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March 2009
Lessons from the past - Housing and Homelessness
In Victoria during the Second World War, newspaper articles exposed the plight of "homeless war workers" and their families. In the post war period, concerned with the continued housing shortage and cost of rent, the Housing Committee of the Community Welfare Council (now known as the Community Council) undertook an extensive housing study. Read more...
Editorial
"Changing Economic Times"...We hear those words everywhere as businesses, non-profit agencies, families and individuals across the region brace themselves for the looming crisis descending upon us like a cloud of doom on helpless victims. It is important that we remind ourselves that this is not necessarily the case. Read more...
Poverty Reduction Plan for BC
The Community Council joined more than 200 signatories in an Open Letter to British Columbia Political Parties to develop a comprehensive poverty reduction plan with reduction targets and timelines. Read more...
Local leader receives Order of Canada
Donald William (Don) Storch, long-time member of the Community Council and the Quality of Life CHALLENGE, has been named as a recipient of the Order of Canada. Read more...
Quality of Life CHALLENGE
2008 - 2011
The Quality of Life CHALLENGE is diverse community partners working together to generate long-lasting solutions that prevent and reduce poverty in BC’s Capital Region. Read highlights from 2008 and find out what's to come moving into 2009 and beyond. Read more...
Victoria Realtors® committed to 'quality of life' at home and in the community
"Through the work we do during the year in support of the Community Council initiatives and through our own ‘Quality of Life’ principles adopted in June 2005, Victoria Real Estate Board continues to make valuable contributions to our 1,300 member REALTORS®, to our employees and to the community at large," says Chris Markham, 2009 President of the Victoria Real Estate Board. Read more...
Volunteer profile
Long time community volunteer Bill McElroy understands the importance of working strategically at a high level, and isn’t shy about taking on the minutiae either. Read more...
Community Based Research
How can happiness be measured?
Traditional measures of community well-being include levels of poverty, wealth, chronic illness, employment, crime, homelessness, and more. However, there is a fresh new approach to measuring community well-being – by measuring citizen happiness. Read more...
Workplace Wellness at the Community Council
With leadership from Tricia Irish, Mary Katharine Ross and Stephanie Gabel, the Community Council staff team explored workplace wellness. The intent was not to change but to improve upon successes already in place at the Community Council.
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Communications
The new Community Council website was launched in November 2008. Anna Russo, Communications Coordinator, designed the site. The intent is to raise the profile of the diverse groups the Community Council sponsors as well as to make information and resources easily accessible. Read more...
Unsung Hero Award and Celebration
An unsung hero is a skilled, dedicated and diligent person who has served the larger community long and well but has never won the headlines. The Unsung Heroes Award is an initiative of First Unitarian Church of Victoria and the Community Council. The 2009 Unsung Hero is Gordon Harper, Executive Director, the Umbrella Society for Addictions and Mental Health. Read more...
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