Resurfacing is a project arising from investigations into the hunting and gathering processes involved in art as examined in Interdisciplinary Forum 333 at Emily Carr in the summer of 2007, taught by M. Simon Levin and Anne-Marie Slater.

The project was initially intended to commemorate the abundant food resources that were harvested by the Squamish, Musquem and Tsleil’waututh First Nations from the streams draining into the eastern tidal flats of False Creek, known as Skwahchays. The largest stream became known as China Creek. It has transformed into an agency of capturing and harnessing community interest in restoring China Creek as a surface stream, or “daylighting” it. The goal of the project will be to work with existing organizations and agencies to return salmon and trout stocks to a buried watershed in much the same way that it has been done at Spanish Banks Creek on the West Side and Beaver Creek in Stanley Park. In the process, continued community involvement in on-going community gardens and commons can be extended and expanded upon, producing an ecological and educational focus for neighbourhood stewardship.

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