4 Hopeful Lessons from WW2 to Confront Climate Change – YouTube (6 minutes 22 seconds, narrated by Seth Klein)
100% green power by 2035 – high hopes for Germany's next renewables reform | Clean Energy Wire ("Clean Energy Wire CLEW produces and facilitates top-quality journalism about the energy transition in Germany and beyond, and fosters cross-border cooperation among reporters covering the move towards a climate-friendly society." March 1, 2022)
2021 Animal Advocacy Year in Review (The British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
2021 A Year in Numbers (HABITAT ACQUISITION TRUST)
2021 Year in Review – The Fur-Bearers
2022 New Year's Resolutions (100 things you can do to help in the climate crisis)
A 10-Point Plan to Cut Oil Use — Analysis – IEA (International Energy Agency)
Addressing Climate Damages: A Call to Action from the IPCC Report | World Resources Institute (March 8, 2022 webinar, "Any further delay is untenable.")
Adapting customer experience in the time of coronavirus (McKinsey & Company)
Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival (see Master Apprenticeship Program MAP)
An Open Letter from Academics Regarding the Invasion of Wet'suwet'en Territory (CUI, Canadian Urban Institute)
Anti-Trans Hate in Canada: Green Party Raises Concerns (CPAC.ca | Headline Politics, 17 minutes, 8 seconds, May 17, 2022)
Appeal to Womanhood Throughout the World: A Mothers' Day Proclamation (Julia Ward Howe, Boston, 1870, read on Youtube, News conference, 2 minutes 48 seconds)
BC Coastal Marine Strategy – Blueprint for the Coast (CUI)
BC First Nations Climate Strategy and Action Plan (Final Draft, April 22, 2022)
B.C. Securing Watersheds for a Stronger Future (by Jonathan O'Riordan, January 25, 2022)
British Columbia Urban, Rural, and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy, January 2022 (Aboriginal Housing Management Association)
CAJ calls for immediate release of arrested journalists reporting from Wet'suwet'en (Posted on November 20, 2021) (The Canadian Association of Journalists)
Canada's communications future: Time to act – Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review (Letter to the Honourable Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry and the Honourable Minister of Canadian Heritage, Final report, January 29, 2020)
Canada's Supreme Court recognizes Wet’suwet’en law. So how is Coastal GasLink moving ahead? (Canada's National Observer, December 2, 2021)
Canada's Voting Age Should Be Lowered | The Tyee ("Here are four good reasons why")
Canadian Urban Institute (CUI)
Celebrate Winter Solstice ~ a gift through Sierra Club BC ("Rich oral tradition shared by kQwa’st’not (charlene george), cultural voice for SCBC" and much more)
Celebrating Victories in 2021 – RAVEN Trust
Cherokee Nation and Global Indigenous Languages Caucus Host International Decade of Indigenous Languages Launch Event | Cultural Survival (includes links to the recorded three days of this conference)
Christiana Figueres: The case for stubborn optimism on climate – Climage Champions (October 23, 2020, This talk was presented at an official TED conference, 7 minutes 57 seconds)
Climate and the ocean: How to combat ocean acidification (West Coast Environmental Law)
Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (IPPC Sixth Assessment Report released February 28, 2022)
Climate Change Adaptation: A Priorities Plan for Canada ("This seminal report, in partnership with the University of Waterloo, was prepared in 2000 as a contribution to understanding what a national adaptation plan for Canada might look like")
Climate Change Adaptation Program - YouTube
COP26 CodeBlue BC (see short 1 minute 23 second video)
COP26 Coalition (Conferences of Parties)
COP27 (November 6 to 18, 2022, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt)
Creatively United: Sharing Solutions for a Healthier Community
CUIx Victoria – Canadian Urban Institute
Don't Choose Extinction (YouTube, 2 minutes 26 seconds)
Drawdown BC | Climate Change | Sustainable World Pachamama Alliance
Elizabeth May responds to President Zelensky's address to the Canadian Parliament | Elizabeth May (video 5 minutes 42 seconds, March 15, 2022, House of Commons give her a standing ovation)
Elizabeth May: The elements of the big stall, carefully disguised as climate action (November 3, 2021, Georgia Straight)
Elizabeth May: We face multiple existential threats, and we must confront them all together (March 3, 2022, YouTube, 1 minute 10 seconds)
Elizabeth May: We must work together to create a national strategy to address environmental racism (March 2, 2022, YouTube, 1 minute 19 seconds)
Engagement on Canada's 2030 Emission Reduction Plan – Public Submission Portal (Deadline: Note, it was "by January 14, 2022" meaning the deadline was actually 11:59 p.m. PST on the 13th. It has now been extended to January 21, 2022. See toolkit link below)
EN-Urban-Youth-Impact-Report.pdf
Find Ethical & Sustainable Banks in Your Area – Bank.green (Is your money being used to fund climate chaos?)
