Common Voice: Issue #12, December 2020
Our latest newsletter, Common Voice: Issue #12, is out! This issue includes profiles of our two new program directors —…
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Vicki Sahanatien: Arctic to the Central Coast
With a deep-seated love for nature and life-long commitment to protecting wild areas, Vicki Sahanatien has been immersed in protected…
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Charlotte Whitney: Back to the Central Coast
Charlotte Whitney is no stranger to the many channels, bays and inlets that stretch along BC’s North Pacific Coast. Her…
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Adapting to climate change on the Central Coast
It’s not difficult to see impacts from climate change throughout the Pacific Coast. Warming ocean temperatures, winter storms of greater…
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Tracking salmon abundance in the Pacific Ocean
Salmon are a “keystone species” within BC’s coastal ecosystems—a critical food source for many land and marine species, and vital…
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Bringing a stewardship program to my home community
This summer I had the opportunity to work with Raincoast Conservation Foundation in bringing a stewardship program to my home…
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W̱SÁNEĆ youth on Achiever explore the Salish Sea
This past October 19th, I finally got to go on an Achiever trip, something I had been looking forward to…
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Environmental Conditions: State of the Salmon for 2021
DFO’s State of the Salmon Program gave a presentation at the Preliminary Salmon Outlook Meeting on Dec. 17, 2020. It…
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We asked you to provide input to the Canadian government survey on these measures
To reduce threats to critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales, the federal government took initial steps in the last two…
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Contemplating SHIFT 2021
As we enter our 4th year at SHIFT, we’ve been engaging in our own practice of adaptive learning. We’re asking ourselves how SHIFT can continue to be of greatest service to those working towards social transformation in the face of climate…
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Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness, Housing Solutions Lab: Supporting Women+ to Transition from Homelessness to Safe Stable Housing, 2020 – 2021
SHIFT is supporting the design, facilitation and evaluation of a housing innovation lab convened by the Greater Victoria Coalition to…
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Invest in Pacific wild salmon
Pacific salmon are foundationally important to Canada’s wildlife, food security, cultures, and economy. Yet, salmon numbers have declined a lot…
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New Date: New York Beauties Pillow workshop moved to February
Good afternoon, A short post today to let you know that the New York Beauties Pillow workshop has moved to…
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Feature | Health | Multisport
Ironman Canada Camp 2021
Preview the all new Ironman Canada Bike and Run courses with Ironman Canada Champion/B78 Head Coach Jasper Blake and Retired…
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L’Arche Canada, Inclusive Housing Solutions Lab – At Home in a Neighbourhood Where I Belong, 2021 – 2023
Over 100,000 000 Canadians with intellectual disabilities long for a home in communities where they belong. Many are isolated and…
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Resilience coaching can change your life
Video review from Carl on working with Kim Cairns. Source Source
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Collingwood Neighbourhood House, Scale Your Impact: Systems Change Program Developmental Evaluation, 2020 – 2021
Scale Your Impact is an innovative Systems Change capacity building initiative in the Renfrew Collingwood neighbourhood of Vancouver. This project…
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Iisaak Olam Foundation, Indigenous Housing Solutions Lab, 2020 – 2022
In collaboration with the IISAAK OLAM Foundation, T’Sou-ke Nation and a diverse range of other partners, SHIFT is supporting process…
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Dan’s Legacy Foundation and Sources Community Resource Society, Victoria Foundation Developmental Evaluation, 2020 – 2021
Sources BC, in partnership with Dan’s Legacy Foundation, worked together to develop an integrated food hub collective and job-skills program…
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Solutionogenics, Peace Athabasca Delta Institute Governance Structure, 2020
The communities of the Peace Athabasca Delta region (Mikisew Cree and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations, Fort Chipewyan Métis Association) are…
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Island Health, Physician Quality Improvement (PQI) Committee – Planning Workshop, 2020
SHIFT designed and delivered this one day workshop supporting PQI Committee members to develop shared understanding of committee goals and…
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OHWN (Oceanside Health and Wellness Network), Exploring Ways to Strengthen Impacts, June – 2019
SHIFT worked with network members to reflect on their work to date, set priorities for the next few years and…
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“Kindness” by Naomi Shihab Nye
Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt…
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