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The changing face of Canadian currency Oak Bay woman’s petition calls for Canadian women on banknotes Dan Ebenal News Staff
Move over Wilfred Laurier, it’s time for a woman to take your place. One Oak Bay woman is calling for Canadian women would take a more prominent role on the nation’s banknotes. Merna Forster has started a petition campaign that has now gathered more than 53,000 signatures calling for Canadian women to be featured on currency. “I’m only an accidental advocate. My life’s vocation is not to be an activist. I started doing this as a hobby,” said Forster. Forster’s campaign began in late 2011 when Canada’s new polymer banknotes began rolling out of the mint. “That’s when I first noticed they cut the Famous Five and Thérèse Casgrain off the back of the $50 bill,” she said. The Famous Five were a group of Alberta women who fought to have women recognized as people and Casgrain was the first woman elected to lead a political party in Canada. “In the new series they were cut and replaced by an icebreaker,” said Forster, the executive director of the great unsolved mysteries in Canadian history at the University of Victoria. Forster wrote an op-ed piece at the time that was widely distributed and began writing letters to Mark Carney, then-governor of the Bank of Canada. She received little response. Carney eventually went on to become governor of the Bank of England, and it was then that Forster saw him beaming as he held up a mockup of a new British banknote featuring author Jane Austen. Forster eventually became in touch with the woman who organized the British campaign to feature women on banknotes and in July 2013 started
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Merna Forster holds up a $10 bill featuring the likeness of John. A MacDonald. The Oak Bay woman is leading a campaign to have women featured on Canadian banknotes. A proposed $100 bill featuring Emily Carr (top right) was submitted to the website womenonbanknotes.ca by Terri Hendrson. her petition campaign at change.org/ CanadianHeroines. “Now there are over 53,000 people who have signed,” she said. “Way more than in the United Kingdom, for a country with a much smaller population.” Forster points to Australia, which features a man on one side of the banknote and a woman on the other. “They don’t celebrate four dead, white, male prime ministers, and the Queen.” While an anonymous woman is featured on the back of the $100 bill to depict the discovery of insulin, Forster says there are plenty of real Canadian female scientists that deserve acknowledgement. Forster isn’t quick to put forward
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her own idea of who should be on the banknote, saying, “I try to stay away from that because it’s controversial.” She does refer to another website she created called womenonbanknotes.ca/ where people can create their own $100 bill with the woman of their choice. There have been hundreds of suggestions. “One that’s often suggested is our own Emily Carr, an internationally recognized artist,” said Forster, adding a lot of comments also suggest the inclusion of an Aboriginal woman. Another person who has received a lot of attention is Viola Desmond, who refused to leave the whites-only area of a Nova Scotia theatre in 1946. “She was our
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n Wilfred Laurier is featured on the front of the $5 bill – an astronaut working with the Canadarm is on the back. n John A. MacDonald is featured on the front of the $10 bill – the Via Rail train The Canadian with the Rocky Mountains is on the back. n Queen Elizabeth II is featured on the front of the $20 bill – the Vimy Ridge memorial is on the back. n William Lyon MacKenzie King is featured on the front of the $50 bill – the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Amundsen is on the back. n Robert Borden is featured on the front of the $100 bill – the back features an anonymous woman looking into a microscope to depict the discovery of insulin.
own Rosa Parks.” For more ideas, one needs to look no further than Forster’s two books: 100 Canadian Heroines, Famous and Forgotten Faces, published in 2004, and 100 More Canadian Heroines, published in 2011. Forster’s campaign has so far drawn the support of seven MPs, including Victoria’s Murray Rankin. “This is not a radical idea, they are half the population,” said Forster. “We say we’re a modern nation committed to gender equality … and when you see those four men there, and the Queen, and no Canadian women, it’s discrimination.” editor@oakbaynews.com
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Music sets the tone for welcoming pole Community association branches out with benefit concert Christine van Reeuwyk News Staff
Music will course through The Oaks in aid of Sno’uyutth. The village eatery hosts a trio of hot names for its first benefit concert for the welcome pole the Community Association of Oak Bay hopes to raise this fall at Oak Bay High. Sno’uyutth is Songhees master carver Butch Dick’s name for the 20-foot totem he designed for the community association. “We’re new here and we want to become a part of the community, we saw an opportunity to work with the Community Association of Oak Bay,” said Nick Hopkins, owner of The Oaks, adding the
aboriginal artwork “will be a legacy for everybody.” In their two years feeding locals and guests on The Ave, Hopkins and wife Ditza have welcomed Friday night music to the realm of The Oaks and it’s gone over well. They also brought back some folks who performed there when it was the longstanding Blethering Place, to create continuity. This will be the first benefit concert, with others in the works. “It’s good exposure and getting your name out there,” Nick said. “It’s always exciting to get new things going on here. The room holds music really well, so it’s nice to hear good musicians play.” Veteran musician, prolific songwriter, producer, guitarist and pianist Niels Petersen will kick off the benefit concert series alongside wife Connie Lebeau and Canadian guitar legend Norm MacPherson. An honorary
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The first concert to raise cash for a welcoming pole at Oak Bay High will feature veteran musician Niels Petersen with wife Connie Lebeau and Norm MacPherson on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. at The Oaks. member of the Victoria Music Hall of Fame, MacPherson’s credits include album recordings with The Poppy Family, Terry Jacks and Susan Jacks, Skylark with founding member David Foster, Burton Cummings, Sample Stearns Band and Valdy, who MacPherson backed-up at over
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returned to Victoria, he spent the previous couple of years playing nightly with his wife, Lebeau, on cruise ships around the world. Lebeau studied classical piano for 13 years, picking up bass, drums and accordion along the way, before forming critically acclaimed bands with Petersen in Vancouver and Victoria. She toured coast to coast backing Canadian folk legend Valdy, and for years sang and played bass and accordion on record and on tour with family entertainment superstar Raffi. She’s played on Broadway and at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, where she worked with the late, great Phil Ramone. She has also performed as opening act for Dolly Parton and was featured in Disney videos with family entertainer Norman Foote. All three musicians will donate their time and talent to the cause.
