A total of 150 Canadian Indigenous youth from as far as Nova Scotia, Toronto, Thunder Bay,
and the Yukon joined students from the mainland and Vancouver Island to listen to and engage
with a line up of CBC’s Indigenous journalists and veteran hosts including Duncan McCue and
Ian Hanomansing. The seasoned journalists imparted a message about their life journey and how
it brought them to their chosen vocation today
The Ministry of Education released the 2018 – 2019 graduation rates November 29 reporting that
over the past two years, the six-year school completion rate is at historically high levels for
Indigenous students; up 8 percent overall since 2013-14.
Funding will allow for the creation of 20 additional childcare spaces for children ages 12 months
to 5 years and alleviate the increasing demand on the Denman Island Preschool Society
(Blackberry Lane Children’s Centre), the island’s only official childcare centre operating out of
the Community Hall.
During the first round of consultation sessions that concluded 13 November, a total of 350
individuals attended school meetings and over 2,000 completed the online survey. The
participation level was precedent setting for the school district and a reflection of how engaged
this community is with the delivery of public education for children.
The McLoughlin Gardens Society has invited well-known local writer and historian Jeanette Taylor to give a six-week writing class at the Courtenay Museum. The class begins January 18 and will continue every two weeks until March 28, 2020.
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The Comox Valley Art Gallery now is accepting applications for the Youth Media Project, a program that provides wages and hands-on training in video production.
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safeTALK is a workshop for that prepares participants to identify and engage people with thoughts of suicide and connect them with further help and care
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Comox Valley Schools is commencing an important boundary catchment
consultation process beginning 4 November to address pressure points while aligning student
placement with school capacity in the school district.
Approximately 70 beautiful books have been created using donated images along with those
from Creative Common sites. These books were produced in the school district’s in-house
publication services, the Print Shop by graphic artists. While the focus of their project is
Vancouver Island, these books were shared thousands of miles away in Kenya.
The Millard-Piercy Watershed Stewards will be hosting a guided public walk led by biologist, Caitlin O’Neill. You will learn about salmon life histories, their habitat requirements, challenges affecting salmon productivity and ways you can help to maintain a healthy environment.
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