If you're looking for good educational content for your new homeschooling curriculum, local celebrity news, or reassurance that some good comes out of every challenge, I offer you this! Nicola Jones' TED talk! Her talk, on ocean noise pollution, was presented at the end of last year and is now online. I can't help but … Continue reading TED talk given by Pemberton’s Nicola Jones is now live!

When I shared last week that I'd been having a lot of below-the-line thoughts, especially when I got into a state of anxiety, my friend Nancy Lee offered this infographic. I've seen it a few times since, and really appreciate the visual, the idea that there are ways to push beyond my primal lizard-brain instinct, … Continue reading Shifting from below the line to above the line is just a tiny baby step (and a big dose of self-kindness.)

Follow the Lil'wat Nation Culture Centre and Events facebook page, for daily language lessons. They are releasing one video, every day! These videos are such a helpful way to learn the language, because you hear a native speaker say the word, then see it written, and the meaning in picture. It attunes your ear to … Continue reading Ucwalmictws language lesson: the seasons!

This, via a local council in the UK, just had to be shared. (You're welcome.) In November 1970, officials in Oregon, USA decided to blow up a rotting whale carcass. The whole thing went horribly wrong. Why do we bring this up? Well, this story can teach us 3 things about #coronavirus  

  If you have been thinking of registering for any Spring 2020 BCIT courses with the Whistler Learning Centre, they've just announced that financial assistance is now available. The Whistler Community Foundation has generously provided bursaries for local residents who qualify and wish to participate.  https://whistlerlearningcentre.com/2020-bcit-whistler/ The Whistler Learning Centre has partnered with BCIT to bring accredited … Continue reading Whistler Learning Centre courses move online, provide financial assistance

This February, the new Raven Backcountry Festival raised $16,000 to support the Lisa Korthals Memorial Bursary. Lisa died two years ago in an avalanche,and as I watched, via instagram, at a distance, as friends tried to mourn and remember her, while also self-isolating, it struck me that we are entering new territory right now, and … Continue reading $16,000 raised by Raven Backcountry Festival for the Lisa Korthals Memorial bursary

I don't want to cause any unnecessary panic. But as I have not known what day of the week it is, nor the date, nor the month since it became April (seriously? that was so sneaky), and given I am not visiting the grocery store, so not being twigged to calendar events by end-units featuring … Continue reading Calendar alert: Easter is this weekend!

If you are currently out of work due to the virus, you can apply for the $2000/month Canada Emergency Response Benefit today. Provided the system doesn't crash, it should take three to five days for the money to arrive by direct deposit or 10 days by mail. Those born in January, February and March can … Continue reading Financial support for those out of work due to COVID19 – opens today

I've been reading a lot lately about "the story of separation", the story that our society is built around, and how it seems to be our undoing... There is a wave of thinking that advocates for us to reclaim "the story of interbeing", the idea that we are not separate, but deeply interwoven, and if … Continue reading Which side of your brain do you align with?

As we approach a term of home schooling, this opportunity from the Whistler Arts Council might be helpful to any aspiring artists out there. Any student in any grade from schools in Whistler, Pemberton, or Mt. Currie are eligible to apply for a bursary from Arts Whistler, for financial assistance towards the costs of their … Continue reading Young artists can apply for $100-$200 bursaries towards costs of study or course