I've been thinking a lot about climate change-related grief. Here's a story about a community art project that honours 84,000 fish that died in the Cowichan River last summer, as well as the grief many are feeling over this loss. thediscourse.ca/cowichan-val...
Project 84,000 brings together community and art ‘for the love of water and fish’ in the Cowichan River and beyond.
The Village transitional housing site in Duncan has been funded for another three years by the Province of B.C., and other municipalities across the country are looking to replicate this housing model in their own communities. thediscourse.ca/cowichan-val...
Future plans for The Village include more permanent structures and expanded capacity.
I'll always jump at the chance to report on reproductive health care. Research from the Cowichan Women's Health Collective tells us that anyone can be impacted by period poverty, including people who don't menstruate. My latest: thediscourse.ca/cowichan-val...
Cowichan Women’s Health Collective spent six months learning from community members about period poverty.
“You know the phrase: it takes a community to raise a child?” Jones says. “Well it takes a community to find these ones.” The Cowichan Missing and Murdered Women, Men and Children Society is planning a gala and conference, and needs more support. Read the story: thediscourse.ca/cowichan-val...
The Cowichan Missing and Murdered Women, Men and Children Society is planning a gala and conference — and needs more sponsors and support.
Community centres on Vancouver Island have recently come under fire as they hosted, or nearly hosted, an event that community members say was harmful — particularly to people who are trans. Read my latest: thediscourse.ca/cowichan-val...
Cowichan Community Centre cancelled the event, citing the BC Human Rights Code.
The Discourse launched a new email series today. In it, Quw’utsun storyteller Jared Qwustenuxun Williams shares three ancient Quw’utsun stories. The series includes oral versions of the story, captured on video, as well as written versions. Sign up here: thediscourse.ca/quwutsun-sto...
Storyteller Jared Qwustenuxun Williams shares video and written versions of three ancient Quw’ustsun legends.
At a recent town hall meeting, community members raised questions about a major restoration project taking place in the Cowichan estuary. However, some inaccurate information about the project was shared as well. Here's my effort to find some answers: thediscourse.ca/cowichan-val...
The Discourse reached out to Cowichan Estuary Restoration Project partners to learn more about it and its benefits and costs.
All of Vancouver Island is at Drought Level 5, but the situation can look different in each community and municipality. Here's what it means for Nanaimo residents: https://thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/how-bad-is-the-level-5-drought-for-residents-of-nanaimo
An interview with the City of Nanaimo’s longtime general manager of engineering and public works on the the effects of drought on the local water supply.
when you do a viral stunt on a tofino beach in the middle of a wildfire ban and thousands of strangers are like “bless” and you blissfully aren’t aware how much you’ve angered locals
In 1947 the federal govt built 99 units of affordable rental housing in Lake Cowichan. This article was made possible by the scholarship of the late Dr. Jill Wade & staff at Kaatza Museum & Archives https://thediscourse.ca/cowichan-valley/lake-cowichan-100-houses-helped-solve-a-housing-crisis
This wartime development could point to housing solutions for the modern day.