›› Chantille Viaud As I write this, we’re at the one-year mark since the first COVID-19 case was reported in B.C. The pandemic has impacted so many parts of our lives. For some people, the impacts have been inconveniences and disappointments. For others, it has meant...
Change, transition, adaptation ›› Shonna Bell Creativity, responsiveness, compassion. It feels constant, exhausting and maybe sometimes invigorating. It feels humble, impossible to predict: make plans, adjust, make plans, adjust, settle in, adjust. Really, it’s...
›› Shonna Bell You are not working from home; you are home during a pandemic trying to work. When I first read this, I needed it. At the time, I had just finished a Zoom call where my toddler was launching herself on me from the couch and I was unmuting myself to spit...
Child care centres are places for community connection and support ›› Chantille Viaud When I was growing up, I didn’t understand why my mom spent so much of her energy on the child care centre she was trying to build. I remember stressed whispers between her and my...
›› Chantille Viaud When I was in London a couple of years ago, I dragged my friend all the way across town because I wanted to see the place that had started what is now an international movement. It’s called Toynbee Hall, it’s in East London, and it was the world’s...
›› Fernwood NRG On the 25th of November, the Trustees of School District 61 (SD61) approved a land swap for various properties near Vic High. As reported in the April 2019 Village Vibe, this rationalizes a patchwork of land title and allows the School District to...
