Shorter walls are in for 2019, but defensive architecture is still defensive architecture
On October 24, 2019, Victoria City Council will consider a report about whether one of the Pandora Avenue fences will…
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Keeping police out of Victoria and Esquimalt schools
Update: June 2021 presentation to SD61’s school liaison officer committee. In 2018, when Esquimalt rejected the Victoria Police Department’s request…
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Purchasing for protection: A perpetual Sophie’s choice for conservationists
Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the Pender Islands Conservancy recently announced the success of their second joint land acquisition campaign in…
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B.C. police departments disproportionately street check Indigenous and Black people
Over a decade of data obtained from B.C.’s municipal police departments through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests show the departments…
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NoiseTracker: a collaborative initiative that aims to tackle the invisible threat permeating our oceans
Do you remember playing Marco Polo as a child? For those of you who have never played before, the object…
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Defensive architecture on tour (Part 1)
Like bad takes about bike lanes, defensive architecture is a blight spread across Greater Victoria’s 13 municipalities. After spending $1.50…
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Learning report: Hey Neighbour Collective’s first three years
This report highlights key themes that have surfaced through three years of shared activities, learning, reflection and evaluation among all…
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Despite a green light from Cabinet, Elizabeth May presents petition on Roberts Bank terminal expansion in the House of Commons
Last week the Government of Canada announced their approval of the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion. Despite their stated commitments…
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Meet Brooke Gerle, Raincoast’s new Mapping Technician
Brooke Gerle has joined our Communications team as a Mapping Technician. She will assist in spatial analysis, the creation of…
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What happens after the groundswell?
When the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline was cancelled I was just about to graduate high school. I was starting to…
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Defensive architecture on tour (Part 2)
Needs More Spikes’ CRD defensive architecture tour wraps up this week. Find part one here. Oak Bay First up this…
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Canada ignores science and exposes empty promises to protect biodiversity with Terminal 2 approval
Today’s announcement from the Government of Canada ignores robust scientific assessment of the environmental damage of the Terminal 2 megaproject…
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Junk buildings
With the Northern Junk development back in the news in September, I checked to see if the proposal had any…
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Job posting: Field Technicians for wildlife monitoring field work in Haíɫzaqv Territory
In partnership with the Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department (HIRMD) and the Raincoast Applied Conservation Science Lab (UVic), the Raincoast…
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Enforcing ‘community’ through Block Watch
Victoria Council will continue to fund displacement in the name of community-building in 2021. The city’s defensive architecture guidelines don’t…
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Niloofar Hedayati on how better use of space in multi-unit buildings can improve social connectedness among older adults
“Neel – ooo – far.” It means “lily” in Persian. Some of my friends call me Neel. I came in…
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Impact report: Living Together Symposium
Living Together: Connecting housing, social health and resilience was a two-day hybrid symposium of engaging presentations and dialogues about tackling…
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Reflecting on the recent IPCC report and what we can do
This spring marked the release of yet another report by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the AR6 Synthesis…
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VicPD “crime watch” volunteers are watching licence plate stickers
My last post was about VicPD and the city bringing Block Watch policing into neighbourhoods under the guise of community…
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Job posting: Nature Smart Project Coordinator
W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council (WLC) and Raincoast Conservation Foundation (Raincoast) are seeking a contracted project coordinator to support ongoing nature smart…
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VicPD drug seizure and arrest data
Last year I filed several Freedom of Information (FOI) requests with VicPD. Two of those FOIs were modeled directly off…
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“Contact with a police vehicle”
On December 21, 2018, VicPD put out a press release with the headline “Witnesses sought after assault with a weapon.”…
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General occurrence report data highlights systemic racism in B.C. policing
Policing in B.C. is and always has been racist. Here’s some information from an FOI request for six years of…
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Marine mammals in a changing Arctic Ocean
In March 2020, a Regional Planning and Knowledge Sharing Workshop was held by POLAR at the campus of the Canadian…
