Nanaimo Fiddle Camp – Early Bird Registration extended to April 7!
August 6 – 9, 2024 Spruston Road Bible Camp, 1070 Limberlost Road, Nanaimo Great instructors: Gabriel Dubreuil, Jennie Bice, JJ…
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Learning to listen: Engaging the Sunshine Coast community on underwater noise
There was a mix of anticipation and curiosity in the air as people filed into the Chapman Creek Hatchery Education…
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MCC submits feedback on the 2024-25 Draft IFMP for salmon
The MCC has submitted its feedback on salmon fisheries (PDF), recovery and management issues to DFO for the the 2024-2025…
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Environment | Feature | News
New study reveals more action is needed to save endangered Southern Resident killer whales
Raincoast, in collaboration with a team of international scientists, authored a new study on the potential to recover the critically…
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The influence of ecotourism on grizzly bear activity depends on salmon abundance
A new study, “Influence of ecotourism on grizzly bear activity depends on salmon abundance in the Atnarko River corridor, Nuxalk…
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Environment | Feature | News
Grizzly bears shy away from bear ecotourism sites when visitor numbers are high, except when salmon is scarce
A new study, “Influence of ecotourism on grizzly bear activity depends on salmon abundance in the Atnarko River corridor, Nuxalk…
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Connect & Prepare Expands to three new communities – Here’s How It Went!
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods helped bring Connect & Prepare to three new BC municipalities in 2022-23: North Vancouver, New Westminster, and Vancouver-Mount Pleasant. Through our partnership with Hey Neighbour Collective and… …
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Answering questions … bringing clarity
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about some wonderful memories that were brought to mind by answering questions for…
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New Book of Poems available for purchase
These poems were written during the month of October 2023, while Kori was care taking their terminally ill partner and…
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Recap: Community Acupuncture fundraiser in support of Community Food Support Victoria, 2nd Edition!
Community Food Support Victoria is a group of dedicated volunteers who acknowledge that COVID-19 has only exacerbated existing food insecurity…
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Territorial Acknowledgement
We would like to acknowledge that the land on which the Triathlon of Compassion takes place is the unceded territory…
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Feature | Health | Multisport
Territory Acknowledgement
We would like to acknowledge that the land and water on which the Honeymoon Half Gravel Triathlon takes place is…
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How traveling, and family, exercises our emotional intelligence skills
One of the best ways to live-test your emotional intelligence skills is to travel. Source
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Interconnectedness Initiative: Second Case Conference Report
During the previous year of the VCST’s Interconnectedness Initiative, “Case Conferencing” was identified by stakeholders as an essential tool to…
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Detecting killer whale pregnancies from the air
To continue over a decade of collaborative killer whale research alongside colleagues at NOAA, SR3, and Ocean Wise, Raincoast’s cetacean…
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Sampling water during the wet season: A new partnership with the Lower Nicola Indian Band reflects a shared interest in protecting water
A cool, gray sky lingered overhead, as we headed inland. Our journey took us through the Lower Fraser Valley, over…
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Acrylic Skins Workshop – Saturday, March 30 at 9:00 a.m. Mountain
This is a 2-hour workshop where you’ll learn to create acrylic skins to use in your work. These acrylic skins…
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59. Reflecting on Lyme disease in Canada with Janet Sperling
Janet Sperling is an entomologist, researcher and president of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation. During her early years studying entomology,…
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Sign our petition to tell the federal government to enact a mandatory 1,000 meter vessel buffer for endangered Southern Resident killer whales
Recently, Washington State (U.S.), passed legislation (Senate Bill 5371) that establishes a mandatory 1,000-yard buffer for recreational and commercial whale…
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Plurality and Heritage
You are invited! SAQA’s annual conference, “Plurality and Heritage,” will be held online from April 12-20, 2024. It’s open to…
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Two Ladies of the Court in Saint Joan
Artist: Charles RickettsMedia: Watercolour on boardDate & Location: 1924Image Source: Picryl Significance to Queer Art History Charles Ricketts was a British painter, designer,…
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Season Five of Looking at Lyme, coming soon!
Welcome to Season 5 of the Looking at Lyme podcast! As we move forward with Season 5, we’d like to…
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Protein found in human sweat inhibits growth of Lyme bacteria
International researchers looked at biobank samples from 617,731 patients and discovered that patients with Lyme disease were more likely to…
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New research shows how human disturbance keeps grizzlies from their salmon
Published in the journal Ecology & Evolution, a new paper titled “Human disturbance in riparian areas disrupts predator-prey interactions between…