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“As a performer I think you have a duty sometimes to pick and choose the right kind of … support for the community,” said Petersen. The Community Association of Oak Bay undertook the project to develop a welcoming pole last spring, commissioning Dick to design the welcoming pole. From design to installation, the artwork comes with a roughly $80,000 price tag. “We have raised over $20,000,” said Joseph Blake of the CAOB. The balance of $60,000 is needed by next fall’s anticipated pole raising. “We’ll make it with everyone’s help.” Cheques of over $50 payable to The Rotary Club of Oak Bay Foundation will receive a tax receipt for 2015 tax purposes. Send cheques to Community Association of Oak Bay 138-2017A Cadboro Bay Rd. Victoria, B.C. V8R 5G4. Sno’uyutth means “spreading good energy” and they’ll be rockin’ and spreading good energy at The Oaks Saturday, Jan. 31. Tickets, which are limited to 100, are $20 in advance at The Oaks, 2250 Oak Bay Ave., and $25 at the door. For more information call 250598-1567. cvanreeuwyk@oak baynews.com
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n The Earth Mother tops Sno’uyutth, the welcoming pole designed for Oak Bay High by master Songhees carver Butch Dick. Her hair flows down the back symbolizing Bowker Creek as it shimmers past the school. Rivers and streams, they are the life blood of environment. In deference to the design, the CAOBcreated donation categories for large donor recognition are inspired by the images on the pole: $10,000+ Mother Earth $5,000-$10,000 Coho $2,000-$5,000 Eagle $1,000-$2,000 Camas $500-$1,000 Otter $200-$500 Heron
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Laureate illuminates the arts in one-year term Public art bloomed in Oak Bay last summer with hopes of permanency
Did you know? n The position of Oak Bay arts laureate is unpaid with a budget of $7,500 over three years (currently) to organize and co-ordinate events and projects to enhance arts and culture in the community. Funding is shared equally by the municipality, Oak Bay Tourism and the Oak Bay Business Improvement Association.
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With more than a year under her smock as Oak Bay’s inaugural arts laureate, Barbara Adams is impressed withe community’s reception of arts in the community and is “hoping it will carry on.” Mayor Nils Jensen sought an arts laureate to champion the district’s talents in 2012, and in fall 2013 Adams took on the task. She’s just had a three-month extension to her term as the new council considers terms of reference and appointment of the second Oak Bay arts laureate. “I would take an extension if that’s what council wanted,” Adams says. “You can start something and then someone can come in and add their ideas and it can grow … it’s not finite.” What it boils down to is the job of adding culture to the community. She got right down to business in her tenure, adding seven pieces of art to the community last summer. Three public pianos and four pieces of art on loan by artists spread throughout the community for the summer months mark a highlight of her tenure. The pianos, painted by wellknown artists Crystal Heath, Deryk Houston and Robert Amos,
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Oak Bay artist Barbara Adams is wrapping up her first term as the community’s arts laureate. received much acclaim with many a photo and comment sent to Oak Bay News and Adams herself. “I had hundreds of positive comments and still meet people on the street who say we loved the pianos,” Adams said. They were, however, problematic for some residents bothered by late night or constant playing, at times poorly, in a residential setting. “I think we took under
advisement everybody’s ideas, and if the pianos were to appear again we’d take into consideration all the things people talked about,” Adams said. “When you’re doing the first thing you listen and learn.” The four works of art on loan were actually five as bronze artist Nathan Scott installed two: a bronze eagle perched at municipal hall and a sculpted dog sleeping under an adjacent bench. Illarion Gallant’s
Bullrushes graced a space on Beach Drive at the foot of Landsdowne Road and a piece of Gracepoint memorabilia took its place on the beach near the marina. The fourth work, a sculpture titled Salish Sea by Coast Salish artist Chris Paul, remains in place at the Oak Bay Marina where Adams hopes to see it stay. “I’m hoping to get permission from council to look for a way to make that a permanent part of
Oak Bay,” she said. If successful, it would achieve the first of her envisioned 26 art sites in the district. Six of them being “art spaces”. These spaces would include some form of visual art, an area of seating (akin to Martin Chad Lay’s stonework benches in northern B.C.) and an empty space. “There could be plein air painters, or dancers … a gathering spot for any arts to be done,” Adams said. “The marina parking lot was one of the places I felt should be one of the spaces.” She’s had many conversations sharing her vision, and expects to have more in hopes of nailing down some of these art spaces. “For the first year I did a lot. It has made people in Oak Bay aware that public art can be a good thing and can be an enjoyable part of their surroundings,” Adams said. “I’m pleased with how the year has gone.” cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
UVic invites public input to campus plan update The University of Victoria is inviting participation and input from the campus community and the public as it undertakes an update to the 2003 campus plan to provide a refreshed vision, guidelines and direction for future campus development. “Engaging our campus and the surrounding community is critical to the process of updating UVic’s current campus plan,” said Gayle Gorrill, vice-president of finance and operations. “The plan update will support our academic priorities, as well as build on our commitments to sustainability, and campus and community involvement.” The purpose of the campus plan is
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Two public events are scheduled to begin this conversation. The first is a speakers event on Jan. 28, featuring two special speakers: Dr. Eric Higgs from the School of Environmental Studies; and Antonio Gomez-Palacio, a national expert on urban and campus planning. The focus of this event is to inspire ideas on campus planning and set the stage for a dynamic, year-long campus and community conversation that will inform the future of the campus. The second event, in early February, is an ideas forum in an open-house format, where participants can learn more about the campus plan update process and offer
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String quartet charged up for concert Emily Carr String Quartet to tackle electric music A string quartet goes electric in the next set of the alumni concert series at the University of Victoria. The Emily Carr String Quartet performs George Crumb’s electric string quartet Black Angels. The quartet features Victoria residents Müge Büyükçelen and Cory
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The quartet will also perform works by Shostakovich, Osvaldo Golijov, and School of Music alumna Cassandra Miller (B.Mus ’05). Emily Carr String Quartet performs Thursday, Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. in the Phillip T. Young Recital Hall at UVic. Tickets are $18/$14 and available at the door or through the UVic Ticket Centre at tickets.uvic.ca or 250-721-8480. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
Committee rejects variance for Victoria Avenue property Christine van Reeuwyk News Staff
Oak Bay denied a project at committee last week that sought variances to build a pair of homes on Victoria Avenue. Coun. Tara Ney led discussion in place of ailing Coun. Michelle Kirby, who was to fill in for Mayor Nils Jensen as he was otherwise occupied with the CRD. The two legally existing properties were originally developed in 1935 as a single lot with a house that fronted 787 Victoria Ave. When considered as two individual lots, the frontage changes to Beaverbrooke Street. The proposals for single family dwellings on each lot were designed
to maximize lot use by requesting a substantial variance to the front lot line. Coun. Eric Zhelka said it was too much, the “variance too great”, adding concerns over sight lines. “I don’t think it’s a horrible idea. I just think it needs to be shifted a bit,” said Coun. Kevin Murdoch, echoing sentiments voiced by others around the table during discussion. Committee opted to deny the variance requests as recommended by municipal staff. Motions approved during committee discussions become recommendations to council for final decision. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
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Panel tackles marijuana legalization Christine van Reeuwyk News Staff
Longtime marijuana activist Marc Emery comes to the University of Victoria for a pot legalization discussion next month. UVic Student Society hosts the panel featuring pot activist Emery and representatives from the law, addictions and academic communities to discuss marijuana laws in a Canadian context. The moderated panel discussion will be directed by audiencesubmitted questions and explore the nuances of
marijuana law from the perspective of enforcement, public health and legislation. The panel includes Jim O’Rourke, executive director of VisionQuest Society and addictions consultant, and criminology instructor Geri Bemister. “It’s important for Canadians to have these types of conversations,” said Bemister. “Any time we want to make changes that will impact all Canadians, youth in particular, it’s important we make an educated decision.” A certified interventionist as well, Bemister is more of
