Island Parent Family Resource Guide 2022
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Vancouver Island’s Parenting Resource for 34 Years
• Family Support
• Education
• Classes & Programs
• Family Fun & Entertainment
• Health & Wellness
• New Parent Resources
• Family Business
• Overnight Camps
• Calendar of Annual Family Events
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Vancouver <strong>Island</strong>’s <strong>Parent</strong>ing <strong>Resource</strong> for 34 Years<br />
<strong>Family</strong> Support<br />
Classes &<br />
Programs<br />
Your<br />
<strong>Family</strong><br />
<strong>Resource</strong><br />
<strong>Guide</strong><br />
<strong>Family</strong> Fun &<br />
Entertainment<br />
Health & Wellness<br />
New <strong>Parent</strong> <strong>Resource</strong>s
Crystal Pool and<br />
Fitness Centre<br />
Fun for<br />
all ages!<br />
Enjoy our 50-metre pool,<br />
two warm pools, 160-foot<br />
water slide, swim lessons,<br />
camps and more.<br />
View programs and schedules:<br />
victoria.ca/crystalpool<br />
Contact us:<br />
2275 Quadra St. 250.361.0732<br />
crystalpool@victoria.ca<br />
In-Person &<br />
On-Line Options<br />
STAGES<br />
Performing Arts School<br />
since 1980<br />
Come Dance With Us<br />
• Offering classes for Teens & Pre-Teens in Jazz,<br />
Ballet, Lyrical, Tap. Musical Theatre, Acrobatics &<br />
Hip Hop, in a non-competitive atmosphere.<br />
• Not sure which class to take?<br />
- Try a Drop-In: No hassle, No Obligation.<br />
Daytime Pre-School Classes<br />
for the little angels...<br />
STAGES Performing Arts School<br />
#301 1551 Cedar Hill X Rd<br />
Call 250-384-3267 Email us at: stagesdance@shaw.ca<br />
Or visit our website: www.stagesdance.com<br />
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Your donations help <strong>Family</strong> Services of Greater Victoria<br />
provide the following professional programs<br />
and services to families in the region.<br />
FAMILY SERVICES<br />
OF GREATER VICTORIA<br />
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES<br />
Caught in the Middle<br />
Counselling/Therapy Services<br />
Art/Play Therapy Techniques<br />
Facilitated <strong>Parent</strong>–Child Connection<br />
In-Person & Telehealth Services<br />
Mediation for Couples<br />
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<strong>Parent</strong> Support & <strong>Resource</strong>s<br />
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Welcome<br />
TABLEOFCONTENTS<br />
4<br />
Welcome<br />
5<br />
5 Ways to Explore<br />
the Great Outdoors<br />
CHRISSIE FINNIE<br />
6<br />
New <strong>Parent</strong><br />
<strong>Resource</strong>s<br />
10<br />
<strong>Family</strong> Support<br />
15<br />
10 Ways to Build<br />
Community<br />
16<br />
Education<br />
On the<br />
Cover<br />
Desi (2) with parents<br />
Chanel and Geoff<br />
Photo by<br />
Natasha Shepherdson<br />
wildoakcreative.com<br />
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<strong>Family</strong> Fun &<br />
Entertainment<br />
Health & Wellness<br />
New <strong>Parent</strong> <strong>Resource</strong>s<br />
<strong>Family</strong> Support<br />
Classes &<br />
Programs<br />
Your<br />
<strong>Family</strong><br />
<strong>Resource</strong><br />
<strong>Guide</strong><br />
20<br />
Take Care of Yourself to<br />
Care for the Living World<br />
LINDSAY COULTER<br />
22<br />
Classes & Programs<br />
28<br />
Teaching Kids<br />
Ethical Online<br />
Behaviour<br />
Jim Schneider Publisher<br />
publisher@islandparent.ca<br />
Sue Fast Editor<br />
editor@islandparent.ca<br />
Kristine Wickheim Account Manager<br />
kristine@islandparent.ca<br />
RaeLeigh Buchanan Account Manager<br />
raeleigh@islandparent.ca<br />
A proud member of<br />
BC<br />
30<br />
<strong>Family</strong> Fun &<br />
Entertainment<br />
33<br />
Kids & Money<br />
ALYX VALDAL<br />
34<br />
Health & Wellness<br />
36<br />
Overnight Camps<br />
38<br />
<strong>Family</strong> Business<br />
42<br />
Books About S.E.X.<br />
JENNIFER GIBSON<br />
44<br />
<strong>Family</strong> Travel<br />
46<br />
Calendar of<br />
Annual <strong>Family</strong> Events<br />
<strong>Island</strong> <strong>Parent</strong> Magazine<br />
250-388-6905 islandparent.ca<br />
518 Caselton Place, Victoria, BC V8Z 7Y5<br />
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Enterprises Ltd., is a bimonthly publication that honours and<br />
supports parents by providing information on resources and<br />
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Looking for family fun and<br />
entertainment ideas? Or<br />
classes and programs to<br />
keep your kids busy and learning?<br />
How about travel ideas, birthday<br />
party possibilities or books to help<br />
teach kids about S.E.X.?<br />
Then look no further…it’s all here!<br />
<strong>Island</strong> <strong>Parent</strong>’s <strong>2022</strong> <strong>Resource</strong><br />
<strong>Guide</strong> is packed with activities,<br />
events, services and support<br />
geared specifically toward families.<br />
You’ll find a comprehensive<br />
list of educational programs, day<br />
and overnight camps, health and<br />
wellness services and a host of<br />
<strong>Island</strong> family businesses. There’s<br />
new parent resources and support<br />
along with information on how to<br />
teach kids about money. For ideas<br />
on fun things to do, check out the<br />
calendar of annual family events,<br />
and don’t forget to read about 10<br />
ways to build community.<br />
Because we’re better together—<br />
and we’re here for each other.<br />
We hope the listings, articles and<br />
resources in this guide help you<br />
in your job raising healthy, happy<br />
kids. Keep this issue on hand so<br />
you can refer to it throughout the<br />
year. And for a comprehensive list<br />
of Businesses You Need to Know,<br />
along with links to <strong>Island</strong> <strong>Parent</strong>’s<br />
Facebook and Instagram pages,<br />
visit islandparent.ca.<br />
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5 Ways to Explore the Great Outdoors<br />
Remember being told to “go play<br />
outside?” We had play clothes,<br />
got dirty and sometimes got into<br />
trouble—usually nothing worse than a<br />
sunburn!<br />
During all of this free time we somehow<br />
learned that deciduous trees lost their<br />
leaves while conifers kept their needles.<br />
We knew stories and rhymes about why<br />
the hemlock has the smallest cone and<br />
who Davy Crockett was. Some of us<br />
knew what to do if we saw a bear or<br />
wandered too far from our parents, but<br />
hopefully never had to use those skills!<br />
And we knew all of this without being<br />
taught, or at least knowing that we were<br />
being taught. I don’t think our parents<br />
researched or planned any of this. It just<br />
happened.<br />
These days, the expectation when we<br />
go out seems to be that we find the best<br />
trail where our children can get exercise<br />
while exploring, a trail where we can play<br />
with our children, teach them everything<br />
that they need to know, keep them saferthan-safe<br />
and do this in a picture-worthy<br />
setting while keeping them clean, smiling,<br />
comfortable and looking good. We think<br />
we are required to know the names of<br />
all the trees, animals and berries that we<br />
come across and have our handy nature<br />
apps on hand if we run into something we<br />
don’t know about.<br />
I have nothing against those nature<br />
apps, Instagram trail photos, or tackling<br />
amazing trails. But nature should never be<br />
intimidating; we don’t need to go on epic<br />
adventures or know everything there is to<br />
know, to be able to teach our children that<br />
nature matters and give them the skills to<br />
explore safely. We can do this every day, in<br />
many small ways.<br />
Your local parks, or even your own<br />
backyard, are great places to start exploring<br />
nature and can give your children the<br />
joy and skills they need to be able to eventually<br />
tackle those longer or harder walks<br />
and hikes.<br />
Here are some easy, achievable goals<br />
that you can set for your family in nature<br />
this year:<br />
Get outside every day. Yes, every<br />
day. Aim for at least 20 minutes of time<br />
outdoors (better yet, one hour or more)<br />
regardless of the weather. Go for a walk.<br />
Look into the storm drains, make footprints<br />
in the mud, seek the shady spots in<br />
your neighbourhood park when it’s hot,<br />
or see if you can find any bugs or creatures<br />
in your plants or grass or a neighbourhood<br />
park. It doesn’t have to be epic<br />
or amazing every day, just consistent.<br />
Take your time. Don’t wait for that<br />
amazing view to stop and look. Take your<br />
time walking, notice how the wind feels,<br />
the sounds in the trees, or the little things<br />
around you. Better yet, stop. Stop and<br />
sit in the grass; how does it feel? Smell?<br />
Sound? What creatures are there in there<br />
and what do you think they’re doing?<br />
Make up a story about those creatures,<br />
or when you get home look them up on<br />
your nature app or google and see if your<br />
guesses about them were right. Be present,<br />
don’t worry about whether you’re teaching<br />
your children the “right” things, just<br />
be there with them.<br />
Be curious. Ask those questions, even<br />
when you don’t have answers. Why is the<br />
sky blue or the grass green? Where is that<br />
ant going? How do snakes slither and do<br />
centipedes really have 100 legs?<br />
Be OK with saying “I don’t know.”<br />
When your child asks what type of tree<br />
that is, or what’s the name of this bug,<br />
there is nothing wrong with saying “I<br />
don’t know.” Not knowing can lead to<br />
conversation, to exploration, hypotheses<br />
that are both right and wrong. Not knowing<br />
leads to questioning and finding out<br />
the answers—or sometimes not! Your children<br />
may teach you something, or you can<br />
learn about it together, making it a great<br />
activity for connection.<br />
Be OK with a little risk. When it’s safe,<br />
allow your kids to walk ahead, to explore<br />
a little without you right by their side.<br />
There are definitely times when you need<br />
to be next to your child for safety reasons<br />
or when you want to be there to support<br />
them, but there are also times when it is<br />
wonderful to see your child exploring on<br />
their own: picking up rocks, digging in<br />
mud, following a caterpillar, seeing what<br />
it’s like to get their feet wet. These times<br />
not only allow your child to see their own<br />
view of nature, but allow you to take that<br />
deep breath, look around and enjoy nature<br />
yourself.<br />
Chrissie Finnie is a<br />
Recreation Coordinator, doing<br />
outdoor and parks programming<br />
in the Regional District<br />
of Nanaimo. In her spare<br />
time, she loves getting out<br />
on the trails and into the<br />
mountains, skiing, running,<br />
hiking and exploring.<br />
rdn.bc.ca/parks and @RDNanaimo on Instagram<br />
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NEWPARENTRESOURCES<br />
DOULAS<br />
Victoria Doula Directory<br />
doulasofvictoria.ca<br />
VIDA Doulas<br />
250-661-2544 | vidadoulas.ca<br />
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Cowichan Midwifery Group<br />
164 Station St | 250-709-2040<br />
cowichanmidwifery.ca<br />
Dandelion Midwifery<br />
709 Connaught Rd | 250-590-7770<br />
dandelionmidwifery.com<br />
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West Coast Midwives<br />
2823 Dysart Rd | 250-384-5940<br />
Western Communities Midwifery<br />
287 Stewart Ave | 250-589-3417<br />
PRENATAL SERVICES<br />
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MIDWIVES<br />
Access Midwifery & <strong>Family</strong> Care<br />
208–2951 Tillicum Rd | 250-380-6329<br />
accessmidwifery.ca<br />
Born Healthy<br />
630 2nd Ave, Ladysmith | 250-245-3079<br />
Community Midwifery Care<br />
164 Kings Lane, Salt Spring | 250-537-2243<br />
Cook Street Community Midwives<br />
101–1005 Cook St | 250-386-4116<br />
cookstmidwives.com<br />
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Midwifery Care<br />
547 Michigan St | 250-592-5407<br />
The Midwives Collective<br />
107–1120 Yates St | 250-590-7605<br />
Mid-<strong>Island</strong> Midwifery<br />
2506 Maxey Rd, Nanaimo | 250-741-1294<br />
or 350 Stewart Ave, Nanaimo | 250-716-1366<br />
Sooke Midwifery<br />
2050B Townsend Rd | 778-425-0780<br />
sookemidwifery.com<br />
Victoria Midwifery Group<br />
35 Cambridge St | 250-381-1977<br />
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Aboriginal Prenatal Support<br />
231 Regina Ave | 250-384-3211<br />
Birthright Victoria<br />
515–620 View St | 250-380-0305<br />
birthrightvictoria.org<br />
Camosun College<br />
250-370-3550 | ce.camosun.ca<br />
Crossroads Crisis Pregnancy<br />
Centre of Nanaimo<br />
1717B Kerrisdale Rd | 250-714-2191<br />
Gulf <strong>Island</strong>s Early Years<br />
250-653-4465 | giearlyyears@shaw.ca<br />
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Mothering Touch Centre<br />
733 Johnson Street (suite 112)<br />
250-595-4905 | motheringtouch.ca<br />
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Sooke <strong>Family</strong> <strong>Resource</strong> Society<br />
Prenatal Program<br />
250-642-5152 | sfrs.ca<br />
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BEST BABIES PROGRAMS<br />
Esquimalt Neighbourhood House<br />
250-385-2635 ext. 203<br />
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Peninsula Best Babies<br />
2410 Malaview Dr | 250-655-5300<br />
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Saanich Neighbourhood Place V<br />
Best Babies<br />
250-360-1148 | saanichneighbourhoodplace.com<br />
Sooke <strong>Family</strong> <strong>Resource</strong> Society<br />
Best Babies Program<br />
250-642-5152, ext. 237 | sfrs.ca<br />
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V Victoria & Area<br />
P Peninsula<br />
W Westshore<br />
G Gulf <strong>Island</strong>s<br />
CV Cowichan Valley<br />
N Nanaimo & Area<br />
CX Comox Valley<br />
PR Pacific Rim<br />
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Victoria Best Babies<br />
1240 Gladstone Ave | 250-381-1552<br />
fernwoodnrg.ca<br />
V<br />
Lake Cowichan Health Unit<br />
58 Cowichan Ave | 250-749-6878<br />
islandhealth.ca<br />
CV<br />
Sooke<br />
6672 Wadams Way | 250-519-3487<br />
islandhealth.ca<br />
W<br />
Victoria Native Friendship Centre<br />
250-384-3211 | vnfc.ca<br />
WestShore Best Babies<br />
250-217-6787 ext. 204 | bgcvic.org<br />
PUBLIC HEALTH (<strong>Island</strong> Health)<br />
Campbell River Public Health<br />
200–1100 <strong>Island</strong> Hwy | 250-850-2110<br />
islandhealth.ca<br />
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W<br />
CX<br />
Duncan<br />
CV<br />
675 Canada Ave | 250-709-3050 | islandhealth.ca<br />
Esquimalt<br />
530 Fraser St | 250-519-5311 | islandhealth.ca<br />
Gulf <strong>Island</strong>s<br />
250-539-3099 | islandhealth.ca<br />
Ladysmith Health Unit<br />
224 High St | 250-755-3342 | islandhealth.ca<br />
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Nanaimo Health Unit<br />
N<br />
1665 Grant Ave | 250-755-3342 | islandhealth.ca<br />
Nanaimo Princess Royal <strong>Family</strong> N<br />
Centre<br />
80 Chapel St | 250-739-5845 | islandhealth.ca<br />
Parksville/Qualicum Health Unit N<br />
249 W. Hirst Ave | 250-947-8242 | islandhealth.ca<br />
Peninsula<br />
2170 Mt. Newton X Rd | 250-544-2400<br />
islandhealth.ca<br />
Port Alberni Health Unit<br />
4201 6th Ave | 250-731-1316 | islandhealth.ca<br />
Saanich<br />
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3995 Quadra St | 250-519-5100 | islandhealth.ca<br />
Salt Spring <strong>Island</strong><br />
160 Fulford-Ganges Rd | 250-538-4880<br />
islandhealth.ca<br />
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Tofino & Ucluelet Public Health PR<br />
& Coastal <strong>Family</strong> Place<br />
265 First St | 250-725-4020 | islandhealth.ca<br />
Victoria<br />
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1947 Cook St | 250-388-2200 | islandhealth.ca<br />
West Shore<br />
345 Wale Rd | 250-519-3490 | islandhealth.ca<br />
BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT<br />
La Leche League of Greater Victoria<br />
250-727-4384 | llc.ca<br />
NEW PARENT SUPPORT<br />
Aboriginal Infant Development<br />
Program<br />
231 Regina Ave | 250-384-3211 | vnfc.ca<br />
Aboriginal Infant Development<br />
Program<br />
5768 Allenby Rd, Duncan | 250-746-6184<br />
cowichantribes.com<br />
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From outdoor education, integrated<br />
technology, and strong academics,<br />
St. Margaret’s provides every kind of<br />
student a chance to<br />
Explore what opportunities Vancouver <strong>Island</strong>’s only girl-centred school<br />
can provide your child. St Margaret’s offers boundless possibilities with<br />
personalized, inquiry-based, and experiential programs that will help<br />
shape the next generation of female leaders and innovators.<br />
St. Margaret’s<br />
School<br />
Learn more about St Margaret’s leading programs at stmarg.ca<br />
Our Spring Break & Summer camps are co-ed from Kindergarten to Grade 6<br />
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BC Association of <strong>Family</strong><br />
<strong>Resource</strong> Programs<br />
250-590-5706 | frpbc.ca<br />
V<br />
La Leche League<br />
409 Belmonte Place, Nanaimo<br />
250-754-5853 | lllc.ca<br />
N<br />
Vancouver <strong>Island</strong> Multiple Birth<br />
Association<br />
vimba234@hotmail.com<br />
Central Vancouver <strong>Island</strong><br />
Crisis Society<br />
Nanaimo | 250-754-4447<br />
<strong>Family</strong> <strong>Resource</strong> Association<br />
198 Morison Ave, Parksville<br />
250-752-6766 | frabc.ca<br />
Greater Victoria Down Syndrome<br />
Society<br />
250-479-7450 | gvdss.org<br />
Hands On Prevention &<br />
Education Centre<br />
790 North Rd, Gabriola <strong>Island</strong> | 250-247-8730<br />
hopecentre.yolasite.com<br />
Healthy Beginnings<br />
Ladysmith, Nanaimo | 250-755-6230<br />
Infant Development Program<br />
3970 Haro Rd | 250-477-1826<br />
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La Leche League<br />
Parksville | 250-954-2922 | lllc.ca<br />
Ladysmith <strong>Family</strong> & Friends<br />
<strong>Resource</strong> Program<br />
250-210-0870 | familyandfriends.ca<br />
Margaret Moss Health Centre<br />
675 Canada Ave, Duncan | 250-709-3050<br />
islandhealth.ca<br />
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Nanaimo Infant Development N<br />
Program<br />
1135 Nelson St | 250-753-0251 | nanaimocdc.com<br />
Peninsula Best Babies Program<br />
9860 Third St, Sidney | 250-656-0134<br />
beaconcs.ca<br />
Sundrops Centre for<br />
Child Development<br />
5856 Clements St, Duncan | 250-746-4135<br />
clementscentre.org<br />
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CV<br />
Victoria Pregnancy Centre<br />
112–826 North Park St | 250-380-6883<br />
victoriapregnancy.org<br />
Y Young Moms Program<br />
250-382-1004 | vancouverislandy.com<br />
ADOPTION SUPPORT<br />
Adoption Support Program V<br />
