RAD Story Lodge

Welcome to the RAD Story Lodge. In this special episode, Amberly Quakegesic sits down with master birchbark canoe builder Chuck Commanda. Chuck speaks to the legacy of birch bark canoes which, for millennia, have carried families, stories, trade, ceremony, survival, and a way of seeing the world rooted in relationship with the land. As Chuck begins stepping into retirement, Amberly now walks along...

Welcome to the RAD Story Lodge. This episode features a conversation with Valérie Courtois, Executive Director of the Indigenous Leadership Initiative (ILI) and a leading expert on the national movement of Indigenous-led conservation and stewardship building across Canada.  The RAD Story Lodge is hosted by RAD Network – a network that seeks to center Indigenous rights and leadership within conserv...

Welcome to the RAD Story Lodge, a podcast hosted by RAD Network . In this episode we hear about Wahkohtowin Development’s efforts to cultivate an Indigenous stewardship economy in Treaty 9 territory. In partnership with Mikro-Tek, Wahkohtowin is applying mycorrhizal fungi to tree seedlings to improve forest health and tap into a new revenue stream from carbon finance.  David Flood and Leigh Fox br...

Welcome to the RAD Story Lodge. In this episode, Mark Kean (Mikro-Tek) tells us about a nature-based technology that's growing the roots of an Indigenous stewardship economy in Treaty 9 territory. Mikro-Tek and Wahkohtowin Development are partnering to apply mycorrhizal fungi to tree seedlings in the Boreal Forest as a herbicide alternative and nature-based climate solution. Join us in the St...

Welcome to the RAD Story Lodge. This episode features a conversation about the Wabanaki Forest, Climate, and Land Back Partnership. Delta Flood speaks with Darran O’Leary (Passamaquoddy Recognition Group Inc.), Stephanie Merrill (Nature Trust of New Brunswick) and Anne Herteis (Community Forests International). Listen in to hear about a unique collaboration between three Indigenous Nations and two...

In Episode 2, “What is RAD? Part 2”, we continue introducing you to the RAD Network Leadership Circle, who share what brought them to this work and why this moment matters. Hear from Dani Warren (Great Bear Carbon), Terry Dorward (IISAAK OLAM Foundation) and Gwen Bridge (Gwen Bridge Consulting), who share their perspectives on ‘nature-based solutions’ and the collective purpose that brought the RA...

Welcome to the RAD Story Lodge. In this episode, we introduce the RAD Leadership Circle who share what brought them to this work and why this moment matters. Listen along to hear from the brilliant people paddling the RAD Network canoe. Episode 1, “What is RAD? - Part 1”, features David Flood (Wahkohtowin Development), Sam Whiteye (Carolinian Canada) and Steven Nitah (Nature for Justice). Stay tun...

From Our Archives: This pilot episode was produced in 2023 as part of the RAD Network Moccasin Telegraph , now known as the RAD Story Lodge. In this episode we hear from Steven Nitah, a member of the RAD Network’s Leadership Circle and a proud member of Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation.  Steven served as Chief in 2008 and was the Nation’s lead negotiator in the creation of the Thaidene Nëné Indigenous...

From Our Archives:  This pilot episode was produced in 2023 as part of the  RAD Network Moccasin Telegraph , now known as the RAD Story Lodge. We connected with David Flood, a member of the RAD Network’s Leadership Group. David is the General Manager of Wahkohtowin Development GPI. and an Advisor to the Indigenous Leadership Initiative. David has 30 years of experience as an Indigenous practitione...