Events
Open House and Planning Workshop: RJH Master Campus Planning
Posted February 14, 2010
VIHA is holding an Open House and Planning workshop as part of its Campus Master Planning process. The Planning Workshop - registration required - is "...an opportunity for RJH's immediate neighbours to provide input on the site's future development in an open, interactive process".
Open House
| What | Open House |
| When | Saturday, February 20, 2010, 11 am - 1 pm |
| Where | Woodward Room, Begbie Hall
Royal Jubilee Hospital |
Plannnig Workshop
Registration is required by February 15th. Click here to register.
| What | Planning Workshop |
| When | Saturday, February 20, 2010, 1:15 pm - 3:15 pm |
| Where | Woodward Room, Begbie Hall
Royal Jubilee Hospital |
Begbie Hall is the brick building nearest the corner of Fort Street and Richmond Road.
If you are driving:
- Please enter the RJH site via the intersection at Richmond Road and Coronation Street.
- Free parking will be provided in the Reserve Lot directly behind Begbie Hall.
More information on VIHA's website.
Hospital Facilities Design and Patient Care: Lectures
Posted January 24, 2010
- How have recent hospital designs influenced the lay-out and physical set-up of the Royal Jubilee Hospital’s new Patient Care Centre (PCC)?
- How will this brand new care centre in Victoria contribute to better and safer care for patients and a better work environment for staff and physicians?
- How have learnings from other hospital construction projects in Europe and North America been incorporated in the Royal Jubilee PCC?
The Vancouver Island Health Authority is holding a free public lecture with speakers from the Center for Health Design who will discuss how well-designed health carefacilities contribute to better patient care. The speakers are:
- Roger Ulrich, Ph. D. Professor, Architecture, Texas A&M University and Faculty Fellow, Center for Health Systems & Design
- Amy Keller, M. Arch., Research Associate, Center for Health Design
| What | ROYAL JUBILEE HOSPITAL PATIENT CARE CENTRE PUBLIC LECTURE |
| When | Friday, January 29th, 2010, 12:00 noon - 1:15pm |
| Where | Woodward Room, Begbie Hall,
Royal Jubilee Hospital (Parking is limited on site. Please arrive early.) |
Opening Ceremony of First Peoples House
Posted January 20, 2010
Note that you'll have to be quick to get your RSVP to UVic in time...
The Chancellor of the University of Victoria invites you to the Opening Ceremony of the First Peoples House. Under the Distinguished Patronage of Their Honours The Honourable Steven L. Point, OBC, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, and Mrs. Gwendolyn Point.
| What | Opening Ceremony of First Peoples House |
| When | Monday, January 25, 2010, 4 pm - 6 pm |
| Where | University of Victoria (click here for map) |
RSVP by January 20, 2010 - acceptances only - by calling 250-721-7446 or by email at ceremony@uvic.ca.
Open House - Bowker Creek Blueprint
Posted January 9, 2010
A 100-year plan to restore the Bowker Creek watershed.
| What | Open House - Bowker Creek Blueprint |
| When | Saturday, January 23, 2010, 10 am to 2 pm |
| Where | Hillside Centre near Zellers - follow the signs |
Please join the Bowker Creek Initiative for the public unveiling of the Bowker Creek Blueprint. A 100-year plan to restore the Bowker Creek watershed. Come learn about our long-term vision for watershed and creek restoration, and give us your comments and suggestions. We need your feedback to finalize this draft plan.
Short talks will be given at 10 and 11 am, 12 and 1 pm. The entire 125 page blue print of the 100 year vision can now be viewed as a PDF on the BCI website.
Open House - Shelbourne Corridor Action Plan
Updated January 9, 2010
| What | Open House - Shelbourne Corridor Action Plan |
| When | Thursday, January 28, 2010, 5 pm - 8 pm |
| Where | St. Aidan's United Church, 3703 St. Aidan's Street |
More info at
http://www.saanich.ca/business/development/actionplans/shelbournecorridor.html.
