#centralsaanich — Public Fediverse posts

Do you know who has a lot of credit when it comes to me learning to be more courageous about showing my flawed, imperfect self online, now?

It's due to a bunch elementary school children, at the now closed McTavish Elementary School in #CentralSaanich. I did my practicum there after obtaining my specialized teacher's assistant certifications. I worked with FASD, autistic, down syndrome & physically disabled students there. They represented 30% of student population there.

I did an interactive cultural, racial & disabilities bridging awareness program while there. Part of it was showcasing my life as a child war survivor & how me & my family survived war. The other part was showcasing how I was diagnosed with polio. How I was told I'd be living out of a wheelchair for my whole life. How I beat that diagnosis by sheer willpower & suffering much physical pains while forcing my body to learn how to walk against all odds. How I'm in front of them, walking & talking. I invited the kids to ask any questions they wanted & advised staff/parental witnesses to not interrupt kids during Q&A period. The kids asked amazing questions & I answered all of them, openly & honestly. I had a few parents & teachers squirm when one kid asked to see & touch my leg braces. I showed the kids both my leg braces & told them it's OK to touch them & ask me more questions.

This is how I bridge things & create less fears of disabled peoples, from a young age. Most kids are more curious than outright judgemental. Most kids develop understanding of disabled people, if they're taught well.

#PeopleWithDisabilities #AntiAbleism #DisabledAdvocacy

Do you know who has a lot of credit when it comes to me learning to be more courageous about showing my flawed, imperfect self online, now?

It's due to a bunch elementary school children, at the now closed McTavish Elementary School in #CentralSaanich. I did my practicum there after obtaining my specialized teacher's assistant certifications. I worked with FASD, autistic, down syndrome & physically disabled students there. They represented 30% of student population there.

I did an interactive cultural, racial & disabilities bridging awareness program while there. Part of it was showcasing my life as a child war survivor & how me & my family survived war. The other part was showcasing how I was diagnosed with polio. How I was told I'd be living out of a wheelchair for my whole life. How I beat that diagnosis by sheer willpower & suffering much physical pains while forcing my body to learn how to walk against all odds. How I'm in front of them, walking & talking. I invited the kids to ask any questions they wanted & advised staff/parental witnesses to not interrupt kids during Q&A period. The kids asked amazing questions & I answered all of them, openly & honestly. I had a few parents & teachers squirm when one kid asked to see & touch my leg braces. I showed the kids both my leg braces & told them it's OK to touch them & ask me more questions.

This is how I bridge things & create less fears of disabled peoples, from a young age. Most kids are more curious than outright judgemental. Most kids develop understanding of disabled people, if they're taught well.

#PeopleWithDisabilities #AntiAbleism #DisabledAdvocacy

Hey, folks - especially residents in #YYJ #Saanich #VictoriaBC #Esquimalt #OakBay #ViewRoyal #CentralSaanich #SidneyBC #Langford #Colwood #Metchosin #Sooke areas - who are seeking more #CovidSafe places/resources/events & #CovidCautious community to connect with, online or offline - please add this new account to stay updated:
https://zeroes.ca/@air_salon

I'm going to help them out. Public support is greatly appreciated!

If plan to visit Victoria area, you may want to add the above new account too.

Please boost 🙌

Thanks!

#CovidIsNotOver #SafeSpaces #SafeCommunity #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #BritishColumbia

Hey, folks - especially residents in #YYJ #Saanich #VictoriaBC #Esquimalt #OakBay #ViewRoyal #CentralSaanich #SidneyBC #Langford #Colwood #Metchosin #Sooke areas - who are seeking more #CovidSafe places/resources/events & #CovidCautious community to connect with, online or offline - please add this new account to stay updated:
https://zeroes.ca/@air_salon

I'm going to help them out. Public support is greatly appreciated!

If plan to visit Victoria area, you may want to add the above new account too.

Please boost 🙌

Thanks!