where he was incarcerated on drug charges, Emery has been highly active in the debate over marijuana laws worldwide. Joe Perkins of CTV Vancouver Island will moderate. The Marijuana Legalization Panel Discussion is Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. at the University of Victoria Farquhar Auditorium. The first 100 tickets sold at the UVSS Info Booth are $5 for UVic students and the second 100 for UVic students are $10. Remaining tickets are $20 for students and all tickets are $25 for non-students. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
a proponent of well-informed opinion than legalizing pot. “Obviously marijuana is illegal currently for a reason … the harms are underrated and underreported,” she said. “I think it’s an important conversation to have. We need as Canadians to have a conversation about the seriousness of the substance. “There’s certainly some room for policy or legislative reform in the area of medicinal use of substance.” Emery is a well-known figure supporting the other end of the panel spectrum. Recently released from prison in the United States,
Green MLA seeks changes to MSP In the lead-up to the 2015 provincial budget, Oak BayGordon Head MLA Andrew Weaver is calling for a thoughtful and serious look at how B.C. funds its health care system. The deputy leader of the B.C. Green Party is asking that the provincial government explore ways in which Medical Services Plan premiums can be transitioned to a more progressive and equitable approach to financing health care. Currently, anyone living in B.C. for six months or longer pays a monthly premium for health care services. While some individuals can apply for assistance in paying the premiums, the subsidies only exist for people earning less than $30,000 a year. This means that an individual earning $30,000 a year pays the same $72 monthly fee as someone earning $3 million a year. “$72 dollars a month is
significant to many low-income British Columbians and small businesses who are struggling to make ends meet,” said Weaver. “When we continue to rely on regressive taxes like this, it is easy to see why British Columbia has one of the highest poverty rates in Canada.” Over the past 15 years, as MSP premiums have gone up, personal and corporate income tax rates have been cut. This shift has resulted in the provincial government bringing in almost as much revenue from MSP premiums as it does from corporate income taxes. In the 2014/2015 budget, revenue from MSP premiums was expected to be $2.271 billion, whereas corporate income tax revenue was estimated to be $2.348 billion. “Increasing reliance on MSP premiums and other forms of regressive taxation are the result of the choices that successive governments have made,” said Weaver. “It’s a choice to favour
regressive over progressive taxation. It’s a choice to put the interests of the wealthy over the interests of British Columbians with low and fixed incomes, and ahead of small businesses. I think it’s time we made a different choice.” When the Alberta government announced its plans to eliminate their health care premiums in 2008, B.C. was left as the only province to continue to charge individual flat-rate premiums. In contrast, other provinces like Ontario and Quebec have begun charging health premiums through income tax systems, rather than flat-tax levies. “I think it is past time that the B.C. government comes to the table with serious proposals to address poverty in our province,” said Weaver. “MSP premiums are an important starting place and one where reforms could have important and immediate impacts on the welfare of British Columbia.” editor@oakbaynews
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The high cost of cheap oil As the price of gas hovers just below $1 a litre, the prognostications of $2 gas seem like a distant nightmare. It’s certainly a lot less than the $1.50 a litre we were paying at the pump last summer. The savings amount to about $30 per month car, depending on Savings at the per the size of the vehicle. If gas prices stay low, we’ll pump offset also see savings in by harm done likely other consumer goods as transportation costs to Canadian ease. economy That extra money could find its way into other segments of the economy. Or into bolstering savings accounts and retirement funds battered in recent years by uncertainty and just the high cost of daily living. But – and there’s always a but – there’s a downside. Canada is an oil-producing country, and the boon of cheaper oil comes with a price. Last week, the Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate to 0.75 per cent from one per cent, the first time its changed that rate since September 2010. Nobody expected it. Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said the move was insurance against the potentially destructive effects of cheap oil. Poloz didn’t mince words; he said the drop in the price of oil is “unambiguously bad” for Canada’s economy. Already that’s playing out, as thousands of workers are laid off from the oil fields of Alberta. Those job losses have hit that province’s real estate and retail sectors, downturns that could quickly spread to neighbouring provinces and beyond. The drop in oil prices has been matched by the devaluation of the Canadian dollar, which is now at its lowest point compared to the American dollar in five years. So while pulling up to the gas pump may now put a smile on your face, pay heed to that growing pit in your stomach. It just goes to prove the old adage; we have to be careful what we wish for. What do you think? Give us your comments by e-mail: editor@oakbaynews.com or fax 250-386-2624. All letters must have a name and a telephone number for verification. The OAK BAY NEWS is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.
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Wolf kill last hope for caribou air before the snow melts. When the B.C. government There are seven caribou herds in last resorted to shooting wolves the South Peace, with the Graham from helicopters in the 1980s, an herd the largest at about 700. It’s the emotional public outcry forced a control group, left to fend retreat. for itself as a measure In the B.C. tradition, of wolf removal for the sensation-seeking urban rest. The Burnt Pine media and protesters herd is down to one bull, led the way. An outraged effectively extinct. The reporter named Pamela province and Treaty 8 Martin marched a BCTV First Nations are working crew off the road near Fort on a plan to kill 120-160 St. John to expose this wolves in that region. presumed crime against It’s long been accepted nature. With a metre of that resource roads, snow and temperatures Tom Fletcher logging and recreational dipping to -40, they B.C. Views trail use have increased didn’t get far, but public herd disruption and sentiment was aroused predator access through what enough for politicians to overrule would otherwise be seamless bush wildlife biologists. and deep snow. This winter, while snow reveals Snowmobiles and even backthe wolves’ location from the air, country skiers can shift the balance. the choppers and rifles are out Smithers-area outdoor enthusiasts again. And my heart goes out to the are currently being urged to stay biologists and First Nations hunters away from the Telkwa Mountains, who face this grim task. where the caribou herd is down The South Selkirk mountain to fewer than 20 animals. Local caribou herd, which ranges hunting and snowmobile clubs have between B.C., Idaho and observed a ban on motorized travel Washington, has been the target since 2003, but of course there of intensive conservation efforts will always be yahoos who chase by governments on both sides of animals for fun. the border. Six of the remaining 18 A mountain caribou recovery animals now wear radio collars. plan was implemented in 2007, There were 46 in 2009, only 27 by protecting 2.2 million hectares 2012, and wolves have killed two from logging and road-building, more since last spring. including most of the core habitat of Targeted hunting and trapping the South Selkirk herd. The Nature haven’t been sufficient, so up to 24 Conservancy of Canada bought 550 grey wolves are to be shot from the
square kilometres in that region to protect habitat. Strategies include transplanting animals from healthier to weaker herds to increase genetic diversity, and capturing and penning females with young calves to keep them from being picked off by wolves. The B.C. grey wolf population averages around 8,500, with managed hunting and trapping to protect livestock while preserving the wolf as apex predator in most of its wide range. This context is seldom reported by Vancouver media, which mostly sees its role not as explaining issues but rather embarrassing whatever political party is in power, and providing an uncritical platform for the stop-logging-mining-energy crowd, which is seen as popular with urban viewers. Remember the spotted owl, with the fringe of its range extending into southern B.C.? Our branch-plant enviros marketed that one for years. Its core habitat is Washington and Oregon, where many sawmills were shuttered to “save” them. Now they’re shooting invasive barred owls, which have emerged as a greater threat to spotted owls than logging. Context is important. I suppose we’ll never know what difference the 1980s wolf kill would have made if it hadn’t been shouted down for TV ratings and urban enviro-donations. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.