CCA Annual General Meeting: January 21!
Updated January 14, 2010
The CCA AGM is now scheduled.
Our guest speaker is Carolyn Herriot. For those of you who do not know Carolyn, her website is http://www.earthfuture.com/gardenpath/.
Carolyn, who will be speaking on the issue of Urban Chickens, is a Master Gardener (and a former business owner in the CCA) as well as an expert on the topic of food security and growing food on one's own land. She is a very interesting and inspirational speaker with a straight forward and practical approach to these issues.
| What | CCA Annual General Meeting |
| When | Thursday, January 21, 2010, 6:30 pm - 9 pm call to order at 7 pm |
| Where | Lansdowne Middle School, library 1765 Lansdowne Road |
There will be reports from the outgoing Board as to a statement of policies and a vision of our future, plus the election of a new Board of Directors. Amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws will be proposed at the AGM. Drafts of these proposed changes have been posted here.
Stay with us for the entire AGM and you'll have a chance to win one of several door prizes, one of which is a copy of Carolyn Herriot's A Year on the Garden Path, 52 Weeks of Organic Gardening Guide.
Saanich Climate Action Plan: Ready for Your Feedback
Posted November 17, 2009
We recently received an email from Saanich Councillor Dean Murdock to tell us that the draft Saanich Climate Action Plan is ready for public review, and inviting feedback on the initiatives it contains. Councillor Murdoch is a Vice-Chair on Saanich's Environmental Advisory Committee.
The draft plan can be viewed on the Saanich website.
There will also be three open house sessions on the draft plan, and you are encouraged to attend. Councillors and Saanich staff will consider all the feedback from citizens, businesses and organizations.
| What | Open House for Saanich draft Climate Action Plang |
| When | Wednesday, November 19, 2009, 4 pm - 8 pm |
| Where | Salvation Army Citadel, 4030 Douglas Street |
| When | Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 4 pm - 8 pm |
| Where | Salvation Army Citadel, 4030 Douglas Street |
| When | Monday, November 30, 2009, 4 pm - 8 pm |
| Where | Salvation Army Citadel, 4030 Douglas Street |
As Councillor Murdock says, "The climate challenge is our common challenge. We must all work together to cut emissions and achieve our target. It starts with the action plan. Don't miss your chance to be heard!"
Bowker Creek Garbage Cleanup at Browning Park
Posted November 6, 2009
If the rainy fall weather and the diminishing daylight has you feeling like you never get anything much done out of doors, lend us a hand in a Bowker Creek garbage cleanup work party at Browning Park. Your karma will tip to the positive as you help our favourite local watershed rush all the rainwater to the sea!
| What | Garbage cleanup work party for Bowker Creek |
| When | Saturday, November 14, 2009, 9:30 am - 11:30 am |
| Where | Browning Park |
Please bring your own work gloves, wear gumboots, and meet at the south side of the park, on Browning Street off McRae Ave (near Shelbourne Street). Garbage bags and pick-up tools will be provided.
For more information, please call 250-598-9837.
This event is sponsored by the Camosun Community Association. Hope to see you there!
Life With Less Fossil Fuel
Posted November 2, 2009
If you think we need to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels, you may enjoy attending a film presentation by the South Jubilee Neighbourhood Association in collaboration with the Victoria Region Transition Initiative (VRTI). The VRTI holds public awareness events on this and other topics.
| What | A film: Power of Community: How Cuba survived Peak Oil |
| When | Monday, November 16 at 7pm |
| Where | Victoria College of Art and Design (Bank and Leighton) |
You are invited to attend this excellent documentary and to participate in post-film discussion.
Help to Plant on Saanich Tree Appreciation Day
Posted October 7, 2009
While recognizing that both of the sites chosen by Saanich at which to plant trees and bushes are well outside your local community association area, helping to plant trees and bushes on public land in Saanich or any of our neighbouring municipalities is a worthy endeavor.
