Join BC Healthy Communities on November 20 for a live province-wide event featuring thought leaders and innovators in conversation about the planning and policy approaches communities can use to ensure healthy communities for all. The evening will be led by a panel of experts sharing strategies around ensuring equitable access to opportunities for physical activity, and methods that... Read More
While democratic ideals rest on the principle of free and equitable public dialogue and deliberation, contemporary Western democracies are experiencing deepening divisions and growing non-engagement in the public sphere amidst massive disinformation, in particular in social media. This, as the world stands at the nexus of intensifying and intertwining crises of democratic, social, ecological, economic... Read More
From protected feeding refuges, free from fishing and whale watching, to closures of marine commercial and recreational Chinook fisheries and an end to commercial and private whale watching on Southern Resident killer whales, recovery means bold action. This discussion will provide an opportunity to hear from and engage regional experts.
This training is for you if you are an ECE, K-Grade 2 classroom teacher, learning support or education assistant or work with children learning English as another language. Come learn how to create strong foundations for reading & writing success and inclusive and supportive learning communities! Singing English Song-Games creates an authentic, inclusive learning environment... Read More
Join us for a facilitated panel discussion focused on the issue of youth aging out of care. The event will bring together advocates, researchers, people with lived experience, and community leaders from the youth sector who will give brief presentations from their experience as well as participate in a facilitated panel discussion. Through this discussion,... Read More
What exactly is “entrepreneurship”? Who is it for? Who *can* it be for? And how can it be used to build thriving, diverse communities? Join Community Micro Lending for a moderated conversation exploring how cultivating entrepreneurship can be directed to overcoming inequality and nurturing resilience. OUR EXPERT PANELISTS Paola Qualizza Managing Director, Co-founder of... Read More
Southern Resident Killer Whales are an iconic, culturally significant and endangered population that spends the spring, summer and fall in the Salish Sea, an area surrounded by a human population of over seven million. As of April 2019, only 74 Southern Residents remain. Southern Residents live in tight family groups, led by the population’s mature... Read More
The Poppy Revolution: Heroin Buyers’ Clubs and the End of the War on Drugs will be an interactive, high energy event featuring a diverse and captivating panel speaking to the causes, effects and the waning years of the war on drugs. Unity Drummers will be opening the event followed by what is sure to... Read More
Want to help birth the urban village? It's a time of social, political, economic, cultural and environmental meltdowns, and we need to regenerate ecosystems on a large scale — including and in particular the ecosystems of our cities! The urban environment is part of nature, both impacted by the landscape around it and with profound... Read More
Please join us for our 2019 Annual General Meeting followed by a monologue presentation performed by staff of the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre. Survivor Stories chronicles the experiences of victims of sexual assault aged 101 to 15 years old, and their journeys towards healing.* This monologue presentation strives to give voice to survivors and the... Read More