Free Grassy (Support Grassy Narrows First Nation)
Garden Sharing – Toronto Urban Growers (Garden sharing tools and network project details included)
Get involved in Your Neighbourhood | Victoria
Getting off gas: A how-to guide to get fossil fuels out of your home | Canada's National Observer (By Seth Klein | Opinion)
Gidimt'en Checkpoint (@yintah_access) Instagram photos and videos
Green Interim Leader on Latest UN Climate Change Report - March 1, 2022 (Amita Kuttner, the interim leader of the Green Party, holds a news conference on Parliament Hill to address the latest report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). They are joined by Green Party MPs Elizabeth May and Mike Morrice. CPAC – For the Record, 50 minutes)
GreenPAC endorsees fill key environmental roles in 44th Parliament (Canada's federal election results in 2021)
Green Party statement on the Emergencies Act (February 22, 2022)
Greta Thunberg Talks Animals, the Environment, and More (Mercy for Animals, #ForNature, 5 minutes 18 seconds)
have you been to Fairy Creek? (YouTube, 3 minutes 48 seconds)
Have your say! Toolkit for the Environment Minister's Public Consultation [about Canada's 2030 Emission Reduction Plan] (Deadline: January 21, 2022; See above link)
How Big Oil Rigs the System to Keep Winning
ICLR – The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) ("ICLR is a world-class centre for multidisciplinary disaster preventation research and communication. ICLR is an independent, not-for-profit research institute founded by the insurance industry and affiliated with Western University. Institute staff and research associates are international leaders in wind and seismic engineering, atmospheric science, risk perception, hydrology, economics, geography, health sciences, public policy and a number of other disciplines")
Indigenous Clean Energy Network – Clean Energy as a Restorative Force
Infiltration Manual — YOUTH CLIMATE LAB
IPCC adaptation report ‘a damning indictment of failed global leadership on climate’ (UN News, February 28, 2022)
In Search of a Perfect World ("In Search of a Perfect World is a documentary marking the 70th anniversary of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at a moment when the very idea seems in peril", 44 minutes, with Peter Mansbridge, 2018)
John Horgan's NDP government rolls the dice by refusing public meeting with hunger strikers about forest policies (The Georgia Straight, by Charlie Smith, April 15, 2022)
Legal definition of ecocide — Stop Ecocide International
Local Government – West Coast Climate Action Network (Local Election Resources, Register as a Climate Champion)
March 25 – Fridays For Future (FFF Global Climate Strike, 3/25/22)
MILITARIZATION OF WET’SUWET’EN LANDS AND CANADA’S ONGOING VIOLATIONS (Submission to the Expert mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner, on February 7, 2022)
Moving Beyond Pledges | Cities at COP26
NDP Grassroots Wet'suewt'en Statement ("As New Democrats, we are angered by the BC NDP government’s actions in Wet’suwet’en territory and distressed by the Federal NDP's response....")
No Mow May ("a very easy thing you can do in your garden to help wild flowers and struggling pollinators too. Join legions of gardeners [like those in the UK] who are saying 'no' to the mow this May to help our bees, butterflies, wildlife and us!")
Nuchatlaht Land Back! Webinar recording [March 3, 2022, 1 hour 16 minutes] (The Nuchatlaht Nation are fighting in the supreme court to get their land back through a groundbreaking title case starting on March 21!)
Oaklands Rise Woonerf (A COMMUNITY LED, PEOPLE-PRIORITY PLACEMAKING PILOT IN VICTORIA, BC, CANADA)
Oaklands Rise Woonerf – A People Priority Place of Community (YouTube, November 4, 2021, 6 minutes, 10 seconds)
Official Response from the Green Party of Canada to The Hon. Steven Guilbeault re: Net-Zero Emissions by 2050, dated January 20, 2022 (see Net-Zero Emissions by 2050)
One Planet Saanich Stakeholders
OnePlanet – Sustainability as a Solution
Open Letter: Investment in the TMX Poses Significant Financial Risks for First Nations – UBCIC (Union of BC Indian Chiefs, March 15, 2022)
Opinion: The American polity is cracked, and might collapse. Canada must prepare – The Globe and Mail (by Homer Dixon, Special to the Globe and Mail, Published December 31, 2021, updated January 2, 2022)
Organizing: People, Power, Change – The Commons
Our Demands – COP 26 Coalition
Pacific Wild Journal 2021: Dispatches from a Northern Rainforest
Plant Milks Help Our Planet (A Fridays for Future primer about switching to vegan milks made from seeds, nuts, and plants. "Switching to plant milks helps preserve our environment and stops cruelty to cows"
Pope Francis apologizes for residential schools at Vatican: ‘I ask for God’s forgiveness’ (April 1, 2022, video 7 minutes 18 seconds, with Global News article by Elizabeth McSheffrey)
Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous delegates for 'deplorable' abuses at residential schools | CBC News (April 1, 2022, video 13 minutes 41 seconds, plus other videos with CBC News article by Olivia Stefanovich)
Prairie Climate Centre (The Climate Atlas of Canada)
Red Women Rising – Downtown Eastside Women's Centre
Resilience BC Anti-Racism Network (3 short YouTube videos)
Respect Indigenous rights on Wet'suwet'en territory | Amnesty International Canada (petition)
Seed the City Youth Program | LifeCycles Project – Victoria, BC
Settlers get 35% bump in property values. Indigeous Peoples? Not so much.