#CovidIsNotOver #SafeSpaces #SafeCommunity #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #BritishColumbia

#FlashbackFriday + #FoliageFriday combo.
Visiting Butterfly Gardens.
#Mimosa #leaves - known as the sensitive plant.

#nature #plants #botanical #YYJ #BrentwoodBay #CentralSaanich #Wsanec #Saanich #TouristAttraction #VancouverIsland #TourismVanvouverIsland #TourismBC #VanIsle #NatureVideo

#FlashbackFriday + #FoliageFriday combo.
Visiting Butterfly Gardens.
#Mimosa #leaves - known as the sensitive plant.

#nature #plants #botanical #YYJ #BrentwoodBay #CentralSaanich #Wsanec #Saanich #TouristAttraction #VancouverIsland #TourismVanvouverIsland #TourismBC #VanIsle #NatureVideo

I've been unsuccessful at trying to find the other #invasive European wall #lizard nests to eradicate them from our property. This one lizard that I saw this morning is medium sized, about 3" long.

#EuropeanWallLizards breed prolifically & are a threat to our native #ecosystems, disturbing #ecological balance by killing/eating several native flora & fauna - including native alligator lizards, native slugs & salamanders & news, baby turtle eggs, wild bird eggs, they destroy native bee & bumblenee nests by eating the bees/young & they also eat native plants & seeds. They have super voracious appetites & are commonly known to eat their own young too - instead of letting them grow up & compete for food & nesting areas.

They started to spread from #CentralSaanich & are now found in every municipality in #YYJ. They've now spread up island, into the Gulf Islands, over to Vancouver mainland & BC interior areas too.

Please read an older news article linked, on how their invasion of local ecosystems started:

"Long before they ever roamed #Saanich backyards, common wall lizards existed only as an exhibit at #RudysPetPark, a Central Saanich attraction opened in 1957 to capitalize on tourist traffic from nearby Butchart Gardens.

Started by German immigrant Rudy Bauersachs, the park was located along Durrance Road next to #MountWork, and boasted lions, monkeys, cougars, bears, bobcats, snakes, and, of course, a small population of common wall lizards from Northern Italy. In 1961, one of the zoo’s wolves, Lobo, even achieved brief fame as the star of an eponymous #WaltDisney film."

https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/common-wall-lizard-victoria-rudys-pet-park-saanich

#Nature #AggressiveInvaders #Wsanec #LekwungenTerritory #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #BritishColumbia #InvasiveSpecies

I've been unsuccessful at trying to find the other #invasive European wall #lizard nests to eradicate them from our property. This one lizard that I saw this morning is medium sized, about 3" long.

#EuropeanWallLizards breed prolifically & are a threat to our native #ecosystems, disturbing #ecological balance by killing/eating several native flora & fauna - including native alligator lizards, native slugs & salamanders & news, baby turtle eggs, wild bird eggs, they destroy native bee & bumblenee nests by eating the bees/young & they also eat native plants & seeds. They have super voracious appetites & are commonly known to eat their own young too - instead of letting them grow up & compete for food & nesting areas.

They started to spread from #CentralSaanich & are now found in every municipality in #YYJ. They've now spread up island, into the Gulf Islands, over to Vancouver mainland & BC interior areas too.

Please read an older news article linked, on how their invasion of local ecosystems started:

"Long before they ever roamed #Saanich backyards, common wall lizards existed only as an exhibit at #RudysPetPark, a Central Saanich attraction opened in 1957 to capitalize on tourist traffic from nearby Butchart Gardens.

Started by German immigrant Rudy Bauersachs, the park was located along Durrance Road next to #MountWork, and boasted lions, monkeys, cougars, bears, bobcats, snakes, and, of course, a small population of common wall lizards from Northern Italy. In 1961, one of the zoo’s wolves, Lobo, even achieved brief fame as the star of an eponymous #WaltDisney film."

https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/common-wall-lizard-victoria-rudys-pet-park-saanich

#Nature #AggressiveInvaders #Wsanec #LekwungenTerritory #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #BritishColumbia #InvasiveSpecies

#Highway17 near #KeatingX Road will be closed in both directions for one final time on Wednesday, Aug. 7 as crews work on the overpass project.