Baxter Park lies along the west side of the Pat Bay Highway between the Vanalman on/off ramp and McKenzie Ave. Mount Doug Park, you should know.
We encourage you to contact Saanich directly (please read the contact info below) should you be able to volunteer your time and energy to this project.
TO ALL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS/COMMUNITY GROUPS:
SAANICH TREE APPRECIATION DAY - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009
Mayor Frank Leonard has proclaimed Sunday, November 8, 2009 as Tree Appreciation Day in Saanich. Many benefits and values come from trees including a very specific sense of place, aesthetics, air quality, property value, soil and water conservation and protection of the environment. The planting and preservation of trees is an action that yields long range benefits.
Saanich's Significant Tree Advisory Committee and Saanich Parks, in cooperation with BC Hydro and Pacific Forestry Centre are looking for volunteers in our community to help plant trees and shrubs as detailed below. No experience is necessary.
- Baxter Park (see attached map). Time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Funding from the Ministry of Community Development was made available by a grant through the Trees for Tomorrow Program. This program was launched in 2009 with a goal to plant four million trees in schoolyards, hospital grounds, civic parks and other public spaces in British Columbia. Island View Nursery has discounted the purchase price of trees and shrubs to be planted as an educational tool for the local community and schools about the values of the Urban Forest. Glanford, Rogers and Pacific Christian Schools are partnering with Saanich Parks to design, install and maintain these trees and shrubs. The Victoria Natural History Society will be leading educational workshops with the participating schools to restore habitat in Baxter Park for birds, bats, amphibians, reptiles, insects and native plants. 150 native trees and 2,000 shrubs will be planted. Park on Baxter or Judah Roads - both access the park.
- Mt. Doug Park. Time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Marshalling area for planters will be by the washrooms in the main parking lot. Main priority is to plant approximately 1,000 trees and shrubs on the disturbed areas of lower Douglas Creek.
Drinks, snacks and planting tools will be provided. However, if any of the volunteers can bring a shovel and gloves it would be appreciated. Please remember to bring rain gear and boots since we will be planting rain or shine.
If members of your group are interested in participating, please advise the total number of participants and at which location. This will allow us to make arrangements for food, etc.
If you have any questions please call me at 250-475-1775, extension 3506 or e-mail cathy.weston@saanich.ca. It would be appreciated if you would approach your members as soon as possible regarding this invitation. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Cathy Weston
Clerk to the Significant Tree Advisory Committee
Bowker Creek Stewardship Blitz
Posted September 10, 2009
The Bowker Creek Initiative is hosting a stewardship blitz on Saturday, September 26 and invites the public to participate in stream restoration and art making. There will be two locations where volunteers can help with invasive species removal and native plantings, and a workshop where colourful pennants will be created.
This event will support the ongoing work to improve Bowker Creek and will also promote learning and celebration of the creek with beautiful pennants to decorate homes and backyards.
The Bowker Creek Watershed extends from the University of Victoria south through the municipalities of Saanich and Victoria, before discharging to the sea in Oak Bay. Over the last 200 years the watershed has changed from a natural state, to agricultural use, to the current mix of residential, commercial and institutional uses. Today, less than 40 percent of this urban creek remains above ground. The Bowker Creek Initiative has been working steadily since 2004 to improve the creek and its watershed.
The blitz on September 26 will host one event in each municipality, as follows:
| What | Invasive species removal |
| When | Saturday, September 26, 2009, 10 am - 12 noon, rain or shine |
| Where | District of Saanich restoration site, the creek section beside the Cedar Hill Recreation Centre, 3220 Cedar Hill Road. |
| What | Invasive species removal and native planting |
| When | Saturday, September 26, 2009, 10 am - 1 pm, rain or shine |
| Where | District of Oak Bay restoration site, along the creek at Monteith Street near Cranmore Road. |
Please bring work gloves and appropriate clothing for the weather.