Some Northern residents vow to oppose federal regulations to release treated oilsands tailing water (CBC North News, December 15, 2021)
Speech: Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbado at the Opening of the #COP26 World Leaders Summit (YouTube, 8 minutes 20 seconds, November 1, 2021)
Statement by the Prime Minister on the 40th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (April 17, 2022)
Storylines for 2022: Where Does Climate Journalism Hit the Wall? (via The Energy Mix, webinar recorded on March 24, 2022, 1 hour 2 minutes)
Tactical Urbanism: An Adaptive Tool for Safe Distancing (The City Fix)
The Book – A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency by Seth Kein
The Case for the Core: Provocations for the Future of Canada's Downtowns (Canadian Urban Institute)
The Energy Mix (includes options to subscribe to the latest climate news and analysis direct to your inbox or to view latest digests online)
The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
The Future is Disabled: Planning for Climate Change Must Include People with Disabilities (350.org, December 3, 2020, by Marlena Chertock)
The last of the untamed: Wedzin Kwa and the Wet'suwet'en fight to save her | Ricochet ("please help us")
The Starfish Canada (The Starfish Canada celebrates young environmental leaders by connecting them with a platform for storytelling and a community of change-makers)
The Summit on the City: Recovering Canada's Downtowns (find out about this January 25 to 26, 2022 event)
Thirty days milestone shows B.C.'s old growth intentions require immediate funding (Press Release, December 1, 2021)
This is how we defeat Putin and other petrostate autocrats | Bill McKibben | The Guardian (February 25, 2022)
Truth and Reconciliation: My Action Plan
This Day in Quotes: "We have met the enemy and he is us"
Tzeporah Berman | Speaker | TED (The global treaty to phase out fossil fuels, 13:34 minutes, October 2021)
UNFCCC (United Nations Climate Change site)
Victoria BC is 50th city in world to back the Fossil Fuel Treaty (Press release, May 12, 2022)
Victoria Nurtures | Vital Conversations for Our Shared Future (A Canadian Urban Institute Collaboration, April 2022)
Virtual Public Meeting: Vancouver Island – BC Electoral Boundaries Commission (Zoom event date: Tuesday March 29, 2022 5:00pm PST, "This virtual public meeting is intended for residents of the Vancouver Island region to provide input on the electoral districts in their communities, but input from any British Columbian on any electoral district will be accepted.")
Want to Pitch a Piece to The Tyee?
We must addresss environmental racism in Canada: Support Bill C-266 | West Coast Environmental Law (April 19, 2022. If you agree, send a message to your MP, as well as Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, urging them to pass Bill C-226)
West Coast Climate Action Network
West Coast's 2021 Year in Review | West Coast Environmental Law
Why ajuinata is the Inuktitut word we could all use right now | CBC News (April 16, 2022, by Alistair Steele)
Why B.C. needs to move Beyond Gas (May 2, 2022 .pdf handout from Dogwood)
Why we need a law to keep oil and gas emissions from wrecking Canadian climate targets | West Coast Environmental Law (March 23, 2022. If you agree, use the website tool to send an email to your MP and the Ministers of Natural Resources and Environment and Climate Change.)
Wind Power on the Prairies (YouTube, 2 minutes 45 seconds)
World Kindness Day. What is it exactly? How is it observed? (An international holiday observed annually on November 13th)
World Resources Institute | Making Big Ideas Happen
Arts BC (was Assembly of British Columbia Arts Councils)
Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity
BC Alliance for Arts + Culture
Bill Good Award (Award criteria for journalism)
Canadian Arts Coalition / Canadienne des Arts
Canada Council for the Arts: Strategic Plan 2016-21
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE)
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE): Censorship
FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting
ICORN International Cities of Refuge Network
Juan de Fuca Performing Arts Centre Society
PEN International—The PEN International Women's Manifesto
Reporting in Indigenous Communities | Decolonize Your Journalism
Speaking Truth to Power (CJFE, YouTube, 1 hour, February 23, 2021)
The Arts and Canada's Cultural Policy (93-3e)
The Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP)
The Dalton Camp Award | Friends of Canadian Broadcasting
Toronto International Festival of Authors (October 21–31, 2021)
Victoria Children's Literature Roundtable
Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP)
CBC Books: A Guide to Canadian literary magazines and journals open to submissions
The Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia (ABPBC)
Albert Baker Fund (ABF) Career Alliance
Association of Organizations for Christian Science Nursing (AOCSN)
BC Committee on Publication | Christian Science in BC
Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association
Christian Science Committee on Publication
Christian Science in British Columbia
Christian Science Nursing in Canada
Christian Science Nursing Network (CSNN)
Christian Science Practitioners
Le Verger: Christian Science Nursing Facility, Rolle (Switzerland)
Le Verger: AOCSN (Association of Organizations for Christian Science Nursing
Lynn House (Alexandria, Virginia)
Sharon House (Toronto, Ontario)
Sunrise Haven (Kent, Washington)
Vancouver Christian Science Nursing Service
Wayside House (Victoria, British Columbia)
Air Quality Health Index – Province of British Columbia
Alert Ready Emergency Alert System
Amazonia for Life: 80x2025 Initiative (YouTube)
