Upcoming Events

Coffee and Strategy Session re: Agriculture and the Provincial Elections
Wednesday February 25, 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Ken’s Café West Saanich Road (at Prospect Lake & West Saanich)
The Provincial Elections are May 12. The parties are announcing the candidates over the next few weeks. It’s time to get going now. If you are not registered to vote in the Provincial election, please registerhttp://www.elections.bc.ca/index.php/voting/online-voter-registration/and vote for the candidate who supports agriculture.
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LifeCycles’ Fruit Tree Project is offering the following Seed Planting Workshop:
Saturday February 28, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Fernwood Community Centre, 1240 Gladstone Ave.
Cost: $20Presented by: Amy Crook certified Master Gardener in conjunction with the Fruit Tree Project
Bring a few of your favourite seeds. We will discuss successful seed planting techniques for our local area. Participants will then plant some seeds and take home various plantings.Workshop proceeds go to support LifeCycles Fruit Tree Project.
Please contact fruittree@lifecyclesproject.ca or 250-479-5475 for more information and/or to register for workshops.PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED as space is limited.
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Announcement: Langford Council will hear about applications for ALR exclusions March 2, to get the latest information, visit: http://www.insidelangford.ca/
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“Mobilizing Community Assets to Create Vibrant Neighborhoods and a Caring City”
A presentation and interactive workshop with Jim Diers
Monday, March 2, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Antechamber #1, Centennial Square
Co-sponsored by the City of VictoriaCity of Victoria
Everyone welcome

“Asset-based Community Development Skills and Methods”
A community-based research workshop with Jim Diers
Tuesday, March 3, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Campus View Room, Commons Building, UVic
Registration required: ocbr@uvic.ca

“Building on the Obama Momentum: Mobilizing Hope and Power for Civil Society”
Insights, stories and strategies from Jim Diers
Tuesday, March 3, 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Room 105, Harry Hickman Building, UVic
Co-sponsored by UVic’s Departments of Sociology and Political Science

For details on other workshops in the spring series, visit http://web.uvic.ca/ocbr/events.html.
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Food Matters! Annual Regional Food Forum hosted by CR-FAIR
Theme: "What’s in our regional food basket?"
Friday March 13, 2009, 2:00 – 7:00 pm

Afternoon workshop topics include:
Increasing access to food for households living on low income
Year round public markets in BC’s Capital Region
Hooking up! Potential in community-university partnerships on food issues

The event will end with a potluck supper – we’ll provide the soup and salad; your contribution adds to the flavour and the fun
Registration - $15 (Subsidies available on request) RSVP to info@communitycouncil.ca or tel 250-383-6166 More detail at: http://www.communitycouncil.ca/initiatives/crfair/index.html