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Deer management issue driving wedge through community As a veteran municipal councillor who served nine years in two different communities, I’ve never seen such a divisive community issue as urban deer management in Oak Bay. The topic continues to generate an unprecedented volume of letters to the editor and ongoing media coverage. I was on Oak Bay council when the Capital Regional District’s Deer Management Strategy was adopted in 2013. While I voted to support a pilot project, I was the only councillor who voted for an option that would have provided Oak Bay council more local control over the pilot together with ongoing public consultation and systematic assessment of results as each stage of the strategy was completed. In my experience, as a pilot program unfolds, good management requires making adjustments based on changing conditions, new information and impact. Even Oak Bay residents who support a deer cull have recently expressed concern and embarrassment to me about how our municipality’s reputation is being portrayed. Media and politics continue to overshadow what should have been a well-planned and managed public process, supported by science, evidence and
Park should be off-leash I’ve lived with my family for 25 years now in Oak Bay and for most of those years have owned a dog and almost always been well accepted with my animals. However, the other day while running my dog at Willows school field, a Victoria animal control officer approached me and stated that my dog had to be on leash. It was after 4 p.m. with not one child using the field. A group of other dog owners came who were all told the same thing, simply that a bylaw existed against unleashed dogs at this school field. All of us present have used this space to exercise our dogs when the school is not using it. All of us are taxpaying citizens who are responsible dog owners, who always pick up after our animals, monitor when they run free and intervene should there be any issues between dogs. Many of us who utilize this field have or have had children attending Willows school and we certainly want to see the fields kept clean. We are all community members who use this space to exercise our dogs while also building community ties and allowing our dogs to become socialized and therefore better behaved. To my queries as to where I could exercise my dog (who is a large animal and requires more than a walk), the officer cited parks to which I would need a vehicle to drive to and have little
community consultation. Instead, our residents have largely been educated through the press and outside organizations. During the municipal election last fall, I suggested taking the time to evaluate the pilot for its effectiveness and efficacy and forming a strategic partnership with Victoria and Saanich, neighbouring communities with their own populations of urban deer. I argued that culling 25 deer inside Oak Bay borders alone would not be effective, from either a cost or animal control perspective. I asked for an accurate deer count for Oak Bay, research on migratory patterns from Saanich, and a reduction of speed limits on Cadboro Bay and Cedar Hill X Roads where there are the highest deer/vehicle conflicts according to CRD and ICBC accident statistics. I called for proper signage on these major traffic corridors, consistent with provincial Ministry of Transportation standards, i.e. large yellow flashing signs clearly warning of the deer hazard in and around Uplands Golf Course and on other major roads. Such key elements of the deer management strategy appear to be still missing from Oak Bay’s pilot program. We have recently learned that even though a request
running space. This isn’t satisfactory to me as I try to walk and cycle when I can, so to have to drive my dog to another field while there is public space close by does not make any sense. I would like to challenge this bylaw or perhaps have amendments made to it so that school groups, sport clubs and community members can all co-exist and utilize this space. I should think this would not be hard to do if we come together as a community. I have written the mayor and council to voice my opinion and I’m encouraging any neighbours who are in agreement to do the same. Marilyn Lapointe Oak Bay
Flavoured tobacco targets youth Strawberry, a favourite fruit flavour for children. This makes me wonder why I see it in such a terrible form – tobacco. Almost half of B.C.’s youth smokers are using flavoured tobacco products. Might seem as though the addition of fruit would make tobacco friendlier and healthier... right? Unfortunately, flavoured tobacco carries the same health and addiction risks as regular tobacco. Research shows increasing tobacco taxes is the most effective way to reduce smoking rates and increasing taxes can help prevent youth from purchasing cigarettes or starting to smoke. Make it happen.
