Maia Green: Personal Sustainability

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Steps to taking care of yourself is not a one-off.

Dogwood Initiative’s new organizing model

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Helping  foster volunteers to be the organizers for new campaigns at Dogwood Initiatives.

Aiden Abram: Bringing focus to large conversations

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A newcomer to Victoria shares some innovative facilitation using dialogue mapping techniques that helped bring bring focus with large-group community conversations.

Teacher reflections on a Community School Interview series

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An experienced teacher moved to tears by her students being able to connect with community and national thought leaders.

Newcomer to Victoria

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Bold, proactive steps to ‘breaking in’ to Victoria. Joining a community workspace, finding the resources, supporters, sponsors can be keys to taking a next step.

Cascadia Field School, UVic

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Students are guided on a multimodal trip down the west coast of North America, interviewing interesting thought leaders.

Keys to impactful university teaching

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After almost a decade teaching at the university, James identifies essential factors in enhancing the impact his teaching has on his students.

The restoration of the Gorge Waterway in Victoria

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Long time resident in her 90’s recalls how one man’s effort in the early 50’s put a stop to dumping of garbage and appliances, as well as industrial effluent in the waters.

Course in materials and restoration of old buildings

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Outlines what a restoration technologist does, and where they might work. Geordie was sharing ideas at a course in this field in Victoria BC that drew participants from many parts of the world.

Genesis of Victoria Seed Library

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The genesis of the Seed Library partnership started from a conversation between two volunteers for another community project. Becoming members of the Victoria Seed Library