Author: lisahelps
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CUIxVictoria – Vital Conversations for Our Shared Future
From October 18 – 20 the Canadian Urban Institute, the City of Victoria and the Victoria Foundation are hosting CUIxVictoria an “urban intensive” called Vital Conversations for Our Shared Future. CUIxVictoria is an inspiring, engaging, inclusive series of events that generate possibility and excitement about our shared future. CUIxVictoria will create an opportunity for diverse…
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Council Summer Wrap Up – Housing, Bike Lanes, Sports Fields, and More
Thursday was our last Council meeting before a summer recess, and it was a long one! It was probably one of the most exciting days in my almost-decade at the Council table in terms of big moves that lay the ground work for the future. Here’s a synopsis of the key decisions and, where applicable,…
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Clover Point 2.0, Accessibility, Confronting Reality, and The Future We Need
Dave Obee’s Times Colonist editorial on Friday, “Clover Point redesign ‘fixes’ what wasn’t broken,” really got under my skin. So I thought I’d go down to Clover Point on Saturday afternoon, watch the world go by for a little while, and start this blog post. What I saw were people of all ages and abilities…
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South Island First Nation Chiefs: “Please don’t lose sight of the young ones that we are honouring”
Along with other mayors, MLAs and MPs across the region, on Friday moring I was invited to stand with the nine chiefs of the South Island First Nations as they released and signed a letter calling for an end to the vandalism that is further dividing our communities and preventing healing from taking place. The…
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Cautious Optimism for Victoria’s Economic Recovery: Building Back Victoria, by the Numbers
This past week, we turned a corner on COVID-19 as a province. As Dr. Henry laid out our new freedoms in Step 2 of the re-opening plan, she said we may need to go slow moving forward. But she also said – that with more than three-quarters of B.C.’s adult population vaccinated with one dose…
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Canada Day, 2021, Victoria BC: When Our Neighbours are Suffering It’s Not the Time To Celebrate
Children’s shoes, stuffed toys, and 215 orange children’s shirts on the steps of the BC Legislature. The shirts were laid after a ceremony hosted for island nations by the Songhees Nation Tuesday June 8th. This past week Council voted unanimously to move a planned Canada Day broadcast from July 1st to a broadcast that will…
