Deep Bay Shoreline Cleanup
Come join us on Saturday September 22nd from 9:30am to 12:00pm and help us clean-up the shores of Deep Bay! Meet, here, at the station for instructions at 9:30am and teams will be dispatched around Deep Bay until noon cleaning up debris left from the busy summer months. Afterwards, the station will be open from 12pm to 3pm with FREE admission just for volunteers! Coffee, tea, and treats will be provided. We hope to see you there!
Soup & Bannock with Chris Turner, VIU Research Ethics Officer: "A geography of reconciliation: An effective and lawful framework for achieving clarity of First Nations territorial jurisdiction in British Columbia."
Chris Turner, VIU's Research Ethics Officer and member of the Scholarship, Reserach and Creative Activity Team will be speaking from 12 to 1pm at the Shq’apthut - Gathering Place. Soup will be served at 11:30, presentation at Noon. Sponsored by the Faculty of Education.
Lantzville Minetown Day
Come join us in Lantzville for Minetown Day! We will have our touch tank in tow where the kiddos can hang out with their favourite intertidal critters! We will be in Huddlestone Park from 8am to 3pm and hope to see you there!
ROUTES adventures - main room restricted
Please be aware that we have a tour group having lunch in our main room today as well as a tour from 11am to 1pm. Our parking lot may be busy and access to the main room/lobby may be restricted.
Community Partner Series: What Happens When We Put Women at the Centre of Curriculum?’ on the National Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women
With Samantha Letourneau, Executive Director of Literacy Central Vancouver Island. In honour of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women in Canada’ Samantha will reflect on this question from her experience, which is rooted in participatory literacy work. Participatory literacy work has everything to do with the primacy of learners’ knowledge, feelings and experience.
Community Partner Series: A Vital and Sustainable Island Economy with George Hanson, President, Vancouver Island Economic Alliance
George Hanson, President of the Vancouver Island Economic Alliance (VIEA)) will share insights regarding the state of the island economy, where it is headed, and what is being done strengthen, diversify, and sustain economic vitality and opportunity. VIEA is the only regional, non-government, non-profit, economic development organization in Western Canada. Its mandate embraces the entire island, including the gulf islands, and every sector, public and private.’
Community Partner Series: Digital Technology Supercluster Update: Exploring Opportunities for Collaboration
With Paris Gaudet, Capacity Building Programs Lead, Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster. In this session, learn about the status of the new Digital Technology Supercluster organization and its key activity stream – Capacity Building. The focus of this discussion is to start a conversation about what’s possible and explore opportunities for collaboration. The Supercluster Capacity Building initiatives encompass four themes: 1) Diverse Digital Workforce 2) Building the Digital Economy in the Regions 3) Indigenous Digital Skills Training 4) Women in Technology Leadership.