Youth have collective wisdom that helps them navigate changes in society.

Like salmon swimming upstream year after year.

The Okanagan Indian Band’s (OKIB) Youth Leadership Council, with help and support from the band’s public safety department, have taken the salmon comparison and run with it with whopping success.

The youth council’s second annual What Happens Upstream – A Time For Action conference on Monday, Oct. 20, at Vernon’s Prestige Hotel and Resort, drew a capacity crowd of 300 attendees aged 14 to 25 who wanted – needed – their voices to be heard.

“The challenge the salmon face every year going upstream symbolizes our youth, and with our logo being a salmon egg, the youth need to know that the work that needs to be happening is not for them now, but for future generations,” s

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