2400 Arbutus Rd | 250-721-6751 | islandhealth.ca<br />
Adoptive Families Association of BC<br />
1-877-236-7807 | bcadoption.com<br />
Victoria Pregnancy Centre<br />
112–826 North Park St | 250-380-6883<br />
victoriapregnancy.org<br />
Origins Supporting People<br />
Separated By Adoption<br />
250-419-1200 | originscanada.org<br />
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SUMMER CAMPS<br />
AND MORE!<br />
Qwanoes.ca<br />
1-888-997-9266<br />
we’re good<br />
for Flight,<br />
Let the<br />
fuel ignite,<br />
Let’s Go!<br />
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Image and illustrations courtesy of April Caverhill<br />
<strong>Family</strong> Sunday: Curiosity,<br />
Creativity & Community Building<br />
AGGV’s new <strong>Family</strong> Sunday Coordinator,<br />
illustrator, designer,<br />
and art educator, Apr il Caverhill,<br />
has been working with a range of<br />
artists to bring engaging online<br />
content to our <strong>Family</strong> Sunday<br />
community. “Knowing our virtual<br />
format makes <strong>Family</strong> Sunday<br />
accessible to an even wider<br />
audience than our in-person<br />
gatherings is an unexpected side<br />
benefit of our digital iteration”.<br />
Since October, our guests<br />
have included guerilla gardeners,<br />
opera singers, improv artists,<br />
and eco-warriors. All of these dynamic guests have given us entertaining<br />
insight into what they do, while offering up delightful interactive activities<br />
for our viewers. Our line-up of <strong>Family</strong> Sunday guests for the next several<br />
months is equally exciting, so please check out our website for upcoming<br />
video releases every third Sunday of the month (October-June): aggv.ca/<br />
events.<br />
Of course, we’re all looking forward to when that time comes to gather<br />
in the Gallery once again for some fabulous hands-on family fun! We wish<br />
you all a new season filled with hope and artistic abundance.<br />
In response to COVID-19, the AGGV has introduced a new way for families<br />
to explore the AGGV collection: Meetups. Don't miss <strong>Parent</strong> and Tot,<br />
every third Thursday of the month from 10am-10:45am. Adults $2.50, children<br />
free. Please sign up in advance: aggv.ca/meetups-at-the-aggv.<br />
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FAMILYSUPPORT<br />
COMMUNITY CENTRES<br />
Beacon Community Services<br />
9860 Third St, Sidney | 250-656-0134<br />
beaconcs.ca<br />
Braefoot Community Association<br />
1359 McKenzie Ave | 250-721-2244<br />
Burnside/Gorge Community Centre<br />
250-388-5251 | burnsidegorge.ca<br />
Central Vancouver <strong>Island</strong><br />
Multicultural Society<br />
101–319 Selby St, Nanaimo<br />
250-753-6911 | cvims.org<br />
Cherry Creek Community Centre<br />
3720 Moore Rd, Port Alberni | 250-724-1660<br />
Child Development Centre N<br />
1135 Nelson St | 250-753-3521 | nanaimocdc.com<br />
District 69 <strong>Family</strong> <strong>Resource</strong><br />
Association<br />
198 Morrison Ave, Parksville<br />
250-752-6766 | frabc.ca<br />
Esquimalt Neighbourhood House V<br />
511 Constance Ave | 250-385-2635 | enh.bc.ca<br />
Fairfield Gonzales Community<br />
Association<br />
250-382-4604 | fairfieldcommunity.ca<br />
Fernwood Neighbourhood<br />
<strong>Resource</strong> Group<br />
1240 Gladstone Ave | 250-381-1552<br />
fernwoodnrg.ca<br />
French Community Centre<br />
2–1218 Langley St | 250-388-7350<br />
sfvictoria.ca<br />
Gabriola Community Centre<br />
250-247-9291<br />
Inter-Cultural Association<br />
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930 Balmoral Rd | 250-388-4728 | icavictoria.org<br />
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P Peninsula<br />
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G Gulf <strong>Island</strong>s<br />
CV Cowichan Valley<br />
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CX Comox Valley<br />
PR Pacific Rim<br />
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James Bay Community Project<br />
547 Michigan St | 250-388-7844 | jbcp.bc.ca<br />
Ladysmith Parks, Recreation<br />
& Culture<br />
810–6th Ave | 250-245-6424<br />
Ladysmith <strong>Resource</strong>s Centre<br />
Association<br />
721 First Ave | 250-245-3079 | ladysmith.ca<br />
Oaklands Community Association V<br />
1–2827 Belmont Ave | 250-370-9101 | oaklands.life<br />
Quadra Village Community Centre<br />
901 Kings Rd | 250-388-7696<br />
quadravillagecc.com<br />
Saanich Neighbourhood Place<br />
3100 Tillicum Rd | 250-360-1148<br />
saanichneighbourhoodplace.com<br />
Shawnigan Lake Community Centre CV<br />
2804 Shawnigan Lake Rd<br />
250-743-1433 | cvrd.bc.ca<br />
Sooke <strong>Family</strong> <strong>Resource</strong> Society<br />
250-642-5152 | sfrs.ca<br />
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Victoria Immigrant & Refuge Centre V<br />
1004 North Park St | 250-361-9433 | vircs.bc.ca<br />
Victoria West Community Association V<br />
521 Craigflower Rd | 250 590-8922<br />
victoriawest.ca<br />
YM-YWCA of Greater Victoria<br />
851 Broughton St | 250-386-7511<br />
vancouverislandy.com<br />
COUNSELLING<br />
Canadian Mental Health Association CV<br />
371 Festubert St, Duncan | 250-746-5521<br />
cowichanvalley.cmha.bc.ca<br />
Cowichan Valley Youth Services<br />
Society<br />
554 Trunk Rd | 250-748-0232 | cvyouth.ca<br />
Cowichan <strong>Family</strong> Life<br />
250-748-8281 | cowichanfamilylife.org<br />
Discovery Youth & <strong>Family</strong> Substance<br />
Use Services <strong>Island</strong> Health<br />
2nd Flr, 530 Fraser St | 250-519-5313<br />
islandhealth.ca<br />
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Dr. Allison Rees<br />
250-595-2649 | lifeseminars.com<br />
Duff Psychological Services<br />
250-580-1690 | duffpsychological.com<br />
Duncan Mental Health &<br />
Addiction Services<br />
250-709-3040 | islandhealth.ca<br />
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Esquimalt Neighbourhood House V<br />
511 Constance Ave | 250-360-0644 | enh.bc.ca<br />
Life Dances Counselling<br />
lifedancescounselling.com<br />
Maxine Fisher, M.Ed., RCC, MTA<br />
250-686-7582 | victoriafamilycounselling.com<br />
Men’s Therapy Centre<br />
250-381-6367 | menstrauma.com<br />
South <strong>Island</strong> Centre for<br />
Counselling & Training<br />
250-472-2851 | southislandcentre.ca<br />
South Vancouver <strong>Island</strong> Assessment CV<br />
& <strong>Resource</strong> Service, Duncan<br />
305–394 Duncan St | 250-746-6900<br />
vancouverislandcounselling.com<br />
Thaiss Psychological Services V<br />
209–2186 Oak Bay Ave | 250-516-6692 | thaiss.ca<br />
Torchlight Counselling<br />
321–1095 McKenzie Ave | 250-889-9502<br />
torchlightcounselling.ca<br />
Vancouver <strong>Island</strong> Child, Youth<br />
& <strong>Family</strong> Counselling Services<br />
1830 Oak Bay Ave #303A | 250-812-7829<br />
Vancouver <strong>Island</strong> Crisis Society<br />
1-888-494-3888 | vicrisis.ca<br />
Vancouver <strong>Island</strong> Psychological<br />
Services<br />
218–284 Helmcken Rd | 250-727-7060<br />
202–4420 Chatterton Way | 778-440-8880<br />
vipsychology.ca<br />
Victoria Counselling Service<br />
420–1105 Pandora Ave | 250-418-0550<br />
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GRIEF SUPPORT<br />
Compassionate Friends of Canada<br />
250-478-9270 | tcfcanada.net<br />
Compassionate Friends of Canada<br />
250-510-4360 | tcfcanada.net<br />
Compassionate Friends of Canada<br />
250-714-4995 | tcfcanada.net<br />
Learning Through Loss<br />
250-413-3114 | learningthroughloss.org<br />
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Nanaimo Community Hospice Society N<br />
1080 St George Crescent<br />
250-591-8811 | nanaimohospice.com<br />
Origins: Supporting People Separated<br />
by Adoption<br />
416-400-5730 | originscanada.org<br />
Rainbows, Nanaimo<br />
250-751-7888 | rainbowsnanaimo.ca<br />
Rainbows, Parksville (4–12 yr olds) N<br />
345 N. Pym St | 250-248-3927 | kucparksville.ca<br />
Spectrum, Parksville (13–18 yr olds) N<br />
345 N. Pym St | 250-248-3927 | kucparksville.ca<br />
Victoria Women’s Transition House<br />
3060 Cedar Hill Rd #100 | 250-592-2927<br />
Victoria Hospice Bereavement<br />
Services<br />
250-370-8868 | victoriahospice.org<br />
Victoria Hospice Society<br />
1952 Bay St | 250-370-8715<br />
PARENT EDUCATION<br />
Children’s Health & Human Rights<br />
Partnership<br />
CHHRP.org<br />
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Big Brothers Big Sisters<br />
230 Bay St | 250-475-1117<br />
victoria.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca<br />
Big Brothers Big Sisters<br />
1–60 Ingram St, Duncan<br />
250-748-2447 | bbbscowichan.ca<br />
Big Brothers & Big Sisters, Nanaimo<br />
2030 Northfield Rd | 250-756-2447<br />
cvi.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca<br />
Boys and Girls Club of Greater<br />
Victoria <strong>Parent</strong>ing Programs<br />
1195 Esquimalt Rd | 250-384-9133 ext. 222<br />
bgcvic.org<br />
Bridges for Women Society<br />
1809 Douglas St | 250-385-7410 | bfws.ca<br />
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Child Abuse Prevention/<br />
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Mary Manning Centre<br />
210–1175 Cook St | 250-385-6111 | vcapcc.com<br />
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Cowichan <strong>Family</strong> Life<br />
250-748-8281 | cowichanfamilylife.org<br />
DRS Dialogue & Resolution Services<br />
102–2220 Sooke Rd | 250-383-4412<br />
dialogueandresolutionservices.ca<br />
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Dragonfly Child Care & <strong>Family</strong> G<br />
<strong>Resource</strong> Centre<br />
Pender <strong>Island</strong> | 250-629-3039 | dragonflycentre.ca<br />
<strong>Family</strong> Caregivers’<br />
Network Society<br />
6–3318 Oak St<br />
250-384-0408<br />
familycaregiversbc.ca<br />
<strong>Family</strong> Place Community Services<br />
Salt Spring <strong>Island</strong> | 250-537-9971<br />
saltspringcommunityservices.ca<br />
<strong>Family</strong> Services of Greater Victoria<br />
1004 N Park St | 250-386-4331 | fsgv.org<br />
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LIFE Seminars <strong>Parent</strong>ing Programs<br />
Dr. Allison Rees | 250-595-2649<br />
PARENT SUPPORT<br />
1UP Single <strong>Parent</strong> <strong>Resource</strong> Centre<br />
602 Gorge Rd | 250-385-1114<br />
singleparentvictoria.ca<br />
Dr. Allison Rees<br />
250-595-2649 | lifeseminars.com<br />
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Child Care <strong>Resource</strong> & Referral<br />
gov.bc.ca/ChildCare<strong>Resource</strong>ReferralCentres<br />
Victoria & Gulf <strong>Island</strong>s: 250-382-7000<br />
Sooke: 250-642-5152<br />
Westshore: 250-217-7479<br />
Duncan: 250-746-4135 ext. 231<br />
Child Development Centre N<br />
1135 Nelson St | 250-753-0251 | nanaimocdc.com<br />
Children Who Witness Abuse<br />
Counselling & Support<br />
Salt Spring <strong>Island</strong> | 250-538-5569 | iwav.org<br />
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First Metropolitan United Church<br />
250-388-5188 | firstmetvictoria.com<br />
First Unitarian Church of Victoria<br />
5575 West Saanich Rd | 250-744-2665<br />
victoriaunitarian.ca<br />
Foster <strong>Parent</strong>s Support Services<br />
145–735 Goldstream Ave<br />
1-888-922-8437 | fosterhope.ca<br />
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Foster <strong>Parent</strong> Support Services<br />
102–6421 Applecross Rd | 1-888-922-8437<br />
fpsss.com<br />
Hulitan <strong>Family</strong> & Community Services V<br />
902A Caledonia Ave | 250-384-9466 | hulitan.ca<br />
Help Fill a Dream<br />
250-382-3135 | contact@helpfilladream.com<br />
helpfilladream.com<br />
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3947 Shell Beach Rd, Ladysmith | 250-245-0994<br />
PacificCare<br />
250-756-<strong>2022</strong> or 1-888-480-2273<br />
vancouverislandccrr.ca<br />
Pacific Centre <strong>Family</strong> Services<br />
Association, Colwood & Sooke<br />
250-478-8357 | pcfsa.org<br />
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St. Barnabas Anglican Church<br />
1525 Begbie St | 250-595-4324<br />
stbarnabaschurch.ca<br />
Strong Start BC, Early Learning<br />
for Families<br />
Galiano <strong>Island</strong> | 250-539-2261<br />
Mayne <strong>Island</strong> | 250-539-2371<br />
Pender <strong>Island</strong> | 250-629-3711<br />
Saturna <strong>Island</strong> | 250-539-2472<br />
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Home Instead Senior Care<br />
222–1595 McKenzie Ave | 250-382-6565<br />
homeinstead.ca<br />
<strong>Island</strong> <strong>Parent</strong> Magazine<br />
250-388-6905 | islandparent.ca<br />
<strong>Island</strong> Women Against Violence,<br />
Transition House<br />
Salt Spring <strong>Island</strong> | 250-537-0735 | iwav.org<br />
Kw’umut Lelum Child &<br />
<strong>Family</strong> Services<br />
544 Centre St, Nanaimo | 250-591-0933<br />
kwumut.org<br />
Legacy Caregivers Inc<br />
250 595-8123 | legacycaregiver.com<br />
Lighthouse Church<br />
lighthousechurch.ca<br />
Mayne <strong>Island</strong> Early Childhood Society G<br />
250-539-2402 | mayneislanddaycare.ca<br />
Military <strong>Family</strong> <strong>Resource</strong> Centre<br />
250-363-2640 | esquimaltmfrc.com<br />
Nanaimo <strong>Family</strong> Life Association<br />
1070 Townsite Rd | 250-754-3331 | nflabc.org<br />
Nanaimo Mental Health & Addiction<br />
Services<br />
250-739-5880<br />
Nanaimo Women’s Centre<br />
150 Wallace St | 250-753-0633<br />
nanaimowomen.com<br />
Nanoose First Nation<br />
209 Mallard Way, Lantzville | 250-390-3661<br />
snawnawas.org<br />
NARSF Programs Ltd.<br />
201–170 Wallace St | 250-754-2773 | narsf.org<br />
NIŁ TU,O Child & <strong>Family</strong> Services<br />
250-544-1400 | niltuo.ca<br />
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<strong>Parent</strong> Support Services Society of BC<br />
1-877-345-9777 | parentsupportbc.ca<br />
GRG/Kinship Information: 1-855-474-9777<br />
GRG/Kinship Support Circles:<br />
Victoria | 250-468-9658<br />
Duncan | 250-468-9658<br />
Nanaimo | 250-468-9658<br />
Parksville | 250-468-9658<br />
<strong>Parent</strong> Support Circles:<br />
Victoria | 250-468-9658<br />
Duncan | 250-468-9658<br />
Nanaimo | 250-468-9658<br />
Parksville | 250-468-9658<br />
<strong>Parent</strong>s Together <strong>Parent</strong>s Line<br />
Nanaimo | 250-754-9661 | bgccvi.com<br />
Princess Royal <strong>Family</strong> Centre<br />
80 Chapel St | 250-739-5845 | islandhealth.ca<br />
The Representative for Children<br />
& Youth<br />
1-800-476-3933 | rcybc.ca<br />
Salvation Army Meal Program<br />
505 8th St | 250-754-2621<br />
Snu Ney Muxw First Nations N<br />
668 Centre St | 250-740-2300 | snuneymuxw.ca<br />
Sooke <strong>Family</strong> <strong>Resource</strong> Society<br />
250-642-5152 | sfrs.ca<br />
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SOS Community Services Centres N<br />
245 West Hirst Ave, Parksville | 250-248-2093<br />
744 Primrose St, Qualicum Beach | 250-752-2040<br />
sosd69.com<br />
SOS is a volunteer-supported,<br />
non-profit organization<br />
meeting the<br />
needs and improving<br />
the lives of residents in the Parksville-Qualicum<br />
Beach region since 1968. Free and subsidized<br />
programs for all ages are provided thanks to community<br />
support.<br />
Sooke Options for Community<br />
Living Association<br />
250-642-6364 | socla.ca<br />
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Success By Six<br />
successby6bc.ca<br />
Tillicum Lelum Friendship Centre<br />
927 Haliburton St | 250-753-8291<br />
tillicumlelum.ca<br />
TS Consulting<br />
250-590-4114 | tsconsultingvictoria.ca<br />
UVic <strong>Family</strong> Centre<br />
39208–2375 Lam Circle | 250-472-4062<br />
uvic.ca/familycentre<br />
Victoria Immigrant & Refugee Centre V<br />
1004 N Park St | 250-361-9433 | vircs.bc.ca<br />
Victoria Native Friendship Centre<br />
231 Regina Ave | 250-384-3211 | vnfc.ca<br />
Victoria Sexual Assault Centre V<br />
201–3060 Cedar Hill Rd | 250-383-3232 | vsac.ca<br />
Young <strong>Parent</strong>s Support Network<br />
3100 Tillicum Rd | 250-384-0552 | ypsn.ca<br />
WIN Administration Office<br />
812 Cormorant Ave | 250-480-4006<br />
SPECIAL NEEDS &<br />
DISABILITY SUPPORT<br />
Autism Services,<br />
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Community Living Victoria<br />
250-477-7231, ext. 237 | communitylivingvictoria.ca<br />
BC Lions Society for Children<br />
with Disabilities<br />
250-386-0668<br />
BeConnected Support Services V<br />
250-727-3891 | beconnectedsupport.ca<br />
We are a multi-service organization<br />
offering a full spectrum<br />
of residential, community inclusion/school<br />
replacement, and<br />
contracted support options in<br />
South, Central and Upper Vancouver<br />
<strong>Island</strong>. We provide individualized mean-<br />
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ingful choices for the 160+ children, youth, adults<br />
and their families we currently serve.<br />
Canucks Autism Network<br />
604-685-4049 | canucksautism.ca<br />
Child & <strong>Family</strong> Counselling<br />
Association (Autism Program)<br />
5–230 Menzies St | 250-595-4423<br />
Child Development Centre N<br />
1135 Nelson St | 250-753-0251 | nanaimocdc.com<br />
Clements Centre Society<br />
5856 Clements St | 250-746-4135<br />
clementscentre.org<br />
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Community Options for Children V<br />
& Families<br />
1595 Bay Street | 250-380-6363 | cocf.ca<br />
COCF offers 1:1<br />
supports, quality<br />
programing<br />
for families with<br />
children facing disability or chronic illness in the<br />
community. Supports or Services include but are<br />
not limited to, resources and referrals, parent<br />
support groups, SibShops, and other sibling support<br />
groups.<br />
Cowichan Therapeutic Riding<br />
Association<br />
250-746-1028 | ctra.ca<br />
The Cridge Respite <strong>Resource</strong> Service<br />
1307 Hillside Ave | 250-995-6412 | cridge.org<br />
Early Intervention Team<br />
202–394 Duncan St | 250-709-9022<br />
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Come on in and see our incredible live animals in this unique<br />
mini-zoo. Tour guides are always available to answer questions<br />
and show off our adorable critters! Virtual tours and outreach<br />
programs are available for larger groups and birthday parties.<br />
Masks and vaccines required. Thank you!<br />
victoriabugzoo.ca<br />
Occupational Therapy<br />
Just for Kids<br />
• Telehealth<br />
Online Visits<br />
• In-Person<br />
in Victoria<br />
Canadian Children’s Therapy<br />
250-818-2034 canadianchildrenstherapy.ca<br />
<strong>Family</strong> Support,<br />
Community Living Victoria<br />
3861 Cedar Hill X Rd | 250-477-7231, ext. 236<br />
communitylivingvictoria.ca<br />
Footholds Therapy Centre, Nanaimo<br />
250-585-4411 | footholds.ca<br />
Greater Victoria Down Syndrome<br />
Society<br />
250-479-7450 | gvdss.org<br />
HeadWay Victoria Epilepsy<br />
& Parkinson’s Centre<br />
250-475 6677 | headwayvictoria.com<br />
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Help Fill a Dream<br />
250-382-3135 | contact@helpfilladream.com<br />