The #PatBayHighway will be closed between Tanner Road and Island View Road Wednesday from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., marking the last of three closures, to allow for work on a new overpass. Crews will be placing the steel bridge girder across the highway. During the closure, drivers will be redirected through a nearby detour along #CentralSaanich Road.

Drivers can expect delays of up to 20 minutes and are asked to choose alternative routes when possible. Vehicles with a width greater than 2.6 metres are not allowed on the detour and must use alternate routes.

#Saanich #HighwayClosure #YYJ #VictoriaBC

#Highway17 near #KeatingX Road will be closed in both directions for one final time on Wednesday, Aug. 7 as crews work on the overpass project.

The #PatBayHighway will be closed between Tanner Road and Island View Road Wednesday from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., marking the last of three closures, to allow for work on a new overpass. Crews will be placing the steel bridge girder across the highway. During the closure, drivers will be redirected through a nearby detour along #CentralSaanich Road.

Drivers can expect delays of up to 20 minutes and are asked to choose alternative routes when possible. Vehicles with a width greater than 2.6 metres are not allowed on the detour and must use alternate routes.

#Saanich #HighwayClosure #YYJ #VictoriaBC

#CentralSaanich police are warning the public after a large #cougar was reported in the municipality this week.

The cougar was seen in the 7300 block of the Pat Bay Highway, near Mount Newton Cross Road, at about 10 p.m. on Tuesday.

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/central-saanich-issues-warning-about-cougar-9172340

#wildlife #VancouverIsland #WeAreOnTheirLands #RespectWildlife #KeepYourDistance #YYJ #Saanich

#CentralSaanich police are warning the public after a large #cougar was reported in the municipality this week.

The cougar was seen in the 7300 block of the Pat Bay Highway, near Mount Newton Cross Road, at about 10 p.m. on Tuesday.

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/central-saanich-issues-warning-about-cougar-9172340

#wildlife #VancouverIsland #WeAreOnTheirLands #RespectWildlife #KeepYourDistance #YYJ #Saanich

The sun emerged for an hour.
I went to get stakes & also picked up a pre-order of chicken feed for a neighbour who has a sprained ankle & unable to drive for awhile.

I'm a longtime customer of #Buckerfields stores on #VancouverIsland. This one is on Keating X Rd in #CentralSaanich.

Loved the burgundy coloured #hellebore but couldn't afford to buy one.

#GardenCentre #plants #FarmAndFeedStore #BCbusinesses #ShopLocal #YYJ #Saanich #SmallBusiness #MyFaveStores #VictoriaBC #PlantStores #BuyLocal

The sun emerged for an hour.
I went to get stakes & also picked up a pre-order of chicken feed for a neighbour who has a sprained ankle & unable to drive for awhile.

I'm a longtime customer of #Buckerfields stores on #VancouverIsland. This one is on Keating X Rd in #CentralSaanich.

Loved the burgundy coloured #hellebore but couldn't afford to buy one.

#GardenCentre #plants #FarmAndFeedStore #BCbusinesses #ShopLocal #YYJ #Saanich #SmallBusiness #MyFaveStores #VictoriaBC #PlantStores #BuyLocal

The District of #CentralSaanich says #ButterfieldPark will soon grow to nearly double its current size once it finishes purchasing an 18-acre parcel of land.

