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SUMMARY:Turtle Island Bioregional Congress
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTSTAMP:20260916T001023Z
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CATEGORIES:community
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the Congress\n​ \n​ \nThe eleventh Turtle Islan
 d Bioregional Congress builds on five decades of bioregional organizing an
 d ten earlier continental congresses in North America (1984–2009).  \nTh
 is 2026 gathering rekindles a tradition of learning in place\, celebrating
  our cultures\, and coordinating for long-term regeneration. What happens 
 here will set the stage for place-based resilience in the years ahead.
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 2026-09-15/1/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=victoria
 -bc
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SUMMARY:THE ART OF LISTENING (Victoria)
DTSTART:20260917T233000Z
DTEND:20260918T010000Z
DTSTAMP:20260911T000510Z
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CATEGORIES:community,wellness
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, Sept. 17\, 4:00 (!)– 5:30 pm  PT\nEsquimalt Gorg
 e Park Pavilion\n1070 Tillicum Road\, Victoria\, BC\n \n\n \n\n"It is on
 ly in listening that one hears the song of the words”.  From The Book o
 f Life: January3 - Beyond the noise of words\n\n \n\nA dialogue on Listen
 ing\, with an invitation to take a moment in the next conversation you hav
 e to observe how you are listening. What are you listening to? Where are y
 ou listening from?\n\nCan you hear the song of the words?\n\n \nIf you ar
 e deeply interested in self-exploration for inner peace and freedom\, you 
 are welcome to join our dialogue meetings\, guided by experienced facilita
 tors passionate about self-inquiry and a shift in consciousness.\n \n\nOu
 r Facilitator: James Tousignant\n\nI have long been fascinated by the ques
 tions “What am I?” and its companion “Why am I here?” In the dialo
 gues and writings of J. Krishnamurti I have found a traveling companion\, 
 someone to walk alongside me and guide my exploration into the “extraord
 inary phenomena of human existence.”\n\nAsking questions\, deeply listen
 ing\, finding out for myself\, all the while refining my understanding bas
 ed on my experiences has been a defining feature of my approach to living.
  Whether I am facilitating a class or self-inquiry meditation retreat\, le
 ading a wilderness kayaking trip off Canada’s west coast\, or working co
 -creatively with my garden I am passionate about showing up as fully as I 
 can in the moment to what is. For me\, this is an ongoing act of awareness
 \, presence\, blessing and partnership.\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nAs resource we 
 will be using  The Book of Life\, a collection of daily meditations by J
 . Krishnamurti. It is available online and from us at cost for $20.\n\n\n\
 nThe Book of Life e-book is also freely available here and looking it over
  for questions to further explore in our meetings is recommended.\n\nWe re
 commend the readings on Listening (January 1 - 7) before our meeting.\n\nM
 eetings are held on a donation basis.  Your donation can be made here .\n
 \nThey will be held in the Boardroom of the Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion.
   The Pavilion is located in this beautiful park\, next to a Japanese Gar
 den.\n\n\n\nEnter from Tillicum Road. There is ample parking next to the P
 avilion.\n\nOr take #26 bus to Tillicum at Gorge Bridge stop\, with a 5 mi
 nute walk from there to the Pavilion.\n\n \n\n \nOne-time registration f
 or this series is requested!\n \n\n \n\n[gravityform id="259" title="tru
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LOCATION:Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion\, 1070 Tillicum Road\, Victoria\, B
 C\, V9A 2A1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Book Launch & Discussion "Listening Once Again to Our Great Mother
 : The Fairy Creek Blockades and the Life Story of Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jo
 nes."