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for proposal has been issued, and a culling contractor has to be “trained,” there are actually viable humane options now available for controlling urban deer. Equally concerning is that it is questionable that the CRD and Oak Bay have the staffing capacity to adequately manage or evaluate a deer cull pilot in an urban, compact community such as Oak Bay. How are property owners and residents kept informed while the cull is underway, how are traps monitored and what are the benchmarks to make sure that the cull is humane and effective? Oak Bay appears to be the petrie dish for an urban deer cull, the first undertaken in Canada. Will our municipal staff, council and the CRD be prepared to manage issues arising during and after the cull and will our taxpayers know exactly what the direct and indirect costs are of this cull and any planned for the future? And why isn’t the immunocontraceptive alternative being given serious consideration? Until these questions are fully explored and answered, Oak Bay and the CRD have not completed the due diligence that is absolutely necessary before a cull takes place. Cairine Green Oak Bay
Also, legislate smoke-free outdoor public places. Smoke-free parks, beaches and campuses create a positive environment for youth and people who want to quit. Considering that 40 municipalities in B.C. already have smoke-free outdoor place bylaws, it’s time to act and make this a provincewide policy. Second-hand smoke is never a fun time. I’ve been affected by cancer just as you have. Cancer should never be available in strawberry or in the form of second-hand smoke. This new year it’s time for not only individual commitments, but also a commitment from the B.C. government to help reduce smoking rates. Paul Kim Victoria
Comments veer off stream Susan Rowntree makes some good points about the unfortunate effects of the nuclear waste storage facility at Hanford, Wash. One of her comments, however, left me shaking my head. Rowntree stated that radiation was leaching at Hanford and “can drift north into B.C. fish-bearing waters.” I wonder what makes that possible given that Hanford radiation has never gone airborne and, last I checked, the mighty Columbia was still flowing downhill, through Oregon to the Pacific ocean. D. Gramlich Oak Bay
Cull shouldn’t be focus Despite having been told by many animal groups that a one-time cull will not work, the mayor finally acknowledges, after listening to other communities, that it won’t. Perhaps now the mayor will consider what these animal groups have been saying and come to the reality that a cull is not necessary. If the mayor would devote as much time to running Oak Bay (and the CRD), the community might be a better place. With his obsession on culling, I am sure he would not even consider that. H.R. Rice Oak Bay
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Gaelan de Wolf and Marjorie Clark only had a nodding relationship, but then over a breakfast table it dawned on them that they have much in common in addition to being a little past middle years. Both live within a few blocks of Willows Park, although in different directions. Both take regular advantage of the long Willows Beach walkway. And both love breakfasting together each winter Sunday morning at the Kiwanis Willows Beach Tea Room in Oak Bay. Striking up a friendship wasn’t kismet, exactly, or some enchanted evening. It was recognizing each other as fellow walkers while breakfasting one Sunday morning at the Tea Room. Both women have been regulars since the beginning of these inexpensive winter breakfasts-for-charity, now in their third year. What do these new pals talk about? It was sunny between storms on a recent Sunday as four rowers in three oceangoing shells pushed off from Willows Beach, passed a lone
dogs moved past outside the windows as Gaelan and Marjorie were enjoying tea after leisurely breakfasts and discussing, what? Drainage, as it happens. No way does each want to leave her family home after a lifetime there, but Oak Bay’s housing and infrastructure are aging and old, clay-tile perimeter drains are clogging up. Estimates for replacement are thousands of dollars higher than pensioners can easily afford. But a sip of tea, ah! Weekly, $10 breakfast – with the Willows walkers and Oak Bay waters spread before them outside the Tea Room’s wall of windows – now that’s an affordable treat. Something to cherish with a friend, whether old or new. Kiwanis members and volunteers began the winter Sunday breakfasts two years ago to raise funds for the Oak Bay Kiwanis Pavilion Foundation. They are served up from 9 a.m. to noon for three months, beginning in early January. In each of the first two years, approximately $10,000 has been raised for amenities to improve the lives of patients
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at the 122-bed Kiwanis Pavilion at 3034 Cedar Hill Rd., which specializes in dementia care and is owned and operated by the Oak Bay Kiwanis Health Care Society. For $10, a choice of two menus is offered. Breakfast One consists of orange or apple juice; eggs, scrambled poached or fried; ham or bacon; hash browns; toast; and coffee, tea or hot chocolate. Breakfast Two consists of orange or apple juice; pancakes or French toast; maple syrup; fruit/yogurt cup; and, yes, coffee, tea or hot chocolate. An upgraded electrical system to better heat what was originally a summer-only facility, plus thermal windows across three sides of the entire front of the café/tea room offer a comfortable and scenic breakfast experience during winter months when even stormy weather can be interesting to view at Willows Beach. It’s early days this year, but previously an average of over 100 folks have breakfasted on a Sunday morning at Willows. Say hello to walking pals Gaelan and Marjorie when you come.
Registration opens for Carnarvon baseball The ballpark at Carnarvon has witnessed many baseball and softball games over its 83-year history. Thousands of young players from across Greater Victoria have had fun running the bases and fielding grounders on the parks associated to the club. Registration for the spring 2015 season has opened and the club is welcoming new and
returning players to sign up and be ready to play ball in April. Registrations for baseball is open to players aged four to 18-plus, and for softball from ages U9 to U20. Visit carnarvonbaseball.com and click on the registration tab. You can also call the club treasurer at 250-532-2509 and she’ll send you a registration form.
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Skin clinic targets damage from the sun Christine van Reeuwyk News Staff
By immersing himself in the neighbourhood, enjoying the IEOA Truck Light Convoy this winter, Dr. Julian Hancock learned a little history about his niche in the neighbourhood. Hancock is a medical and cosmetic dermatologist with more than 30 years experience. The Oak Bay resident, with a thriving practice in Nanaimo, opened the small clinic on Fairfield Road in November. His office anchors a recently built condo building at 1494 Fairfield Rd. that once housed an old general practitioner’s office. During the parade, he learned from a neighbour that when the previous doctor sold the property, knowing it would be redeveloped, he stipulated a medical clinic be part of the project. Hancock’s Fairfield Skin Clinic fulfills the role, balancing beauty and health. “We do the medical as well as cosmetic,” he explained. While many a patient is interested in one or the other, skin rejuvenation or cancer concern, they go hand-in-hand. “Sun causes both,” said Dr. Hancock. “It’s about people taking care of their skin – reduce risks of skin caner and make people look younger,” he added. “The risk of melanoma in Canada is about one in 80 and it’s getting more common.
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Oak Bay resident Dr. Julian Hancock battles the sun on many levels at his latest location, Fairfield Skin Clinic. It’s one of the faster growing cancers out there.” There is, he added, a near 100 per cent rate of defeating it if caught early. “People should be aware of their skin, looking for things that are different.” There are now, for example, many more preventative methods, and treatments for pre-cancerous and non-melanoma skin cancers. “They’re like icebergs. What you see is not what you get,” he said.
One way he gets below the surface is using photodynamic therapy where cream is applied to the lesions and absorbed by only cancerous and precancerous cells. Light is later applied creating a chemical reaction. “You get rid of the bad guys, or 90 per cent of the bad guys, without scarring,” Hancock said. It’s just one of several creams and treatments used at times in rotational treatment to offer a “left
hook, right hook” fight. “We do a lot more prevention now,” Hancock said. While right now the clinic is open Fridays, he plans to expand to Thursdays and hire staff to expand hours further. Learn more about treatments as well as Hancock’s storied working past, from working in Africa to with B.C. First Nations, at drskinbotox. com online. cvanreeuwyk@oakbaynews.com
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Community Calendar Wednesday, Jan. 28 Gerry Dee live at McPherson Playhouse at 7:30 p.m. Dee is a comedian you do not want to miss. He will provide you with a night of laughter you will never forget. Tickets start at $49. ODC DANCE at the Royal Theatre Jan 29 & 30 at 7:30 p.m. Inspiration for this work came from the discovery of a rare original edition of Euclid’s Elements, perhaps the most influential work in the history of mathematics. Tickets start at $29.
Thursday, Jan. 29 Family Literacy Week: Help Your Child Succeed at Reading Want to help your child with reading? Join Dr. Orla Colgate for a workshop on how children learn to read, how parents can assist and how to create a home environment that encourages learning. Register at gvpl. ca or call 250-940GVPL (4875) for more information. Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. in the meeting room of the Oak Bay library, 1442 Monterey Ave. One-on-one learning about e-readers and computers at the Oak Bay library at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Registration required at gvpl.ca or call 250-940-GVPL (4875).