For further information please contact:
Tanis Gower, Bowker Creek Initiative Coordinator
Tel: 250.360.3302
www.bowkercreekinitiative.ca
Bowker Creek Pennant Printing Workshop
Posted September 1, 2009
A fun and easy way to make printed pennants to display around your home, in your yard, and neighbourhood. Learn about what it means to live in an urban watershed and create art to celebrate Bowker Creek.
You are invited to this fun, all ages, family-friendly event. You will learn the basic steps of relief printmaking to make your own colourful cloth pennants. No previous experience necessary.
| What | Bowker Creek Pennant Printing Workshop |
| When | Saturday, September 26, 2009, 12 noon to 3 pm, rain or shine |
| Where | The North Jubilee Spirit Garden, between Kings and Newton, near Richmond Road. Follow the pennants and signs to the bocci ball court in the Spirit Garden. |
Why should you participate? Because you live in a watershed and would like to have fun making art with friends and neighbours.
What to wear? Clothes for making artwork. You will be working with water-soluble printing inks.
All materials are supplied. Coffee, tea, juice and cookies will be provided.
This workshop is funded by a Community Arts Program, Artist-in-Residence (AIR) grant from the City of Victoria, and sponsored by the North Jubilee Neighbourhood Association and the Bowker Creek Initiative. Victoria graphic artist and North Jubilee resident, Soren Henrich and assistants will lead the workshop.
R.S.V.P. shenrich@shaw.ca.
For more information contact, Soren Henrich, at (250) 370-4365.
Oaklands Community Association 10th Annual Celebration
Our neighbours in the Oaklands community are having a party, and somehow an invitation made its way to us at the CCA.
| What | Oaklands Community Association neighbourhood celebration |
| When | Sunday, July 5, 2009, 1 - 4 pm |
| Where | Oaklands Community Centre
(1-2827 Belmont Avenue) |
Highlights this year include
- LIVE MUSIC
- GREAT FOOD
- a fresh VEGETABLE MARKET
- TWO BOUNCY CASTLES
- the TOM THUMB SAFETY VILLAGE
And if that isn't enough to get you out: Come down for your FREE HOT DOG and good times with good friends and neighbours.
CRD and Wastewater Treatment Facilities
Posted June 18, 2009
Posted a bit late, but better late than never...
CRD Invites the public to open houses and a neighbourhood workshop to view and discuss the Saanich East-North Oak Bay siting options for wastewater treatment facilities.
On June, 2, 2009, the Core Area Liquid Waste Management Committee endorsed a distributed wastewater treatment plan which includes a treatment facility to be located in Saanich East-North Oak Bay. The Capital Regional District is hosting three open houses and a neighbourhood workshop for the residents of Saanich East-North Oak Bay on siting options for a wastewater facility in the area.
The open houses will provide information on the three options identified by the CRD as candidate sites for a wastewater treatment facility. Following the open houses, a neighbourhood workshop will provide a forum for input and feedback on the candidate sites and to learn about the siting process.
We extend a special invitation to all Saanich East and North Oak Bay residents to participate.
The following Open Houses and Neighbourhood Workshop are taking place:
| What | Open House (Drop-in) |
| When | Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 3-8 pm |
| Where | Gordon Head United Church, 4102 Tyndall Avenue |
| What | Open House (Drop-in) |
| When | Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 3-8 pm |
| Where | Cadboro Bay United Church, 2625 Arbutus Road |
| What | Open House (Drop-in) |
| When | Friday, June 19, 2009, 3-8 pm |
| Where | Emmanuel Baptist Church, 2121 Cedar Hill Cross Road |
| What | Neighbourhood Workshop* |
| When | Monday, June 22, 2009, 6:30-9 pm |
| Where | Queenswood Centre, 2494 Arbutus Road |
Pre registration is requested for the Neighbourhood Workshop in order to ensure all interested participants may be accommodated. Please pre-register online here or call 250.360.3001.
For information on the CRD's Wastewater Treatment Project, please visit www.wastewatermadeclear.ca.
