Respect and thanks to those who serve community and take up the challenge of leadership and service.

Thinking about seeds and loved reading this write-up about the supporters of the Pemberton Food Bank over at Stewardship Pemberton who have turned a passion for food security into a food stream. https://www.sscs.ca/blog/pemberton-community-join-forces-to-feed-neighbours/?fbclid=IwAR0b18lf0QbF5JYbf2CeYGg3mTA3bF0_oVLNjXW918wTFErvgbbLhshttaI What began as a strategy to reduce human-bear conflict has evolved into a program that feeds hundreds of families annually through the … Continue reading Love powers the Food Bank (and fruit trees)

I love the Broiler Room. I loved them when they were f-bomb dropping cookbook writers, and I love getting their exhortations to cook, in my in-box, because cooking requires it's own level of literacy and it can be freaking well intimidating, and it's so nice to have funny kind people encouraging you to go for … Continue reading No Morsel Left Behind: one of my fave enewsletters on why we’ve got to use what we’ve got

Purpose is our compass – always guiding us forward. Purpose is the theme for the May 7 2023 TEDx Whistler event, and the speakers are slowly being announced. Joining former PM Kim Campbell, SLCC Executive Director Heather Paul, Smash + Tess founder Ashley Freeborn, artist (and creator of 'The Witness Blanket') Carey Newman, will be … Continue reading T’ec Georgina Dan to be feature speaker at TEDxWhistler!

My 9 year old asked me to create him a TinkerCAD account, so he could keep working on the hospital he started designing while at school, the thing he thinks future Pemberton most needs. I've never suggested anything along these lines. He's on this train of thinking thanks to the Village of Pemberton's planning team, … Continue reading Village of Pemberton’s OCP Open House, March 6, 4:30 – 7:30

Update: please note that the presentation has been postponed, to respect cultural protocols. Please join the Líl̓wat Nations' Land and Resources department, at Úll̓us on March 6th, 2023, for a Carbon Dating presentation from excavations conducted on a s7ístken (pit house) within Líl̓wat Nation territory. All interested are welcome to join. Kúkwstum̓ckal̓ap | Thank you

Blessings to all the aunties, and blessings to Anita. This is a gorgeous share from Zero Ceiling that shows just one example of what it means to practice being part of a community of care. via https://zeroceiling.org/introducing-zero-ceilings-auntie-anita/ The role of an Auntie in Zero Ceiling was a long overdue necessity. Even at our 25th birthday party, … Continue reading Zero Ceiling introduces Auntie Anita

One of the last speakers of the Kwakwaka’wakw language, Chief Robert Joseph taught at the First Nations Languages Program at the University of British Columbia. He was a Hereditary Chief of the Gwawaenuk First Nation. He was awarded an Indspire Lifetime Achievement award in 2016, and now he's written a book. Namwayut is a Kwak’wala … Continue reading Chief Robert Joseph to Speak to Sea-to-Sky Corridor on April 12, so get a copy of Namwayut – We Are All One: A Pathway to Reconciliation today!

The Whistler Institute was created in 2018 to re-imagine how educational opportunities could enhance the Whistler experience. By the end of 2020, the then named the Whistler Learning Centre had delivered over 24 courses in Whistler in collaboration with British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver Island University, University of Northern BC and independent instructors. This … Continue reading Wanna be an Excel Wizard? or learn Quickbooks? or level up your skills managing people? Spring courses open for registration at the Whistler Institute

2023 PVTA Memberships are live! Why join? Becoming a PVTA member means you are directly supporting the trails you love to recreate on! Unique to the Sea to Sky corridor, the PVTA encompasses multiple user groups such as: hikers, walkers, horseback riders, moto users, paragliders, mountain bikers, trail runners and in winter even cross country … Continue reading Join the Pemberton Valley Trails Association if you appreciate having a trail network