Austrian World Summit 2021 – Greta Thunberg Speech (On July, 2, 2021, Greta Thunberg speaks to the point at the Austrian Climate Summit) (YouTube, 7 minutes, 17 seconds)
CAPE (Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment)
Climate stability becomes a relic of the past in B.C. due to loss of hydrologic stationarity (December 1, 2021, an article from The Georgia Straight what Canadian water-policy expert, Robert Sandford says)
CODE RED Joint Coverage Week Oct 31 – Nov 6 (Covering Climate Now, United Nations COP26 global climate conference, 2021)
Emergency Management BC (EMBC)
Emergency Preparedness, Response & Recovery
Emergency Preparedness Week (Always the first full week of May)
Fairy Creek: The Last Stand (YouTube, 1 hour 40 minutes)
Fire and Emergency Programs | CRD
FireSmart Manual | Protect your home from wildfire
Fracking BC: Reports from the People Webinar Series | Whatshed Sentinel (4 webinars recorded on YouTube between November 25, 2020 to October 25, 2021)
Gidimt'en Yintah Access (WET'SUWET'EN BLOCKADES ERECTED TO STOP COASTAL GASLINK DRILLING UNDER SACRED HEADWATERS) (plus link to September 27, 2021 press release)
Government of British Columbia Emergency Social Services (ESS)
Government of Canada: Get Prepared, The 72 Hours...Is Your Family Prepared? campaign
Greta Thunberg delivers speech at Montreal climate change rally (September 27, 2019) (YouTube, 16 minutes, 8 seconds)
Greta Thunberg leads 500,000 people at Montreal climate rally ("In the Fridays for Future weekly protest, the Canadian city of Montreal led the way, with half a million children and adults taking part. Millions more across the globe joined in." September 27, 2019)
Greta Thunberg's Full Keynote Speech at Youth4Climate Pre-COP26 | Doha Debates (On September 28, 2021, Greta Thunberg took the stage in Milan at Pre-COP26, the Youth4Climate conference, and speaks about all the "blah, blah, blah...") (YouTube, 7 minutes, 35 seconds)
Langford Emergency Social Services (ESS)
Nathan E. Stewart Oil Spill – Heiltsuk Nation (YouTube, 3 minutes)
On Fossil Fuel Subsidies, the Facts Matter (The Tyee, December 3, 2021)
Past Last Call: G20 public finance institutions are still bankrolling fossil Fuels – Oil Change International (October 28, 2021 report)
Pipeline Map: Pipeline safety incidents (interactive map)
Prepare Yourself | CRD (includes links to municipalities and electoral areas in the Victoria Capital Regional District)
Preparing for Climate Change: An Implementation Guide for Local Governments in British Columbia
Public Alert Notification System |CRD (PANS)
RCMP Responds to XRTV / Elders Arrested / Dr. Peter Carter on UN Report (S1E100) (YouTube, 37 minutes)
Rebellion | The Nature of Things (2020) CBC Gem, 44 minutes 8 seconds)
RSOE EDIS–Emergency and Disaster Information Service
Six safety and survival tips from Mi'kmaw survival expert Sakej Ward (APTN, November 27, 2021)
Stop government funding climate polluters – BC Green Party ("BC needs to stop funding a dying industry. It’s time to invest in British Columbians")
The Great British Columbia ShakeOut (Always the third Thursday in October, worldwide) (Note: On 10/18/19 it was at 10:18 a.m., on 10/15/20 at 10:15 a.m., on 10/21/21 at 10:21 a.m., and so on)
The IPCC Report and Our Code Red Summer (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
UNIST'OT'EN | Unist'ot'en Do Not Consent To Man Camps Increasing Violence Against Our Women
Uranium and nuclear energy in New Brunswick and beyond ("This post includes files related to the zoom panel event held on Dec. 10, 2021 with speakers Gordon Edwards, Lorraine Rekmans, Tracy Glynn")
Vic-Alert Emergency Notification Service
We Backed BC's Climate Plan. Now We See It's Not Enough
Who Says It's a Climate Emergency?—Covering Climate Now
Wildfire Fact Sheet | Portable Air Cleaners for Wildfire Smoke (BC Centre for Disease Control)
Wildfire Service – Province of British Columbia
Wildfire Smoke (BC Centre for Disease Control)
#InDeepTrouble: An Overview of Bottom Trawling in Canada
2021 Forward, For Everyone. | Liberal Party of Canada (Liberal Party of Canada Platform 2021
2015 Green Party Platform Reflects Leap Manifesto Policy
2019 Green Party of Canada Election Platform
2021 Green Party of Canada Election Platform 2021
All About Birds, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
An Audit of Carbon Neutral Government | Auditor General of British Columbia (March 2013)
BC SPCA (British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
BC Sustainable Energy Association | Building a Sustainable Energy Future of British Columbians
Behind the scenes of a Canadian sow farm
Being a voice for the forest: A forest action guide – Sierra Club BC
British Columbia Government Water Planning & Strategies
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Canada's action on climate change
Canada's Lost Species (Canadian Wildlife Federation)
CPAWS | Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Climate Atlas of Canada (also see Indigenous Climate Atlas Demo, 5 minutes 35 seconds)
CRFAIR (Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable)
E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia
Environmental Law Centre Clinic, University of Victoria
Food Day Canada: Putting Canada on the Menu!
Food labeling 101: GMO, organic, and other common grocery labels decoded
Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team (GOERT)
Global Fossil Fuel Divestment Commitment Database
Global Network – Global Greens
GreenPAC | Canada's Non-Profit for the Environment
Green Party of British Columbia
Green Values | Green Party of Canada
Habitat Acquisition Trust (HAT)
Health Canada's Radiation Monitoring Data and the Nuclear Emergency in Japan
International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition
Is Your Favorite Lake or River Protected?
