Camosun Community Association
About Us
Contact

Events

Bike Skills and Safety Course 2010

Posted August 19, 2010

A free one-day course to teach you how to ride safely and with confidence!

Would you like to:

If you answered yes to any or all of the above then this course is for you!

The Bike to Work Skills Course takes you through all the most common traffic situations that cyclists face. It also provides you with the tips you need to make cycle commuting a fun and regular part of your life. Our nationally certified instructors are ready to get you on the road!

I honestly feel more confident and more visible on the road. I feel that I am able to respect drivers of vehicles more and that they have more respect for me. I am enjoying cycling even more now than I did before.
(E.E.)

This free 7.5 hour course combines classroom and on-road training and is designed for participants aged 18 years and over.

Course Dates: Summer/Fall 2010

Visit our website www.biketowork.ca/victoria/workshops/skills for course descriptions, dates, and to register on-line. Any questions, please call 250-920-5775 or Email: marsha@biketowork.ca.

Urban Walkability Video

Posted August 10, 2010

You are invited to a FREE 90-minute presentation of Dan Burden's Active in Action: New Principles for a Sustainable World.

Dan Burden is an internationally recognized authority from the Livable and Walkable Communities Institute, Port Townsend, Washington. Time Magazine recently listed Dan as one of the six most important civic innovators in the world.

Following the presentation, discussion is planned to move towards jane walks / walkability and how it relates to Saanich residents with an emphasis on the Shelbourne Corridor. We hope to see you there!

What Urban Walkability Video
When Wednesday, August 11th, 2010, noon - 2 pm
Where Council Chambers at Saanich City Hall

CCA Family Fun Day and Picnic

Revised July 3, 2010

Family Fun Day and Picnic at Allenby

What CCA Family Fun Day and Picnic
When Saturday, July 10th, 2010, 11 am to 2 pm
Where Allenby Park (map)

Summer is here, and it's time to celebrate with neighbours, friends and family at our Association's Family Fun Day and Picnic. This is a free event for all residents and families in the Camosun Community. Fun and games to include:

Come and check out the following groups:

Come out and enjoy a day in the park. Thank you to our event sponsors including

Victoria Family Chiropractic Caorda Web Solutions Wildplay Element Parks
Coast Capital Savings Dreamcraft Construction Thrifty Foods
Bike to Work Week
> Spread the word, tell your neighours and let's make this a great neighourhood fun family day!

View and print the Picnic Poster (PDF).

12th Annual Rubber Ducky Race and Bowker Creek Cleanup

Posted May 12, 2010

Race a Duck for 2 Bucks! Proceeds go to the Friends of Bowker Creek society. Brought to you by the Oak Bay High Environmental Club.

Purchase your duck by the school cafeteria or on May 15h just before the race. For more info contact us at 250 598-3361.

What Bowker Creek Cleanup
When Saturday May 15th, 2010, 10 am to 11:30 am
Where Bowker Creek behind Oak Bay High School
Rubber ducky, joy of joys, ...
What Rubber Ducky Race
When Saturday May 15th, 2010, noon
Where St. Ann's Pond (St. Ann's St. - across from Oak Bay Fire Hall)

Bowker Creek: Monteith St. Work Party

Posted April 21, 2010

Again, it's outside the CCA borders, but another event that affects a creek that runs right through our community.

At the April 11th work party, it was decided to meet every three weeks for the next while to get everything accomplished, and to get native plants in the ground before summer.

The next work party is scheduled:

What cleanup, plant native trees and shrub
When Sunday May 2nd, 2010, 10 am to noon
Where Monteith St, across from Firemen's Park off Cranmore Road, just up from Beach Drive in Oak Bay

Please wear work clothes and sturdy shoes. Tools, gloves, snacks and drinks will be provided.

For information and questions, contact Kitty Lloyd at klloyd@crd.bc.ca.

Shelbourne Corridor History Event

Posted April 8, 2010

Come share and explore our human and natural history along the Shelbourne corridor.

What walkabouts, stories, mapping, envisioning - all focused on the Shelbourne corridor
When Sunday April 18th, 2010, 2 pm - 5 pm
Where St. Aidan's Hall
3703 St. Aidan's Street

poster for Shelbourne corridor action plan presentations April 18 at St. Aidan's Hall

Special guests:

Free admission, and everyone welcome! Come on out and help to plan the future of the Shelbourne corridor.

For more information, or to fill out the on-line action plan survey, please go to www.saanich.ca.

Bowker Creek: Invasive Species Removal

Posted April 6, 2010

It's outside the CCA borders, but this event affects a creek that runs right through our community. This is a riparian restoration project to restore the creek to a more natural and healthy condition. We really need help!

