I am excited to be a part of a panel that will be discussing STI testing at this event on December 1st brought to you by AVI over facebook Live (https://www.facebook.com/AVIharmreductioned) This is an opportunity to acknowledge, respect and appreciate …
Forests on the Gulf Islands need to be protected. After decades of largely unregulated road construction, residential development, and logging, the forests of the Coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) biogeoclimatic zone have been fragmented, degraded, and destroyed. This has occurred not only …
Announcing Raincoast’s newest conservation initiative Read more »
We are pleased to announce the Ride Hawaii Challenge as the Human Powered Challenge for December. Join us for a virtual event to ride around the Big Island of Hawaii. As the weather gets cold and dark you can imagine …
Our COVID-19 Health, Safety and Administrative policies have continued to evolve and for the time being, there are no restrictions on health and personal services. With Dr. Bonnie Henry’s announcement of province-wide restrictions in place till Dec. 7th, this is …
Province-wide restrictions: Re-iterating our COVID-19 Health & Safety protocols Read more »
This has been a long and difficult year for us all. The Anti-Violence Project has simultaneously seen more and more people impacted by intersecting forms of violence, while we’ve worked to find new ways to support survivors and others virtually. …
You are invited to the Anti-Violence Project’s Open House Read more »
Artist: Gary LeeMedia: Sketch on paperDate & Location: 1993, Larrakia Territory, Darwin, AustraliaWhere can I see this artwork?: Book cover of Did you meet any malagas?: A homosexual history of Australia’s tropical capital by Dino Hodge Significance to Queer Art History ‘Malagas’ means ‘men.’ …
The ability to understand emotions contributes almost as much to students’ grades as their IQ. Past studies show two personal qualities are important for student academic success – intelligence and conscientiousness.IQ scores explain about 15%of the differences between students’ grades. …
Understanding emotions is nearly as important as IQ for students’ academic success Read more »
Every sentence of this is so powerful. There’s profound truth in what he’s saying. “So there’s a difference between making paintings and changing the idea of what paintings are supposed to look like.” Kerry James Marshall “I like this museum, …
Establish a presence for certain kinds of images Read more »
We purchased the Spirit bear tenure in 2011. It covers an area of approximately 3,500 square km including the islands portion of a large territory owned by a private European shooting club. It contains the vast majority of known Spirit …
Looking at Lyme is wrapping up Season One! We are so grateful that you joined us to learn alongside Lyme Disease experts from across Canada and internationally. Stay tuned for more episodes when we return with Season two – coming …
Much of the content I originally compiled for the Resilience Building for Trans Folks and Our Allies course has become a bit stale dated over the past 4 years. In effort to make some of the content available so as …
Our dedicated research vessel, Achiever, is a key part of the Raincoast team – enabling us to conduct research, visit commercial hunting tenures we’ve acquired and allow us to engage with the emerging stewards through our youth education program. Click …
Following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, AVP started working remotely and has continued to provide support to survivors and those impacted by sexualized and gender-based violence over the phone and email. We also recently added the option to access …
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the ambient misogyny and racism (and more) that floats around my Twitter communities. It’s ambient in the sense that it’s pervasive, and also that we don’t have to follow an antagonist to see …
This week is marked as Trans Awareness Week, and I have been unsure how exactly to observe. I am sharing an IG Live with fellow gender autonomy parent, Dr Kyl Myers on Tuesday evening, and I wanted to gather my …
It’s year two of committing to growing the moustache to raise funds for men’s health initiatives, specifically technologies for screening and treatment of prostate and testicular cancer, mental health, and suicide prevention! It is also a great time to have …
Cultivating Healthy Relationships in Boys and Male Youth is a program created to address gender-based violence. This program is designed to explore and strengthen relational skills in boys and male-identifying youth within their communities, amongst their peers, and most importantly, …
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BearID detects a bear’s face in an image and classifies the individual. It’s facial recognition for bears! Dr. Melanie Clapham, a postdoctoral researcher at University of Victoria working with Raincoast’s Applied Conservation Science lab has been exploring facial recognition technology …
In a moment our bodies can go from being familiar, comfortable vessels to being a source of grief and struggle. Colin Wade was in a car accident on his way to work. A dad and a musician he’s been on …
I am excited to be giving a webinar on bystander intervention and addressing gender based violence on campus. I was asked to do this webinar by the University of Toronto Mississauga Student Union and it’s free for students. Wednesday November …
Upcoming webinar – Learning and Unlearning Sustainability: Ending Violence Against Women Read more »
When Covid-19 hit back in the spring, racing as we knew it came to a grinding halt. Across the country events were cancelled. One of the main motivators to train was no longer there. As triathletes, training is a major …
This week we published an interview with Dr. Heather Bryan. I think one of the themes that has emerged from Raincoast’s research is how interconnected wolves are with the marine landscape, and that was a big theme of Dr. Chris …
When we interact with bad actors and hate accounts on Twitter it’s a good idea to block them. However, if a bad actor has already left a comment on your tweet, blocking them only protects yourself (and future tweets). Everyone …
On Twitter, blocking someone is not enough: remember to hide replies Read more »