Last Stand for Forests – Dedicated to Non-violent Direct Action to Protect the Last Ancient Temperate Rainforests (The Rainforest Flying Squad)
Metchosin Biodiversity Project / Metchosin Bioblitz
Nanaimo Woman Mauled by Wolfdogs Speaks Out for the First Time (The Tyee, October 13, 2021)
Native Plant Society of British Columbia
Native Plant Study Group (NPSG)
One Less Meadow (full video)
Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
POLIS Project on Ecological Governance (University of Victoria, Centre for Global Studies)
Raincoast Conservation Foundation
RAVEN Trust (Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs)
Recycle Small Appliances and Power Tools in BC – ElectroRecyle
Return-It.ca | Encorp Pacific (Canada)
Rocky Point Bird Observatory (RPBO)
Sierra Club of Canada Foundation
Solutions For A Warming World (CBC Ideas radio program, 9/22/16)
Stop Ecocide International — Canada (Stop Ecocide International)
Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary
Take it Taller: Save the Great Bear Rain Forest
The Climate Challenge: 101 Solutions to Global Warming
The Ethics of Plant Rescue (by Moralea Milne, 2004)
The Good Food Network | Sustainable Food Systems | Capital Region
The Green Diary, aka Guy Dauncy's The Practical Utopian (ended October 1, 2018)
There's No Tomorrow (limits to growth & the future) Animation
Vancouver Island – Climate & Agriculture Initiative BC
Vancouver Island Water Watch Coalition
Victoria Animal Control Services (Pound & Adoption Centre)
Victoria Natural History Society
West Coast Environmental Law Association
Wild Arc (Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre)
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2020 Status Update on Reconciliation – Yellowhead Institute ("December 15, 2020, marks a full five years since the release of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada." The analysis reveals that just 8 of 94 Calls to Action have been implemented, this is down from 9 in 2019. "Ultimately, we find that Canada is failing residential school Survivors and their families")
FactCheck.org (A Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center)
Hoax-Slayer (Latest Email and Social Media Hoaxes, Current Internet Scams)
Opinion vs. Analysis – Editor's Blog (CBC News)
PolitiFact (Pulitzer Prize winner)
Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness Society
Accessible Learning | University of Victoria
ACT – Autism Community Training (Autism videos)
African Cultural Centre | Issamba Centre | Victoria
BC211 (Information and Referral in BC)
BCANDS – British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society
BC Seniors' Guide (BC Government)
British Columbia Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres
British Columbia Federation of Foster Parent Associations (BCFFP)
British Columbia Foster Care Education Program | Foster Parent Support Services Society
Broadcasting Accessibility Fund
Canadian Foster Family Association / Association des Familles d'Accueil du Canada (CFFA / AFAC)
CBC's The Current launches pilot project for deaf, hearing-impaired audiences
CFB The Canadian Federation of the Blind
Child protection matters | Legal Aid BC
Community Living Victora: Community Living Links
Consent for kids (YouTube, 2 minutes 42 seconds)
Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD)
Determining the Boundaries of Common Property: Implications for Repairs, Maintanance and Alterations
Digital Jumpstart | Neil Squire Society ("a free online program that helps people with disabilities improve their digital literacy so they have the confidence to take their next steps – join a job placement or readiness program, return to school, join the workforce, or simply become more confident using a computer")
Federation of Aboriginal Foster Parents (FAFP)
Federation of BC Youth in Care Networks
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First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada (the Caring Society)
Foster Parent Support Services Society (FPSSS)
Getting legal advice on stratas – Province of British Columbia
Indigenous Disability Canada's (IDC)Support for Indigenous Student Learning Program
Inter-cultural Association of Greater Victoria Help for Immigrants & Refugees | Settlement Services
International Foster Care Organization (IFCO)
LifeStreams ("An online hub of resources, learning and creativity and connection for adults with diverse abilities")
Living Edge (Living Edge demonstrates compassion for the needs of food insecure families in Greater Victoria)
Ministry of Children & Family Development (MCFD)
Neil Squire Society (using technology, knowledge and passion to empower Canadians with disabilities)
Know Your Rights | Kamloops Pride 2020 (A Toolkit for 2SLGBTQIA+ Folks in Navigating Youth, Healthcare and Criminal Justice Issues)
OHCHR | Committee on the Rights of the Child (United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner)
Phoenix Human Services Association
Programs and Services for Seniors (Government of Canada)
Recreation Integration Victoria: Key Links
Society for Students with a Disability (SSD) | University of Victoria Students' Society (UVSS)
Support Network for Indigenous Women and Women of Color
Teen Art, Design & Media Programs | Emily Carr University of Art & Design
The Cridge Centre for the Family
The Pacific Training Centre for the Blind
2008 Chinese milk scandal – Wikipedia (chemical melamine added to give appearance of higher protein content in infant formula and other products)
"(Indigenous) Language as a Human Right" by Kristen Carpenter and Alexey Tsykarev (Abstract: The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2022-2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages)
'Everything is Burning and Your House is Gone' | The Tyee
ABC: A Brief Curated guide to LGBTQ2+ terminology to create safe and inclusive spaces
ABC Life Literacy Canada | A National Literacy Organization
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN)
About CBC News (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
About Center for Media Literacy (CML)
About FRIENDS | Standing up for Canadian Voices – I Am Canadian Content
About Ideas (CBC Radio program)
About | Oxford English Dictionary
About | The Canadian Encyclopedia
About Us | The Associated Press (AP)
About Us | The Japan Times Online
About Victoria Times Colonist (See Times Colonist – Wikipedia, re: Owner(s): TC Publication Limited Partnership of Glacier Media)
A History of Royal Commissions
A Municipal Comparison of Affordable Housing and Homelessness Delivery: Profiles across 11 Canadian city regions (Canadian Urban Institute, October 1, 2021)
Andrew Weaver, MLA, Green Party of BC (MLA: 2013-2020, archived page)
A New High Seas Treaty: How Youth Can Help Protect Half the Planet – Youth Webinar (YouTube, 1 hour)
Angus Reid Institute | Canadian Opinion Research
Atkinson Lecture 2020 | Objectivity: Trust and Truth In An Age of Disinformation – School of Journalism – Ryerson University (YouTube, 1 hour 13 minutes)
BC Black History Awareness Society
BCCIC (The British Columbia Council for International Cooperation)
B.C. greenlit more Mounties on Wet’suwet’en territory before 3rd raid (APTN National News, December 2, 2021)
BC on the Move: A 10-Year Transportation Plan
British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission
British Columbia Teachers' Federation
British Columbia Registry Services | British Columbia Ministry of Citizens' Services
Canada-China Investment Treaty
Canada in a Changing Climate: National Issues Report (This report provides a national perspective on how climate change is impacting our communities, environment and economy, and how we are adapting. Led by Natural Resources Canada, this report was released in June 2021)
Canada Revenue Agency Charities Listings | Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
Canada's 100 Debates on the Environment
Canada-Saudia Arabia Relations
Canada's communications future: Time to act – Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review (Final Report, January 2020)
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives / Centre Canadien de Politiques Alternatives (CCPA)
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms | TVO.org (Civics 101 Animations, 2 minute video)
Canadian Content – Wikipedia (abbreviated CanCon, cancon or can-con; French: contenu canadien)
Canadian Foreign Policy Institute (CFPI is a non-partisan organization)
Canadian Indian Residential School System (Wikipedia)
Canadian International Council
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission | CRTC ("We are an administrative tribunal that operates at arm’s length from the federal government.")