Bowker Celebration Parade in Oak Bay
Posted June 11, 2009
Tanis Douglas of the Bowker Creek Initiative sends us notice of this event.
| When | Saturday June 13, 2009, 1 pm - 2:30 pm |
| Where | Oak Bay Rec Centre |
This guided walk will be hosted by musical, costumed creek creatures with some surprises up their sleeves. We'll meet at the Oak Bay Rec Centre at 1:00 pm. Come learn about our vision of urban nature and regional greenways, and march and make merry with us. This family-friendly parade will arrive at Glenlyon Norfolk School on Beach Drive around 2:00 pm, where we'll have displays and goodies. This event is put on by the Bowker Creek Initiative and the Community Association of Oak Bay, and marks the anniversary of our fantastically fun Bowker Creek Celebration held last year.
Community Picnic and General Meeting at Allenby Park
Your CCA is holding a general meeting to be followed by a community picnic at Allenby Park. Come on out, meet your neighbours, and join in the fun!
- Music by Great White Shark
- Block Watch information table
- Races: 3-legged, wheelbarrow, egg and spoon
- Environmental theme crafting with Carolyn Knight
- Food for sale at the baseball park concession stand
| When | Saturday June 20, 2009, 11 am - 3 pm |
| Where | Allenby Park |
We're looking forward to seeing youi there!
Saanich Solar Open House
Posted May 20, 2009
Do you want to learn more about solar hot water? Come to the Saanich Solar Open House!
| When | Wednesday June 3, 2009, 2pm - 7pm |
| Where | Saanich City Hall |
Free to attend and open to the public. For more information contact Mark Boysen at Mark.Boysen@saanich.ca.
Volunteers Needed: Browning Park Clean-up
Posted March 29, 2009
Here's an opportunity to volunteer in your community. The annual springtime CCA Browning Park Clean-up can use your help.
| When | Saturday, April 18, 2009, 9 am - 11 am |
| Where | Browning Park
Browning St. entrance |
Tools and garbage bags will be provided. For more info call Andrea 250-598-9837.
Check out this selection of photos on Flickr of various parts of Browning Park. It'll be interesting to refer to these after the planned changes have been implemented.
"What planned changes," you ask? This communique describes them as, "$235,000 in federal and provincial funding from the LocalMotion program to upgrade approximately 360 metres of the Bowker Creek Greenway, including widening and paving the trail through Browning Park, and providing an alternative route to Shelbourne Street."
GORP Work Party at Wetherby Park
Posted March 16, 2009
There will be a work party at Wetherby Park, which is one of Saanich's Garry Oak Restoration Project (GORP) sites.
| When | Saturday, April 4, 2009, 9:30 am - 11:30 am |
| Where | Wetherby Park
McRae Ave. and Cedarhill Rd. |
Come in work clothes. Cookies, juice and tools will be provided.
For more info call Jenny, site coordinator, at 250 744-1710 or go to www.gorpsaanich.com.
BCICS Forum: Remaking the Economy through People's Eyes
Posted March 3, 2009
We received an invite from the University of Victoria's BC Institute for Co-operative Studies to members of our community to, "attend a forum exploring alternative economic models as they function in various sectors of our economy." Please visit this web site for more details.
| When | Saturday, March 7, 2009, 9 am to 4 pm |
| Where | MacLaurin Building, UVic |
This event is free and open to all members of the public. However, you must register online.
Saanich Tables 2009 - 2013 Strategic Plan
Posted February 16, 2009
The draft strategic plan discussed here and here has been scheduled for the Committee of the Whole Meeting on Monday, February 23, 2009.
| When | Monday, February 23, 2009, 7:30 pm |
| Where | Council Chambers, Saanich Municipal Hall |
Written correspondence received up to 4:30 p.m. the day of the meeting (including any received to date) will be copied to Council for their information. Correspondence should be sent to clerksec@saanich.ca.
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