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TORONTO Todd Labrador, a Mi’kmaq man from the Wildcat Reserve in Queens County, N.S., has made it his life’s work to preserve the traditional craftsmanship of birchbark canoes. Labrador, who is a member of Acadia First Nation, was born in Bridgewater, N.S., in 1960 and grew up on the reserve with his father who was the first Chief of the Acadia First Nation. It was there that Labrador learned the traditional craft of building birchbark canoes from his great grandfather and father, according to a Facebook page dedicated to his art. The Mi’kmaq travelled the lakes and rivers of eastern Canada for thousands of years in the canoes, and deep in Kejimkujik National Park, Labrador continues the tradition, using generational knowledge that was all but wiped out through Canada’s forced assimilation residential school system and genocidal colonial history.
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Since transferring to Western Nevada College several years ago, Gabrielle Clark has concentrated on helping others.
Now, the Associated Students of Western Nevada president is receiving a helping and appreciative hand herself. Clark is a 2020-21 recipient of the prestigious Sam Lieberman Regentsâ Award for Student Scholarship.
WNC Counselor Lauren Stevens was also recognized in March as she received the Nevada Regentsâ Academic Advisor Award for 2021.
The $5,000 scholarship will assist Clark as she pursues her bachelorâs degree at the University of Nevada, Reno. She earned an Associate of Arts degree from WNC last spring.
âI am so honored to receive this award,â Clark said. âThank you to everyone who supported me and shared my vision of highlighting the already amazing qualities WNC has to offer students like me. I will be continuing my education at UNR in pursuit of my bachelor s in Human Development and Family Studies, where I will continue to help