Friday, Jan. 30 Oak Bay Art Club show opens at Goward House Society, 2495 Arbutus Rd. and runs weekdays to Feb. 25. Everyone welcome to the free opening reception Sunday, Feb. 1 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Drop-in Family Storytime from 10:30-11 a.m. at the Oak Bay Branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library, 1442 Monterey Ave. The Victoria
Symphony presents: Goodyear plays Brahms Signature Series at the Royal Theatre Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 1 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets starting at: $30. Marcus Roberts Trio at First Metropolitan United Church 8 p.m. Tickets $41.50 at rmts. bc.ca. Serious Viola Power: a Concert to Benefit Victoria Hospice. Victoria Hospice presents the violas of the Victoria Symphony in a fundraising concert and silent auction. James Bay United Church, 511 Michigan St. For information go online to victoriahospice.org.
Saturday, Jan. 31 UJam, an evening of jazz from 5 to 9 p.m. at 1442 Monterey Ave. Join UJam Youth Allstars, Monterey concert band and the Lounge Lizards Almost Toast. Tickets $20/$25 must be purchased in advance from reception and includes a meal. Volkssport - 5/10 km walk. Meet at Willows Beach, Beach Drive. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Marg at 250-3705073. Dance Victoria presents: The Righteous Floater at Metro Studio Theatre on Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. and Feb. 1 at 9 p.m. Tickets are: $26. For more information visit rmts.bc.ca. Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Malahat will open its doors to the public on Saturday, Jan. 31 between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Visitors will have the opportunity to tour HMCS Malahat’s training facilities, including its fully equipped galley and boatshed. They may also have the opportunity to tour a 33-metre Orca-class patrol craft training vessel and go for a ride in a seven-metre rigid hulled inflatable boat used by the
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Sunday, Feb. 1 AGGV Lecture Series. The Shaping of Modern Art. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1040 Moss St., 2 p.m. Info: aggv.ca. Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at Travelodge, 2280 Beacon Ave., Sidney. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Pat or Ed at 250658-2325. Living with Stroke. All stroke survivors and their families are welcome. Program runs from Feb. 1 to March 22. Gordon Head Recreation Centre, 4100 Lambrick Way, Saanich, 1 to 3 p.m. Starlight Pops present British Invasion. St. Aidan’s United Church, 3703 St. Aidan’s St., 2:30 p.m. Info: starlightpops.com. Flute class recital. University of Victoria School of Music. Students from the studio of Dr. Suzanne Snizek. Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, 2:30 p.m. Admission by donation.
Monday, Feb. 2 Drop in baby time from 10:30 to 11 a.m. for babies 0-15 months and their caregiver. Learn songs, rhymes and fingerplays to use with your baby every day. No registration required at the Oak Bay branch of the
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Tuesday, Feb. 3 Golden Gavel Novice Speakers Competition. Preliminary round Feb. 3-6. New Horizons Seniors Centre, 234 Menzies St., 7 p.m. Info: goldengavel.ca. Drop in Toddler time, for youngsters 16-35 months and their caregiver. Toddlerterrific stories, songs, rhymes, and puppets. No registration required. Starts 10:30 a.m. at the Oak Bay branch of the GVPL, 1442 Monterey Ave. Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at Running Room, Broadmead Shopping Centre, 777 Royal Oak Drive. Registration 5:45 p.m.; walk 6 p.m. Contact is Gail at 250477-4472.
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Saturday, Feb. 7 Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at Cedar Hill Recreation Centre, 3220 Cedar Hill Rd. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m.
Sunday, Feb. 8 AGGV Lecture Series. The Shaping of Modern Art. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1040 Moss St., 2 p.m. Info: aggv.ca. Volkssport 5/10 km walk. Meet at Fairfield Community Centre, 1335 Thurlow Rd. Registration 9:30 a.m.; walk 10 a.m. Contact is Ada at 778922-1950. Share your community event email your community calendar item to editor@oakbaynews. com.
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SILVER THREADS Service is a not-for-profit society that enhances social connections and well-being for seniors. We are currently in need of a volunteer with photography skills, and their own equipment to take photos at various special events both inside and outside of the agency. Times and days will vary. Contact Anne at 250382-3151 or annenelson@silverthreads.ca to set up an interview. THE MUSTARD Seed is looking for truck drivers assistant volunteers (Swamper) to fill a number of shifts Monday-Saturday between the hours of 8am-2pm to assist our truck drivers with food donation pick-ups. Must be physically fit as heavy lifting is involved. Email: kevin@mustardseed.ca or call 250-220-6991.
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MIND BODY & SPIRIT KRIPALU MASSAGE, Reiki, Acupressure, Chair Massage. I have relaxed clients that have been with me for 5-12 years. See testimonials on website. Women only. Call 250-514-6223 or visit online at: www.andreakober.com YOGA CONFERENCE for the curious to the serious. Market Place, Jan. 31 & Feb. 1. Open to public! Victoria Conference Centre. Visit us online: www. VictoriaYogaConference.com
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CITY HARVEST Co-op has Urban Farm season startup work parties every Mon. & Tues. for the next 6 weeks. Help break new ground, mix potting soil, build compost, & shape in-ground beds. Clear weeds, set up the greenhouse, & start seeds. Work parties happen from 9:30am-12:30pm at 1834 Haultain St. Contact by email heather@cityharvestcoop.com for details.
The Victoria Disability Resource Centre is looking for a part-time, volunteer executive director to manage daily operations. The Centre promotes independent living for people with disabilities through its core programs of information and referral, peer support, employment & community development. See www.drcvictoria.com for more information or contact us at 250-595-0044 or email director@drcvictoria.com
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Must be able to have extended stays away from home. Up to 6 months. Must have valid AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 with airbrake license and have previous commercial driving experience. Apply at:www.sperryrail.com, careers & then choose the FastTRACK Application.
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LAVENDER CO-OP accepting applications for a 1 bdrm, $620/mo. Quiet area, sm pet ok, W/D hook up, insuite storage, lrg bright kitchen. Gross income $25,000 +, share purchase is $2,500. Applications available in the glass case outside the Community Hall; 10A620 Judah St.
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MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE NEWSPRINT ROLLENDS$2-$10. Fridays only, 8:30am to 4:30pm. #200-770 Enterprise Cres, Victoria. Goldstream Press Division. STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.
MISCELLANEOUS WANTED ANTIQUES, BOOKS, collectibles, furniture, china, jewelry. Estates/private libraries purchased. Galleon Books & Antiques, 250-655-0700.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE BY OWNER BURNSIDE/Helmcken- panoramic view, unique custom, suites, 6bdrms, 4bath, 3kitchens, alot skylights/windows, $759,000. (250)920-6739.