helpfilladream.com<br />
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HME Mobility & Accessibility<br />
hmebc.com<br />
<strong>Island</strong> Deaf & Hard of Hearing Centre N<br />
205–55 Victoria Rd | 250-753-0999 | idhhc.ca<br />
Lifetime Networks<br />
250-477-4112 | lifetimenetworks.org<br />
Little Steps Therapy Services<br />
250-386-1171 | mylittlesteps.net<br />
Nanaimo Brain Injury Society<br />
285 Prideaux St | 250-753-5600 | nbis.ca<br />
Pivot Point <strong>Family</strong> Growth Centre<br />
778-410-2319 | pivotpoint.ca<br />
Power To Be<br />
250-385-2363 | powertobe.ca<br />
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Children’s Health<br />
2400 Arbutus Rd | 250-477-1826 | islandhealth.ca<br />
Ronald McDonald House<br />
rmhbc.ca<br />
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BC Schizophrenic Society<br />
941 Kings Rd | 250-384-4225 | bcss.org<br />
Special Olympics<br />
250-477-7106 | victoriaspecialolympics.com<br />
Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus<br />
Association of BC<br />
4480 Oak St, Vancouver | 604-878-7000<br />
sbhabc.org<br />
Victoria Brain Injury Society V<br />
D & E, 830 Pembroke St | 250-598-9339 | vbis.ca<br />
Victoria Society for Children<br />
with Autism<br />
778-557-7749 | VictoriaAutism.ca<br />
The War Amps<br />
waramps.ca<br />
Since its<br />
founding<br />
in 1918,<br />
The War<br />
Amps programs have grown from assisting war<br />
amputees—whom we still serve—to all amputees,<br />
including children. A charitable estate donation in<br />
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funds our essential programs for all amputees<br />
across Canada, including CHAMP for child amputees.<br />
CHAMP provides comprehensive support,<br />
including financial assistance for artificial limbs,<br />
to allow children to lead independent and active<br />
lives. With your help, our vital programs will carry<br />
on long into the future. The War Amps does not<br />
receive government grants.<br />
Westshore Child & Youth<br />
<strong>Family</strong> Centre<br />
345 Wale Rd | 250-391-4320<br />
YOUTH SERVICES<br />
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Society<br />
554 Trunk Rd, Duncan | 250-748-0232 | cvyouth.ca<br />
<strong>Island</strong> Sexual Health Society<br />
Clinical Services: 250-592-3479<br />
Community Ed: 250-388-2202<br />
islandsexualhealth.org<br />
Nanaimo Youth Services<br />
290 Bastion St | 250-754-1989 | nysa.bc.ca<br />
PFLAG of Greater Victoria<br />
250-385-9462 | victoriabc@pflagcanada.ca<br />
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Summer FUN at GNS<br />
Glenlyon Norfolk School is offering a variety of fun summer camps<br />
for students age 5 to 17. Arts, cooking, baking, field hockey, day camps,<br />
kayaking, outdoor education and overnight camps, entrepreneurial<br />
camps and more—our summer programs offer something for everyone!<br />
Youth Clinic<br />
533 Yates St | 250-383-3552<br />
547 Michigan St | 250-388-7841<br />
Young <strong>Parent</strong> Support Network<br />
2541 Empire St | 250-384-0052<br />
Youthspace<br />
Text to 778-783-0177 | youthspace.ca<br />
Chat based intant messaging service on website,<br />
or through text.<br />
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Victoria Youth Empowerment Society V<br />
533 Yates St | 250-383-3514 | vyes.ca<br />
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www.mygns.ca/summer-fun<br />
<strong>Family</strong> Caregivers of BC<br />
Toll free BC Caregiver Support Line 1-877-520-3267<br />
familycaregiversbc.ca<br />
<strong>Family</strong> Caregivers of BC<br />
offers free education, practical/emotional<br />
support,<br />
assistance with navigating<br />
the health system, virtual<br />
and in-person caregiver support groups and other<br />
resources for family and friend caregivers.<br />
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10 Ways to Build Community<br />
These little things can help us slow<br />
down, even just a little, to check in<br />
on the quality of our relationships<br />
with family, friends and community.<br />
1. Host a block party. Slow down,<br />
even just a little, and meet the neighbours!<br />
Most cities will issue road-closure<br />
permits and many offer grants, too.<br />
Synchronize your event with things<br />
like the annual Car-Free Day and maybe<br />
add a garage sale, potluck, plant swap,<br />
battery recycling drop-off and music. You<br />
could also plant a pollinator garden on<br />
the boulevard, collect towels for the local<br />
shelter and get food or prize donations<br />
from local businesses.<br />
Tap into the local skills and interests<br />
of residents. Canvass interest in helping<br />
with invites, food, activities and cleanup.<br />
A week or two before the big day, drop<br />
off invitations in mailboxes, put up a few<br />
signs and prepare to meet your neighbours!<br />
2. Host a clothing swap. Invite<br />
friends and co-workers. You<br />
can even swap kids’ clothing. Spring and<br />
fall are both great times but get creative<br />
(maybe a Halloween costume swap?).<br />
Donate leftover items.<br />
3. Host a skill swap. Share your clever<br />
skills and get services you need while saving<br />
money, reducing consumption and<br />
building community.<br />
People donate a skill, set a minimum<br />
bid and post a sheet (paper or online).<br />
The diversity of skills makes it fun: bike<br />
tune-ups, dog-walking, salsa dance lessons,<br />
hemming pants, song writing…<br />
It’s great for workplaces, schools and<br />
neighbourhoods. It could even be a birthday<br />
party theme! Celebrate mad skills<br />
and connect with each other more.<br />
4. Host or join a repair café or “fix<br />
it” event. Repair cafés may help fix our<br />
throw-away society. Skilled volunteers fix<br />
your household items, so you don’t have<br />
to toss them and buy new ones. Most of<br />
the fixers are hobbyists who enjoy helping<br />
others and want to keep items out of<br />
the landfill. Fixers can repair computers,<br />
toasters, lamps, chairs, clothes, jewellery,<br />
books and more! Search for one in your<br />
city or download the start-up package by<br />
Repair Café Foundation (repaircafe.org)<br />
to host your own.<br />
5. Start a food sharing club. Gather<br />
co-workers or friends for meals and<br />
enjoy waste-free, home-cooked food. A<br />
food circle can help a family member,<br />
co-worker or neighbour. It’s the best baby<br />
shower gift ever and a kindness for someone<br />
going through a difficult time.<br />
6. Host a green cleaning or nontoxic<br />
cosmetics workshop. Tried any DIY<br />
recipes? Plan your “make and take” as<br />
part of an evening with friends, baby<br />
shower or lunch ’n’ learn at the office. Invite<br />
your family, neighbours, friends, coworkers,<br />
parents from your kids’ school<br />
or the book club.<br />
Use a green cleaning recipe at davidsuzuki.org<br />
or make deodorant and lip balm<br />
or toothpaste. Supply the ingredients<br />
(buy bulk) and ask people to bring jars or<br />
containers to fill. Maybe apply for a local<br />
community grant to cover your costs or<br />
pitch to a local community centre.<br />
7. Organize a toy swap. Drowning<br />
in a wave of toys? Toy lending prevents<br />
clutter, curbs consumption, builds community<br />
and entertains the kids! Enlist<br />
families you know and choose toys that<br />
are age-appropriate and easily washed.<br />
(Exclude your favourites and delicates.)<br />
Choose a theme like musical instruments,<br />
wooden blocks or dress-up. Label<br />
toys, take a picture or attach an inventory<br />
list to the cloth bag. Set a loan period<br />
and write a thank-you note. It’s that easy.<br />
8. Become a citizen scientist. Find<br />
meaningful ways to contribute to fun<br />
projects that help restore and reclaim<br />
local biodiversity. Join backyard bird<br />
counts, find a bioblitz near you, remove<br />
invasive species (like English ivy), plant<br />
trees or clean up shorelines, etc. Find<br />
groups active in the community or start<br />
your own. Many cities offer grants for<br />
citizen stewardship projects.<br />
9. Hang a tree swing. Kids need to<br />
play outside! Choose a healthy branch<br />
(200 millimetres or more in diameter and<br />
at least 1.8 metres long) of a hardwood<br />
tree. Ensure the rope, carabiners and hardware<br />
are rated for the maximum weight.<br />
Reuse a tire, buy a used option or create<br />
your own wooden seat. When properly<br />
installed you won’t damage the tree.<br />
Note: Backyards are a great location<br />
but to meet the neighbours and add to<br />
local social capital, put it on the front<br />
boulevard!<br />
10. Write love letters to express<br />
gratitude to nature. What do you love<br />
most about nature? Hide your note or<br />
letter for someone to find — around the<br />
house or at your local library, community<br />
centre or school. Enlist your kids or<br />
pitch the idea to your daycare or school.<br />
(Share the child art you’re hoarding!) Do<br />
it at work, covertly. Hide your letter<br />
inside the office or outside in a courtyard<br />
or garden. Or invite colleagues to<br />
participate. Provide markers and paper,<br />
then showcase the letters for everyone to<br />
enjoy. Create a gratitude tree on the front<br />
boulevard or in a public park. Find more<br />
inspiration at The Love Lettering Project<br />
(loveletteringproject.com).<br />
Reprinted with permission from David<br />
Suzuki Foundation, davidsuzuki.org.<br />
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EDUCATION<br />
PRESCHOOLS, CHILD CARE<br />
& OCCASIONAL CARE<br />
Arbutus Grove Children’s Centre V<br />
3905 Haro Road | 250-477-3731 | arbutusgrove.ca<br />
ArtsCalibre Academy<br />
V<br />
3220 Cedar Hill Rd | 250-382-3533 | ArtsCalibre.ca<br />
“The Art of Preschool”—an engaging, comprehensive<br />
program infused with music, dance,<br />
theatre and visual arts, giving children confidence<br />
and the social and academic skills to thrive in<br />
kindergarten and beyond. Excellent staff and<br />
outstanding facilities within the Cedar Hill Recreation<br />
Centre.<br />
Aspengrove School<br />
250-618-2201 | aspengroveschool.ca<br />
Camosun College Child Care Services V<br />
250-370-4880 | camosun.ca/childcare<br />
Carrot Seed Preschool<br />
813 Claremont Ave | 250-658-2331<br />
carrotseedpreschool.com<br />
Castleview Child Care<br />
V<br />
250-595-5355 | castleviewchildcarecentre.com<br />
Cathedral School Childcare<br />
& Junior Kindergarten<br />
1670 Richardson St | 250-383-5132<br />
1806 San Juan Ave | 250-388-4550<br />
cathedralschool.ca<br />
Full day, licensed program for 3 and<br />
4 year olds.<br />
Centennial Day Care<br />
250-386-6832 | centennialdaycare.ca<br />
Children’s Discovery Centre<br />
Qualicum Beach | 250-752-4343<br />
Ciara Early Childhood Centre<br />
846 Phoenix St | 250-386-7369<br />
Cordova Bay Preschool<br />
250-658-3441 | cordovabaypreschool.org<br />
V Victoria & Area<br />
P Peninsula<br />
W Westshore<br />
G Gulf <strong>Island</strong>s<br />
CV Cowichan Valley<br />
N Nanaimo & Area<br />
CX Comox Valley<br />
PR Pacific Rim<br />
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Countryside Preschool<br />
countrysidepreschool.org<br />
Duncan Christian School CV<br />
250-746-3654 | duncanchristianschool.ca<br />
Duncan Christian School is an interdenominational<br />
school educating students from preschool<br />
to Grade 12. Our school property includes an<br />
elementary campus (preschool – Grade 7) and a<br />
secondary campus (Grade 8–12). The first steps in<br />
your child’s education. Building on Faith, <strong>Family</strong><br />
and Community.<br />
Emmanuel Baptist Church Childcare<br />
2121 Cedar Hill Cross Rd | 250-598-0573<br />
Full o’ Beans Preschool<br />
V<br />
250-360-1148 | saanichneighbourhoodplace.com<br />
Glenlyon Norfolk School<br />
V<br />
Junior Kindergarten<br />
1701 Beach Drive | 250-370-6801 | mygns.ca<br />
A three and four-year-old licensed program that<br />
embraces developing curiosity and love of learning<br />
within the framework of the respected IB<br />
Primary Years Programme.<br />
International Montessori Academy<br />
2375 Koksilah Rd, Duncan | 250-737-1119<br />
<strong>Island</strong> Kids Academy<br />
542 Fraser St | 250-381-2929<br />
286 <strong>Island</strong> Hwy | 250-727-2929<br />
islandkids.ca<br />
P<br />
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<strong>Island</strong> Montessori House<br />
P<br />
250-592-4411 | islandmontessori.com<br />
Children have the natural desire and ability to<br />
learn. Our child-centered program<br />
is committed to providing a rich,<br />
safe, developmentally appropriate<br />
and caring environment that<br />
promotes a sense of well-being,<br />
confidence and independence.<br />
JLC Victoria Japanese Preschool<br />
jlcvictoria.com<br />
John Paul II Catholic School<br />
Port Alberni | 250-723-0637<br />
Kingfisher Preschool<br />
250-642-5152<br />
sfrs.ca/programs/kingfisher-preschool<br />
Lambrick Park Preschool<br />
250-477-8131 | lambrickparkpreschool.ca<br />
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La Pre-Maternelle Appletree<br />
Preschool<br />
250-479-0292 | prematernelleappletree.com<br />
Lexie’s Little Bears Child Care Inc.<br />
1931 & 1927 Millstream Rd | 250-590-3603<br />
lexieslittlebears.ca<br />
Little Phoenix Childcare Centre<br />
1004 N Park St | 1-778-269-2273<br />
Little Star Children’s Centre<br />
Qualicum Beach<br />
250-752-4554 | littlestardaycare.ca<br />
Lulu’s Child Care Centre<br />
9830 Fourth St, Sidney | thisislulus.com<br />
Metchosin Cooperative Preschool<br />
250-478-9241<br />
Nightingale Preschool & Junior<br />
Kindergarten Ltd.<br />
250-595-7544 | nightingalepreschool.com<br />
Oakcrest Preschool<br />
3738 Cedar Hill Rd | 250-472-0668<br />
oakcrestpreschool.org<br />
Oak Bay Preschool<br />
250-592-1922 | oakbaypreschool.com<br />
Pacific Christian School Preschool<br />
250-479-4532 | PacificChristian.ca<br />
Pacific Heart Childcare<br />
1720 McTavish Rd | pacificheartchildcare.com<br />
Parkside Academy<br />
Duncan | 250-746-1711<br />
Queen of Angels Early Learning<br />
Centre<br />
250-701-0433 | queenofangels.ca<br />
Queen Margaret’s School<br />
250-746-4185 | qms.bc.ca<br />
Rainbows & Dreams<br />
4184 Keewatin Pl | 250-479-1966<br />
Ready Set Grow Preschool<br />
250-472-1530 | heosc.com<br />
Recreation Oak Bay<br />
1975 Bee St | 250-370-7200 | oakbay.ca<br />
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The River Preschool<br />
stbarnabaschurch.ca<br />
The Sir James Douglas Playschool<br />
250-389-0500<br />
St. Christopher’s Montessori School<br />
2619 Currie Rd | 250-595-3213<br />
V<br />
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flexibility<br />
for<br />
different<br />
learning<br />
styles<br />
St. Joseph’s Early Learning Centre<br />
757 Burnside Rd West<br />
250-479-1237 | stjosephschool.ca<br />
St. Margaret’s School Jr. Kindergarten V<br />
250-479-7171 | stmarg.ca<br />
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optional<br />
hands-on<br />
learning<br />
activities<br />
Sunrise Waldorf School Preschool<br />
2148 Lakeside Rd | 250-743-7253<br />
sunrisewaldorfschool.org<br />
Vancouver <strong>Island</strong> Co-operative<br />
Preschool Association<br />
250-598-2667 | vicpa.org<br />
Victoria Montessori<br />
250-380-0534 | victoriamontessori.com<br />
Westmont Montessori School<br />
4075 Metchosin Rd | 250-474-2626<br />
west-mont.ca<br />
CV<br />
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support<br />
from a<br />
certified<br />
teacher<br />
gentle and<br />
constructive<br />
feedback<br />
Westshore Parks & Recreation<br />
1767 <strong>Island</strong> Highway | 250-478-8384<br />
westshorerecreation.ca<br />
West Shore Parks & Recreation’s vision is to inspire<br />
its community to Move, Learn and Play for<br />
life! Starting September 2021, WSPR is excited to<br />
offer a wide variety of programs to suit the child<br />
care needs of families in the West Shore, kick<br />
starting children’s journeys on an active, curious<br />
and healthy lifestyle. 24 new full-time daycare<br />
(30 mos–5 years), 30 new preschool and 40 new<br />
afterschool care spaces open September 2021.<br />
The registration process begins in February.<br />
Willowbrae Childcare<br />
722 Johnson St | 604-366-7080<br />
willowbraechildcare.com<br />
Wiseways Preschool & Daycare<br />
250-477-1312 | wisewaysvictoria.com<br />
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SCHOOL DISTRICTS<br />
Chemainus Crofton Community<br />
Schools Association<br />
3172 Garner St | 250-246-3588<br />
CV<br />
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Conseil scolaire francophone<br />
de la Columbie-Britannique<br />
180–10200 Shellbridge Way, Richmond<br />
1-888-715-2200 | csf.bc.ca<br />
School District #61 Victoria<br />
556 Boleskine Rd | 250-475-3212 | sd61.bc.ca<br />
School District #62 Sooke<br />
3143 Jacklin Rd | 250-474-9800 | sd62.bc.ca<br />
V<br />
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School District #63 Saanich P<br />
2125 Keating X-Rd | 250-652-7300 | sd63.bc.ca<br />
School District #64, Gulf <strong>Island</strong>s<br />
112 Rainbow Rd | 250-537-5548 | sd64.bc.ca<br />
G<br />
School District #68<br />
N<br />
(Nanaimo-Ladysmith)<br />
395 Wakesiah Ave | 250-754-5521 | sd68.bc.ca<br />
School District #69 (Qualicum)<br />
100 Jensen Ave | 250-248-4241 | sd69.bc.ca<br />
School District #79<br />
2557 Beverly St | 250-748-0321 | sd79.bc.ca<br />
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INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS<br />
Arrowmith Independent School<br />
861 Hilliers Rd, Qualicum | 250-752-2722<br />
arrowsmithindependentschool.ca<br />
ArtsCalibre Academy<br />
V<br />
4201 Tyndall Ave | 250-382-3533 | ArtsCalibre.ca<br />
Imagine a school where music, dance, theatre<br />
and visual arts are infused into all aspects of an<br />
outstanding curriculum. Academic excellence is<br />
achieved in a dynamic, engaging and safe environment.<br />
Small class sizes, individualized education<br />
plans, highly skilled and dedicated teachers,<br />
excellent facilities and location.<br />
Aspengrove School<br />
N<br />
Nanaimo | 250-390-2201 | aspengroveschool.ca<br />
Brentwood College School<br />
2735 Mt. Baker Rd, Mill Bay<br />
250-743-5521 | brentwood.bc.ca<br />
Brookes Westshore<br />
1945 Sooke Rd | 250-929-0506<br />
westshore.brookes.org<br />
N<br />
CV<br />
W<br />
Christ Church Cathedral School<br />
912 Vancouver St | 250-383-5125<br />
cathedralschool.ca<br />
CCCS is an Independent Anglican<br />
School for K – grade 8. Outstanding<br />
teachers, programs and out of school<br />
care within a welcoming, inclusive<br />
community.<br />
Discovery School<br />
250-595-7765 | discoveryschool.ca<br />
Evergreen Independent School<br />
3515 Watson Ave, Cobble Hill<br />
250-743-2433 | evergreen.net<br />
Glenlyon Norfolk School<br />
801 Bank St (Admissions) | 250-370-6801<br />
801 Bank St (Middle Years) | 250-370-6803<br />
801 Bank St (Senior) | 250-370-6802<br />
1701 Beach Dr (Primary) | 250-370-6854<br />
mygns.ca<br />
John Paul II Catholic School<br />
