This is a guest blog post written by Kevin Smith, the Executive Director of the Habitat Acquisition Trust, a Hosted Organization with the Victoria Foundation. For over a quarter-century, the...
The YMCA YWCA of Vancouver Island has been serving communities in our region since 1875. We operate health, fitness & aquatics facilities, childcare centres, an 1800 acre outdoor centre...
The discovery of the 215 children buried in a mass unmarked grave at the former Kamloops (Tk’emlups) Residential School is a reminder of Canada’s genocidal actions against Indigenous...
Submitted by Leah McInnis, Outreach Coordinator at Victoria Arts Council. The Victoria Arts Council is a non-profit arts organization that has supported the production and presentation of...
Just before Christmas in 2016, Erin Oldman’s doctor advised her to take a break. She’d spent most of the previous decade working as a safety officer on large-scale construction and mining...
I’ve been reflecting on working in Victoria and the region, the organizations and people who I’ve had the opportunity and privilege to collaborate and work with, along with all the friends...
The Vital Youth program allows for a transference of power — Zahura Ahmed As someone new to the Victoria Foundation, one of my roles is to lead the Vital Youth program. This program offers...
There is hurt and pain in our community right now. I know I am not alone in feeling grief as centuries of racism in the United States recently manifested in the murder of George Floyd by a...
Since the launch of the Rapid Relief Fund on Saturday, March 21, more than $5 million dollars has been raised to support local charities working on the front lines during the COVID-19...
Responsive Neighbourhood Small Grants Public health orders to physically distance from others has had the unintended impact of creating more social isolation. But so many of you are stepping...
{This article originally appeared in the Victoria Times Colonist on Tuesday, March 24, 2020.} When the Victoria Foundation was established in 1936, it was because of community need. The...
One in six Victoria children arrive at school with empty tummies. That statistic means too many hungry kids. Hungry kids who can’t focus. Hungry kids who can’t learn. The consequences can be...