CBC Journalistic Standards and Practices
CBC/Radio-Canada – OUR CULTURE, OUR DEMOCRACY: CANADA IN THE DIGITAL WORLD (CBC/Radio-Canada submission to the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel, January 2019)
CBC/Radio-Canada Who We Are, What We Do
Challenging Racist British Columbia
Citizens for a Canadian Republic
Civics 101 Animations | TVO.org
Civil disobedience (Wikipedia)
College and University in Canada: What Is the Difference?
Colonialism (Wikipedia)
Common cold (Wikipedia)
Constructive dismissal (Wikipedia)
Corrections and clarifications | CBC News
Critical Race Theory (wikipedia)
Cuban Missile Crisis – Causes, Timeline & Significance – HISTORY
Declaration Act Action Plan | Released March 30, 2022 (The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Declaration Act) became law in B.C. on November 28, 2019)
Delgamuukw: A Lay Person's Guide to DELGAMUUKW (BC Treaty Commission)
Delgamuukw v. British Columbia (Supreme Court of Canada)
Delgamuukw v British Columbia (Wikipedia)
Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship Study Guide
Emily Carr University of Art & Design
Entering Ethical Space: Land-based reconciliation in the Kootenay-Columbia – Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (site includes several YouTube workshop recordings, plus educational resources)
First Nations Court (YouTube, 53 minutes)
Focus on Geography Series, 2011 Census, Census subdivision of Langford, CY, British Columbia
Foreign Investments Are Driving Human Rights Abuses, Pollution, and Biodiversity Loss in Honduras | Cultural Survival (about Mimosa, a subsiduary of Canadian-owned Aura Minerals mining operations, posted April 30, 2022)
Free music education offered to all Canadians as Calgary Philharmonic teams up with online platform Meludia (to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday, starting December 6, 2017)
Gathering Our Voices: Indigenous Youth Leadership Training
Government Announces Next Steps on Trans Mountain Expansion Project – Canada.ca (News Release, "Reaffirms commitment to complete the pipeline project," February 22, 2022)
Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
Government of Nunavut Department of Education
Hansard Services / Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Hansard / The Debates of the House of Commons
Ha-Silth-Sa Newspaper (Canada's Oldest First Nation's Newspaper)
Hippopotamus in Cree: Solomon Ratt (y-dialect) (Cree Literacy Network)
History of the Acadians – Wikipedia
House of Commons Procedure and Practice, Second Edition, 2009
How the Iroquois Great Law of Peace Shaped U.S. Democracy | Native America (PBS)
Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group | BC Treaty Commission
Immigration and citizenship (Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada)
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Indigenous Corporate Training, Inc.: 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
Indigenous Corporate Training, Inc.: 23 Tips On What Not to Say or Do [free e-book]
Indigenous Corporate Training, Inc.: Indigenous Peoples: A Guide to Terminology
Indigenous Corporate Training, Inc.: Your Guide to Indigenous Relations
Indigenous Languages Decade (UNESCO, 2022 to 2023)
Indigenous Veterans – Veteran Affairs Canada
IndigiNews sets storytelling intentions for 2022
Information Commissioner of Canada: 2020-2021 Annual Report
In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in B.C. Health Care (Addressing Racism Review Summary Report, November 2020)
Inuit Circumpolar Council – United Voice of the Arctic Founded in 1977 by the late Eben Hopson of Barrow, Alaska, the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) has flourished and grown into a major international non-government organization representing approximately 180,000 Inuit of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Chukotka (Russia)
IPCC | AR6 Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis
IPCC | Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying – IPCC
IPCC | The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (“The IPCC is the UN body for assessing the science related to climate change”)
Is the "Common Cold" Our Greatest Ally in the Battle Against SARS-Co2?
John Horgan | The Canadian Encyclopedia
Journalists are not the enemy (by the Boston Globe Editorial Board, August 16, 2018, plus more than 400 news outlets)
Kaska Language Website (The University of British Columbia)
Language Planning (Endangered Languages / Language Planning / Theory Defense of the Mother Tongue)
lek'wungen Traditional Territory — Songhees Nation
MediaSmarts: Canada's Centre for Digital and Media Literacy
MILITARIZATION OF WET’SUWET’EN LANDS AND CANADA’S ONGOING VIOLATIONS (Submission to the Expert mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner, on February 7, 2022)
Ministry of Education | Province of British Columbia
National Household Survey (NHS) for Langford, CY, British Columbia, 2011
National Newswatch | News Sources
National Strategy on Countering Radicalization to Violence (Government of Canada)
Native-Land.ca | Our home on native land
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
NATO – Wikipedia (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Noblesse oblige (from wikipedia.org)
North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD)
North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) (from wikipedia.org)
Noteworthy historical figures – Canada.ca ("Read the biographies of some notable Black Canadians who have helped shape Canadian heritage and identity, and who have made and continue to make enormous contributions to the wellbeing, and prosperity of our country.")