Port Alberni | 4006 8th Ave | 250-723-0637<br />
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Lakeview Christian School<br />
250-658-5082 | lcsvictoria.ca<br />
Maria Montessori Academy<br />
1841 Fairburn Dr | 250-479-4746<br />
mariamontessoriacademy.net<br />
Oak & Orca Bioregional School V<br />
2738 Higgins St | 250-383-6609 | oakandorca.ca<br />
Pacific Christian School<br />
671 Agnes St (Elementary) | 250-479-9365<br />
654 Agnes St (Secondary) | 250-479-4532<br />
pacificchristian.ca<br />
Queen Margaret’s School<br />
250-746-4185 | qms.bc.ca<br />
Queen of Angels Catholic School<br />
2085 Maple Bay Rd | 250-746-5919<br />
Selkirk Montessori School<br />
2970 Jutland Rd | 250-384-3414<br />
selkirkmontessori.ca<br />
St. Andrew’s Regional High School<br />
880 McKenzie Ave | 250-479-1414<br />
standrewshigh.ca<br />
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St. Joseph’s Catholic School<br />
757 West Burnside Rd | 250-479-1232<br />
stjosephschool.ca<br />
St. Margaret’s School<br />
V<br />
1080 Lucas Ave | 250-479-7171 | stmarg.ca<br />
Confident girls. Inspiring women. Junior kindergarten<br />
to Grade 12.<br />
St. Michaels University School<br />
3400 Richmond Rd | 250-592-2411 | smus.ca<br />
Jr. School | 820 Victoria | 250-598-3922<br />
St. Patrick’s Elementary School V<br />
2368 Trent St | 250-592-6713 | stpatrickselem.ca<br />
Shawnigan Lake School<br />
CV<br />
1975 Renfrew Rd | 250-743-5516 | shawnigan.ca<br />
Sunrise Waldorf School<br />
2148 Lakeside Rd | 250-743-7253<br />
sunrisewaldorfschool.org<br />
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Vancouver <strong>Island</strong> School<br />
V<br />
of Innovation and Inquiry<br />
Inquiry learning for Grades 5, 6, 7, and 8 in a small<br />
centre where interdisciplinary questions engage<br />
all dimensions of a child’s life.<br />
admin@visii.ca | visii.ca<br />
Navigate Heartwood<br />
Learning Community<br />
1-800-663-7925 | navigatenides.com<br />
North <strong>Island</strong> Distance Education<br />
2505 Smith Rd, Courtenay<br />
1-800-663-7925 | navigatenides.com<br />
LEARNING CENTRES & TUTORS<br />
Alliance Française de Victoria<br />
afvictoria.ca<br />
KUMON Math & Reading<br />
1560 Fort St | 778-746-3185<br />
214-3965 Quadra St | 250-479-1800<br />
kumon.com<br />
KUMON Math & Reading<br />
115–963 Langford Parkway | 250-516-2991<br />
kumon.com<br />
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KUMON Math & Reading<br />
P<br />
10091 Resthaven Dr | 250-656-6696 | kumon.com<br />
KUMON Math & Reading<br />
5–6421 Applecross Rd | 250-390-2411<br />
2753 Charlotte Rd | 250-743-3510<br />
kumon.com<br />
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Sylvan Learning Centre<br />
CV<br />
215–80 Station St | 250-746-0222<br />
sylvanlearning.com<br />
Proven results. Digital tablet technology. Innovative<br />
teaching techniques, motivational programs<br />
and the Sylvan Insight assessment continue to<br />
make Sylvan Learning the leader in personalized<br />
learning from K-12. Call today to find out more.<br />
Sylvan Learning Centre<br />
N<br />
3260 Norwell Dr | 250-758-1526<br />
sylvanlearning.com<br />
Proven results. Digital tablet technology. Innovative<br />
teaching techniques, motivational programs<br />
and the Sylvan Insight assessment continue to<br />
make Sylvan Learning the leader in personalized<br />
learning from K-12. Call today to find out more.<br />
Total Learning Services<br />
778-440-0997<br />
totallearningservices2014@gmail.com<br />
Victoria German School<br />
250-886-1420 | victoriagermanschool.org<br />
Victoria Literacy Connection<br />
A10-830 Pembroke St | 250-385-0014<br />
victorialiteracyconnection.ca<br />
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Victoria School for Ideal Education V<br />
2820 Belmont Ave | 250-383-6654 | vsie.ca<br />
Welkin College School<br />
N<br />
welkinschool.com<br />
Westmont School<br />
W<br />
4075 Metchosin Rd | 250-474-2626 | west-mont.ca<br />
LDABC The Learning Curve<br />
250-370-9513 | ldasvi.bc.ca<br />
Literacy Central Vancouver <strong>Island</strong><br />
250-754-8988 | literacycentralvi.org<br />
The Math Teacher<br />
250-732-1597 | themathteacher.xyz<br />
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Victoria Literacy Connection helps children, youth<br />
and adults improve their reading, writing, math,<br />
English and French language and basic computer<br />
skills through 1:1 or group tutoring. Volunteer<br />
tutors support most of our programs to offer free<br />
services.<br />
DISTRIBUTED LEARNING<br />
CEAP School District #69<br />
Home Learning Program<br />
250-954-3043 | SD69.bc.ca<br />
Hands-On Home-Learning for a V<br />
Sustainable World<br />
2738 Higgins St | 250-383-6619 | oakandorca.ca<br />
Individual Learning Centre<br />
Broadmead | 250-744-1174<br />
Saanichton | 250-656-4042<br />
ilc.sd63.bc.ca<br />
Juan de Fuca Distributed Learning<br />
814 Goldstream Ave | 250-391-9002<br />
jdfdl.web.sd62.bc.ca<br />
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Pivot Point Learning Centres Inc.<br />
1-866-531-4544 | pivotpoint.ca<br />
School Is Easy In Home Tutoring<br />
1-877-ITSEASY | schooliseasy.com<br />
Smart Tutor Referrals<br />
250-544-1588 | SmartTutorReferrals.com<br />
Sylvan Learning Centre<br />
V<br />
1623 McKenzie Ave | 250-477-3212<br />
3145 Jacklin Rd | 250-590-6211<br />
sylvanlearning.com<br />
Proven results. Digital tablet technology. Innovative<br />
teaching techniques, motivational programs<br />
and the Sylvan Insight assessment continue to<br />
make Sylvan Learning the leader in personalized<br />
learning from K-12. Call today to find out more.<br />
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POST SECONDARY EDUCATION<br />
Camosun College<br />
V<br />
250-370-3550 | camosun.ca<br />
Royal Roads University<br />
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250-391-2511 | royalroads.ca<br />
University of Victoria<br />
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Take Care of Yourself to<br />
Care for the Living World<br />
Doctors can now give out A Prescription<br />
for Nature (parkprescriptions.ca)<br />
or PaRx to get<br />
patients into nature at least two hours<br />
per week. To treat mental and physical<br />
health problems, Canadian health care<br />
professionals give a free Parks Canada<br />
Discovery Pass, worth $70.<br />
While we’ve long understood that<br />
Vitamin “N” (for “nature”) is essential<br />
for healthy human function, we’re finally<br />
acting on that understanding. Nature is<br />
good for learning, health and well-being!<br />
The healing and spiritual perks of time<br />
in nature are also acknowledged around<br />
the world.<br />
Six nature-lovin’ terms to<br />
experience<br />
Dadirri (pronounced da-did-ee):<br />
Deep listening and inner quiet that can<br />
arise from contemplating the quietude<br />
and beauty of nature. It’s from the<br />
Ngan’gikurunggurr and Ngen’giwumirri<br />
languages of the Aboriginal peoples of<br />
the Daly River region (Northern Territory,<br />
Australia). It’s a spiritual skill based<br />
on respect.<br />
Friluftsliv (pronounced free-loofts-liv):<br />
A way of life spent exploring and appreciating<br />
nature. It’s a Nordic term used<br />
to describe the value of spending time in<br />
remote locations for spiritual and physical<br />
wellbeing.<br />
Komorebi (pronounced koh-mo-rehbee):<br />
A Japanese word to describe the<br />
light that dapples the forest floor as it’s<br />
filtered through the leaves.<br />
Meriggiare: An Italian term (verb) that<br />
means to rest at noon—the hottest hours<br />
of the day—in the shade. Tip: listen online<br />
for a pronunciation.<br />
Petrichor (pronounced pe-tre-kor):<br />
The distinctive musty or earthy smell of<br />
rain as it hits dry earth. A term coined by<br />
Australian scientists in 1964.<br />
Waldeinsamkeit (pronounced vahydahyn-zahm-kahyt):<br />
The feelings or emotions<br />
you have when being alone in the<br />
woods.<br />
Reflect on the terms or test them out<br />
yourself! You’ll impress your nature<br />
lovin’ friends no matter your accent.<br />
When we take care of ourselves, we<br />
also take care of the living world. As a<br />
family, explore a few acts of mindfulness<br />
to foster play, rest and joy:<br />
<strong>Family</strong> portrait. Recall a happy moment<br />
with your family. Hold that image.<br />
Now use your family members to recreate<br />
it! <strong>Parent</strong>s, grandparents, and siblings<br />
take a still position to illustrate your happiest<br />
moment. Maybe a parent becomes<br />
a tree? Or your sibling is the family pet?<br />
Take turns, then reflect on how it was to<br />
play different people and how it felt to<br />
share this moment with others. Source:<br />
Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness<br />
with Children by Thich Nhat Hanh and<br />
Plum Village Community.<br />
Sky meditation. Bring happiness and<br />
compassion to yourself and others. Lay<br />
comfortably on your back and look up<br />
at the boundless sky. (Don’t stare at<br />
the sun, it’s okay to blink!) Allow your<br />
thoughts and emotions to pass by like<br />
clouds. Can you become one with the<br />
sky? Can your mind have a quality of<br />
vast, open and limitless? Stay here a few<br />
minutes, breathing deeply. Close your<br />
meditation, by becoming aware of your<br />
body touching the surface of grass, sand<br />
or whatever your surroundings. Reflect<br />
on your feelings of freedom and peace.<br />
Tip: You can also practice indoors with<br />
a view of the sky. Source: adapted from<br />
Gelong Thubten’s book, A Monk’s <strong>Guide</strong><br />
to Happiness.<br />
Behold. Go into your garden, a patch<br />
of forest or stretch of beach. Practice being<br />
present by noticing a tree, the water,<br />
a stone or flower. Notice but don’t assign<br />
it an adjective. Let it be. Beholding<br />
means you don’t judge whether it’s your<br />
favourite kind of tree, or if it’s a beautiful<br />
flower. In non-judgement you enter a different<br />
state of being and open to a deep<br />
sense of wonder. This is communion, a<br />
true source of joy! (Hint: after practicing<br />
on flowers, try to behold people.)<br />
Walking meditation. This practice<br />
deepens our connection with our body<br />
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and the earth. Each step brings us healing<br />
and happiness. Walk as if your feet<br />
are kissing the earth, go slow. Remember<br />
that you have a body! From this connection<br />
you experience aliveness. Walking<br />
meditation brings body and mind together<br />
peacefully. When we see our anger<br />
or sadness clearly, it dissolves. We feel<br />
more compassion for ourselves and others.<br />
“Walking meditation should not be<br />
work. It is very pleasant, especially in the<br />
early morning when the air is still very<br />
fresh. When we walk mindfully, we see<br />
the beauty and the wonder of the earth<br />
around us, and we wake up. We see that<br />
we are living a very wonderful moment.”<br />
(Thich Nhat Hanh)<br />
Lindsay Coulter is a writer, educator, facilitator,<br />
naturalist, community catalyst, soul activist,<br />
mentor, and dedicated mother of<br />
two. She’s the Director of Communications,<br />
Culture and Community<br />
at EPIC Learning<br />
Centre, a forest and<br />
nature school in Victoria.<br />
Find her @SaneAction on<br />
Instagram and Facebook.<br />
Science shows a daily dose<br />
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Moderate the effect of stressful events<br />
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Improve cognitive function, self-discipline<br />
and resilience under stress<br />
Improve impulse control and boost immune<br />
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Reduce obesity, stress and the incidence of<br />
clinical depression<br />
Reduce symptoms of attention-deficit<br />
disorders<br />
Boost immunity, energy levels and creativity<br />
Decrease blood sugars<br />
Make people more generous<br />
Lower rates of aggression<br />
Combat loneliness<br />
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CLASSES&PROGRAMS<br />
ART PROGRAMS<br />
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria<br />
Children’s Studio<br />
250-384-4171 | aggv.ca<br />
Artistic Statement Gallery &<br />
School of Fine Art<br />
107–2250 Oak Bay Ave | 250-383-0566<br />
Fired Up Ceramics<br />
firedupceramics.ca<br />
McTavish Academy of Art<br />
P<br />
1720 McTavish Rd | 778-351-0088<br />
McTavishAcademy.ca<br />
McTavish Academy of<br />
Art works with local instructors,<br />
organizations and the community, offering<br />
a unique range of creative classes, workshops<br />
and events for you to experience, at any age.<br />
Poppet Creative<br />
poppetcreative.com<br />
Robert Bateman Centre<br />
Junior Nature Sketch Club<br />
250-940-3630 | batemancentre.org<br />
CLUBS & ACTIVITIES<br />
Boys & Girls Club, Victoria<br />
1233 Clarke Rd | 250-652-3021<br />
521 Craigflower Rd | 250-686-9108<br />
410 Macaulay St | 250-686-9107<br />
626 Hoylake Ave | 250-478-0721<br />
345 Wale Rd | 250-216-9583<br />
bgcvic.org<br />
Boys & Girls Club, Chemainus<br />
3172B Garner St | 250-246-5421<br />
Boys & Girls Club, Duncan<br />
2471 Beverly St, Duncan | 250-748-1171<br />
Boys & Girls Club, Ladysmith<br />
730 3rd Ave | 250-245-8921<br />
Boys & Girls Club, Lantzville<br />
7–7221 Lantzville Rd | 250-390-4001<br />
V Victoria & Area<br />
P Peninsula<br />
W Westshore<br />
G Gulf <strong>Island</strong>s<br />
CV Cowichan Valley<br />
N Nanaimo & Area<br />
CX Comox Valley<br />
PR Pacific Rim<br />
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Boys & Girls Club, Nanaimo<br />
20 5th St | 250-754-3215<br />
Girl <strong>Guide</strong>s of Canada<br />
938 Mason St | 250-383-1712 | girlguides.ca<br />
Girl <strong>Guide</strong>s of Canada<br />
CV<br />
321 Cairnsmore St | 250-748-1052 | girlguides.ca<br />
Maple Bay Yacht Club<br />
250-746-4521 | mbyc.bc.ca<br />
Nanaimo Navy League & Sea Cadets<br />
750 Fifth St | 250-753-3797<br />
Navy League Cadets<br />
250-565-3344 | navyleague.ca<br />
Royal Canadian Air Cadets<br />
89pacific-aircadets.ca<br />
Royal Canadian Air Cadets<br />
205 Collishaw Rd, Nanaimo | 250-754-0076<br />
Scouts Canada<br />
1-888-726-8876 | scouts.ca<br />
Victoria Sea Cadets<br />
250-363-0864 | vicseacadets.ca<br />
DANCE<br />
Arabesque Dance Studio<br />
250-595-3107 | dancearabesque.ca<br />
Ballet Victoria<br />
643 Broughton St | 250-380-6063<br />
balletvictoria.ca<br />
Dance Unlimited<br />
250-361-3267 | danceunlimited.ca<br />
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Leap Forward Dance School W<br />
2758 Peatt Rd | 250-818-9225 or 778-265-5955<br />
leapforwardlangford.com<br />
Maple Leaf School of Ballet<br />
310 Henry St | mapleleafballet.ca<br />
Nanaimo Contemporary Ballet<br />
ncballet.ca<br />
O’Brien School of Irish Dance<br />
250-340-2370 | obrienirishdance.com<br />
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Stages Performing Arts School<br />
301–1551 Cedar Hill X Rd | 250-384-3267<br />
stagesdance.com<br />
Victoria Academy of Ballet V<br />
2713 Quadra St | 250-590-6752<br />
victoriaacademyofballet.ca<br />
The Victoria Academy of Ballet offers recreational<br />
dance classes to students aged 3–18 in a stimulating<br />
environment focused on creativity, group<br />
interaction and self-expression. Balance, coordination<br />
and spatial awareness are developed in a<br />
fun atmosphere. Younger students are continually<br />
inspired by our internationally acclaimed instructors<br />
and professional training program students<br />
from all over the world. VAB is the only ballet<br />
school on Vancouver <strong>Island</strong> designated with the<br />
BC Ministry of Advanced Education.<br />
Victoria School of Irish Dance<br />
250-888-9421 | victoriairishdancers.com<br />
Westcoast Academy of<br />
Performing Arts<br />
250-415-1477 | wapa.ca<br />
DAY PROGRAMS<br />
Airhouse<br />
4381 Boban Dr | 250-585-8888<br />
Autism Services,<br />
Community Living Victoria<br />
250-477-7231 | communitylivingvictoria.ca<br />
BC SPCA<br />
250-388-7722 | spca.bc.ca<br />
Bear Mountain Academy Programs<br />
250-744-2327 | bearmountain.ca<br />
Boys & Girls Club<br />
250-384-9133 | bgcvic.org<br />
Byte Camp<br />
250-661-3358 | bytecamp.ca<br />
Canadian Forces Sailing<br />
250-385-8873 | cfsa.wordpress.com<br />
Christ Church Cathedral School<br />
250-383-5125 | cathedralschool.ca<br />
Easter Seals, British Columbia & Yukon<br />
Camp Inquiries: 604-873-1865, 1-800-818-4483<br />
camp@eastersealsbcy.ca | eastersealsbcy.ca<br />
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FUN Camps<br />
600 Richmond Ave | 778-712-2267<br />
Glenlyon Norfolk Marine Adventure<br />
Program<br />
250-370-6852 | mygns.ca<br />
Hands On Summer Camp<br />
250-995-6425 | HandsOnSummerCamp.com<br />
Nanaimo Art Gallery<br />
150 Commercial St | 250-754-1750<br />
Oaklands Equestrian Unicorn Club V<br />
879 Dooley Rd | oaklandsunicornclub@gmail.com<br />
Rogers Society<br />
765 Rogers Ave | rogerssociety.org<br />
Royal Victoria Yacht Club<br />
250-592-2441 | rvyc.bc.ca<br />
Seedlings Forest Education V/N<br />
250-880-0660 seedlingsforesteducation.com<br />
SMUS Education Extension<br />
Holiday Programs<br />
250-370-6120 | smus.ca<br />
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YM/YWCA<br />
880 Courtney St | 250-475-3777<br />
vancouverislandy.com<br />
DRAMA PROGRAMS<br />
Four Seasons Musical Theatre<br />
fsmtheatre.ca<br />
Kaleidoscope Theatre<br />
250-383-8124 | kaleidoscope.bc.ca<br />
SKAM School of Performing Arts<br />
250-386-7526 | skam.ca<br />
Spotlight Academy<br />
250-714-2555 | spotlightacademyvictoria.com<br />
Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts<br />
250-580-2588 | vadarts.com<br />
GYMNASTICS<br />
Falcon Gymnastics Centre<br />
208–721 Vanalman Ave | 250-479-6424<br />
falcongymnastics.com<br />
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Flipside Gymnastics<br />
250-756-9102 | flipsidegymnastics.ca<br />
<strong>Island</strong> Circus Space<br />
islandcircusspace.com<br />
Nanaimo Gymnastics School N<br />
1975 Bollinger Road, Nanaimo | 250-740-0330<br />
nanaimogymnastics.ca<br />
Nanaimo Gymnastics School is a not-for-profit<br />
society dedicated to the teaching of artistic<br />
gymnastics at all levels. Our mission is to develop<br />
physical literacy through gymnastics in a fun, safe<br />
and structured environment, while also teaching<br />
important life skills for the future! Our programs<br />
include Preschool, Recreational and Parkour<br />
structured classes, and a successful Competitive<br />
Artistic Gymnastics Program. For additional programs,<br />
visit our website! Come Learn With Us!<br />
Victoria Gymnastics<br />
2051 Store St | 250-380-2442<br />
victoriagymnastics.com<br />
Victoria Gymnastics<br />
520 Mt View Ave | 250-265-6414<br />
victoriagymnastics.com<br />
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Music for Young Children<br />
1-800-828-4334 | myc.com<br />
Nanaimo Conservatory of Music<br />
250-754-4611 | ncmusic.ca<br />
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Sage Piano Studio<br />