What removing roots of blackberry, in order to plant native trees and shrub
When Sunday April 11th, 2010, 10 am to noon
Where along the creek at Monteith Street near Cranmore Road (near Beach Drive in Oak Bay)

Oak Bay Parks has already mowed the blackberry and other weedy vegetation on the site, and more machine work will be done before our work party to unearth the blackberry roots. We need to do hand work to get those blackberry roots out of the ground so that our site has a chance of establishing with native vegetation. We will provide work gloves, tools and snacks; wear sturdy shoes and work clothes.

If you can't make April 11th you'll be hearing about future opportunities. Please let Kitty Lloyd know if your club, school or group would like to come down for a work party this April or May.

For information and questions, contact Kitty Lloyd at klloyd@crd.bc.ca.

Bowker Creek Pennant Printing Workshop

Posted April 6, 2010

A fun and easy way to make printed pennants to display around your home, in your yard and neighbourhood. Learn about what it means to live in an urban watershed and create art to celebrate Bowker Creek. No previous experience necessary.

What You will learn the basic steps of relief printmaking to make your own colourful cloth pennants.
When Saturday, April 24th, 2010, 12 noon to 3 pm
Where Oaklands Community Centre, 2827 Belmont Street

Why make pennants related to Bowker Creek? Because you live in a watershed and would like to have fun making art with friends and neighbours.

Please waer clothes for making artwork. You will be working with water-soluble printing inks, and may get some on your clothes.

All materials are supplied. Tea, juice and cookies will be provided.

This workshop is funded by a Community Arts Program, Artist-in-Residence (AIR) grant from the City of Victoria, and sponsored by the North Jubilee Neighbourhood Association and the Bowker Creek Initiative. Workshop Coordinator, graphic artist, and North Jubilee resident, Soren Henrich and assistants will lead the workshop.

Please RSVP shenrich@shaw.ca if you plan to attend. For more information call Soren Henrich, at (250) 370-4365.

World Health Day: Shelbourne Community Celebration

Posted March 21, 2010

World Health Day | 1000 Cities, 1000 Lives

As part of a one day World Health Organization event, cities and towns around the world are opening specific streets to people and bikes, and closing them to motor vehicles, offering citizens a novel public space for physical exercise, meeting family, friends and community. Come celebrate with us!

What Celebration Event at Shelbourne at Cedar Hill X Road
When Sunday, April 11, 2010, 11 am - 2 pm
Where Cycle from Gordon Head Recreation Centre to Shelbourne Plaza (Pear St.)

Shelbourne at Cedar Hill X Road intersection

What The Bike Ride
When Sunday, April 11, 2010
Depart: 11 am
Return: 1 pm
Where Cycle from Gordon Head Recreation Centre to Shelbourne Plaza (Pear St.)

Police escorted bike ride

Open House and Planning Workshop: RJH Master Campus Planning

Posted February 14, 2010

VIHA is holding an Open House and Planning workshop as part of its Campus Master Planning process. The Planning Workshop - registration required - is "...an opportunity for RJH's immediate neighbours to provide input on the site's future development in an open, interactive process".

Open House

What Open House
When Saturday, February 20, 2010, 11 am - 1 pm
Where Woodward Room, Begbie Hall
Royal Jubilee Hospital

Plannnig Workshop

Registration is required by February 15th. Click here to register.

What Planning Workshop
When Saturday, February 20, 2010, 1:15 pm - 3:15 pm
Where Woodward Room, Begbie Hall
Royal Jubilee Hospital

Begbie Hall is the brick building nearest the corner of Fort Street and Richmond Road.

If you are driving:

More information on VIHA's website.

Hospital Facilities Design and Patient Care: Lectures

Posted January 24, 2010

The Vancouver Island Health Authority is holding a free public lecture with speakers from the Center for Health Design who will discuss how well-designed health carefacilities contribute to better patient care. The speakers are:

What ROYAL JUBILEE HOSPITAL PATIENT CARE CENTRE PUBLIC LECTURE
When Friday, January 29th, 2010, 12:00 noon - 1:15pm
Where Woodward Room, Begbie Hall,
Royal Jubilee Hospital
(Parking is limited on site. Please arrive early.)

Opening Ceremony of First Peoples House

Posted January 20, 2010

Note that you'll have to be quick to get your RSVP to UVic in time...

The Chancellor of the University of Victoria invites you to the Opening Ceremony of the First Peoples House. Under the Distinguished Patronage of Their Honours The Honourable Steven L. Point, OBC, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, and Mrs. Gwendolyn Point.

What Opening Ceremony of First Peoples House
When Monday, January 25, 2010, 4 pm - 6 pm
Where University of Victoria (click here for map)

RSVP by January 20, 2010 - acceptances only - by calling 250-721-7446 or by email at ceremony@uvic.ca.

