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August 1st Bus Trip to K'omoks to Participate in the Walking With Our Sisters memorial art installation.
Natalia Sudeyko, a law student at UVic, is working with a few others to organize free transportation to and from the Walking With Our Sisters memorial art installation in K'omoks this summer. Natalie writes:
In case you're not aware, Walking With Our Sisters is an incredible art project of hundreds of hand-made and beaded moccasins. It is designed to commemorate and honour Canada's missing and murdered indigenous women. The Walking With Our Sisters website has lots of information and can be found here: http://l.facebook.com/l/0AQETQH4oAQH8hbQSrS4cyoJAh08Bn1wmAfYThz6BiqqJQw/walkingwithoursisters.ca/
The exhibit travels all over the country and is visiting Vancouver Island for the first time this summer. It will be set up in K'omoks band hall from July 31-August 14th. I am organizing free transportation because it's a long trip to K'omoks, and it could be difficult for those who don't drive or... don't have a lot of money to be able to attend.
We have the use of a bus and driver and will leave Victoria on the morning of Saturday, August 1st. We will have the chance to experience the art installation on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, and then return to Victoria the early evening of Sunday, August 2nd. There is no cost, but we don't provide accommodation, so those who wish to come will need to arrange their own. K'omoks does have their own campsite, and I understand there are other campsites available nearby.
I would love to talk with you in person or over the phone if you would like more details or information. My number is 250 588 3672. Please feel free to pass this invitation on to anyone you think might be interested. To reserve a seat on the bus, anyone can just send an email to me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and I will follow up with them to make sure they get a spot!
Monday, August 3, at 10 a.m
The Last Sign: a Friends of Canadian Broadcasting Public Media Event
The official installation of the federal riding of Victoria’s 800th “We Vote CBC” lawn sign.
Where: Mile Zero of the Trans-Canada Highway at Douglas Street and Dallas Road, Victoria
Who: Members of the local committee of Friends of Canadian Broadcasting and some historical figures, including “Sir John A. Macdonald” & “Emily Carr;” the “RagingGrannies” & a train engineer.
130 years ago on Nov. 7, 1885, the last spike was struck, officially signaling the completion of the railroad uniting Canada. In 1962 with the opening of the Trans-Canada Highway, a ribbon of tarmac joined our ribbon of rails, uniting Canada from sea to sea In 1936, our national public broadcaster, the CBC, began broadcasting, creating a ribbon of airways that linked Canadians to our communities and our communities to each other from sea to sea to sea.
We cannot and must not lose this vital connection.
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, a national, non-partisan group, wants the CBC to be adequately funded, and to make sure that it continues to exist as a crown corporation and is not privatized. In recent years a string of funding cuts to CBC TV and Radio/Radio- Canada has decimated the CBC’s ability to broadcast as a top quality professional broadcaster. In fact, we have the third worst publically funded broadcaster in the world despite our country’s size, the presence of two official languages, and a diverse and widespread community of indigenous peoples, many of whom in the north depend upon the CBC for vital information.
To bring attention to the alarming state of public broadcasting, Friends of Canadian Broadcasting has been asking Canadians to voice their support by displaying lawn signs with the message “We Vote CBC”. The federal riding of Victoria has responded in droves. To date, 799 lawn signs have been planted, by far the largest number of signs in any riding engaged in the campaign in Canada. Present legislation concerning non-partisan groups restricts the Victoria riding to 800 signs.
On BC Day, August 3, 2015, at 10:00 am, to further unite our country, the 800th ”We Vote CBC” sign will be planted symbolically at Mile Zero.
The Master of Ceremony will introduce the dignitaries, including Emily Carr whose writing career was launched by CBC; announce the distribution of commemorative “Last Spikes;” oversee the placing of the 800thsign; and introduce the Raging Grannies who will thrill us with their new CBC song.
Be sure not to miss the making of a new Canadian Historical Moment!
For further information, contact:
Moira Walker, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 250-380-0108 or
Joanne Manley, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 250-381-7750
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Thursday, August 6 at 7:30 pm
The Raging Grannies will hold their annual Hiroshima/Nagasaki memorial, in partnership with Physicians for Global Survival
at Esquimalt Gorge Park, 1070 Tillicum Rd.
This year we have story teller Robert Oppenheimer telling the story of the 1000 cranes. The short program is followed by floating lanterns (fire proof!) in the Gorge.
Materials for lantern making will be available from 7:30 pm.
The program begins at 8:00 pm
Floating of lanterns at sunset.
Please bring your own lawn chair or blanket upon which to sit.
Information, call Anne Moon at 250 480 1061
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Margo MatwychukDirector
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