Category: Education

The Comox Valley Child Development Association and PacificCARE Childcare Resource and Referral are very thrilled to be presenting Dr. Martin Brokenleg to speak in the Comox Valley. Join us in Courtenay at the Stan Hagen Theatre on Saturday, September 28th.

Ever wanted to know more about wild mushrooms? The Strathcona Wilderness Institute will be hosting its annual Mycology Workshop open to all residents of Vancouver Island who have an interest in learning about mushroom identification, ecology and photography.

Thirty-five young women from across BC came to Hornby Island on July 14th for an environmental stewardship journey and left five days later with a wealth of knowledge, new insights and an abundance of inspiration that will help them implement action for a cleaner future.

Have you ever wondered how to prune your fruit trees for their optimal health?

The forest adjacent Lake Trail Community Middle School has transformed into a play space for students and the community to benefit from a year-round
outdoor recreation. The school partnered with Comox Valley Disc Golf Club (CVDGC) to install a 12-hole disc golf course along the path that weaves through the forest off Lake Trail Road in the West Courtenay community.

Indigenous students in the Comox Valley are graduating at a rate higher than the provincial average. The six-year graduation rates for Indigenous students has steadily climbed in the school district with a 77 percent completion rate achieved for the 2017/18 school year. In 2018, the provincial average rate was 70 percent.

Lake Trail Middle School was recently selected to be one of six schools in British Columbia to pilot a new project to develop and model inclusive practices. The pilot project is a SET-BC Inclusive Schools Initiative.

One man’s legacy and one Indigenous language will forever be preserved in a beautifully crafted children’s picture book. Nineteen young Indigenous students from Puntledge Park Elementary have transformed the First Nation’s words of a song written and gifted to Comox Valley Schools into a colourful picture book.