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Sooke | 250-213-7883 | sagepiano@gmail.com<br />
In studio and online lessons<br />
Speak Sing Studio<br />
speaksingstudio@gmail.com<br />
250-893-8806 | speaksingstudio.com<br />
Sydney teaches voice, piano,<br />
and music theory in Langford<br />
and online. Students will<br />
learn healthy ways to make<br />
music while having fun! Visit<br />
our website to book your<br />
free consultation today! All<br />
ages welcome.<br />
Tom Lee Music<br />
105–2401D Millstream Rd | 250-838-5222<br />
tomleemusic.ca<br />
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LIBRARIES<br />
Greater Victoria Public Library<br />
250-940-4875 (GVPL) | gvpl.ca<br />
Bruce Hutchison Branch | 4636 Elk Lake Rd<br />
Central Branch | 735 Broughton St<br />
Central Saanich Branch | 1209 Clarke Rd<br />
Emily Carr Branch | 101-3521 Blanshard St<br />
Esquimalt Branch | 1231 Esquimalt Rd<br />
Goudy Branch | 119-755 Goldstream Ave<br />
Juan de Fuca Branch | 1759 <strong>Island</strong> Hwy<br />
Langford Heritage Branch | 102-1314 Lakepoint Way<br />
Nellie McClung Branch | 3950 Cedar Hill Rd<br />
Oak Bay Branch | 1442 Monterey Ave<br />
Saanich Centennial Branch | 3110 Tillicum Rd<br />
Vancouver <strong>Island</strong> Regional Library<br />
virl.bc.ca<br />
Campbell River Branch<br />
1240 Shopper’s Row | 250-287-3655<br />
Chemainus Branch<br />
2592 Legion St | 250-246-9471<br />
Cowichan Branch<br />
2687 James St | 250-746-7661<br />
Hornby <strong>Island</strong> Branch<br />
1765 Sollans Rd | 250-335-0044<br />
Ladysmith Branch<br />
3–740 1st Ave | 250-245-2322<br />
Lake Cowichan Branch<br />
38 King George North | 250-749-3431<br />
Nanaimo Harbourfront Branch<br />
90 Commercial Dr | 250-753-1154<br />
Nanaimo Wellington Branch<br />
3032 Barons Rd | 250-758-5544<br />
Parksville Branch<br />
100E Jenson Ave East | 250-248-3841<br />
Port Alberni Branch<br />
4245 Wallace St | 250-723-9511<br />
Qualicum Beach Branch<br />
101–660 Primrose St | 250-752-6121<br />
Sidney-North Saanich Branch<br />
10091 Resthaven Rd | 250-656-0944<br />
Sooke Branch<br />
2065 Anna Marie Rd | 250-642-3022<br />
MUSIC<br />
BC Music Teachers’ Association<br />
bcrmtavictoria.webs.com<br />
Let us find you a private music<br />
teacher. The BCRMTA assures<br />
you qualified and professional<br />
instruction on every instrument<br />
at every level. Find your local<br />
teacher today.<br />
Comox Valley Youth Music Centre<br />
cymc.ca<br />
Drumwave Music School<br />
778-679-7985 | drumwavemusic.com<br />
<strong>Island</strong> Show Choir<br />
islandshowchoir.com<br />
Mary Rogers Music Studio<br />
250-744-9049 | maryrogerspianostudio.ca<br />
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Victoria Children’s Choir<br />
250-721-0856 | VictoriaChildrensChoir.ca<br />
Victoria Conservatory of Music V<br />
info@vcm.bc.ca | 250-386-5311 | vcm.bc.ca<br />
A non-profit<br />
organization<br />
founded in 1964,<br />
the Victoria<br />
Conservatory of<br />
Music (VCM) has earned an outstanding reputation<br />
of quality in education, performance, and<br />
music therapy. As a music school for the whole<br />
community, the VCM welcomes students of all<br />
ages and musical abilities and teaches in all<br />
musical genres from classical to contemporary<br />
and music technology. The Victoria Conservatory<br />
of Music currently has two beautiful locations in<br />
Downtown Victoria and Langford (Westhills YMCA-<br />
YWCA building).<br />
RECREATION CENTRES<br />
Archie Browning Sports Centre V<br />
1151 Esquimalt Rd | 250-414-7103 | esquimalt.ca<br />
Beban Park Social Centre<br />
2300 Bowen Rd | 250-756-5200<br />
Bowen Park Complex<br />
500 Bowen Rd | 250-756-5200 | nanaimo.ca<br />
Cedar Hill Recreation Centre V<br />
3220 Cedar Hill Rd | 250-475-7121 | saanich.ca<br />
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City Centre Park<br />
250-391-1738 | citycentrepark.ca<br />
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Gordon Head Recreation Centre V<br />
4100 Lambrick Way | 250-475-7100 | saanich.ca<br />
Oliver Woods Community Centre<br />
6000 Oliver Rd | 250-756-5200 | nanaimo.ca<br />
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Cowichan Aquatic Centre<br />
2653 James St, Duncan | 250-746-7665<br />
northcowichan.ca<br />
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Cowichan Lake Sports Arena CV<br />
311 South Shore Rd | 250-749-6742 | cvrd.bc.ca<br />
Cowichan Sportsplex<br />
5847 Chesterfield Ave | 250-746-5666<br />
cowichansportsplex.com<br />
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Crystal Pool & Fitness Centre V<br />
2275 Quadra St | 250-361-0732<br />
victoria.ca/recservices<br />
Swimming lessons for all ages and abilities; 50m<br />
pool with waterslide, two kids’ pools and sauna/<br />
steam rooms; full fitness facilities and wellness<br />
programs.<br />
Esquimalt Parks & Recreation<br />
527 Fraser St | 250-414-8500 | esquimalt.ca<br />
Frank Crane Arena<br />
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2300 Bowen Rd | 250-756-5200 | nanaimo.ca<br />
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Henderson Centre<br />
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2291 Cedar Hill X Rd | 250-370-7200 | oakbay.ca<br />
Kerry Park Recreation Centre<br />
1035 Shawnigan-Mill Bay Rd<br />
250-743-5922 | cvrd.bc.ca<br />
Kinsmen Park Pool<br />
5799 Alderlea St | 250-746-1018<br />
Ladysmith Parks, Recreation<br />
& Culture<br />
810–6th Ave | 250-245-6424 | ladysmith.ca<br />
McGirr Sports Complex<br />
6185 McGirr Rd | 250-756-1173 | sd68.bc.ca<br />
Nanaimo Aquatic Centre<br />
741 Third St | 250-756-5200 | nanaimo.ca<br />
Nanaimo Ice Centre<br />
750 Third St | 250-756-5200 | nanaimo.ca<br />
CV<br />
North Cowichan Parks & Recreation CV<br />
2876 Fuller Lake Rd, Chemainus | 250-246-3811<br />
northcowichan.ca<br />
N<br />
N<br />
N<br />
N<br />
N<br />
Panorama Recreation Centre<br />
250-656-7271 | panoramarecreation.ca<br />
Pearkes Recreation Centre<br />
3100 Tillicum Rd | 250-475-5400 | saanich.ca<br />
Ravensong Aquatic Centre<br />
737 Jones St | 250-752-5014 | rdn.bc.ca<br />
Recreation Oak Bay<br />
250-595-7946 | recreation.oakbay.ca<br />
Saanich Commonwealth Place<br />
4636 Elk Lake Dr | 250-475-7600 | saanich.ca<br />
Salt Spring <strong>Island</strong> Parks & Recreation G<br />
145 Vesuvius Bay Rd | 250-537-4448<br />
Save On Foods Memorial Centre V<br />
1925 Blanshard St | 250-361-0732<br />
victoria.ca/arena<br />
Passport to skating lesson programs for all ages<br />
and abilities; special events and theme skates;<br />
youth and sports programs; rental opportunities<br />
for ice/dry floor/meeting rooms.<br />
P<br />
V<br />
N<br />
V<br />
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SEAPARC Leisure Complex<br />
2168 Phillips Rd, Sooke | 250-642-8000<br />
crd.bc.ca/seaparc<br />
W<br />
Shawnigan Lake Community Centre CV<br />
2804 Shawnigan Lk Rd | 250-743-1433 | cvrd.bc.ca<br />
West Shore Parks & Recreation W<br />
250-478-8384 | westshorerecreation.ca<br />
Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre and Centennial<br />
Centre offer a variety of programs for preschoolers,<br />
school age and teens, plus drop-in swimming,<br />
skating, child minding and more.<br />
RIDING<br />
Alpine Stables<br />
250-743-6641 | alpinestable.com<br />
Cowichan Therapeutic Riding<br />
250-746-1028 | ctra.ca<br />
SCIENCE/NATURE<br />
BC SPCA<br />
250-388-7722 | spca.bc.ca/kids<br />
Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre<br />
1845 Cowichan Bay Rd<br />
250-597-2288 | cowichanestuary.ca<br />
CRD Parks Programs<br />
250-478-3344 | crd.bc.ca<br />
Cedar Coast Field Station<br />
cedarcoastfieldstation.org<br />
Friends of Uplands Park<br />
250-595-8084 | friendsofuplandspark.org<br />
Gorge Waterway Nature House<br />
Gorge Park | 778-265-5119 | gorge.ca<br />
CV<br />
CV<br />
V<br />
CV<br />
Mad Science<br />
V<br />
250-391-1814 | madscience.org/vancouverisland<br />
Morell Nature Sanctuary<br />
787 Nanaimo Lakes | 250-753-5811<br />
morrellnaturesanctuary.ca<br />
Swan Lake Christmas Hill<br />
Nature Sanctuary<br />
250-479-0211 | swanlake.bc.ca<br />
Thriving Roots Wilderness School<br />
778-554-4741 | thrivingroots.org<br />
N<br />
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N<br />
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SKATING<br />
Oak Bay Figure Skating Club<br />
oakbayfsc.ca<br />
Juan de Fuca Skating Club<br />
jdfskatingclub.com<br />
SPORTS<br />
V<br />
W<br />
Boardworks Diving<br />
P<br />
4636 Elk Lake Dr | 250-479-0330 | boardworks.ca<br />
Capital Region Female<br />
Minor Hockey Assoc.<br />
VictoriaGirlsHockey.ca<br />
Central Saanich Little League<br />
cslittleleague.com<br />
Elevate Ultimate<br />
victoria@elevateultimate.com<br />
778-715-0037 | elevateultimate.com<br />
Gorge Soccer Association<br />
V<br />
240 Hampton Rd | info@gorgesoccer.ca<br />
gorgesoccer.ca<br />
Join a champion! Join one of Victoria’s oldest<br />
soccer clubs and become part of our tradition of<br />
soccer excellence and development. Youth soccer<br />
4–17 years old including winter, spring, recreational<br />
and competitive leagues. Holiday and<br />
Pro D Day camps and academy programs. Winter<br />
league adult soccer 17–70+ years old<br />
Greater Victoria Horseshoe<br />
Pitching Association<br />
250-727-2543 | vichpa.org<br />
Highland Pacific Golf<br />
450 Creed Rd | 250-478-4653<br />
highlandpacificgolf.com<br />
<strong>Island</strong> Circus Space<br />
3–625 Hillside Ave | 250-532-8282<br />
islandcircusspace.com<br />
V<br />
P<br />
V<br />
V<br />
W<br />
<strong>Island</strong> Swimming<br />
P<br />
250-744-5536 | islandswimming.com<br />
Let us teach your child to<br />
be a great swimmer! <strong>Island</strong><br />
Swim Skills, for swimmers<br />
6–10, who can swim a<br />
length of the pool on their<br />
own, are at Commonwealth and Juan de Fuca<br />
pools. Programs emphasize skill development<br />
and endurance in a fun and welcoming environment.<br />
<strong>Island</strong> Wave Skills, for kids 4 – 7, who are<br />
learning to swim, is back at Commonwealth Pool.<br />
V<br />
Check the latest Saanich Active Living <strong>Guide</strong> for<br />
registration.<br />
Kids At Tennis Society<br />
V<br />
tenniskids9@gmail.com<br />
250-412-1406 | kidsattennis.ca<br />
Our mission is to improve the physical, emotional<br />
and social well-being of children and youth from<br />
families facing challenges due to chronic low<br />
income or due to cognitive or physical developmental<br />
disabilities (Autism, Down Syndrome,<br />
Wheelchair Disabilities). Over the past 7 years<br />
the Society for Kids at Tennis (KATS) has provided<br />
free tennis lessons to over 14,000 underserved<br />
children and youth in the CRD. We strive to offset<br />
the growing negative impacts kids face today by<br />
providing, free of charge, tennis lessons including<br />
all equipment, and are conducted in a manner<br />
that promotes physical activity and engages the<br />
participants in learning and connectedness with<br />
peers and mentoring adults.<br />
Lions Baseball<br />
lionsbaseball.ca<br />
Navigate Performance Athlete<br />
Custom Education (P.A.C.E.)<br />
2505 Smith Rd, Courtenay<br />
1-800-663-7925 | navigatepace.com<br />
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Operation Trackshoes<br />
V<br />
3100 Foul Bay Rd | 250-721-2233 | trackshoes.ca<br />
Pacific Cheer Empire<br />
210–314 Wale Rd | 250-516-0507<br />
pacificcheerempire.com<br />
W<br />
Pacific Coast Swimming V/P/W<br />
250-727-9243 | pacificcoastswimming.com<br />
Pacific Coast Swimming is<br />
a coach-owned, athletecentred,<br />
parent-supported<br />
organization that operates<br />
out of most of the pools<br />
in the GVRD. Our Lightning Fast Swim Series is<br />
now up and running at Juan de Fuca Recreation<br />
Centre! The program focuses on a specific progression<br />
of skills that teaches the sport of swimming<br />
safely and effectively. We’ll have your child<br />
swimming in no time!<br />
Pacific FC<br />
PacificFC.ca<br />
PISE (Pacific Institute for<br />
Sport Excellence)<br />
250-220-2510 | piseworld.com<br />
V<br />
V<br />
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Royal Soccer Club<br />
1-800-427-0536 | royalsoccer.com<br />
Royal Victoria Yacht Club<br />
250-592-6113 | rvyc.bc.ca<br />
V<br />
V<br />
Sooke Horseshoe Pitching W<br />
Association<br />
778-352-1222 | sookehorseshoes.weebly.com<br />
South <strong>Island</strong> Youth Cricket League<br />
siycl.ca<br />
V<br />
The Rising Centre for Circus Arts<br />
250-857-1785 | therisingcircus.com<br />
Triangle Baseball<br />
trianglebaseball.ca<br />
Tyee Aquatic Club<br />
tyeeaquaticclub.com<br />
V<br />
W<br />
V<br />
Photographing<br />
love and connection<br />
through soulful stories<br />
Natasha Shepherdson<br />
wildoakcreative.com<br />
@wildoakcreative<br />
Victoria City Rowing Club<br />
vcrc.bc.ca<br />
V<br />
Victoria Judo Club<br />
250-886-0056 | victoriajudoclub.com<br />
V<br />
Victoria Junior Field Hockey<br />
VictoriaJuniorFieldHockey.ca<br />
V<br />
Victoria Sea Cadets<br />
250-363-0864 | vicseacadets.ca<br />
V<br />
Victoria Synchro<br />
victoriasynchro.com<br />
V<br />
Victoria Youth Paddling Club<br />
vypc.ca<br />
V<br />
Western Educational Adventures<br />
westernadventures.ca<br />
V<br />
Westshore Basketball<br />
westshorebasketball.com<br />
W<br />
Westshore Motocross Assoc.<br />
250-590-8088 | westshoremx.com<br />
W<br />
World Cup Soccer Camp<br />
worldcupsoccercamp.com<br />
V<br />
OTHER<br />
CISV Victoria<br />
cisvvictoria.ca<br />
V<br />
Under the GUI<br />
778-967-2150 | underthegui.com<br />
V<br />
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Teaching Kids<br />
Ethical Online<br />
Behaviour<br />
Most kids live as much of their<br />
lives online as they do offline.<br />
But on the Internet there are<br />
lots of moral and ethical choices that<br />
don’t have to be made offline. These tips<br />
lay out ways you can help your children<br />
develop a moral compass to guide them<br />
through those choices.<br />
The foundation for helping kids to behave<br />
ethically is to teach them to respect<br />
themselves and other people. Online, this<br />
mostly falls into three categories: respect<br />
people’s privacy, respect people’s feelings<br />
and respect people’s property.<br />
Respect People’s Privacy<br />
Because nearly all of the services<br />
and platforms young people use are<br />
networked, every time a friend posts<br />
something they have to decide if—and<br />
how—to share it. Unfortunately, they often<br />
ignore the ethical issues of this choice,<br />
expecting others to tell them if they don’t<br />
want something to be shared.<br />
Teach kids to:<br />
Consider other people in photos or<br />
videos they are posting or sharing:<br />
Do I have their permission? How will<br />
they feel if I post this? Is there anything<br />
they’d be worried about?<br />
Think about what might happen if<br />
something that they post or share gets<br />
sent to people they didn’t expect:<br />
How will the people in this photo or<br />
video feel if their parents see it? Their<br />
teachers? Their friends, girlfriends<br />
or boyfriends?<br />
<strong>Parent</strong>s can also model good habits by<br />
thinking about their children’s privacy<br />
before posting videos, photos or other<br />
personal things about their kids. Having<br />
clear and consistent family rules about<br />
respecting privacy is a great first step in<br />
helping kids to make good choices.<br />
Respect People’s Feelings<br />
Sometimes it can be hard to remember<br />
that the people we communicate with<br />
online are real people who have feelings.<br />
This is because we don’t see or hear<br />
many of the things that trigger empathy<br />
in us, like a person’s tone of voice, body<br />
language or facial expression.<br />
To help kids better understand and<br />
respond to bullying, teach them:<br />
How some online spaces, especially<br />
ones that are popular with boys, encourage<br />
trolling (annoying people on purpose<br />
to get a response, which can include<br />
annoying erstand what is—and isn’t—acceptable<br />
online behaviour.<br />
How to react appropriately to online<br />
drama (flare-ups with peers). This includes<br />
learning skills to mediate between<br />
friends to prevent situations from spiraling<br />
out of control as well as strategies<br />
that can be used to avoid drama themselves.<br />
This includes taking time to “cool<br />
down” before posting a reply, assuming<br />
the best about other people and not automatically<br />
thinking that comments are<br />
meant to be mean and talking face-toface<br />
to make sure you haven’t misunderstood<br />
an online conversation.<br />
Signs of an unhealthy relationship, like<br />
jealousy, possessiveness and constantly<br />
wanting to keep tabs on someone. As<br />
well, pay attention to what your kids are<br />
watching, playing and listening to and be<br />
ready to talk about how romantic relationships<br />
are depicted.<br />
Strategies for when they witness any<br />
kind of bullying. Confronting bullies<br />
publicly can be effective, but there are<br />
also times when a private conversation<br />
might be better, especially between<br />
friends. Remind your kids not to automatically<br />
take sides just to defend their<br />
friends; this can turn drama into harassment.<br />
Instead, suggest they mediate between<br />
the participants.<br />
What is and isn’t acceptable online<br />
behaviour. Having clear and consistent<br />
family rules is a great way of communicating<br />
to your kids how you expect them<br />
to treat other people online.<br />
What to do if they are targets of bullying.<br />
Make sure your kids know you<br />
will support them if they come to you.<br />
Find out what their school’s policies and<br />
procedures are for reporting bullying and<br />
make sure your kids know these as well.<br />
Respect People’s Property<br />
One of the most common ethical decisions<br />
kids face online has to do with how<br />
they access and use things like music,<br />
games and videos. So much stuff is easily<br />
available online that it’s hard to resist<br />
“putting your hand in the cookie jar,”<br />
especially since we’re not reminded—as<br />
we would be if we were to sneak into<br />
a movie or steal a video game from a<br />
store—that people are hurt by what we<br />
do. There’s also lots of confusion, among<br />
both kids and adults, about what’s permitted<br />
and what’s not; while some things<br />
are clearly unethical (like illegally downloading<br />
movies), many common activities<br />
(like watching movie clips on YouTube<br />
and similar sites) are less clear.<br />
We need to teach kids to think about<br />
whether they’re watching, listening to<br />
and playing things online in a way that<br />
shows respect for the people who made it<br />
and own it:<br />
Teach kids that just because something’s<br />
online doesn’t mean you can take<br />
it and use it. For things you are allowed<br />
to use, always give credit to the person or<br />
company who owns the copyright.<br />
Correct the idea that any use is okay as<br />
