Winds of Change

September 1st was Japan Dolphins Day, and also the start of the annual Taiji dolphin hunt/slaughter.  Local Vancouver based filmmaker and animal advocate Gary Charbonneau (Vancouver Aquarium Un...

https://janinebandcroft.wordpress.com/2017/09/08/the-final-winds-of-change-show-with-gary-charbonneau-rebroadcast-from-animalvoices-org-and-holistic-hayley/

Ramana has been teaching meditation since 1970, and has combined his years as a Transpersonal Psychologist with ancient Indian and Buddhist teachings, culminating in a stable and deep shift in c...

https://janinebandcroft.wordpress.com/2017/08/25/ramana-and-radical-awakening-sharada-filkow-from-the-salt-spring-centre-of-yoga/

James Aspey, from Sydney Australia, spoke at Vegtoria (in Victoria BC) in 2017.  I recorded it.  From his website: My story goes like this… At 17 I was diagnosed with leukaemia and told I ha...

https://janinebandcroft.wordpress.com/2017/08/13/james-aspey-at-vegtoria-2017/

The University of Victoria’s Campus Community Garden is a collaborative project between students, faculty and staff that promotes local, organic food production, education and community buildin...

https://janinebandcroft.wordpress.com/2017/07/30/stephanie-enevoldsen-coordinator-of-uvics-campus-community-garden-and-russ-pym-president-of-rithets-bog-conservation-society/

UNITE HERE represents workers throughout the U.S. and Canada who work in the hotel, gaming, food service, airport, manufacturing, distribution, laundry, and transportation industries.  Represent...

https://janinebandcroft.wordpress.com/2017/07/14/unite-here-representative-mike-biskar-mercy-for-animals-vp-of-investigations-lindsay-wolf-corie-peace-and-vegtoria/

As we approach Canada’s 150th birthday, we’re invited to ponder the longer history of this land.  Rather than blind patriotism, we can consider what Canada has failed at, in addition to how ...

https://janinebandcroft.wordpress.com/2017/07/01/cecilia-point-from-the-musqueam-nation-bryson-robertson-and-the-potential-for-wave-energy/

Among his other talents, Sean Guist is curator of Intrepid Theatre’s OUTstages festival which launched in July 2015.  Sean earned an MFA in Directing and BFA in Performance at the University o...

https://janinebandcroft.wordpress.com/2017/06/17/intrepids-outstages-festival-with-sean-guist-dr-neal-barnard-and-the-cheese-trap/

Marisa Farwell accepts charity and social assistance graciously, but she’d prefer to have affordable daycare and an opportunity to earn a living wage so she can teach her children to be indepen...

https://janinebandcroft.wordpress.com/2017/06/05/single-parent-marisa-farwell-dr-conor-kerley-and-healthy-hearts/

The Uno Festival is Canada’s longest running solo performance festival.  Produced by Intrepid Theatre this is it’s 20th year in Victoria, Curator Heather Lindsay tells us the who what where ...

https://janinebandcroft.wordpress.com/2017/05/19/heather-lindsay-and-the-20th-uno-festival-tideline-arts-nicola-white-and-mudlarking-the-thames/

May Day with representatives from the HEU (Hospital Employees Union), with music and speakers on health care and labour and environment.  Raging Grannies, Carlos Flores, Bob Wilson, Bobby Arbes...

https://janinebandcroft.wordpress.com/2017/05/04/election-bc-2017-hospitals-heu-may-day-environmental-health-and-mla-candidate-jordan-reichert/