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ROOMS FOR RENT FAIRFIELD ROOMAvailable. Walk to Cook St Village and amenities. NS/NP. Women only. 250-382-6681.
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SUITES, LOWER SIDNEY: BRIGHT 1bdrm suite, quiet, utils incl’d. NS/NP. $775. Feb. 1st. (250)655-1616
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Done Right Moving $85/hr. Senior Disc. No travel time before/after local moves. BBB. Call Tyler 250-418-1747.
MASONRY & BRICKWORK CBS MASONRY BBB. WCB. Chimneys, fireplaces, flagstone rock, concrete, natural & veneered stone. Replace, rebuild, restore, renew! Free competitive est. www.cbsmasonry.com Call (250)589-9942, (250)294-9942.
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HOME IMPROVEMENTS FULL SERVICE plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. Call 1-800-573-2928.
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Stair lift sales on the incline Home accessibility a growing industry Travis Paterson News staff
Modern technology is helping seniors stay home longer, and business is booming. Though the costs to install ceiling lifts, stair lifts, mobile lifts and other mobility assisting technologies in the home place are significant, there are plenty of arguments for it. For one, it’s often less than the cost of full time assisted living in a care home, says Corinne Kerr of Esquimalt’s Angel Accessibility Solutions. “There’s a lot of research supporting the benefits of staying at home longer, and that’s what we offer. You retain your home and the proximity to friends. It’s easier on the family, promotes long term health and is easier on the health care system,” Kerr said. George Szwender started Angel by selling lifts out of his home in 1997, and today Angel Solutions is based out of a 12,000 square-foot showroom and warehouse
along the industrially zoned Viewfield Road. The store has 24 employees, including technicians who install the lifts in customer homes. Angel has also opened up stores in Courtenay, Vancouver, Kelowna and Portland, Ore. Last week, Angel was purchased by Prism Medical, a publicly traded (TSX Venture) ceiling-lift manufacturer for $3.6 million, as it moves into the retail side of the industry. “Everything will stay the same,” said Angel Solutions chief operating officer Chris Swift. “We’re proud of our commitment to service. We’ll continue to have service technicians available 24-7 for maintenance.” Angel Solutions isn’t without it’s competitors, as other brands of stair and ceiling lifts are available. On Jan. 16 Richmond-based HME Mobility and Accessibility opened a store on Government Street. “We’ve been selling and installing systems on the Island for years so now we’re here,” said HME’s Victoria manager Jessica Park. While HME’s Victoria store is small in
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Corrine Kerr of Angel Accessibility Solutions in Esquimalt stands over a bathtub with a hydraulic lift that lowers for user access and raises for caregiver access, and also boasts a digital thermometer display. comparison to Angel, it’s arrival shows the trend for electronic home mobility options is only growing. HME regularly sells and installs three stair lifts per day. Just as Angel has a diverse catalogue of home care solutions, such as easy access bath tubs, HME carries lift and recline chairs, hospital beds, walkers, wheelchairs, bathroom safety
items, and installs a lot of grab bars, as well as equipment rental. On a straight staircase, stair lifts can be installed within a day of purchase. Curved stair lifts must be custom-ordered, and take three weeks to a month to arrive. reporter@saanichnews.com
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hile women continue to make inroads into the worlds of high finance and big business, for many women, the opportunity to own their own small business is ultimately appealing. Some appreciate the challenge of building something from the ground up, while others want the diversity business ownership brings. Some appreciate the flexible work hours, allowing more time to share with family or to explore other passions. Whatever their reasons, it appears women in Oak Bay definitely boast an entrepreneurial spirit. According to the province’s Small Business Profile (2013) from the B.C. government at B.C. Stats, almost 36 per cent of small businesses in B.C. are owned and operated by women, the second-highest proportion in Canada. Self-employed communications professional Heather Leary, who currently works with the 110-member Oak Bay Business Improvement Association, estimates the number of women running businesses within the Oak Bay BIA at about 65 per cent (including both owners/co-owners and managers). Heather first hung out her shingle in the municipality back in 2001. “Oak Bay has always been very receptive to women in business, even back then,” she reflects. For Elizabeth Smith, owner of Athlone Travel and president of the Oak Bay BIA, “I think I wanted to have my own business since I was a child,” she says. Liz started working in retail at age 15, moving into the travel industry when her children were young as it then offered the opportunity to work her own hours – hours that then grew as her children grew. An avid traveller herself, opening Athlone Travel has proven an enjoyable choice. “For the most part it’s a very happy business,” she explains. With preparations that can begin as much as two years out for clients, “you go on this journey with them.” Like many women who choose to own their own
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omen seem to be making a breakn 54% of respondents said women are through in local politics in the good in a crisis, as opposed to 46% for men. Capital Regional District (CRD), New Abacus Data research suggests that especially during the 2014 municipal elec- two-thirds of voters will choose a female cantion cycle. Two new female faces in the City didate over a male candidate, not so much of Victoria and in Sooke (mayors Lisa Helps as tokenism, but “as enlightened self-interand Maja Tait) join other CRD est.” This appears true for the women mayors Barb Desjardins, federal Liberal Party, given that it Carol Hamilton and Alice Finall. is reported that “fully one-third” While this may not reflect a of their candidates are female. big gain in numbers for women The article goes on to sugover time at the mayor level, gest that being female and also it suggests to me a trend by being a local candidate is a recwomen towards greater involveipe for potential election sucment and leadership in local cess. Certainly these two qualigovernment. fiers are evident throughout the Women tend to participate 13 CRD municipalities where more proactively in mentoring new and returning local female and supporting other women by candidates did well in the 2014 serving as positive role models municipal election. in community leadership and, The article also quotes CathCairine Green in my experience, this is parerine McKenna, Liberal canticularly true. Had it not been for didate in Ottawa Centre, runthe encouragement and menning against NDP MP Paul torship of other women in my Dewar. McKenna says that she community (former North Saanich “is encouraged by the suggescouncil members Alice Finall, Dee tion that local candidates do matBailin and Sheila Irving) and former North ter” and is “happy to see the trend of male Saanich Mayor Linda Michaluk, it is unlikely candidates being favoured by voters may that I would have become involved in public be over.” She concludes that “this could life and local government. be related to voters being less cynical about In a recent National Post article by John women candidates.” Ivison (published Jan. 7, 2015), voters were Whatever the reasons are, the increasing asked to choose between men and women number of women participating as candicandidates. Here are the interesting results: dates in local, provincial and federal elecn 70% of respondents said women had tions is significant, bringing new perspecvalues closer to their own, as opposed to tives, leadership styles and balance to poli30% for men. tics, to elected office and, hopefully, to how n 65% of respondents said women are we govern. capable of getting things done, as opposed Cairine Green is a former councillor with to 35% for men. the District of Oak Bay.
