Visiting our friends at the Lake Babine Nation

Mid march Dr. Frank Anderson along with other members of the LAIR team and project partners, traveled to Burns Lake to meet with representatives of the Lake Babine Nation. Taking an early flight touching down at Smithers airport we quickly moved to rented vehicles and drove the distance to Burns Lake to meet with the representatives of the LBN at the band office.

 -An aerial photo from the aircraft

-Arriving at Smithers airport

After sharing a lovely potlatch lunch with the members of the Lake Babine community, our group was able to meet everyone that was able to attend our workshop.  Especially exciting was meeting our key liasons in our project.  Dr. Frank Anderson had the opportunity to present data we had been working on together with Lake Babine Nation members and engage in a discussion with many questions and answers. With much appreciated input we had developed a direction to move the intiative forward.

Although enticed to stay a while and search for moose, sadly the team was pressed for time and in haste sped away towards the capital of the north, Prince George. Arriving just in time to return the rental vehicles and pass airport security, we had merely a few minutes to catch the last flight of the day back to Vancouver. Without a doubt an epic whirlwind tour of the beautiful and scenic northern part of our province, it was worth every minute. Stay tuned as this tremendous initiative develops!

RH

A quick break in Houston revealed the town had a gem we just had to see, the worlds largest fly fishing rod. Left to Right: Blago Savov of MDIT Innovations (LAIR technology partner), Carolyn Klassen and Rene Hahn of LAIR.

 

Carolyn (LAIR Hepatology Nurse) having fun while stretching our legs in Houston BC