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Speaker Highlight: Gabu Heindl

July 19, 2021

Gabu Heindl is an architect and urban planner in Vienna and head of GABU Heindl Architektur in Vienna, a interdisciplinary studio specialized in public interventions, cultural or social buildings, urban research and urban planning. View Presentation Watch Video

A Doughnut Shaped Recovery for Greater Victoria – Event Summary

July 19, 2021

  Event Summary  Introduction  On June 7th, 2021, the Community Social Planning Council (CSPC) of Greater Victoria organized A Doughnut Shaped Recovery for Greater Victoria, a speaker series event held in collaboration with Conversations for a One Planet Region, One Planet Saanich and the South Island Prosperity Partnership. The event focused on the ways Doughnut Economics can be explored and implemented by municipalities, … Read more

Fixing housing affordability: Non-market solutions

June 17, 2021

Join us to learn about European and American non-market housing models and envision a future of affordable housing across British Columbia. This event is hosted by the Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria in collaboration with Island Social Planners Connect. If you have the means, your donation helps support this event, which is running … Read more

Minimum wage – is the cost of living a burden low income workers or employers should shoulder?

June 8, 2021

British Columbia’s annual minimum wage increase went into effect last week with a 60 cent increase to $15.20/hour. Despite this increase, the minimum wage still falls almost $5 short of Victoria’s living wage for families. The 2019 living wage for the City of Victoria is $19.39/hour for families and even higher for individuals meaning the … Read more

A Doughnut Shaped Recovery for Greater Victoria

May 21, 2021

Register Now Can doughnut economics help us build a just recovery that is within our ecological limits? Are you a municipal leader or planner? A local business owner? A community leader? An interested community member? Are you working to merge social and environmental values in your work? Join us to hear from Andrew Fanning of … Read more

Greater Victoria Rent Bank secures key funding from BC Rent Bank and United Way Greater Victoria

May 12, 2021

Pilot project helping renters extends for one year Media Release Rent Bank One Pager

The Regional Food System Indicator Framework

February 24, 2021

The Regional Food System Indicator Framework For the 2020 Good Food Summit that took place at the beginning of December, the CSPC  developed the Regional Food System Indicator Framework. This framework explains how we track our progress towards building a robust community food strategy and reaching the outcomes and targets of the Good Food 2025 … Read more

🚨NEWS: CSPC is launching a Greater Victoria Housing Relief Fund & Rent Bank Program

February 16, 2021

The Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria and BC Rent Bank are launching a Rent Bank which will provide short term financial help for low-to-moderate income households at risk of losing their housing due to a temporary financial crisis. In conjunction with this the Community Council is also launching the Greater Victoria Housing Relief … Read more

Family Day 2021 Fact Sheet: No Family Left Behind

February 12, 2021

Family Day Fact Sheet: No Family Left Behind  BC Family Day is a day that allows us to be together, celebrate one another and embrace all that is good about those who enrich our lives and to feel connected. Did you know that 1 in 11 families living in the Greater Victoria Region are living … Read more

Gender Balance in Entrepreneurship – What does that mean?

January 5, 2021

Gender Balance in Entrepreneurship – What does that mean? Gender balance in entrepreneurship means moving from ‘hero-preneurship’ to collaboration and away from hierarchy to scaling through adaptation or replication by others. As we start to re-build into a green, diverse, and inclusive economy, limiting the barriers women and newcomer entrepreneurs face will be essential. Did … Read more

More focus on BC youth transitioning out of care needed

December 16, 2020

The Community Social Planning Council welcomes the new report from BC’s Representative for Children and Youth that puts a spotlight on youth transitioning out of care. In the 2020 Point in Time Homeless Count for the Capital Region, 1 in 3 of the people experiencing homelessness had been in foster care or government care. This … Read more

📣 Shout-out: Thank-you BC Transit

November 23, 2020

The CSPC is giving a big SHOUT-OUT and THANK-YOU to BC Transit for donating reusable masks for the Community Council’s Low-Income Transit Assistance program. On Thursday, November 19th, the BC government announced further restrictions as COVID-19 cases continue to surge and the concern of community spread grows. Masks are now mandatory for public indoor places … Read more