long as the author is given credit. While<br />
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it’s important to do this, kids need to<br />
know that crediting the author may not<br />
always be enough.<br />
Remind kids that when an artist creates<br />
a work, they own it and they deserve<br />
to control what happens to it. They may<br />
choose to give it away, but if they want<br />
to charge for it that’s their right. Given<br />
all the stuff that’s freely available online,<br />
if something isn’t free it’s because the person<br />
who made it expects to get paid.<br />
Kids may think that cheating a media<br />
company is not the same as cheating a<br />
person, so we need to explain that selling<br />
and licensing copyright is an important<br />
part of how artists make a living. If<br />
companies stop doing this because they<br />
aren’t making profits, it’s the artists who<br />
suffer. (Not to mention the hundreds of<br />
thousands of Canadians working in jobs<br />
that are supported by the film, television,<br />
video game and music industries.)<br />
Address the idea many youth buy into<br />
that “copying isn’t stealing.” One way<br />
to help kids think through this is to help<br />
them understand that when they pay to<br />
access music, games and videos, they’re<br />
not really paying for a product but for a<br />
licence to access and enjoy that product.<br />
Show them where and when they can<br />
use music, games and videos legally and<br />
for free. (MediaSmarts’ tip sheet “Getting<br />
the Goods Ethically” explains how this<br />
can be done.)<br />
Explain that plagiarism is not a victimless<br />
crime; the victims are the students<br />
themselves who miss out on a learning<br />
experience, the other students in the class<br />
who didn’t cheat and the author of the<br />
material that’s being copied.<br />
Reinforce the idea that plagiarism of<br />
any kind is disrespectful by putting your<br />
kids in the shoes of artists and other<br />
copyright owners (for example: “Remember<br />
how you sold your drawings at the<br />
school craft fair? What if someone took<br />
a picture you drew, copied it and started<br />
selling it? How would that make you<br />
feel? Is it fair?”).<br />
Set clear and consistent family rules on<br />
using and accessing online content and<br />
using Internet materials for school work.<br />
Supporting your family’s mental<br />
health, one session at a time<br />
Therapy for:<br />
• Children<br />
• Teens<br />
• <strong>Family</strong> and <strong>Parent</strong> Support<br />
• Individuals<br />
vicyfcs.com<br />
Oak Bay Office<br />
303A–1830 Oak Bay Ave, Victoria<br />
Westshore Office<br />
201–630 Goldstream Ave, Langford<br />
STAGES<br />
Performing Arts School<br />
since 1980<br />
Pre-School Dance Classes<br />
for ages 18 months and up<br />
<strong>Parent</strong> & Tot Classes,<br />
Jazz, Ballet, Hip Hop,<br />
& Combo Classes<br />
(with Jazz, Ballet, Tap &<br />
Musical Theatre)<br />
Media Smarts is Canada’s Centre for Digital<br />
and Media Literacy. Reprinted with permission,<br />
© <strong>2022</strong> MediaSmarts. For more information and<br />
tip sheets, visit mediasmarts.ca.<br />
Even the littlest angel can dance<br />
For more information<br />
Call 250-384-3267<br />
Email us at stagesdance@shaw.ca<br />
Or visit our website:<br />
www.stagesdance.com<br />
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FAMILYFUN&ENTERTAINMENT<br />
ANIMALS<br />
Beacon Hill Children’s Farm<br />
250-381-2532 | beaconhillchildrensfarm.ca<br />
Ponies & Pipsqueaks<br />
P<br />
6044 Oldfield Rd, Victoria | 250-812-2008<br />
poniesandpipsqueaks.com<br />
Ponies, costumes,<br />
adventure quests and<br />
endless possibilities!<br />
Ponies & Pipsqueaks<br />
offers a wide variety<br />
of one-of-a-kind programs to peak imagination,<br />
educate and of course, develop a love for all<br />
things horsey. One time visits, ongoing programs,<br />
birthday parties and monthly special events, Ponies<br />
& Pipsqueaks has something for everyone!<br />
Tiger Lily Farms Barnyard<br />
N<br />
& Trail Rides<br />
1692 Errington Rd | 250-248-2408 | tigerlilyfarm.ca<br />
Victoria Bug Zoo<br />
V<br />
631 Courtney St, Victoria<br />
250-384-2847 | victoriabugzoo.ca<br />
The Victoria Bug Zoo is an incredible<br />
mini-zoo dedicated to<br />
educating people about the wonders<br />
of some of this world’s most<br />
misunderstood inhabitants. Come see giant walking<br />
sticks, fuzzy tarantulas, glowing scorpions,<br />
enormous beetles and so much more!<br />
FAMILY FUN<br />
The Boulders Climbing Gym<br />
1627 Stelly’s Cross Rd | 250-544-0310<br />
climbtheboulders.com<br />
Boulder House – Langford<br />
1109 Langford Parkway | boulderhouse.ca<br />
Boulder House – Victoria<br />
2829 Quesnel Street | boulderhouse.ca<br />
City Centre Park, Playzone<br />
Langford | 250-391-1738 | citycentrepark.ca<br />
Esquimalt Farmers Market<br />
Town Square<br />
501 Park Pl | esquimaltmarket.com<br />
Galey Farms Corn Maze<br />
Market & Railway<br />
250-477-5713 | galeyfarms.net<br />
V<br />
P<br />
W<br />
V<br />
W<br />
V<br />
V<br />
Highland Pacific Golf<br />
450 Creed Rd | 250-478-4653<br />
highlandpacificgolf.com<br />
Langford Lanes<br />
250-391-1738 | citycentrepark.ca<br />
Mattick’s Farm Mini Golf<br />
5325 Cordova Bay Rd | 250-658-4053<br />
matticksfarm.com<br />
McNab’s Corn Maze<br />
mcnabscornmaze.com<br />
Miniature World<br />
649 Humboldt St | 250-385-9731<br />
miniatureworld.com<br />
The Tube Shack, Cowichan River<br />
250-510-RIDE (7433) | cowichanriver.com<br />
WildPlay Element Parks<br />
250-595-2251 | wildplay.com<br />
WildPlay Element Parks<br />
35 Nanaimo River Rd | 1-888-716-7374<br />
wildplay.com<br />
FESTIVALS & FAIRS<br />
Festival de la francophonie<br />
250-388-7350 | sfvictoria.ca<br />
Come on in and see our incredible live animals in this unique<br />
mini-zoo. Tour guides are always available to answer questions<br />
and show off our adorable critters! Virtual tours and outreach<br />
programs are available for larger groups and birthday parties.<br />
Masks and vaccines required. Thank you!<br />
Filberg Festival<br />
Comox Valley victoriabugzoo.ca<br />
| 1-866-898-8499<br />
filbergfestival.com<br />
Fringe Festival<br />
250-383-2663 | intrepidtheatre.com<br />
Gabriola Theatre Festival<br />
artsgabriola.ca<br />
Greater Victoria Performing Arts<br />
Festival<br />
250-386-9223 | gvpaf.org<br />
W<br />
W<br />
P<br />
N<br />
V<br />
CV<br />
W<br />
N<br />
V<br />
CX<br />
<strong>Island</strong>s Folk Festival<br />
CV<br />
Duncan | 250-248-8975 | islandsfolkfestival.ca<br />
Pacific Rim Whale Festival<br />
pacificrimwhalefestival.com<br />
Rifflandia Festival<br />
rifflandia.com<br />
V<br />
G<br />
V<br />
V<br />
V<br />
Saanich Fair<br />
250-652-3314 | saanichfair.ca<br />
Shakespeare Festival<br />
vicshakespeare.com<br />
Victoria Dragon Boat Festival V<br />
250-704-2500 | victoriadragonboatfestival.com<br />
Victoria Film Festival<br />
250-389-0444 | victoriafilmfestival.com<br />
MUSEUMS<br />
Alberni Valley Museum<br />
N<br />
4255 Wallace St | 250-723-2181 | portalberni.ca<br />
BC Aviation Museum<br />
Sidney | 250-655-3300 | bcam.net<br />
BC Forest Discovery Centre<br />
2892 Drinkwater Rd, Duncan | 250-715-1113<br />
bcforestdiscoverycentre.com<br />
Black Nugget Museum<br />
12 Gatacre St, Ladysmith | 250-245-4846<br />
Craigflower Schoolhouse & Manor<br />
2790 Shoreline Dr | 250-383-4627<br />
Comox Air Force Museum<br />
250-339-8162 | comoxairforcemuseum.ca<br />
Courtenay Museum<br />
250-334-0686<br />
Fort Rodd Hill & Fisgard Lighthouse<br />
National Historic Sites of Canada<br />
603 Fort Rodd Hill Rd | 250-478-5849<br />
parkscanada.gc.ca/fortroddhill<br />
V Victoria & Area<br />
P Peninsula<br />
W Westshore<br />
G Gulf <strong>Island</strong>s<br />
CV Cowichan Valley<br />
N Nanaimo & Area<br />
CX Comox Valley<br />
PR Pacific Rim<br />
P<br />
V<br />
V<br />
P<br />
CV<br />
N<br />
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CX<br />
CX<br />
W<br />
Come run, climb and go underground at Fort<br />
Rodd Hill. Then steer a ship, sound the fog horn<br />
and master the games inside Fisgard Lighthouse.<br />
Free admission for youth 17 and under.<br />
Hatley Park National Historic Site W<br />
2005 Sooke Rd | 250-391-2666 | hatleycastle.com<br />
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Maritime Museum<br />
250-385-4222 | mmbc.bc.ca<br />
McLean Mill Historic Park<br />
5633 Smith Rd | 250-723-1376 | mcleanmill.ca<br />
Nanaimo Museum<br />
250-753-1821 | nanaimomuseum.ca<br />
Royal BC Museum<br />
675 Belleville St | 250-356-7226<br />
royalbcmuseum.bc.ca<br />
V<br />
N<br />
N<br />
V<br />
Saanich Historical Artifacts Society,<br />
Heritage Acres<br />
7321 Lochside Dr | 250-652-5522 | shas.ca<br />
NATURE<br />
Butterfly World<br />
1080 Winchester Rd, Coombs | 250-248-7026<br />
butterflyworldcoombs.com<br />
CRD Parks<br />
250-478-3344 | crd.bc.ca/parks<br />
Filberg Heritage Lodge & Park<br />
61 Filberg Rd | 250-339-2715 | filberg.com<br />
P<br />
N<br />
CX<br />
Galey Farms Corn Maze & Market V<br />
250-477-4450 | galeyfarms.net<br />
Goldstream Nature House W<br />
250-478-9414 | naturehouse.ca<br />
Gorge Waterway Nature House V<br />
Gorge Park | 778-265-5119 | gorge.ca<br />
Gulf <strong>Island</strong>s National Park Reserve G<br />
250-654-4000 | pc.gc.ca<br />
Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park N<br />
Qualicum Beach | 250-248-7829 | hornelake.com<br />
Horticultural Centre of the Pacific<br />
505 Quayle Rd | 250-479-6162 | hcp.ca<br />
Morrell Nature Sanctuary<br />
787 Nanaimo Lk Rd | 250-753-5811<br />
morrellnaturesanctuary.ca<br />
North <strong>Island</strong> Wildlife Recovery N<br />
1240 Leffler, Errington | 250-248-8534 | niwra.org<br />
Pacific Rainforest Adventure Tours<br />
250-248-3667 | rainforestnaturehikes.com<br />
P<br />
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See airplanes,<br />
seaplanes, helicopters<br />
and more at the<br />
BC Aviation Museum<br />
Learn about BC’s aviation<br />
history from early bush planes<br />
to bombers and beyond!<br />
Parks Canada<br />
parkscanada.gc.ca<br />
The Raptors<br />
Duncan | 250-746-0372 | pnwraptors.com<br />
CV<br />
Seaview Game Farm<br />
CX<br />
1392 Seaview Rd, Black Creek | 250-337-5182<br />
seaviewgamefarm.com<br />
Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea<br />
Sidney | 250-665-7511 | salishseacentre.org<br />
Swan Lake & Christmas<br />
Hill Nature Sanctuary<br />
250-479-0211 | swanlake.bc.ca<br />
Tiger Lily Farm<br />
N<br />
1692 Errington Rd | 250-248-2408 | tigerlilyfarm.ca<br />
Ucluelet Aquarium<br />
PR<br />
180 Main St | 250-726-2782 | uclueletaquarium.org<br />
Victoria Butterfly Gardens<br />
1461 Benvenuto Ave | 250-652-3822<br />
butterflygardens.com<br />
THEATRE & ART<br />
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria<br />
250-384-4101 | aggv.ca<br />
P<br />
V<br />
P<br />
V<br />
IMAX ® Victoria in the<br />
V<br />
Royal BC Museum<br />
675 Belleville St | 250-480-4887 | imaxvictoria.com<br />
Nanaimo Theatre Group<br />
2373 Rosstown Rd | 250-758-7224<br />
nanaimotheatregroup.ca<br />
Pacific Opera Society<br />
250-382-4944 | pov.bc.ca<br />
Port Theatre<br />
125 Front St, Nanaimo | 250-754-8550<br />
porttheatre.com<br />
Sooke Fine Arts Show<br />
sookefinearts.com<br />
Theatre One<br />
250-754-7587 | theatreone.org<br />
University Centre Farquhar<br />
Auditorium<br />
250-721-8480 | uvic.ca/farquhar<br />
N<br />
V<br />
N<br />
W<br />
Victoria Operatic Society<br />
V<br />
10–744 Fairview Rd | 250-381-1021 | vostheatre.ca<br />
Victoria Symphony<br />
610–620 View St | 250-385-6515<br />
victoriasymphony.ca<br />
N<br />
V<br />
V<br />
Winter Hours, Oct 1 to Apr 30:<br />
11 am to 3 pm, seven days a week<br />
Summer Hours, May 1 to Sept 30:<br />
10 am to 4 pm, seven days a week<br />
Covid Hours:<br />
Thursday to Sunday 11am to 3pm<br />
Please check our website bcam.net<br />
for updates and current hours<br />
1910 Norseman Road, Sidney<br />
250-655-3300 | bcam.net<br />
Belfry Theatre<br />
250-385-6815 | belfry.bc.ca<br />
Chemainus Theatre<br />
CV<br />
1-800-565-7738 | chemainustheatrefestival.ca<br />
Cinecenta<br />
Student Union Building @ UVic<br />
250-721-8365 | cinecenta.com<br />
Civic Orchestra of Victoria<br />
250-426-9048 | civicorchestraofvictoria.org<br />
Cowichan Theatre<br />
2687 James St | 250-748-7529<br />
cowichanpac.ca<br />
Four Seasons Musical Theatre<br />
250-478-0329 | fsmtheatre.ca<br />
Intrepid Theatre<br />
2–1609 Blanshard St | 250-383-2663<br />
intrepidtheatre.com<br />
Kaleidoscope Theatre<br />
2780 Richmond Rd | 250-383-8124<br />
kaleidoscope.bc.ca<br />
V<br />
V<br />
V<br />
CV<br />
V<br />
V<br />
V<br />
SPORTS<br />
Flying Squirrel Indoor<br />
Trampoline Park<br />
778-404-1778 | flyingsquirrelsports.ca<br />
Harbourcats Victoria<br />
harbourcats.com<br />
Nanaimo Night Owls<br />
nanaimonightowls.com<br />
Pacific FC<br />
pacificfc.canpl.ca<br />
Victoria Horseshoe Club<br />
620 Kenneth St | 250-889-0166 | vichpa.org<br />
Victoria Royals<br />
victoriaroyals.com<br />
OTHER<br />
Navy Run, CFB Esquimalt<br />
250-363-1008 | navyrunesquimalt.com<br />
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V<br />
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V<br />
V<br />
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Kids & Money<br />
You have a kid! You have (some) money! You want your<br />
child to learn all about this money thing, perhaps earlier<br />
than you did. What is the best way to teach someone all<br />
about money? Teaching kids about money is so important for<br />
establishing good habits and understanding that money is just a<br />
tool to be used.<br />
• DO talk about money (what it does, what it is used for)<br />
• DO use positive money language (“We are planning to use<br />
our money for our family goal” or “We are saving our money for<br />
that trip (to the festival), so we haven’t planned to buy that new<br />
toy/buy that snack.” Language that shows intent and planning<br />
helps guide behaviour, instead of the often-heard (and sometimes<br />
felt) “We can’t afford it” or “We don’t have (the) money.”<br />
Teaching Money Habits<br />
• Encourage reflection on NEEDS and WANTS. We need<br />
food, clothing, shelter. We don’t need the latest iphone, namebrand<br />
shoes, or video games. Sometimes wants can really feel<br />
like needs - even to adults.<br />
• Introduce tasks and helping out around the house *before*<br />
starting an allowance<br />
• If giving an allowance, approach it as a way to share in the<br />
family finances<br />
• Recognize that receiving money (gifts or earned income)<br />
and spending it is an opportunity for kids to learn about good<br />
money habits<br />
• Talk to kids about their goals and what they want to spend<br />
money on, what they want to save for (longer-term) and what<br />
the options are for giving back (the holidays are great for talking<br />
about sharing wealth)<br />
• Help your child set guidelines for money received. A 50/50<br />
rule can work: 50% to savings (start the habit early) and 50%<br />
for spending (or saving for short-term goals). Spend/give as appropriate<br />
for your family (ex. money aside for donation to a<br />
favourite charity or hospital, purchasing gift cards to donate to<br />
a food bank, etc).<br />
• Let kids spend their money. This means letting them make<br />
poor decisions/buy things you don’t agree with. If they want to<br />
buy some junky plastic, let them (unless there is a no plastic rule in<br />
the house). My kids like to spend money on ice cream in the summer.<br />
Allowing (safe) choices to be made, even if we don’t agree<br />
with them, gives children the (self) control they will need later in<br />
life, when there isn’t someone there to guide each purchase.<br />
Allowance<br />
• This is a family’s personal decision, but here are some thing<br />
to consider, regarding giving an allowance:<br />
• Do you want to tie allowance to chores? Or general participation<br />
in the household (chores/tasks/homework/respect)?<br />
• Will you give a set amount per week/month, regardless of<br />
participation?<br />
• Are there guidelines to how the money is saved or spent?<br />
Kids can be resistant to learning about things that don’t<br />
make sense, and some money concepts can even be difficult<br />
for adults to consistently implement. We learn valuable lessons<br />
from our experiences—especially our money mistakes. The<br />
best time to make mistakes is when we’re younger, and without<br />
the consequences that we may have as bill-paying, familysupporting<br />
adults. The habit of saving for a rainy day—or an<br />
opportunity—is an important foundation to try and encourage<br />
children to learn.<br />
When talking about money, keep it light and choose words<br />
carefully. Is it always true that “we can’t afford it?” or is it that<br />
we’re choosing to use our money somewhere else (even if that<br />
choice is for a need)? Remember to try phrases such as: “We<br />
didn’t plan to buy that today.” or “Remember our goal to go<br />
to a restaurant next week? That’s what we’re using our money<br />
for.” If possible, make it fun! We don’t like being told what to<br />
do...neither do kids.<br />
Helping your child create money memories and positive<br />
money habits now will set them up for success later in life,<br />
when they need to make money decisions on their own.<br />
<strong>Resource</strong>s:<br />
• The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada: canada.ca/<br />
en/financial-consumer-agency/services/teaching-childrenmoney.html<br />
• Talk With Our Kids About Money:<br />
talkwithourkidsaboutmoney.com/<br />
• Registered Education Savings Plan Info: canada.ca/en/<br />
services/benefits/education/education-savings/resp.html<br />
• BC Training & Education Savings Grant Information:<br />
gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/k-12/support/<br />
scholarships/bc-training-and-education-savings-grant<br />
• Canada Education Savings Grant: canada.ca/en/revenueagency/services/tax/individuals/topics/registered-educationsavings-plans-resps/canada-education-savings-programs-cesp/<br />
canada-education-savings-grant-cesg.html<br />
Alyx Valdal’s two kids are always asking to<br />
buy things (with their own money). Besides financial<br />
advising for adults at Apple a Day Financial, she is<br />
passionate about financial literacy for the next generation<br />
and teaches kids money classes online.<br />
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HEALTH&WELLNESS<br />
ALTERNATIVE HEALTH<br />
HOSPITALS & HEALTH CENTRES<br />
Healthy Families, Happy Families<br />
Child, Youth<br />
& <strong>Family</strong><br />
Public Health<br />
South <strong>Island</strong> Health Units<br />
Esquimalt 250-519-5311<br />
Gulf <strong>Island</strong>s 250-539-3099<br />
(toll-free number for office in Saanichton)<br />
Peninsula 250-544-2400<br />
Saanich 250-519-5100<br />
Saltspring <strong>Island</strong> 250-538-4880<br />
Sooke 250-519-3487<br />
Victoria 250-388-2200<br />
West Shore 250-519-3490<br />
Central <strong>Island</strong> Health Units<br />
Duncan 250-709-3050<br />
Ladysmith 250-755-3342<br />
