Victoria as Civic Solidarity Ecosystem

CONTEXT

This workshop takes place on the land of the lək̓ʷəŋən People, known today as the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples. Many in our Capital Region District are depleted after years and even decades of trying to change the conditions of our community through myriad means. This takes an active toll on each of us and also the way in which we act within our community. Like far too many communities, Victoria has unequal levels of material security, unjust relations, and over exploitation of the land, water, and kin species. Across experiences, community members hold the resonance and dissonance of how personal and communal realities align with their hopes, dreams, values, and beliefs. The need is growing for what Paolo Freire would describe as praxis—where reflection and action meet to transform communal conditions.

COST TO ATTEND

We remain dedicated to hosting solidarity workshops that are open to all regardless of access to wealth. We can do this in part through the support of the RRU Resilience by Design Lab and UVic Faculty of Education. However, the workshops been produced without adequate financial resources to support their creators. If you have the financial means to contribute, we appreciate your contributions so this work can continue. The suggested donation amount is $300, but we welcome any contribution you feel appropriate. You can donate here, as it is separate from registration.

Can I attend FOR PART OF THE DAY?

While we would strongly encourage you to make space to join for the whole time, we also recognize that other responsibilities may not make it possible to do so. We still invite you to register if you can join for part of the workshop.

APPROACH

In this half-day workshop, we are inviting Victoria area community members across societal sectors who are compelled by the hunger for something else to come together, in-person. This workshop will create personal and collective space to see where you and we are in service of opening up new possibilities of how Victoria might move towards more generative and just social relations. Who am I/are we in relationship to this place called Victoria—its land, water, kin species—we share this home with? How might organizations and institutions be a nurse log for community actualization? This will be an emergent space to weave together without seeking unity or sameness.

WHO IS BEHIND THIS WORK?

This workshop is a collaboration between Solvable and the Royal Roads University Resilience by Design (RbD) Lab and the Transition Bridges Project, with additional support from the UVic Faculty of Education.

Have additional questions?

Please email our team