Open House - Bowker Creek Blueprint

Posted January 9, 2010

A 100-year plan to restore the Bowker Creek watershed. Bowker Creek Poster

What Open House - Bowker Creek Blueprint
When Saturday, January 23, 2010, 10 am to 2 pm
Where Hillside Centre near Zellers - follow the signs

Please join the Bowker Creek Initiative for the public unveiling of the Bowker Creek Blueprint. A 100-year plan to restore the Bowker Creek watershed. Come learn about our long-term vision for watershed and creek restoration, and give us your comments and suggestions. We need your feedback to finalize this draft plan.

Short talks will be given at 10 and 11 am, 12 and 1 pm. The entire 125 page blue print of the 100 year vision can now be viewed as a PDF on the BCI website.

Open House - Shelbourne Corridor Action Plan

Updated January 9, 2010

What Open House - Shelbourne Corridor Action Plan
When Thursday, January 28, 2010, 5 pm - 8 pm
Where St. Aidan's United Church, 3703 St. Aidan's Street

More info at
http://www.saanich.ca/business/development/actionplans/shelbournecorridor.html. Shelbourne corridor action plan open house

CCA Annual General Meeting: January 21!

Updated January 14, 2010

The CCA AGM is now scheduled.

Our guest speaker is Carolyn Herriot. For those of you who do not know Carolyn, her website is http://www.earthfuture.com/gardenpath/.

Carolyn, who will be speaking on the issue of Urban Chickens, is a Master Gardener (and a former business owner in the CCA) as well as an expert on the topic of food security and growing food on one's own land. She is a very interesting and inspirational speaker with a straight forward and practical approach to these issues.

What CCA Annual General Meeting
When Thursday, January 21, 2010, 6:30 pm - 9 pm
call to order at 7 pm
Where Lansdowne Middle School, library
1765 Lansdowne Road

There will be reports from the outgoing Board as to a statement of policies and a vision of our future, plus the election of a new Board of Directors. Amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws will be proposed at the AGM. Drafts of these proposed changes have been posted here.

Stay with us for the entire AGM and you'll have a chance to win one of several door prizes, one of which is a copy of Carolyn Herriot's A Year on the Garden Path, 52 Weeks of Organic Gardening Guide.

Saanich Climate Action Plan: Ready for Your Feedback

Posted November 17, 2009

We recently received an email from Saanich Councillor Dean Murdock to tell us that the draft Saanich Climate Action Plan is ready for public review, and inviting feedback on the initiatives it contains. Councillor Murdoch is a Vice-Chair on Saanich's Environmental Advisory Committee.

The draft plan can be viewed on the Saanich website.

There will also be three open house sessions on the draft plan, and you are encouraged to attend. Councillors and Saanich staff will consider all the feedback from citizens, businesses and organizations.

What Open House for Saanich draft Climate Action Plang
When Wednesday, November 19, 2009, 4 pm - 8 pm
Where Salvation Army Citadel, 4030 Douglas Street
When Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 4 pm - 8 pm
Where Salvation Army Citadel, 4030 Douglas Street
When Monday, November 30, 2009, 4 pm - 8 pm
Where Salvation Army Citadel, 4030 Douglas Street

As Councillor Murdock says, "The climate challenge is our common challenge. We must all work together to cut emissions and achieve our target. It starts with the action plan. Don't miss your chance to be heard!"

Bowker Creek Garbage Cleanup at Browning Park

Posted November 6, 2009

If the rainy fall weather and the diminishing daylight has you feeling like you never get anything much done out of doors, lend us a hand in a Bowker Creek garbage cleanup work party at Browning Park. Your karma will tip to the positive as you help our favourite local watershed rush all the rainwater to the sea!

What Garbage cleanup work party for Bowker Creek
When Saturday, November 14, 2009, 9:30 am - 11:30 am
Where Browning Park

Please bring your own work gloves, wear gumboots, and meet at the south side of the park, on Browning Street off McRae Ave (near Shelbourne Street). Garbage bags and pick-up tools will be provided.

For more information, please call 250-598-9837.

This event is sponsored by the Camosun Community Association. Hope to see you there!

Life With Less Fossil Fuel

Posted November 2, 2009

If you think we need to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels, you may enjoy attending a film presentation by the South Jubilee Neighbourhood Association in collaboration with the Victoria Region Transition Initiative (VRTI). The VRTI holds public awareness events on this and other topics.

What A film: Power of Community: How Cuba survived Peak Oil
When Monday, November 16 at 7pm
Where Victoria College of Art and Design (Bank and Leighton)

You are invited to attend this excellent documentary and to participate in post-film discussion.