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one are the days of Darrin Stephens, Mike Brady and Ward Cleaver – the days when the furthest a woman ever got in a business was the secretary’s desk. Women have been steadily infiltrating the business world and, although statistics continue to show us that few yet reach the top, women are undoubtedly changing the business landscape. At the University of Victoria’s Gustavson School of Business, women account for around half of enrolment. “I don’t see any particular career accessibility issues related to gender currently or in the recent past,” says Ian Robertson, associate director of the MBA program. “This may be related to the fact that we work very closely with our students one-on-one around their career development. We coach students throughout the program, helping them clarify career goals, build professional networks and gain experience that will help them forward in their career.” Sheryl Karras, director of Gustavson’s Business Commerce program, agrees that increased support networks are improving women’s success in business. “There are more and more strong female role models and mentors in business. There are business clubs like Young Women in Business, which help attract women to careers in business.” Camosun College is seeing similar trends. “Over the past four decades, we have seen considerable growth in women entering business programs,” explains Richard Stride, dean of Camosun School of Business. “Well over 50 per cent of our BBA graduates have been women.” Stride sees business careers as increasingly accessible to women. “We are finding that the employment rates of women with business degrees, diplomas and certificates are at least as high as those for men. Over 54 per cent of accounting and finance roles in B.C. were filled by
“As the numbers of women have grown in the business workforce...the demonstrated skills, dedication and quality of work have closed much of the gender gap.” - Richard Stride, dean of Camosun School of Business women in 2013. Women are most strongly represented in business fields requiring excellent communications skills and service orientations, such as marketing, human resources management and public relations positions. While areas such as information systems administration continue to have a fairly significant gender gap, there has been headway as more women take on leadership roles in the IT sector.” But there’s more to it. In 2011, Forbes published a report that discussed the value of having gender-diverse management teams. These teams had better return on equity and assets as well as higher scores on organizational effectiveness. “Changing societal values may be having some effect on employer expectations over time,” explains Stride, “but from a pragmatic business perspective, the proof is in the quality of the work. As the numbers of women have grown in the business workforce, it has been the demonstrated skills, dedication and quality of work that have closed much of the gender gap.” One area where women have made an increasing dent is entrepreneurship. “One of our specialization areas in the MBA is entrepreneurship,” explains Robertson, “so there is a strong focus on this particular area.” Women now own more than one-third of all small businesses in B.C.
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After many successful years, the shop began to outgrow its confines, and the twice-yearly garage sales for larger items weren’t enough to keep up with demand. In 2010 they were able to expand into the annex building, “and it just boomed,” Elliott says. After all, “people like bargains.” An expanded menswear section has proven popular and “the furniture just goes like hotcakes.” Jewelry is also a favourite, thanks in part to the tales woven by volunteer June Carver. “You get a story with every piece of jewelry,” says Thacker. Donations are easy to come by, thanks to the
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PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE PHYSIOTHERAPY JAYMIE MCGOWAN - Jaymie holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Saskatchewan (1999) and a Master of Science in Physiotherapy from McMaster University (2005). She has extensive post-graduate training in manual therapy through the Orthopaedic Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Assoc. & John Barnes Myofascial Release. Her clinical interests are lumbo-pelvic dysfunction, lower limb and foot pain, and sports injury rehabilitation. Jaymie is a certified Pilates instructor (both mat and apparatus) and has a background in cycling, dance and gymnastics. She enjoys trail running, swimming and mountain biking and is a proud Mom of two beautiful girls. LISA PRAËL - Lisa Praël graduated from the University of Victoria in 1994 and the McMaster University Physiotherapy program in 1999. She worked in various different clinics in Australia, Whistler and Vancouver before joining Foul Bay Physiotherapy in 2006. Lisa treats a wide variety of injuries including: shoulder, low back, neck, pre and post-partum dysfunction, workplace injuries, motor vehicle accidents, and a wide variety of sports related injuries. Her post-graduate training includes advanced manual therapy courses, as well as shoulder, low back, and neck rehabilitation. She has completed her Intermediate Manual Therapy level, certifying her to do extremity and some spinal manipulations. Lisa is also a certified Gunn IMS (Intramuscular Stimulation) practitioner. Lisa will be happy to treat a wide variety of problems using a combination of hands on manual therapy, specific and general exercise, core stabilization and modalities.
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B8 • women in business
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - OAK BAY NEWS
Women in Business PROFILE
Group helping women dress for success
TT Dr. Suzanne Sutter When it comes to your vision, there’s no substitute for regular, professional eye care. It’s a message Dr. Suzanne Sutter brings to her patients each and every day at Oak Bay Optometry. Offering complete optometry services for ten years now, Dr. Sutter and her staff provide full vision and eye health assessments, in addition to the sale of glasses and contact lenses. “One of the best parts about my job is being able to meet and connect with people. I love kids and also love having time to visit with my elderly patients. You can learn a lot from them!” Dr. Sutter emphasizes. “We have a friendly clinic with a lot of character,” Dr. Sutter says. With a caring,
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knowledgeable team of eye care specialists, “we have a fun, relaxed atmosphere while at the same time offering top-quality eye care with the most advanced technology.” Originally from Saskatoon, Dr. Sutter moved to Victoria after graduating from the University of Waterloo. She and her husband are happy to be settled in Victoria and are glad to be raising their young daughter in such a wonderful city. Dr. Sutter works four days a week with evening and weekend appointments available. She is welcoming new patients. For more information, call Oak Bay Optometry at 250-595-8500 or check out our website at oakbayoptometry.com.
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he Oak Bay News has partnered with Wear2Start to help women in need dress their best for that all important job interview or their first few days on the job. The non-profit society provides suitable clothing, shoes and accessories, as well as other essential services such as haircuts, makeup and alterations. Clients are referred by agencies that provide job training, skills development and job re-entry services for women of all ages and backgrounds. The Oak Bay News sees the partnership as a perfect fit. Women who are successfully achieving their goals want to help other women do the same. “The people of Victoria have been so generous with clothing donations that we can’t take any more at the moment,” said Val Sharp, volunteer co-ordinator. “However, we still require shoes, purses and jewelry.” The organization relies on donations and fundraising to pay the rent and keep the organization running. “We don’t receive any government funding, so taxdeductible monetary donations of any amount are really welcome,” said Sharp. Donations can be made online at www.canadahelps. org or cheques made payable to ‘Wear2Start Society’
Rosie Jullion, a volunteer with Wear2Start, finds a great blouse for her client to try on. can be dropped off or mailed toWear2Start, 216 – 733 Johnson St., Victoria, B.C. V8W 3C7. Donations and cheques may also be left at the Oak Bay News office, on the second floor of Athlone Court, 207A – 2187 Oak Bay Ave. For more
information call 250-472-9327 or visit www.wear2start.com.
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