Lake Cowichan 250-749-6878<br />
Nanaimo 250-755-3342<br />
Nanaimo 250-739-5845<br />
Princess Royal<br />
Parksville/Qualicum 250-947-8242<br />
Port Alberni 250-731-1315<br />
Tofino 250-725-4020<br />
North <strong>Island</strong> Health Units<br />
Campbell River 250-850-2110<br />
Courtenay 250-331-8520<br />
Kyuquot Health Ctr 250-332-5289<br />
‘Namgis Health Ctr 250-974-5522<br />
Port Hardy 250-902-6071<br />
islandhealth.ca/our-locations/<br />
health-unit-locations<br />
Changes with BC Medical Services Plan<br />
premiums mean that families eligible for partial<br />
payment of some medical services and access<br />
to some income-based programs now must<br />
apply for Supplementary Benefits through the<br />
Government of BC. Applications can be done<br />
online and take approximately 15 minutes.<br />
Families who previously qualified for MSP<br />
Premium Assistance should not need to re-apply<br />
if taxes are completed yearly. It is advised to<br />
confirm coverage before proceeding with<br />
treatment to avoid paying out of pocket.<br />
For more information, visit gov.bc.ca/gov/<br />
content/health/health-drug-coverage/msp/<br />
bc-residents/benefits/services-covered-bymsp/supplementary-benefits<br />
Cowichan Craniosacral<br />
250-748-5551 | cowichancraniosacral.com<br />
CHIROPRACTORS<br />
Rise Health Centre<br />
250-381-7473 | risehealth.ca<br />
DENTISTS<br />
Cadboro Bay Dental<br />
3849 Cadboro Bay Rd | 778-433-1888<br />
cadborobaydentist.com<br />
Eagle Creek Village Dental<br />
130–31 Helmcken Rd | 877-707-2413<br />
ecvillagedental.com<br />
Oaklands Dental<br />
202–1581 Hillside Ave | 250-592-7874<br />
oaklandsdental.ca<br />
ORCCA Dental Society<br />
778-351-3393 | orccadental.org<br />
Otter Point Dental<br />
6689 Sooke Rd | 778-425-4140<br />
otterpointdental.com<br />
Saanich Dental Group<br />
119–1591 McKenzie Ave | 250-477-7321<br />
saanichdentalgroup.com<br />
Westshore Dental Centre<br />
152–2945 Jacklin Rd | 250-474-2296<br />
westshoredental.com<br />
HEALTH CLINICS<br />
Coleman Clinic<br />
186 Kenneth St, Duncan | 250-746-4102<br />
Margaret Moss Health Centre<br />
675 Canada Ave, Duncan | 250-709-3050<br />
islandhealth.ca<br />
Matraea Centre<br />
Duncan | 250-597-0085 | matcentre.ca<br />
Millstream Medical Clinic<br />
107–2349 Millstream Ave | 250-391-7554<br />
wheelhouseintegrativemedicalclinic.com<br />
St. Anthony’s Medical Centre<br />
582 Goldstream Ave | 250-478-6242<br />
CV<br />
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P<br />
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V<br />
W<br />
CV<br />
CV<br />
CV<br />
W<br />
W<br />
Tillicum Medical Clinic<br />
14–3170 Tillicum Rd | 250-381-8112<br />
tillicummedicalclinic.ca<br />
Valleyview Treatment Centre<br />
27–1400 Cowichan Bay Rd, Cobble Hill<br />
250-743-9395<br />
Bamfield Health Centre<br />
353 Bamfield Rd, Bamfield | 250-728-3312<br />
V Victoria & Area<br />
P Peninsula<br />
W Westshore<br />
G Gulf <strong>Island</strong>s<br />
CV Cowichan Valley<br />
N Nanaimo & Area<br />
CX Comox Valley<br />
PR Pacific Rim<br />
V<br />
CV<br />
PR<br />
Chemainus Health Care Centre CV<br />
9909 Esplanade St, Chemainus | 250-737-2040<br />
communityfarmstore.ca<br />
Cormorant <strong>Island</strong> Health Centre<br />
49 School Rd, Alert Bay | 250-974-5585<br />
CX<br />
Cortes Health Centre<br />
G<br />
941 Beasley Rd, Manson’s Landing | 250-935-6718<br />
Cowichan District Hospital<br />
3045 Gibbins Rd, Duncan | 250-737-2030<br />
CV<br />
Denman <strong>Island</strong> Health Centre G<br />
3351 Piercy Rd, Denman <strong>Island</strong> | 250-335-2260<br />
Gabriola Medical Clinic<br />
G<br />
695 Church St, Gabriola <strong>Island</strong> | 250-247-9922<br />
Galiano <strong>Island</strong> Health Care Centre<br />
908 Burrill Rd, Galiano <strong>Island</strong> | 250-539-3230<br />
Hornby <strong>Island</strong> Medical Clinic G<br />
1885 Sollans Rd, Hornby <strong>Island</strong> | 250-331-8631<br />
James Bay Care Centre<br />
547 Michigan St, Victoria | 250-519-3770<br />
Kyoquot Health Centre<br />
Kyoquot | 250-283-2626<br />
G<br />
V<br />
CX<br />
Lady Minto/Gulf <strong>Island</strong>s Hospital G<br />
135 Crofton Rd, Salt Spring <strong>Island</strong> | 250-538-4800<br />
Ladysmith Community<br />
Health Centre<br />
1111-4th Ave, Ladysmith | 250-739-5777<br />
CV<br />
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Mayne <strong>Island</strong> Health Care Centre G<br />
526 Felix Jack Rd, Mayne <strong>Island</strong> | 250-539-2312<br />
Medical Arts Care Centre, Nanaimo N<br />
Unit 103 - 650 South Terminal Ave | 250-753-3431<br />
Victoria General Hospital (VGH) V<br />
1 Hospital Way, Victoria | 250-727-4212<br />
West Coast <strong>Family</strong> Medical Clinic W<br />
1300 - 6600 Sooke Rd, Sooke | 250- 642-4233<br />
PHARMACIES<br />
Cadboro Bay Peoples Pharmacy<br />
3825 Cadboro Bay Rd | 250-477-2131<br />
victoriapharmacy.com<br />
V<br />
Nanaimo Regional General Hospital<br />
1200 Dufferin Cr, Nanaimo | 250-755-7691<br />
Nexus Primary Care Clinic<br />
#3–1273 <strong>Island</strong> Hwy, Nanaimo | 778-841-0685<br />
North <strong>Island</strong> Hospital<br />
CX<br />
375 - 2nd Ave, Campbell River | 250-286-7100<br />
North <strong>Island</strong> Hospital Comox Valley CX<br />
101 Lerwick Rd, Courtenay | 250-331-5900<br />
North Quadra Urgent & Primary Care V<br />
100–4420 Chatterton Way | 250-519-3820<br />
Pender <strong>Island</strong> Health Centre<br />
5715 Canal Rd, Pender <strong>Island</strong> | 250-629-3233<br />
Port Alice Health Centre<br />
1090 Marine Dr, Port Alice | 250-284-3555<br />
Port Hardy Hospital<br />
9120 Granville St, Port Hardy | 250-902-6011<br />
N<br />
N<br />
G<br />
PR<br />
PR<br />
Port Hardy Healthy Care Centre PR<br />
9140 Granville St, Port Hardy | 250-902-6008<br />
Port McNeill Hospital<br />
PR<br />
2750 Kingcome Pl, Port McNeill | 250-956-4461<br />
Queen Alexandra Centre<br />
2400 Arbutus Rd, Victoria | 250-519-5390<br />
Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH)<br />
1952 Bay St, Victoria | 250-370-8000<br />
Saanich Peninsula Hospital<br />
2166 Mt. Newton X Rd | 250-544-7676<br />
V<br />
V<br />
P<br />
West Coast General Hospital N<br />
3949 Port Alberni Hwy, Port Alberni | 250-731-1370<br />
Yates & Quadra Health Centre<br />
105-911 Yates St, Victoria | 250-388-3080<br />
Zeballos Health Centre<br />
500 Parkway Dr, Zeballos | 250-761-4274<br />
NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS<br />
Juniper <strong>Family</strong> Health<br />
314–1175 Cook St | 778-265-8341<br />
juniperfamilyhealth.com<br />
Sage Clinic<br />
250-590-7809 | sageclinic.com<br />
OPTOMETRISTS<br />
BC Association of Optometrists<br />
optometrists.bc.ca<br />
Dr. Joslin, Dr. Morin & Associates<br />
105–814 Goldstream Ave | 250-747-4567<br />
5–6726 West Coast Rd | 250-642-4331<br />
langfordoptometrists.com<br />
<strong>Family</strong> Eyecare Centre<br />
749 Yates St | 250-383-2411<br />
familyeyecarecentre.com<br />
ORTHODONTICS<br />
Ocean’s Edge Orthodontics<br />
Nanaimo | 250-390-1331<br />
Parksville | 250-248-1130<br />
oeosmiles.com<br />
V<br />
PR<br />
V<br />
V<br />
W<br />
V<br />
N<br />
Fairfield Peoples Drug Mart<br />
15–1594 Fairfield Rd | 250-598-9232<br />
victoriapharmacy.com<br />
Fairfield Peoples Pharmacy<br />
1282 Fairfield Rd | 250-595-5997<br />
victoriapharmacy.com<br />
Shelbourne Plaza Peoples Pharmacy<br />
3643 Shelbourne St | 250-577-1881<br />
victoriapharmacy.com<br />
UVic Campus Pharmacy<br />
UVic SUB, 3800 Finnerty Rd | 250-721-3400<br />
victoriapharmacy.com<br />
Valleyview Peoples Drug Mart<br />
26–1400 Cowichan Bay Rd | 250-743-1448<br />
YOGA<br />
V<br />
V<br />
V<br />
V<br />
CV<br />
Mothering Touch Centre<br />
V<br />
975 Fort St | 250-595-4905 | motheringtouch.ca<br />
OTHER<br />
Food Allergy Canada<br />
foodallergycanada.ca<br />
Thaiss Psychological Services V<br />
209–2186 Oak Bay Ave | 250-516-6692 | thaiss.ca<br />
Victoria Pilates Inc.<br />
P<br />
Mattick’s Farm | 250-727-0075 | victoriapilates.ca<br />
Saturna <strong>Island</strong> Medical Clinic<br />
104 Harris Rd, Saturna <strong>Island</strong> | 250-539-5435<br />
G<br />
Sayward Primary Health Care Clinic CX<br />
601 Kelsey Way, Sayward, BC. | 250–282–3815<br />
Sointula Health Centre<br />
#25-2nd St, Sointula | 250-973-2373<br />
Tahsis Health Centre<br />
1085 Maquinna Dr, Tahsis | 250-934-6322<br />
Tofino General Hospital<br />
261 Neill Street, Tofino | 250-725-4010<br />
PR<br />
PR<br />
PR<br />
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OVERNIGHT<br />
CAMPS<br />
BC Camping Association<br />
bccamping.org<br />
Boys & Girls Club Wilderness Camp<br />
250-384-9133 | bgcvic.org<br />
Camp Barnard<br />
Sooke | 250-642-5920 | CampBarnard.ca<br />
Camp Imadene<br />
Mesachie Lake | 1-800-445-7575<br />
Camp Narnia<br />
Nanoose Bay | 604-771-0972 | campnarnia.com<br />
Camp Pringle<br />
Shawnigan Lake | 250-743-2189 | camppringle.com<br />
Camp Qwanoes<br />
Crofton | 1-888-99-QWANOES<br />
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supports quality programming<br />
for families with children facing<br />
disabilities within your community.<br />
supports quality summer programming for families with children<br />
facing disabilities within your community.<br />
COMMUNITY OPTIONS<br />
Camp Thunderbird<br />
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COMMUNITY OPTIONS<br />
Coastal Current Adventures<br />
Salt Spring | 250-537-2571 | adventurecampbc.ca<br />
Galiano Conservancy<br />
250-539-2424 | galianoconservancy.ca<br />
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Outward Bound<br />
1-888-688-9273 | outwardbound.ca<br />
Pioneer Pacific Camp<br />
1-800-784-1415 | pioneercamppacific.ca<br />
UVic Vikes<br />
250-721-8406 | govikesgo.com<br />
https://cocf.ca/get-involved/donations/<br />
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FAMILYBUSINESS<br />
BABY SUPPLIES<br />
Bellies in Bloom Maternity<br />
3531 Uptown Blvd #113| 250-479-0803<br />
bellies.ca<br />
Momease Baby Boutique<br />
778-265-5651 | momease.ca<br />
Sutubra Naturals & Organics<br />
112–1644 Hillside | 250-999-8038<br />
sutubrabeauty.com<br />
TJ’s The Kiddies Store<br />
3045 Douglas St | 250-386-2229 | tjskids.com<br />
BEDS & BEDDING<br />
inBed Organics Custom Mattress<br />
& Frame Gallery<br />
1683 Chestnut St, Vancouver | 604-630-BEDS (2337)<br />
inBed Organics provides 100%<br />
Natural and certified Organic,<br />
handcrafted latex mattresses<br />
and a variety of organic GOTS<br />
and cotton sleeping products,<br />
promoting a healthy sleep<br />
environment for children and their sleep deprived<br />
parents, resisting dust-mites, mold, mildew and<br />
bacteria, also naturally hypoallergenic.<br />
Resthouse Sleep Solutions CV<br />
126 Station St, Duncan | 250-597-REST (7378)<br />
resthouse.ca<br />
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CLOTHING<br />
Baggins<br />
580 Johnson St | 250-388-7022<br />
bagginsshoes.com<br />
Freya-Sophia Waldorf Store<br />
5380 Hwy 1, Duncan | 250-597-4763<br />
Once Upon A Child – Victoria<br />
1563 Pandora Ave, Victoria, BC V8R 6P9<br />
Once Upon A Child – Nanaimo<br />
6461 Metral Dr, Nanaimo, BC V9T 2L9<br />
Pumpkin Pie Kids Wear<br />
411A Fitzwilliam St | 250-754-3933<br />
pumpkinpiekids.com<br />
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Sailor Jack <strong>Family</strong> Consignment Store V<br />
424 Craigflower Rd | 250-382-5225 | sailorjack.ca<br />
Sugar Sandwich Design Studio<br />
sugarsandwich.com<br />
This Kid Clothing Co.<br />
thiskidclothing.com<br />
Thistle & Wren<br />
1292 Gladstone Ave | 778-265-9736<br />
thistleandwren.com<br />
TJ’s The Kiddies Store<br />
3045 Douglas St | 250-386-2229 | tjskids.com<br />
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Lifestyles Market<br />
9769 5th St, Sidney | 250-656-2326<br />
lifestylemarkets.com<br />
The Market on Yates<br />
903 Yates St | 250-381-6000<br />
themarketstores.com<br />
The Market on Millstream<br />
2401 Millstream Rd | 250-391-1110<br />
themarketstores.com<br />
Mt. Tolmie Market<br />
3517 Richmond Rd | 250-590-8460<br />
The Old Farm Market<br />
2585 Cadboro Bay Rd | 250-590-9260<br />
theoldfarmmarket.ca<br />
The Old Farm Market<br />
5164 Francis St, Duncan | 250-748-7141<br />
theoldfarmmarket.ca<br />
Quality Foods<br />
qualityfoods.com<br />
Red Barn Markets<br />
redbarnmarket.ca<br />
Save On Foods<br />
saveonfoods.com<br />
Thrifty Foods<br />
250-544-1234 | thriftyfoods.com<br />
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BOOKS<br />
Bolen Books<br />
111–1644 Hillside Ave | 250-595-4232<br />
bolen.bc.ca<br />
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WIN Resale Shops<br />
1803 Cook St | 250-389-2203<br />
785 Pandora Ave | 250-361-9303<br />
174–160 Wilson St | 250-412-0369<br />
womeninneed.ca<br />
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HAIR SALONS<br />
Lizzy Lee & Me<br />
Hillside Shopping Centre | 250-590-5568<br />
lizzyleeandme.com<br />
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Orca Book Publishers<br />
1-800-210-5277 | orcabook.com<br />
School House Teaching Supplies<br />
2014 Douglas St | 250-385-9030<br />
schoolhouseteaching.com<br />
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P Peninsula<br />
W Westshore<br />
G Gulf <strong>Island</strong>s<br />
CV Cowichan Valley<br />
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CX Comox Valley<br />
PR Pacific Rim<br />
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GROCERIES<br />
Chemainus Health Food Store<br />
9738B Willow St | 250-246-9838<br />
Community Farm Store<br />
2–5380 Hwy 1, Duncan | 250-748-6227<br />
communityfarmstore.ca<br />
Country Grocer<br />
countrygrocer.com<br />
Lifestyles Market<br />
180–2950 Douglas St | 250-384-3388<br />
343 Cook St | 250-381-5450<br />
lifestylemarkets.com<br />
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HOME DECOR/FURNITURE<br />
inBed Organics Baby Furniture Collection<br />
Kids Market, Granville <strong>Island</strong><br />
1496 Cartwright, Vancouver | 778-892-4044<br />
Sleep little Sheep Baby furniture<br />
and bedding collection<br />
by inBed Organics are made<br />
in Canada. Through its Greenguard<br />
GOLD Certification,<br />
combining it with our certified<br />
organic crib mattresses, you<br />
can have peace of mind that your baby will get the<br />
healthy sleep it need to grow and develop.<br />
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TJ’s The Kiddies Store<br />
3045 Douglas St | 250-386-2229 | tjskids.com<br />
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LEGAL & FINANCIAL SERVICES<br />
BC <strong>Parent</strong>ing Coordinators<br />
Roster Society<br />
bcpcroster.com<br />
Brown Henderson Melbye Lawyers<br />
217–2187 Oak Bay Ave | 250-595-2220<br />
bhmlawyers.ca<br />
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Browne Associates Law<br />
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250-598-1888 | browneassociates.ca<br />
Local, family operated law firm; specialise in Estate<br />
Planning (Wills, Powers of Attorney, etc.), Real<br />
Estate, Matrimonial matters and Corporate law.<br />
Kid- and pet-friendly office. Home visits available.<br />
Let us help clarify and solve your legal issues.<br />
Collaborative <strong>Family</strong> Law Group V<br />
250-704-2600 | collaborativefamilylawgroup.com<br />
Cox Taylor Barristers Solicitors<br />
3rd Flr, Burnes House, 26 Bastion Sq<br />
250-388-4457 | coxtaylor.ca<br />
Credit Counselling Society<br />
1-888-527-8999 | nomoredebts.org<br />
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150 Commercial St<br />
Nanaimo, British Columbia<br />
250.754.1750<br />
NanaimoArtGallery.com<br />
PRO-D DAY, SPRING &<br />
SUMMER CAMPS<br />
CLASSES FOR CHILDREN,<br />
TEENS & ADULTS<br />
SCHOOL PROGRAMS<br />
ARTIST TALKS &<br />
SPECIAL EVENTS<br />
Dialogue & Resoultion Services V<br />
250-383-4412 | dialogueandresolutionservices.ca<br />
Conflict is a normal part of life. Navigate it successfully<br />
with conflict coaching, mediation,<br />
arbitration and communication training—effective<br />
strategies for separation and divorce, parent-teen<br />
conflicts, conflicts about elder care and more.<br />
Email office@dialogueandresolutionservices.ca.<br />
Legal Services Society<br />
250-382-4620 | lss.bc.ca<br />
Patricia Lane<br />
250-598-3992 | patricialane.bc.ca<br />
Re/Max Duncan, Melissa Collins<br />
250-510-2729 | cowichanvalleyrealtor.ca<br />
Royal LePage,<br />
Rosemarie Colterman & Tom Oak<br />
250-592-4422 | homewardbound.team<br />
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Foster Homes Needed in South <strong>Island</strong><br />
The need is great, the opportunity to change a life is even greater...<br />
There are children and<br />
youth in your community<br />
who are not able to live<br />
with their families. They<br />
need a temporary home,<br />
a safe haven where they<br />
can stay while they and<br />
their families heal and<br />
become strong again.<br />
Can you help just one?<br />
Sitka Law Group<br />
sitkalaw.ca<br />
TS Consulting<br />
250-590-4114 | tsconsultingvictoria.ca<br />
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Maybe you’ve never thought<br />
about fostering.<br />
Maybe you’ve thought<br />
about it for a long time.<br />
Maybe now is the time.<br />
Go to<br />
fosterhope.ca<br />
to learn more and to register for a<br />
Foster Hope Information Session<br />
Or call 1-888-922-8437<br />
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MATERNITY<br />
Bellies in Bloom Maternity<br />
104–4489 Viewmont Ave | 250-479-0803<br />
bellies.ca<br />
Mothering Touch Centre<br />
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& Birth Services<br />
733 Johnson St | 250-595-4905 | motheringtouch.ca<br />
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS<br />
Long & McQuade<br />
250-384-3622 | long-mcquade.com<br />
Tom Lee Music<br />
105–2401D Millstream Rd<br />
250-838-5222 | tomleemusic.ca<br />
Tom Lee Music<br />
10–6894 <strong>Island</strong> Hwy N | 250-390-2626<br />
tomleemusic.ca<br />
PARTY PLANNING<br />
Falcon Gymnastics<br />
208–721 Vanalman Ave | 250-479-6424<br />
falcongymnastics.com<br />
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IMAX® Victoria in the<br />
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Royal BC Museum<br />
675 Belleville St | 250-480-4887 | imaxvictoria.com<br />
Lizzy Lee & Me<br />
Hillside Shopping Centre | 250-590-5568<br />
lizzyleeandme.com<br />
Mad Science Vancouver <strong>Island</strong><br />
250-391-1814 | vancouverisland.madscience.org<br />
The Puppet Booth<br />
250-472-3546 | puppetbooth.homestead.com<br />
Recreation Oak Bay<br />
250-595-7946 | recreation.oakbay.ca<br />
SilverCity<br />
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3130 Tillicum Rd | 1-888-3FAMOUS | cineplex.com<br />
Victoria Bug Zoo<br />
631 Courtney St | 250-384-BUGS<br />
victoriabugzoo.ca<br />
Victoria Gymnastics<br />
2051 Store St | 250-380-2442<br />
520 Mt View Ave | 778-265-6414<br />
victoriagymnastics.com<br />
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PETS<br />
Furever Clean Dog Wash<br />
602b Esquimalt Rd | 250-217-9433<br />
fureverclean.ca<br />
<strong>Island</strong> Pet Source<br />
