com
Max Participants: 20
This event is exclusive for LGBTQIA2S+ community.
If you wish to support LGBTQIA2S+, BIPOC land-based learning you are welcome to donate via e-transfer to info@talaysay.com. This event is a priority for LGBTQIA2S+ community.
Talking Trees & the Birds & the Bees
Talking Trees & The Birds & The Bees
Date: Wednesday, July 31st, 2024
Start Time: 2:00 pm End Time: 3:30 pm
Guided: Blythe Wilde and Richard Till
Address: 5941 Mason Rd, Sechelt, BC V0N 3A8
To register: Email info@talaysay.com
Max Participants: 20
Complimentary Community Event hosted by Talaysay Tours - Love the Land and Sunshine Coast Botanical Gardens.
Celebrating Who We Are: Indigenous Pride Walk
Celebrating Who We Are: Indigenous Pride Walk
Luncheon: Sippin Tea, Breaking Bannock & Barriers
Date: June 16, 2024 - Sunday
Walk Start Time: 11:00 am
Picnic Start Time: 12:20 pm
Picnic End Time: 1:20 pm
Distance of Walk: 1.3 Km
This walk starts at the Sunshine Coast Museum and ends at Armours Beach.
If anyone needs a ride back to their car let us know and we will organize.
Co-Guides: Candace Campo Trent Maynard
Shishalh Host: Clarence Joe
Proposed Meeting Location:
Sunshine Coast Museum
716 Winn Rd, Gibsons, BC V0N 1V0
and that we finish at Armours Beach
Armours Beach is a perfect place for the picnic with the public washrooms.
Nature Girl - Film Debut
Filmmaking duo Trent Maynard and Candace Campo, ancestral name xets’emits’a (to always be there), spend five years documenting the surprising species living in a small wetland in the shíshálh Nation swiya. Using poetry and motion sensor cameras, this short film documents the intergenerational bear families using a multi-species scratching post and watering hole, alongside newts, frogs, elk, owls and bats.
This event is being showcased at the Preparing for Potlatch Art Show in ch’ḵw’elhp, Gibsons bc, on the homeland of the Skwxwú7mesh ulmixw
Debut Film Event: Nature Girl - Film Debut
Date: June 13, 2024
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: @gpagart Address: 431 Marine Dr, Gibsons, BC V0N 1V0
We Are The Land Workshop For Indigenous Women: Stanley Park
This is a workshop for Indigenous women to gather connect and experience the land, our mother, our teacher, our medicine.
We are the Land - Medicine Learning & Making Workshops are a collaborative partnership between Indigenous Women Outdoors and Talaysay Tours.
The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival
Talaysay Tours is excited to be the small local business selected as the community support recipient of the Vancouver Great Outdoors Comedy Festival for 2023. A portion of festival proceeds will support our goal as a small Indigenous woman owned tourism company to grow sustainably so we can keep providing Indigenous tours, apps, apparel to share our culture to the world.
Stalew Pow Wow
Shop Love the Land Apparel at the Stalew Pow Wow!
We are excited to get our Pow Wow on and be joining the Stalew Pow Wow as a vendor again this year!
The 2nd annual Stalew Pow Wow is taking place at the Langley Events Centre September 15 - 17.
Tickets are $10 per day or $20 for the weekend.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Forest Bathing Stanley Park
Forest bathing is an invitation to help you reduce stress, increase feelings of peace, and improve mental clarity. Join us for a Forest Bathing experience in Stanley Park.
$74 per person.
Limited spots available. Email info@talaysay.com to register.
We Are The Land Workshop For Indigenous Women: Lynn Valley
This is a workshop for Indigenous women to gather connect and experience the land, our mother, our teacher, our medicine.
We are the Land - Medicine Learning & Making Workshops are a collaborative partnership between Indigenous Women Outdoors and Talaysay Tours.
We Are The Land Workshop For Indigenous Women: Squamish
This is a workshop for Indigenous women to gather connect and experience the land, our mother, our teacher, our medicine.
We are the Land - Medicine Learning & Making Workshops are a collaborative partnership between Indigenous Women Outdoors and Talaysay Tours.
1st Annual Memorial Squamish Nation Youth Pow Wow 2023
Squamish Nation Youth Pow Wow
Capilano Reserve Park
Admission: $10per day or $15 weekend pass; Elders 65+ and 12 & Under Free
Grand Entries: Friday 6:00pm; Saturday 12:00pm & 7:00pm; Sunday 12:00pm
Specials throughout the weekend!
syíyaya days
syíyaya Days began in 2022 with a partnership between the District of Sechelt, the shíshálh Nation, and the syíyaya Reconciliation Movement.
This multi-day event starts by honouring National Indigenous Peoples Day. This is followed by 10 days of awareness building, learning and cultural celebration. syiyaya Days closes on July 1st with an inclusive Canada Day, celebrating Canada while also recognizing our colonial history and celebrating the cultures of the First Peoples of this land.
The 2023 syiyaya Days celebration will include Indigenous culture, histories, and ways of knowing with walking tours, book readings, music, art shows, dialogue circles, great food and much more. Canada Day will include a parade and orange shirt walk, guest speakers, and more great food and music.