Help to Plant on Saanich Tree Appreciation Day

Posted October 7, 2009

While recognizing that both of the sites chosen by Saanich at which to plant trees and bushes are well outside your local community association area, helping to plant trees and bushes on public land in Saanich or any of our neighbouring municipalities is a worthy endeavor.

Baxter Park lies along the west side of the Pat Bay Highway between the Vanalman on/off ramp and McKenzie Ave. Mount Doug Park, you should know.

We encourage you to contact Saanich directly (please read the contact info below) should you be able to volunteer your time and energy to this project.

TO ALL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS/COMMUNITY GROUPS:

SAANICH TREE APPRECIATION DAY - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Mayor Frank Leonard has proclaimed Sunday, November 8, 2009 as Tree Appreciation Day in Saanich. Many benefits and values come from trees including a very specific sense of place, aesthetics, air quality, property value, soil and water conservation and protection of the environment. The planting and preservation of trees is an action that yields long range benefits.

Saanich's Significant Tree Advisory Committee and Saanich Parks, in cooperation with BC Hydro and Pacific Forestry Centre are looking for volunteers in our community to help plant trees and shrubs as detailed below. No experience is necessary.

  1. Baxter Park (see attached map). Time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Funding from the Ministry of Community Development was made available by a grant through the Trees for Tomorrow Program. This program was launched in 2009 with a goal to plant four million trees in schoolyards, hospital grounds, civic parks and other public spaces in British Columbia. Island View Nursery has discounted the purchase price of trees and shrubs to be planted as an educational tool for the local community and schools about the values of the Urban Forest. Glanford, Rogers and Pacific Christian Schools are partnering with Saanich Parks to design, install and maintain these trees and shrubs. The Victoria Natural History Society will be leading educational workshops with the participating schools to restore habitat in Baxter Park for birds, bats, amphibians, reptiles, insects and native plants. 150 native trees and 2,000 shrubs will be planted. Park on Baxter or Judah Roads - both access the park.
  2. Mt. Doug Park. Time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Marshalling area for planters will be by the washrooms in the main parking lot. Main priority is to plant approximately 1,000 trees and shrubs on the disturbed areas of lower Douglas Creek.

Drinks, snacks and planting tools will be provided. However, if any of the volunteers can bring a shovel and gloves it would be appreciated. Please remember to bring rain gear and boots since we will be planting rain or shine.

If members of your group are interested in participating, please advise the total number of participants and at which location. This will allow us to make arrangements for food, etc.

If you have any questions please call me at 250-475-1775, extension 3506 or e-mail cathy.weston@saanich.ca. It would be appreciated if you would approach your members as soon as possible regarding this invitation. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Cathy Weston
Clerk to the Significant Tree Advisory Committee

Bowker Creek Stewardship Blitz

Posted September 10, 2009

The Bowker Creek Initiative is hosting a stewardship blitz on Saturday, September 26 and invites the public to participate in stream restoration and art making. There will be two locations where volunteers can help with invasive species removal and native plantings, and a workshop where colourful pennants will be created.

This event will support the ongoing work to improve Bowker Creek and will also promote learning and celebration of the creek with beautiful pennants to decorate homes and backyards.

The Bowker Creek Watershed extends from the University of Victoria south through the municipalities of Saanich and Victoria, before discharging to the sea in Oak Bay. Over the last 200 years the watershed has changed from a natural state, to agricultural use, to the current mix of residential, commercial and institutional uses. Today, less than 40 percent of this urban creek remains above ground. The Bowker Creek Initiative has been working steadily since 2004 to improve the creek and its watershed.

The blitz on September 26 will host one event in each municipality, as follows:

What Invasive species removal
When Saturday, September 26, 2009, 10 am - 12 noon, rain or shine
Where District of Saanich restoration site, the creek section beside the Cedar Hill Recreation Centre, 3220 Cedar Hill Road.
What Invasive species removal and native planting
When Saturday, September 26, 2009, 10 am - 1 pm, rain or shine
Where District of Oak Bay restoration site, along the creek at Monteith Street near Cranmore Road.

Please bring work gloves and appropriate clothing for the weather.

For further information please contact:
Tanis Gower, Bowker Creek Initiative Coordinator
Tel: 250.360.3302
www.bowkercreekinitiative.ca

Notable Dates

August 22 2010 Bike Skills and Safety Course 2010
August 29 2010 Bike Skills and Safety Course 2010
September 12 2010 Bike Skills and Safety Course 2010
September 19 2010 Bike Skills and Safety Course 2010
October 2 2010 Bike Skills and Safety Course 2010
October 17 2010 Bike Skills and Safety Course 2010


CCA Mailing List



Links