DTSTART:20260918T013000Z
DTEND:20260918T040000Z
DTSTAMP:20260908T001001Z
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CATEGORIES:community,literary
DESCRIPTION:Join Elder Bill Jones\, spiritual leader of the Rainforest Fly
 ing Squad and the Old-Growth Forest Protectors\, and co-author Karen Moe f
 or the launch of their book Listening Once Again to Our Great Mother: The 
 Fairy Creek Blockades and the Life Story of Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones (
 Dundurn Press\, 2026) followed by a discussion and book-signing on Septemb
 er 17th\, 2026 at Russell Books\, 747 Fort Street\, Victoria\, BC. \nTicke
 ts: $10 or VIP $30\, including a signed copy of the book\, go to:\nhttps:/
 /www.eventbrite.ca/e/book-release-listening-once-again-to-our-great-mother
 -tickets-1997795537231?aff=oddtdtcreator \n* \n“With the masterful insig
 ht and skill of Karen Moe\, Elder Bill Jones breaks our hearts open with h
 is deeply personal expose of the ongoing trauma inflicted on Indigenous pe
 ople and their beautiful ancestral forests by colonial capitalism in Canad
 a.”\n-Suzanne Simard author of When the Forest Breathes. \n“The teachi
 ngs of Elder Bill are inspirational. This is myth\, legend\, theology and 
 philosophy. It is the essential teaching for our time.”\n-Elizabeth May\
 , O.C.\, M.P \n* \n“I was lost before I was born”: the starting point 
 of Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones’ lifelong journey of decolonization. “Y
 ou were all Indigenous once”: the starting point for ending a world base
 d on exploitation and greed. \nAt Port Renfrew\, British Columbia\, in 202
 0\, both settlers and First Nations experienced a re-indigenization and be
 came reacquainted with our Great Mother during the fight to save some of t
 he last remaining old growth forest at the Fairy Creek Blockades. As Elder
  Bill sat in a tent during a West Coast storm at the height of the protest
 s\, he experienced the final phase of his personal decolonization\, his ab
 solute re-indigenization\, when he realized: “I know what happened!”\,
  a revelation that has informed his life ever since. \nCombining the story
  of Elder Bill’s personal life and ancestors\, elder wisdom\, settler fe
 minism\, and the inspirational story of the Fairy Creek Blockades — the 
 largest act of civil disobedience in Canada — Listening Once Again to Ou
 r Great Mother is wisdom weaving to motivate those towards their own self-
 awakening\, even after Elder Bill is gone. \nJoin Elder Bill Jones\, spiri
 tual leader of the Rainforest Flying Squad and the Old-Growth Forest Prote
 ctors\, and co-author Karen Moe for the launch of their book Listening Onc
 e Again to Our Great Mother: The Fairy Creek Blockades and the Life Story 
 of Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones (Dundurn Press\, 2026) followed by a discu
 ssion and book-signing on September 17th\, 2026 at Russell Books\, 747 For
 t Street\, Victoria\, BC. \n* \n“With the masterful insight and skill of
  Karen Moe\, Elder Bill Jones breaks our hearts open with his deeply perso
 nal expose of the ongoing trauma inflicted on Indigenous people and their 
 beautiful ancestral forests by colonial capitalism in Canada.”\n-Suzanne
  Simard author of When the Forest Breathes. \n“The teachings of Elder Bi
 ll are inspirational. This is myth\, legend\, theology and philosophy. It 
 is the essential teaching for our time.”\n-Elizabeth May\, O.C.\, M.P \n
 * \n“I was lost before I was born”: the starting point of Pacheedaht E
 lder Bill Jones’ lifelong journey of decolonization. “You were all Ind
 igenous once”: the starting point for ending a world based on exploitati
 on and greed. \nAt Port Renfrew\, British Columbia\, in 2020\, both settle
 rs and First Nations experienced a re-indigenization and became reacquaint
 ed with our Great Mother during the fight to save some of the last remaini
 ng old growth forest at the Fairy Creek Blockades. As Elder Bill sat in a 
 tent during a West Coast storm at the height of the protests\, he experien
 ced the final phase of his personal decolonization\, his absolute re-indig
 enization\, when he realized: “I know what happened!”\, a revelation t
 hat has informed his life ever since. \nCombining the story of Elder Bill
 ’s personal life and ancestors\, elder wisdom\, settler feminism\, and t
 he inspirational story of the Fairy Creek Blockades — the largest act of
  civil disobedience in Canada — Listening Once Again to Our Great Mother
  is wisdom weaving to motivate those towards their own self-awakening\, ev
 en after Elder Bill is gone.
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LOCATION:Russell Books\, Fort Street 747\, Victoria\, BC\, V8W 1H2\, Canad
 a
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 ce-again-to-our-great-mother-the-fairy-creek-blockades-and-the-life-story-
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SUMMARY:Garden Club Speakers’ Series
DTSTART:20260918T020000Z
DTEND:20260918T033000Z
DTSTAMP:20260916T001023Z
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CATEGORIES:community,education
DESCRIPTION:Pamela Walker will share her story of restoring a property thr
 ough permaculture and preserverance as part of the Ladysmith Saltair Garde
 n Club Speakers’ Series. Thursday\, September 17\, 7 pm\, at the Eagles 
 Hall\, 921 1st Ave\, Ladysmith\, BC.
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