On Friday, the municipality said it had negotiated an agreement to purchase 18 acres of land at 1124 Mount Newton Cross Rd., which borders Butterfield #Park, at a cost of $3.2 million.

https://www.cheknews.ca/central-saanich-buying-3-2m-in-land-to-add-to-butterfield-park-1204619/?amp

#GoodNews #ProtectedLand #ParksEnhanceCommunities #Greenspaces #YYJ #VancouverIsland #Wsanec #VanIsle #NaturePark #Forested #PNW

The District of #CentralSaanich says #ButterfieldPark will soon grow to nearly double its current size once it finishes purchasing an 18-acre parcel of land.

On Friday, the municipality said it had negotiated an agreement to purchase 18 acres of land at 1124 Mount Newton Cross Rd., which borders Butterfield #Park, at a cost of $3.2 million.

https://www.cheknews.ca/central-saanich-buying-3-2m-in-land-to-add-to-butterfield-park-1204619/?amp

#GoodNews #ProtectedLand #ParksEnhanceCommunities #Greenspaces #YYJ #VancouverIsland #Wsanec #VanIsle #NaturePark #Forested #PNW

Missing Woman in Central Saanich, BC - Sarah-Jane (Alaska) Byers-Deatherage, 25 - #BC #CentralSaanich
https://missingpeople.ca/missing-woman-in-central-saanich-bc-sarah-jane-alaska-byers-deatherage-25/?feed_id=28761&_unique_id=65cd33c5a8ad2

Global News BC: Effort to vandalize rainbow crosswalk foiled in Central Saanich, B.C. https://globalnews.ca/news/9883614/rainbow-crosswalk-vandalism-saanich-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Saanichrainbowcrosswalkvandalism #Saanichpridecrosswalkvandalism #Saanichrainbowcrosswalk #saanichpridecrosswalk #centralsaanichpolice #CentralSaanich #Saanichpolice #2SLGBTQIA+ #Saanich #LGBTQ2 #LGTBQ2 #Crime #LGBTQ #Pride

Global News BC: Effort to vandalize rainbow crosswalk foiled in Central Saanich, B.C. https://globalnews.ca/news/9883614/rainbow-crosswalk-vandalism-saanich-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Saanichrainbowcrosswalkvandalism #Saanichpridecrosswalkvandalism #Saanichrainbowcrosswalk #saanichpridecrosswalk #centralsaanichpolice #CentralSaanich #Saanichpolice #2SLGBTQIA+ #Saanich #LGBTQ2 #LGTBQ2 #Crime #LGBTQ #Pride

#BrentwoodBay #Pride #crosswalk #vandalized with #homophobic #graffiti.

#CentralSaanich #Police are seeking any #witnesses to a #hatecrime committed in Brentwood Bay at the corner of #WallaceRoad and #NewtonPlace, adjacent to #Bayside #MiddleSchool.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Canada #Conservatives #Fascism #Extremism #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Homophobia #Transphobia #MoralPanic #HateSpeech #StochasticTerrorism #Hatecrimes

https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2023/07/brentwood-bay-pride-crosswalk-vandalized-with-homophobic-graffiti/

#BrentwoodBay #Pride #crosswalk #vandalized with #homophobic #graffiti.

#CentralSaanich #Police are seeking any #witnesses to a #hatecrime committed in Brentwood Bay at the corner of #WallaceRoad and #NewtonPlace, adjacent to #Bayside #MiddleSchool.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Canada #Conservatives #Fascism #Extremism #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Homophobia #Transphobia #MoralPanic #HateSpeech #StochasticTerrorism #Hatecrimes

https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2023/07/brentwood-bay-pride-crosswalk-vandalized-with-homophobic-graffiti/

Missing Man from Central Saanich, BC - Dau Nguyen, 33 - #CentralSaanich #BC #BritishColumbia #missingperson #missingpeoplecanada #missingincanada

Central Saanich police are urging the public to be on the lookout for Dau Nguyen, who went missing on April 26th from his workplace in the same area.

Described as a man of medium build and approximately 5 foot 8 inches tall, Nguyen was last seen wearing a...

More Info: https://missingpeople.ca/missing-man-from-central-saanich-bc-dau-nguyen-33/