Hostile bench seeks loving and supportive wrench
One of the first posts I wrote for this site was about the city’s hostile benches, where “arm rests” are…
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When Love Hurts training is happening soon
Supporting women who have experienced abuse is vitally important work, and is all too common in the work of counsellors…
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US Surgeon General highlights the need for more social connection
Recently, the Office of the US Surgeon General posted an advisory to warn against the impacts our increasingly isolated societies…
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Ahad Kamranzadeh on the inestimable value of laundry rooms and what makes public common spaces feel inclusive and welcoming
I’m mainly focused on aging in place for people who live in affordable housing, especially older adults. I’m involved with…
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Going beyond the norm: Innovative roles for local governments in fostering neighbourly social connections
The percentage of residents living in multi-unit housing within BC’s urban centres has increased significantly in recent years; a trend…
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New patches support our work to stop trophy hunting
We have raised 52% of our $1.92 million goal to stop commercial trophy hunting in the Southern Great Bear Rainforest…
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How can community housing help us prepare for crisis?
We live in a world where we face unexpected changes and events all the time, yet struggle to be prepared…
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136 people are peeing in Victoria right now
Building on some Internet math, Statistics Canada data, and an average pee time of 21 seconds and 6.5 pees per…
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Bike rack benches and fancy granite
Two years ago this month I wrote about some new un-sleepable benches that were coming to Victoria at Douglas and…
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Submit your public comments to BC’s proposed conditions for the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion
Despite the findings of an independent review panel and concerns from federal scientists, subject-matter experts, conservation organizations, and unions, the…
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The story of Coastal Douglas-fir forests: Classifying place
British Columbia’s Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification system divides the province into 16 disparate, but connected zones. Such systems provide insight into…
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Job posting: Salmon restoration Conservation Technician
Raincoast Conservation Foundation is seeking two Conservation Technicians to assist with fieldwork for our Wild Salmon Program. Technicians will play…
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Beware scammy letters from predatory domain name registrars
Every year I get a phone call or an email from someone asking if they should pay Domain Registry for…
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We’re legally challenging the federal government’s approval of Roberts Bank Terminal 2
When they approved the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project, the Canadian government also approved the destruction of federally-protected Critical Habitat…
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Conservation groups legally challenge federal decision to approve Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project
VANCOUVER/UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (MUSQUEAM), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (SQUAMISH) AND səlilwətaɬ (TSLEIL-WAUTUTH) TERRITORIES: The David Suzuki Foundation, Georgia Strait Alliance, Raincoast Conservation Foundation and…
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A potpourri of displacement
In 2016, an officer with VicPD’s Community Services Division responded to “concerns with trespassing, open drug/alcohol use and drug paraphernalia/needles/feces…
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Job posting: Research Technician
The Upper Pitt River is the last stronghold of Lower Fraser River coho and sockeye salmon, and still hosts intact…
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Job posting: Summer Stewardship Program Assistant
We are seeking an energetic candidate who will be working alongside Raincoast’s Summer Stewardship Program Lead to assist with the…
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Job posting: Big tree intern
The Pender Islands Big Tree Registry is a community science initiative managed by Raincoast’s Forest Conservation Program (FCP). It is…
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Job posting: Summer Stewardship Program Lead
We are seeking a creative, passionate, and self-motivated candidate to develop and deliver an environmental education and stewardship program for…
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Forts on Fort
Nobody loves defensive architecture quite like Fort Street. Outside of business hours, locked gates block alcove after alcove. One gate…
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School district removes Spring Ridge Commons furniture
Spring Ridge Commons was created in 1999 as a “community urban food forest.” On February 4, 2019, the principal of…
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Addressing the systemic, anthropogenic threats causing the decline of wild salmon
Wild salmon in British Columbia are at a critical crossroads. Within the Fraser River alone, record low numbers of Chinook,…
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Exploring the Southern Great Bear Rainforest aboard SV Achiever
Raincoast controls the commercial hunting rights in five guide outfitting tenures, totalling over 38,000 km2 of the Great Bear Rainforest….
