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  1. #MomsAgainstRacism Hosts - Be A Kid: Cookie Decorating & Bouncy Castle!
    Come out for June’s Be A Kid Event - a fun day just for #BIPOCkids and their families with cookie decorating, games, and a bouncy castle!

    McTavish Academy Of Art
    1720 McTavish Rd.
    Sat, Jun 28, 2025 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

    We’re also inviting all our MAR families to join the fun from 4:00 – 6:00 pm for our 3rd annual MAR Family Picnic!

    Minimum contribution: $10 per family.

    Open to #children who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, or a Child of Colour) and their immediate families/caregivers. White presenting kids with racial hertitage and white family members/caregivers are warmly welcomed.

    The Be a Kid program supports our members, the public, and their #racialized #kids in creating #community. This program will help to create opportunities for Black, Indigenous and #ChildrenOfColour to connect with each other, in a psychologically and culturally safer environment, while participating in an activity they may otherwise not.

    momsagainstracism.ca/event/mar

    #POCfamilies #BIPOCFamilies #AntiRacism #CulturalConnections #CommunityEvent #Saanich #NorthSaanich #Wsanec #CommunityBuilding #VancouverIsland #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VanIsle #AffordableFun #BIPOC

  2. Come enjoy the upcoming Esquimalt Lantern Festival, next month! Come visit & make lanterns at the maker station at lantern festival. I'll be manning that station from 6pm-8pm

    The #Esquimalt #LanternFestival is taking place on Friday, September 13 from 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm.

    This is a #FreeEvent and #AllAges are welcome to attend. There will be #LiveMusic, roaming #puppets, #FoodVendors, #FacePainting and #LanternMaking. Attendees are also encouraged to wear #costumes and bring their own lanterns.

    Location: Esquimalt #GorgePark, #KinsmenGorgePark / #GorgeWaterwayPark - Japanese Pavilion area.

    do250.com/events/2024/9/13/esq

    #LekwungenTerritory #SongheesTerritory #SaanichParks #Wsanec #Saanich #Arts #FamilyFriendly #CommunityEvent #YYJ #VictoriaBC #VictoriaArtsCouncil #PublicArtEvent #CreativeEvent #ArtsAndCuelture #VisualArt #VancouverIsland #VanIsle

  3. #CauliflowerMushroom - #SparassisCrispa.
    One of my fave #edible & #medicinal #WildMushrooms. It's found in many places around the world, including forests on #VancouverIsland.
    We #forage for these wild #mushrooms & use it in making some soups & stir fry dishes.

    It's used often in #traditional #Chinese #medicine #TCM because it contains active #pharmacological ingredients. In order to study its medicinal value better, the genomic sequence of S. crispa was published in Oct 2018.
    ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/

    Dry weight of the #basidiocarp was found to contain up to 43.6% #BetaGlucan, which was approved for the treatment of #cancer in #Japan & recommended for #COVID19 patients to overcome #inflammation.

    Experiments suggest that S. crispa contains chemicals that may stimulate the #ImmuneSystem & has many #biological properties including: #AntiTumor, #antiviral activity (reverse transcriptase inhibitory activity), #neuroprotection, #cardioprotection, #AntiInflammation, #hyperlipidemia, #AntiDiabetic medication, #antimicrobial compounds, & methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus #MRSA.

    #ForestForaging #MushroomsMedicine #FoodFromTheForest #WildFoods #VanIsle #Wsanec #Saanich #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #MushroomsMonday #LookReadLearn #AsianMastodon

  4. Back on the ocean, in a few hours! My 2nd #AdaptiveSailing session is this morning.
    Working with Mom in gardens after.
    We're going to 4th annual Indigenous Music Festival, this evening:
    timescolonist.com/entertainmen

    Tomorrow, I'm going back to the Indigenous music festival in evening. Saturday morning & afternoon, I'm attending free ArtisTree festival on Government House grounds. I may attend on Sunday too - it's a weekend festival:
    artistreefestival.com/home

    I also signed up for another fun creative community workshop at the #WellandCommunityOrchard legacy park & taking my friend, Cassidy, to it.
    #Printmaking in the orchard 😊 On Aug. 11th.
    We'll learn how to design, carve & use #linocut stamps & how to use natural materials from some of the wonderful fruit species around the orchard to make #collagraph prints. We will get to #design & #create our own #stamps based on inspiration from the orchard & then use it in combination with collagraph techniques to print a pretty tote bag to take home.

    #WeekendPlans #FreeFrugalFun #SummerFestivals #ArtsAndMusic #Wsanec #LekwungenTerritory #Saanich #YYJ #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #VancouverIsland #FamilyFriendly #AllAges #FreeCommunityEvents #PNW #SummerFun #AccessibleEvents #FreeAdmission #CulturalEvents #YYJevents

  5. #Hiroshima #Nagasaki Day, August 6, 2024.
    #Free #FamilyFriendly event to commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, dedicated to creating #peace and building #community.

    Join us on August 6th to celebrate #peace, launch lanterns, and enjoy #Japanese #culture!

    #LanternMaking will begin at 6:00 pm indoors on the ground floor of the Pavilion, with all materials provided. The program will begin at 7:30 pm and end at 9 pm with the launching of the lanterns in the Pavilion reflecting pools. Among the performers and presenters will be:

    First Nation’s greetings by Carolyn Memnook
    MC Dr. Dillon Takata
    Tsugio Kurushima, #Nikkei Society
    Furusato Dancers
    #Uminari #Taiko Drummers
    Gettin' Higher Choir
    Margaret Krawciw reading: "Children of the A-Bomb"

    Location:
    #Esquimalt #GorgePark & Pavilion
    1070 Tillicum Road, #VictoriaBC.

    #LekwungenTerritory #Wsanec #YYJ #CulturalEvent #AsianMastodon #GorgeWaterway #AntiWar #CommunityEvent #FreeEvents #YYJevents #AllAges #VancouverIsland #PNW #ArtsAndCulture #LiveDemos #JapaneseCanadians #AsianCanadians

  6. It's the start of #wildberries season on the island 😀 I found a large #IndianPlum bush/tree, filled with #berries. They look like tiny plums, hence their name. You can collect some wild seeds, at end of Summer, to grow in your gardens.

    Once established, craftspeople can use their #wood to make self bows & straight shoots made into fine arrows. Wood can also be made into spoons/forks, knitting needles/crochet hooks & combs.

    PNW #Indigenous #FirstNations used their bark, twigs & fruits for #food & #medicine sources. Sunnier locations provided larger, sweeter tasting berries.

    #Osoberry #VancouverIsland #nature #botanical #WildFoodPlants #EdiblePlants #FoodForaging #BerryIdentification #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #photography #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #NatureLovers #YYJ #PNW #VanIsle #PlantIdentification #PlantLovers #FoodPlant #FoodSecurity #FoodGardening #OemleriaCerasiformis