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Oka Crisis – Wikipedia (also known as the Kanesatake Resistance)
Our Common Agenda | United Nations ("The Secretary-General presented [t]his report to the General Assembly in September 2021 before the end of the 75th session of the General Assembly")
PBS Editorial Standards and Policies
Philpot Education, 2.1 Analysing visual texts; 2.1.4 Understanding comics
Policy Magazine (Canadian Politics and Public Policy)
Policy Magazine (articles authored by Elizabeth May)
Policynote: Electoral Reform in BC
Posing As Canadian: How Big Foreign Oil captures Canadian energy and climate policy | The Council of Canadians (Report by Gordon Laxer was co-published by Council of Canadians, CCPA BC, and CCPA Saskatchewan on December 2021)
Privy Council Office (PCO): Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
ProQuest | British Columbia Historical Newspapers (The archived contents of the Vancouver Sun, The Province and the Times Colonist are now free to browse and search online, from each paper’s inception to 2010)
Quebec Referendum (1995) | The Canadian Encylopedia
Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC) (The Council of Europe)
Royal BC Museum: A Focus for Change
Royal BC Museum: Indigenous Collections and Repatriation department
Royal BC Museum: Learning Portal
SECWEPEMC FREE PRIOR AND INFORMED CONSENT PROTOCOL
Shell corporation – Wikipedia (aka shell companies)
Slow Factory (Slow Factory's mission is to restore balance for humans and nature through design, education and narrative change)
Statistics Canada: Canada's national statistical agency
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Study Guide–Discover Canada–The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship
Support Tools (Trans Care BC)
Syilx-Okanagan-Language-Declaration
Te'mexw Treaty Association | Proudly serving our Nations (formed of five Coast Salish Nations – Beecher Bay, Malahat, Snaw-Naw-As, Songhees and T'Sou-ke)
The British Colonist 1858–1970
The Canadian Press – Wikipedia
The Creation of Nunavut – Canada's History
The Discourse — Our 10 Principles
The elements of journalism – American Press Institute ("Here are 10 elements common to good journalism, drawn from the book.")
The most damaging things happening to Canada are the things you cannot see
The New York Times – Wikipedia
The Oil Blotter: Postmedia & Big Oil's symbiosis (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' The Monitor, May 1, 2021)
The Power of Big Oil | Frontline | PBS (A three-part series, April 19, April 26, and May 3, 2022: "Denial", 85 minutes, "Doubt", 54 minutes, and "Delay", 54 minutes)
The Province of British Columbia
The story of Africville | CMHR (Canadian Museum for Human Rights)
The World's Richest and Poorest Countries
Time in Ukraine (EET: Eastern European Standard Time and MSK: Moscow Standard Time)
Trevor Hancock – Wikipedia (He was the first leader of the Green Party of Canada)
Trevor Hancock: B.C. government's LNG infatuation makes it dangerously radical – Victoria Times Colonist (published Sunday, April 24, 2022, page 13, in the Times Colonist's Islander section)
Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia (Supreme Court of Canada)
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect (Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes, and Ethnic Cleansing)
UN Web TV (United Nations)
Vision Green 2020 (Green Party of Canada)
Volodymyr Zelenskyy – Wikipedia (6th President of Ukraine)
Welcome to the Jack Webster Foundation – Jack Webster Foundation (about the sponsors and winners of the Webster Awards for journalism in BC)
Welcome to the City of Victoria Archives' Online Search
Welcome to the T'Sou-ke Nation
What Does "Two-Spirit" Mean? | InQueery | them (YouTube 6 minutes 16 seconds)
What Is Climate Change? | United Nations
What is The Christian Science Monitor?
What's a heat pump and how does it work? (BC Hydro)
Why BC's protected and conserved areas aren't equal – CPAWS British Columbia
Winter Solstice Educational Packet – Sierra Club BC
Working with central agencies - Canada.ca (There are three central agencies in the Government of Canada: the Privy Council Office (PCO), the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS), and the Department of Finance Canada (FIN).)
Yellowhead Institute (a First Nation-led research centre based in the Faculty of Arts at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario)
Your privacy rights | Office of the Privy Commissioner of Canada
Yukon Native Language Centre (Yukon College)
About Reaching Home: Canada's Homelessness Strategy
Anti-Slavery International – Let's End Modern Slavery Together
Correctional Service of Canada | About Us
Employment Equity Act (Canada)
Final Report | MMIWG (Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls)
Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)
Friendship Force International
Game Changer | Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (Will provinces and territories meet the new federal child care fee targets? Canadian child care fees 2021, posted May 10, 2022)
Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness
Help Ukraine Vancouver Island (Connecting people and organizations on Vancouver Island to help the people of Ukraine)
How U.S gun ownership became a 'right,' and why it isn't (by Doug Saunders, The Globe and Mail)
Human Trafficking Indicators (UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
Indigenous Community Media Fund
Indigenous Nationhood Movement
Interactive Game Changer | The Monitor (Child care fees in Canada: The federal government has set a 50% fee reduction target. Are provincial and territorial plans up to the task? posted May 22, 2022)
Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria
Man Camps Fact Sheet – Honor The Earth
Mother's Day Proclamation – Wikipedia (the "Appeal to womanhood throughout the world" by Julia Ward Howe)
Native Women's Association of Canada
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Regional Housing First Program
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC)
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Turns 14 | Cultural Survival (UNDRIP timeline)
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
United Nations Human Rights | Office of the High Commissioner
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
War Child | Helping War-Affected Children Reclaim Their Childhood
What Are Man Camps? | secwepemculecw
BC Care / EngAge BC Careers & Training: HaIL is Home and Independent Living [HaIL Training Program]
ECO Canada | Environmental Jobs, Certification, and Training
Employment and Social Development Canada
"HOME TO ME", N'we Jinan Artists (Grassy Narrows First Nation – YouTube, 5 minutes, 13 seconds)
Jabless Jobs Inc.–Non-discriminatory Employment Service
Welcome to the National Occupational Classification 2016
Yellow Pages for MyTELUS | Canada's Business Directory
#StandingWomen (Sharon Mehdi's story, The Great Silent Grandmother Gathering, in the language of your choice)
3 qualities of successful Ph.D. students: Perseverance, tenacity and cogency
AccuRadio, Native American: Wide Playlist
A Faithful Election Conversation 2021 (YouTube, 1 hour 25 minutes)
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Elementary algebra – Wikipedia (secondary school level)
Ending Sentences With Prepositions: Is it Allowed?
