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Ames supports youth-led social change through media arts 🌱🎥✨

AMES (Access to Media Education Society) is a registered charity (est. 1996) dedicated to using the media arts to support youth-led community development, encourage peer-based expression and education and promote social change. Founded in 1996, AMES is built on a commitment to accessibility, diversity, and inclusivity, and dedicated to using digital media and artistic collaboration to engage marginalized youth in personally and socially transformative storytelling practices. Over the past 19 years AMES has designed 35 distinct community arts-based initiatives with, and for, over 750 Indigenous, newcomer, LGBTQ, of colour, and multi-barriered youth. AMES programs connect participants with professional artists and digital arts training, to create powerful, authentic stories that then help to foster critically-engaged dialogue in a range of public settings.

Instagram.com/accesstomedia

10/26/2026

Your feed isn’t neutral. It’s built to keep you watching, not to keep you informed. Knowing how it works is the first step to taking your power back.

What’s a sign we missed? Drop it below 👇

07/27/2026

Salish Harvest Feature
🫐 Salal
Hul'qumi'num: T’eqe’
SENĆOŦEN: DAKE IȽĆ
Latin: Gaultheria shallon

A prominent species found in the Salish Sea bioregion, T'eqe' produces berries high in antioxidants, vitamins, and fiber. These berries can be consumed fresh, dried, or baked into jams and pies. Additionally, their new-growth leaves can be eaten for their high vitamin C content or to help suppress appetite for survival.

To learn more recipes and harvesting Qel’qulhp respectfully and responsibly, visit salishharvest.org/library/salal

07/02/2026

Vanilla Leaf
Latin: Achlys triphylla

W̱SÁNEĆ people hang dried Vanilla Leaf bunches around the home, which releases a pleasant vanilla-like scent to repel flies, gnats, and mosquitoes.

To learn more recipes and harvesting Vanilla Leaf respectfully and responsibly, visit salishharvest.org/library/vanilla-leaf

06/16/2026

Last fall we put out a call for our ‘Ripple Leadership Lab’ Program, and 140 young changemakers applied!

Their responses to the questions were full visions of what the cultural sector could become.

We read closely. We synthesized. We found key threads that connected 140 different voices into 10 key recommendations to work toward a just and joyful sector

This is Part of a 10-part animation series — conceptualized by the Ripple cohort, and crafted by the incredibly talented Ryah King

06/12/2026

Salish Harvest Feature
Miner's Lettuce
Latin: Claytonia perfoliata

Miner’s Lettuce is a great fresh garnish or a citrusy flavour to salads.

To learn more recipes and harvesting Miner's Lettuce respectfully and responsibly, visit salishharvest.org/library/miners-lettuce

05/30/2026

Last fall we put out a call for our ‘Ripple Leadership Lab’ Program, and 140 young changemakers applied!

Their responses to the questions were full visions of what the cultural sector could become.

We read closely. We synthesized. We found key threads that connected 140 different voices into 10 key recommendations to work toward a just and joyful sector

This is Part 4 of a 10-part animation series — conceptualized by the Ripple cohort, and crafted by the incredibly talented Ryah King

05/29/2026

🌿Salish Harvest Feature
🍓Coastal Strawberry
SENĆOŦEN: DIL¸EḰ
Diitiidʔaaʔtx̣: tuʔulq
Latin: Fragaria chiloensis

The fruit of the wild strawberry is its true prize, being smaller and sweeter than commercial varieties and best enjoyed fresh, dried, or in baked goods. Additionally, the newly sprouted leaves are edible and frequently used to brew herbal teas or to help sweeten bitter medicines.

To learn more recipes and harvesting DIL¸EḰ respectfully and responsibly, visit salishharvest.org/library/coastal-strawberry

05/22/2026

Last fall we put out a call for our ‘Ripple Leadership Lab’ Program, and 140 young changemakers applied!

Their responses to the questions were full visions of what the cultural sector could become.

We read closely. We synthesized. We found key threads that connected 140 different voices into 10 key recommendations to work toward a just and joyful sector

This is Part 3 of a 10-part animation series — conceptualized by the Ripple cohort, and crafted by the incredibly talented Ryah King

Address

452 Linklater Road
Galiano Island, BC
V0N1P0

Website

http://www.accesstomedia.org/, https://linktr.ee/accesstomediaorg

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