Embrace the planet workshop
From Sea
to Sky
The Vancouver Island Trail Expedition
The 2027 Expedition
A first-of-its-kind
trail crossing
Vancouver Island holds one of the most ecologically rich and culturally significant landscapes in the world. The Embrace the Planet Project's 2027 Vancouver Island Trail Expedition will be the first documented, high-profile traverse of the entire island, embedding citizen science, Indigenous storytelling, and intergenerational learning at every step.
Led by polar explorer Sunniva Sørby and a small core team, the expedition will journey approximately 800 km from Cape Scott to Victoria over 60 trail days. Along the way, join-in points allow the public, sponsors, schools, and citizen scientists to walk along the trail as little or as much as they would like.
The trail passes through the territories of over 25 First Nations, north to south. This isn't a race to the finish. It's a deeply considered movement for the land, the communities it sustains, and the future inheriting it.
THE EXPLORER BEHIND IT
Sunniva Sorby
polar explorer,
citizen scientist
Why Vancouver Island, why now
Vancouver Island holds one of the most ecologically rich and culturally significant landscapes in the world. The Embrace the Planet Project's 2027 Vancouver Island Trail Expedition will be the first documented, high-profile traverse of the entire island, embedding citizen science, Indigenous storytelling, and intergenerational learning at every step.
Led by polar explorer Sunniva Sørby, a TTI Board Member, and a small core team, the expedition will journey approximately 800 km from Cape Scott to Victoria over 60 trail days. Along the way, join-in points allow the public, sponsors, schools, and citizen scientists to walk along the trail as little or as much as they would like.
The trail passes through the territories of over 25 First Nations, north to south. This isn't a race to the finish. It's a deeply considered movement for the land, the communities it sustains, and the future inheriting it.