It’s Men’s Health Month!
It’s MEN’S HEALTH MONTH! If your injury recovery plan involves YouTube, duct tape, or denial…it’s time to see us. DIY…
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Workshop Downloads
Transformative Praxis 1 hr workshop 2025 OTESSA ParticipantsDownload Transformative Digital Accessibility Praxis OTESSA HandoutDownload These are downloads for the OTESSA…
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Psst… We have an events calendar
It’s that time of year. Calendars are filling up faster than beaches on a sunny day, so we thought we’d…
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VicPD salaries, 2021
By law, VicPD’s 2023 draft budget was delivered to councils by last week. In light of the upcoming financial chat,…
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Where this flag flies, salmon have allies
Wild Salmon Day was established in 2019 with leadership from the Government of British Columbia and has become an annual…
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Upcoming webinar: When Fire Meets Water
Please join us on Monday, June 16th 12:00 – 1:30 PM PST on Zoom (register here) for a lively panel…
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Provocations: Individualized accommodations for digital accessibility issues pull disabled learners out of community.
An individual learner may experience digital inaccessibility in a learning environment or activity, or in materials and assessments. They may…
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‘Age-Friendly Edition’ of the Building Social Connections toolkit
Homes can be designed to support wellbeing at all ages and life stages. Happy Cities and Hey Neighbour Collective recently…
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Police lose track of their guns
Via FOI, a combined six guns were lost by or stolen from VicPD and Saanich PD between 2012 and early…
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Nominations for the 2025 Raincoast Ocean Science Awards are now open
We are thrilled to announce the third annual Raincoast Ocean Science Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements by individuals and groups striving…
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Learning about urban landmarks with Kishore Seetharaman
I’ve worked with a couple of members of HNC in the past. In particular, Dr. Atiya Mahmood is an SFU…
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Police improperly access police database, but don’t audit its use
Thinking of ways to see how VicPD monitors critics, last year I FOI’d records about myself. I learned a VicPD…
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Lyme Disease Awareness Month in Canada: Some big wins but major challenges lie ahead
As the last few weeks of spring fly by and the summer beckons, May is when millions of us put…
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025
The theme for the 2025 United Nations International Day for Biological Diversity is ‘Harmony with nature and sustainable development’. We…
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Symposium recap: Living Together 2025
Living Together 2025: Connecting housing, social health and resilience convened nearly 200 housing operators and experts, public health professionals, municipal…
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Meet Nicole Van Zutphen, Raincoast’s new Communications Manager
Nicole has joined the team as our new Communications Manager. She is an experienced science communicator, as well as a…
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Video: What digital accessibility practices support low-vision and blind learners?
In this video, a learner with progressive vision impairment explains how he began to lose his vision just as he…
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$32,000 travel budget for VicPD Chief in 2022
I received FOI records back with details on some 2023 VicPD budget items Victoria council briefly discussed, but voted against…
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Video: What makes a video conferencing environment feel like an inclusive space?
Since the COVID pivot, Zoom and a handful of other video conferencing platforms have transformed the way we think about…
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Celebrate World Ocean Day with Raincoast
Ocean Week Victoria, held annually in the first week of June, brings together local organizations to raise awareness for ocean…
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2025 Pride Offering
As Pride season approaches, Ambit is excited to announce a limited number of condensed workshops that will offer practical ideas…
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Indigenous Roundtable gathering in Richmond, May 27-28
The Province of British Columbia has officially reinitiated its consultation process on the Grizzly Bear Stewardship Framework and Commercial Bear…
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A review of the EQ Certification Program
Kirsten Johnson reviews the EQ Certification Program Source
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Helping kids stay safe in the outdoors, and at camp
May is Lyme Awareness Month and a time when summer camps are getting ready for their guests. This year, CanLyme…