106–751 Goldstream Ave | 250-590-4460<br />
islandpetsource.com<br />
PHOTOGRAPHERS<br />
Ashley Marston Photography<br />
ashleymarstonbirthphotography.com<br />
Chris Higginbottom Photography<br />
chrishigginbottom.ca<br />
Cloe Thomson Photography<br />
instagram.com/cloe.thomson<br />
Erin Wallis Photography<br />
Campbell River | erinwallis.com<br />
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Nicole Israel Photography<br />
V<br />
250-889-5639 | nicholeisraelphotography.com<br />
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Sophie Lecavalier Photography<br />
sophiephoto.com<br />
SHOPPING CENTRES<br />
Broadmead Village Shopping Centre<br />
777 Royal Oak Dr | broadmeadvillage.ca<br />
Hillside Shopping Centre<br />
1644 Hillside Ave | 250-595-7154<br />
hillsidecentre.com<br />
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Create with us!<br />
These ready to assemble art kits<br />
include all the supplies to create your<br />
custom work of art. Designed,<br />
laser cut & packaged on<br />
Vancouver <strong>Island</strong>, BC.<br />
Celebrate Birthdays with us<br />
DIY & Custom Themed Parties<br />
Mattick’s Farm<br />
5325 Cordova Bay Rd | matticksfarm.com<br />
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Mayfair Shopping Centre<br />
3147 Douglas St | 250-383-0541<br />
mayfairshoppingcentre.com<br />
Tillicum Centre<br />
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3170 Tillicum Rd | 250-381-7123 | tillicumcentre.ca<br />
Uptown<br />
shopuptown.ca<br />
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Register for Summer Camp<br />
Before May 1st and Save 15%!<br />
McTavishAcademy.ca<br />
778-351-0088<br />
create@mctavishacademy.ca<br />
1720 McTavish Rd, North Saanich, BC<br />
AN EXPERIENCE THAT LASTS A LIFETIME!<br />
Westside Village Shopping Centre<br />
174 Wilson St<br />
Westshore Town Centre<br />
2945 Jacklin Rd | 250-474-3269<br />
westshoretowncentre.com<br />
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6631 <strong>Island</strong> Hwy North | woodgrovecentre.com<br />
SPECIALTY STORES<br />
Soccerworld<br />
831 Vernon Ave | 250-475-3777<br />
soccerworldvictoria.com<br />
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Summer Camps for Children, Youth, Families & Leadership<br />
• Community & Corporate Retreats •<br />
Registration opens March 1st for<br />
summer camps and family cabin rentals.<br />
CampPringle.com • 250-743-2189 • info@camppringle.com<br />
Want to join our team? Visit our website for info on staff and volunteer positions.<br />
TOYS/EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES<br />
Freya-Sophia Waldorf Store<br />
5380 Hwy 1, Duncan | 250-597-4763<br />
Kool & Child<br />
Nanaimo | 250-585-1778 | koolandchild.com<br />
Red Balloon Toyshop<br />
158 Craig St, Duncan | 250-748-5545<br />
theredballoon.ca<br />
Toying Around<br />
115–5325 Cordova Bay Rd | 250-658-2721<br />
toyingaround.ca<br />
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Books About S.E.X.<br />
One of my first memories about talking with my mom<br />
about sexuality happened when she strategically gifted<br />
me a book called, Where Do Babies Come From? I was<br />
about eight when she invited me to sit down on the couch<br />
with the book, one she’d purchased at our local bookshop.<br />
The cover was purple with an unassuming, pastel illustration<br />
of a baby.<br />
Being the 80s, the book focused primarily on reproduction<br />
and mentioned sex only in this context which, for the time,<br />
still would have been considered fairly progressive. My mom’s<br />
use of this book to ground a conversation about sex was a<br />
brilliant strategy that 30+ years later, as a professional sexual<br />
health educator, I fully support!<br />
That pastel covered book was important to me for three basic<br />
reasons: 1) it was a source of correct and reliable information<br />
2) it gave me a way to safely satisfy my very normal and<br />
natural curiousity about sex and, most importantly, 3) it sent<br />
me a pretty clear signal that my mom trusted me enough to<br />
learn about sex. I don’t remember many details of this particular<br />
conversation because quite honestly I was pretty thrilled<br />
to have a book of my own that seemed far more sophisticated<br />
than the Beverly Cleary books I was bringing home from the<br />
school library or the encyclopedia set that sat on the shelf collecting<br />
dust!<br />
Because there are many different approaches to sexuality<br />
books for youth, it can be difficult to know where to begin<br />
and how much information is adequate. So as the brighter,<br />
warmer nights begin and summer holiday approaches, I<br />
thought it might be helpful to share some of my current favourite<br />
books that will help families strategically grow your<br />
conversations and support your kids in the most fun, accessible<br />
ways possible.<br />
What Makes A Baby? written by Cory Silverberg and illustrated<br />
by Fiona Smyth (Toddlers+)<br />
This colorful dynamic book explains what makes a baby<br />
from conception, pregnancy through birth in a positive, inclusive<br />
manner. It’s written with concrete concepts that are<br />
easy for young children to understand but also allow you to<br />
personalize this information for you and your family whether<br />
you are gender diverse, single parent, blended, intergenerational,<br />
or foster families. You can elaborate as much or as<br />
little as you want (or have the time) to answer the question<br />
about where babies come from?<br />
The Every Body Book written by Rachel Simon and illustrated<br />
by Noah Grigni (8–12 years)<br />
This book approaches growing up through a gender- and<br />
orientation-inclusive lens. The information offered about puberty<br />
explains the many changes in a way that is honest and<br />
empowering. The more involved topics such as gender identity<br />
and orientation that parents may struggle to explain are simply<br />
and articulately explained. This book affirms all people<br />
who read it and it will provide them with all the information<br />
about puberty they need.<br />
Consent (FOR KIDS!) Boundaries, Respect and Being in<br />
Charge of YOU written by Rachel Brian (ages 6–10)<br />
From the makers of the wildly effective and beloved “Tea as<br />
Consent” and “Consent for Kids” videos comes this amazing<br />
book which does a fantastic job exploring consent in many<br />
different settings through a fun and youthful graphic novel<br />
approach. This book offers lessons about boundary setting,<br />
role-modeling healthy relationships, and consent as a practice<br />
that requires skill.<br />
S.E.X 2nd edition by Heather Corrina (15 years+)<br />
From the creator of Scarleteen, this is an amazing guide<br />
for older youth and young adults and it accomplishes exactly<br />
what it strives to do—be a comprehensive guide on the physical,<br />
emotional, and social aspects of sexuality. This is a resource<br />
guide that will become a favourite go to for your older<br />
youth inclusive of their gender identity and orientation.<br />
Sex, Teens & Everything in Between written by Shafia<br />
Zaloom (parents/families/adult allies/caregivers)<br />
This book acknowledges and challenges the current sex-<br />
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focused culture that bombards our youth. This book explores<br />
the power of decision making through the lenses of values,<br />
safety, and equality. It is honest and engaging in approach and<br />
explores safer, meaningful relationships and sexuality in an<br />
affirming way. One of the most useful pieces of this book is<br />
that it combines information, real-life scenarios and questions<br />
to ground your conversations.<br />
As you begin to build or add to your family library of resources,<br />
it’s essential that books are used strategically, like<br />
my mom did, as a supplementary teaching tool supported by<br />
conversations about our family values, beliefs, and expectations.<br />
Books are not a replacement for conversation; they are<br />
a tool to invite further discussion, explore new and differing<br />
ideas and also to find community through. Human sexuality<br />
and relationships are far too important to simply offer a<br />
book without a conversation. Not only do our kids deserve<br />
strategic gifts that offer them opportunities to learn about far<br />
more than just sexuality and reproduction; they also deserve<br />
to have these resources close by to explore and satisfy their<br />
very normal curiosities. So grab your mask or your mouse and<br />
connect with your local library and/or booksellers to get your<br />
strategy started!<br />
Jennifer Gibson, MA, is also known as<br />
“The Sex Lady”—officially now for almost 20 years<br />
in Greater Victoria!—to the thousands of amazing<br />
youth and adults she is lucky to educate and learn<br />
with through her job as the Coordinator of Community<br />
Education at <strong>Island</strong> Sexual Health. She’s<br />
passionate about making sexuality education as<br />
positive, fun and non-cringe-able as possible.<br />
MEET A RAPTOR<br />
THIS CLOSE<br />
ENCOUNTERS • FLYING DEMOS<br />
THE-RAPTORS.COM<br />
1877 HERD ROAD, DUNCAN, BC<br />
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FAMILY TRAVEL<br />
ACCOMMODATIONS/RESORTS<br />
Beach Acres Resort<br />
1-800-663-7309 | beachacresresort.com<br />
Blue Vista Resort<br />
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Mayne <strong>Island</strong> | 1-877-535-2424 | bluevistaresort.com<br />
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The Land Conservancy of BC<br />
1-888-738-0533 | conservancy.bc.ca<br />
Raincoast Education Society PR<br />
Tofino | 250-725-2560 | raincoasteducation.org<br />
CAMPGROUNDS<br />
Pacific Sands Beach Resort<br />
Tofino | 1-800-565-2322 | pacificsands.com<br />
PR<br />
Pacific Playgrounds<br />
CX<br />
Black Creek | 877-239-5600 | pacificplaygrounds.ca<br />
Strathcona Park Lodge<br />
250-286-3122 | strathconaparklodge.com<br />
CX<br />
Park Sands Beach Resort<br />
250-248-3171 | parksands.com<br />
N<br />
ENJOY A<br />
FAMILY TRIP TO<br />
VANCOUVER<br />
Tigh-na-Mara Seaside Spa Resort<br />
& Conference Centre<br />
Parksville | 250-248-2072 | tigh-na-mara.com<br />
YWCA Hotel<br />
733 Beatty St, Vancouver | 604-895-5830<br />
NATURE<br />
Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park N<br />
Qualicum Beach | 250-248-7829 | hornelake.com<br />
Kwisitis Visitor Centre<br />
Tofino | 250-726-7721 | pc.gc.ca/PacRim<br />
N<br />
PR<br />
Weir’s Beach RV Resort<br />
250-478-3323 | weirsbeachrvresort.bc.ca<br />
OTHER<br />
V Victoria & Area<br />
P Peninsula<br />
W Westshore<br />
G Gulf <strong>Island</strong>s<br />
W<br />
Mayne <strong>Island</strong> Chamber of Commerce G<br />
mayneislandchamber.ca<br />
Tourism Tofino<br />
250-725-3414 | tourismtofino.com<br />
PR<br />
CV Cowichan Valley<br />
N Nanaimo & Area<br />
CX Comox Valley<br />
PR Pacific Rim<br />
Stay at an affordable,<br />
family-friendly hotel that<br />
helps local communities.<br />
YWCAHOTEL.COM<br />
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PEACE/Children Who Witness Abuse<br />
Established in 1975, Victoria Women’s Transition House<br />
(VWTH) offers emergency shelter, counselling and support<br />
services to women and their children impacted by<br />
intimate partner violence and abuse.<br />
VWTH is committed to breaking the intergenerational<br />
cycle of abuse and has developed a series of specialized,<br />
trauma-informed, individual and group counselling<br />
programs and supports for children, youth and their<br />
caregivers.<br />
Research shows that children who witness violence<br />
and abuse in the home can be more likely to grow up<br />
to perpetuate the abuse—either as victims or abusers.<br />
Professional counselling and support from organizations<br />
like Victoria Women’s Transition House can help these<br />
young people overcome their trauma.<br />
The VWTH Prevention, Education, Advocacy, Counselling<br />
& Empowerment (PEACE)/Children Who Witness<br />
Abuse team offers counselling and support for children<br />
age 3–18 by providing tools to help children express<br />
emotions such as anger, hurt or fear. Counselling helps<br />
children recognize abusive behaviour, set boundaries,<br />
learn skills to cope with their experiences and emotions<br />
and consider alternatives to violence in their own behaviour.<br />
Support is also available to caregivers.<br />
PEACE programs include individual counselling, Boys’<br />
Group, Girls’ Group, Spring and Summer Camps as well<br />
as multi-media supports. Youth can access PEACE podcasts<br />
to listen to discreetly from their own devices; and a<br />
series of videos is available for pre-school-age children<br />
with Murphy, a friendly puppet who shares age-appropriate<br />
information and coping tools. As well, client-caregivers<br />
can participate in a series of webinars, to help<br />
navigate family dynamics and support their children.<br />
For more information on PEACE resources for children<br />
and youth who have witnessed violence and abuse<br />
in the home, call the VWTH Community Office at<br />
250-592-2927, Monday–Friday, 9am–4pm.<br />
FEATUREDBUSINESS<br />
We offer compassionate,<br />
trauma-informed, individual<br />
and group counselling programs<br />
and supports for children and<br />
youth who have witnessed<br />
violence and abuse in the home.<br />
Providing Hope. Changing Lives.<br />
For more information call 250-592-2927<br />
transitionhouse.net<br />
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ANNUALFAMILYEVENTS<br />
Visit <strong>Island</strong><strong>Parent</strong>.ca for<br />
updated monthly event listings<br />
JANUARY<br />
New Year’s Day<br />
January 1<br />
There’s nothing like a cold dip on New Years Day<br />
and thankfully, you can create your own sociallydistanced<br />
COVID-safe Polar Bear Swim.<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
Victoria Film Festival<br />
Feb 4–13, various venues<br />
A 10-day celebration of film. victoriafilmfestival.com<br />
<strong>Family</strong> Sunday<br />
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria<br />
Explore hands-on art-making and ideas for all<br />
ages. This recurring program is Oct-June and<br />
often features special guests like storytellers,<br />
artists, performers, or musicians.<br />
aggv.ca/family-sundays<br />
Pink Shirt Day<br />
Celebrated on February 23, Pink Shirt Day raises<br />
awareness around bullying. Help support antibullying<br />
initiatives in BC by purchasing a pink shirt<br />
at pinkshirtday.ca.<br />
<strong>Family</strong> Day Downtown Sidney<br />
Scavenger Hunt<br />
February 18–March 7, Sidney<br />
Download your map at sidneymuseum.ca and find<br />
then email your completed form (for LEGO prizes)<br />
to info@sidneymuseum.ca.<br />
MARCH<br />
Pacific Rim Whale Festival<br />
March 18–26, various venues<br />
Celebrate the grey whale migration at this annual<br />
festival, with a return to the usual in-person<br />
format.<br />
pacificrimwhalefestival.com<br />
APRIL<br />
Easter Sunday<br />
April 17<br />
Happy Easter!<br />
Orcas: Our Shared Future<br />
Continuing until Thursday, March 31<br />
at Royal BC Museum<br />
Immerse yourself in all things Orca at RBCM’s<br />
awe-inspiring exhibit. royalbcmuseum.bc.ca<br />
MAY<br />
Thrifty Foods 122nd Victoria Day Parade<br />
Monday, May 23, Inner Harbour<br />
An exciting and “reimagined” multicultural event<br />
featuring talented marching bands, community<br />
and commercial floats, cultural performances and<br />
many other surprises. gvfs.ca<br />
JUNE<br />
Oak Bay Tea Party<br />
Friday, June 3–Sunday June 5<br />
Come take part in all of the activities you know<br />
and love, including the parade, rides and neighbourhood<br />
festivities. oakbayteaparty.com<br />
World Ocean Day<br />
Tuesday, June 8; various online activities<br />
Go online or directly to the beach and celebrate<br />
all things seaside. salishseacentre.org<br />
JULY<br />
Canada Day<br />
Friday, July 1<br />
There’ll be lots to ways to celebrate Canada Day<br />
online. For a Canada Day Celebration Kit, visit<br />
canada.ca.<br />
National Ice Cream Day<br />
Monday, July 18<br />
Make it yourself or go out for a scoop or two.<br />
Today’s the day to scream for ice cream!<br />
AUGUST<br />
BC Day<br />
Monday, August 1<br />
With so many beautiful places in BC—and especially<br />
on the <strong>Island</strong>—there’s no shortage of ways<br />
to celebrate BC Day outside. Greater Victoria, crd.<br />
bc.ca; Cowichan Valley, cvrd.bc.ca; Nanaimo, rdn.<br />
bc.ca; Alberni-Clayoquot, acrd.bc.ca; Comox Valley,<br />
comoxvalleyrd.ca.<br />
Dragon Boat Festival<br />
August 12–14, Victoria’s Inner Harbour.<br />
The festival comes alive for its 27th year with<br />
Dragon Boat Racing and all the other cultural and<br />
community components. victoriadragonboat.com<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
Saanich Fair<br />
September 3–5, Saanich Fairgrounds<br />
Check out the 154th Saanich Fair over the Labour<br />
Day weekend. This year’s theme: “Plant Your<br />
Roots at the Fair” and the feature is Vegetables.<br />
saanichfair.ca<br />
Labour Day<br />
Monday, September 5<br />
Cowichan Exhibition<br />
September 16–18<br />
The Cowichan Exhibition has been a tradition in<br />
the valley for over 150 years. Come find out why!<br />
cowex.ca<br />
Orange Shirt Day<br />
Thursday, September 30<br />
Orange Shirt Day is an opportunity to create<br />
meaningful discussion about the effects of Residential<br />
Schools and the legacy they have left<br />
behind. orangeshirtday.org<br />
OCTOBER<br />
Thanksgiving<br />
Monday, October 10<br />
Diwali<br />
Monday, October 24<br />
Happy Diwali<br />
Halloween<br />
With masks a part of everyday life, costumes and<br />
candy add some fun! Trick or Treat.<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
Remembrance Day<br />
Thursday, November 11<br />
DECEMBER<br />
Hanukkah<br />
Sunday, December 18 – Monday, December 26<br />
Happy Hanukkah!<br />
Santa Light Parade<br />
The much loved parade is the Miracle on Government<br />
Street and kicks off Christmas on the<br />
Westcoast. This year, together with the IEOA truck<br />
convoy and Esquimalt Light Parade, Victoria will<br />
Light Up the City. gvfs.ca<br />
Christmas Day<br />
Sunday, December 25<br />
Kwanzaa<br />
Monday, December 26–Sunday, January 1<br />
Happy Kwanzaa!<br />
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CAMPS<br />
A safe, fun environment for youth to<br />
explore the world of climbing!<br />
SPRING BREAK CAMPS:<br />
MAR - APR<br />
SUMMER BREAK CAMPS<br />
JUL - AUG<br />
CHILD/YOUTH<br />
PROGRAMS<br />
The best way to dive into the<br />
world of bouldering!<br />
Runs throughout the year in 3 terms.<br />
SPRING TERM: APR - JUN<br />
FALL TERM: SEP - DEC<br />
WINTER TERM: JAN - MAR<br />
DROP-IN<br />
Climb with us!<br />
Drop-ins are available on:<br />
WEEKENDS<br />
SELECT HOLIDAYS<br />
SUMMER BREAK<br />
Visit our website for the most current schedule<br />
778-265-9342 (ext. 102)<br />
1109 LANGFORD PKWY<br />
V9B 0A5<br />
WWW.BOULDERHOUSE.CA<br />
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