Marquesas arrival
Welcome to the Marquesas! I hope these islands will blow your mind the way they are blowing mine. It’s just…
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Women in Business Guide: call for applications
Women’s March Canada, Victoria Chapter is calling for applications for their Women in Business Guide! For more info, www.womensmarchcanada.com/victoria On Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/groups/wmcvictoria/…
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Interview in Modern Fertility
Check out an article I interviewed for here: https://modernfertility.com/blog/transgender-fertility/ Thanks to English Taylor for a very supportive interview process and…
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Oceanside Health and Wellness Network (OHWN), Charting the Course for Health and Wellness in Oceanside, 2017 – 2018
The Oceanside Health and Wellness Network (OHWN) has identified two issues that are a growing concern for the region: 1)…
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BC Housing and BC Non-Profit Housing Association, Extreme Heat Responses in Social Housing, 2017 – 2018
In 2017 BC experienced unprecedented level of impacts from climate change such as extreme heat, forest fires and a number…
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Greater Victoria Literacy Alliance, Collective Impact Coaching, 2017
SHIFT provided an introduction to Collective Impact and emergent strategy design to enable the Literacy Leadership team to define their…
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SFU Adaptation to Climate Change Team (ACT), Low Carbon Resilience, Best Practices for Professionals, 2018
Climate change requires both that we reduce greenhouse gas emissions (mitigation) and prepare for the impacts of a changing climate…
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North Shore Table Matters, Collective Impact Coaching, 2017 – 2018
In 2013, the North Shore Table Matters Network led the creation of a North Shore Food Charter which has been…
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Making the Links, Climate Change, Community Health and Resilience, 2018
Together with Simon Fraser University, Interior Health and other partners, SHIFT Collaborative is hosting the first symposium of its kind…
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Fraser Health Authority, Building Healthy Communities for All in a Changing Climate: Collaborating with Municipalities on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, 2018
While municipalities are addressing climate change through adaptation plans and strategies, there is a need to more intentionally integrate public…
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City of Dawson Creek, Flood Mitigation Planning, 2017 – 2018
The City of Dawson Creek has experienced significant storm events in the last ten years that have caused considerable flood…
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Well Ahead, Systems Practice Curriculum & Training for District Coaches, 2017
Well Ahead, an initiative of McConnell Foundation, aims to improve child and youth mental health by integrating social and emotional…
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Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, Evaluation of the Community Food Action Initiative, 2018
Since 2005, the Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) Community Food Action Initiative (CFAI) has been supporting place-based community-led solutions to improve…
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BC HOUSING, Building Resilient and Connected Buildings: A Community Resilience Approach to Community Development at BC Housing, 2018
Resilience is our ability to respond and adapt to change in ways that are proactive, build local capacity, and ensure…
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Athletes and Fundraisers Show Heart at Triathlon of Compassion
The 25th Anniversary of the Triathlon of Compassion was a success by all measures. Donations topped $30,000 for the 2018…
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Four things we’ve learned this year about shifting to a better world
Over the last year, SHIFT has been busy in the field, working on over 30 projects with many organizations and collaboratives. As we look back over our first year, four key themes are getting our attention and stretching our learning: 1….
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This little piggy
We came to this atoll to take a break from the towns, but when we saw some small buildings in…
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Perched on the ocean
These islands, the Tuamotus, lie so low and shine so bright. Each one makes a hoop on the ocean —…
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Victoria Youth Triathlon 2018 photos
Here’s a few photos from the Victoria Youth Triathlon at the University of Victoria. Enjoy! Source Victoria Youth Triathlon 2018…
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Display experiments of all the beatiful merch that @makingculture has been creating
Our living room is full of display experiments of all the beatiful merch that @makingculture has been creating! Maybe we’ll…
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Apataki atoll
[unable to retrieve full-text content]https://www.pacificstories.org/2018/06/apataki-atoll/
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The little things
Arriving to a new place I’m often drawn to the small things. A new landscape, in its entirety, is too…
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A new start in the Tuamotus
[unable to retrieve full-text content]https://www.pacificstories.org/2018/06/start-in-the-tuamotus/
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Sunrise Education Society, Strategic Planning, 2018
Together with our colleagues at Scale Collaborative we have been working with Sunrise Education Society since January 2018 on engagement…