Good Sunday Morning (weekly newsletters from Elizabeth May)
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Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny (National Film Board documentary)
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The 24 Greek Alphabet Letters in Uppercase
The lonely death of Chanie Wenjack, by Ian Adams, Feb. 1, 1967
The Secret Path, by Gord Downie (YouTube) (about Chanie Wenjack)
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Eth-Noh-Tec: Asian American Kinetic Storytelling Theater!
Four Stories Of How Things Came To BE – WSANEC Leadership Council
'I Was Alone in a Canoe. But It Was a Magic Canoe' | The Tyee
"Mo Yan–Nobel Lecture: Storytellers". Nobelprize.org. 13 Dec 2012
Pandemic prompts Sncewips Heritage Museum workers to share captikw (stories) through funny videos
Phyllis' Story: the original orange shirt
Phyllis Webstad – On Orange Shirt Day (YouTube, 7 minutes)
Red Internacional de Cuentacuentos (RIC) International Storytelling Network
SOS: Searching Out Stories Archive | Story Lovers World
Storytellers of Canada / Conteurs du Canada (SC/CC)
Storytime with Sncewips – Sncewips Heritage Museum (all videos)
Telling Our Twisted Histories | CBC Podcasts
The Story of Stuff (video)
Tim Sheppard's Storytelling Resources for Storytellers
Tommy Douglas's story of Mouseland: A political allegory (from the CBC Digital archives, broadcast on January 1, 1961)
Vancouver Society of Storytelling Facebook site (Note: Society dissolved April 22, 2018)
Wild Genius | Journeys | Storycarrier (mentorship/training program)
Building Global Community (Mark Zuckerberg's February 16, 2017 letter, "To our community, ....")
Change history for Microsoft Privacy Statement (updated changes in policies and practice, started July 2015)
Deb Roy: The birth of a word Video on TED.com
Debt, The First 5000 Years, by David Graeber (2011)
Delivering Community Power: How Canada Post can be the hub of our Next Economy
Dr. Amit Goswami, Ph.D.: Theoretical Quantum Physicist (The Quantum Activist documentary)
Flu deaths reality check | CBC News (Health – Analysis, by Kelly Crowe, November 25, 2012, "last updated November 12, 2020")
Founder's Letter, 2021 | Meta (Mark Zuckerberg, October 28, 2021)
Greens Connect (Green Party of Canada)
Here's how I used to edit my selfies to look pretty—and why I won't do it anymore (Green Party of Canada)
How Machines Learn (YouTube)
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, by Alanis Obomsawin (National Film Board, 2 hours)
Keeping tabs on Canada's Parliament | openparliament.ca (to receive e-mail alerts about what your representatives in Ottawa are saying, etc.)
Kids ToDo List: A To-Do App for Children | AT HelpDesk (A Neil Squire Program)
Letter and signatories calling for the protection of British Columbia’s iconic old-growth forests (October 8, 2021)
Manufacturing Consent–Noam Chomsky and the Media (movie)
Marc's Letter from 2040 | CCPA Policy Note
MONEY, by Mildred L. LeBlond, C.S.B.
'Network Propoganda' explored (a Harvard University Gazette synopsis of the book)
Network Propoganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics (free online access to this hardcopy book)
On COVID restrictions, our governments keep firing up the gaslights and shifting the goalposts (CBC, December 3, 2021)
Plugin BC: your hub to find out the latest on EVs in BC
Raven People Rising (Raven Trust’s award-winning short documentary, 30 minutes)
RHC's FAQs & Self-help Resources to Resolve Computer & Internet Issues
Signatories | Climate Actions (An urgent call to the BC Government, September 2021)
Technologies of Consciousness, Creating Peace Through Consciousness-Based Solution brochure (a February 25, 2022 PowerPoint presentation about benefits of Transcendental Meditation, from Creatively United site)
The Facebook Company Is Now Meta | Meta (October 28, 2021)
The New Corporation | The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel
The planet is changing. So will our journalism | CBC News (October 18, 2021)
The Vaccine – The Fifth Estate (October 14, 2021, CBC Gem, 45 minutes)
The World is Watching: Protect Old Growth Forests in B.C. ("Indigenous leaders, celebrities and scientists are coming together to demand [British Columbia, Canada] Premier John Horgan take urgent action to protect the last old growth forests in British Columbia"), (June 17, 2021, YouTube, 1 minute)
Victoria Grant and Public Banking | YouTube
Visual Carbon: Frontpage (Visual carbon charts)
Welcome to Meta (was Facebook)
Who Killed the Electric Car? – Wikipedia
Wikipedia's List of Longevity claims
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