Janet Newbury
Janet Newbury teaches and does research in the School of Child and Youth Care at the University of Victoria. Her post-doctoral research was around community-based approaches to economic and social development and focused largely in her home community of Powell River, BC. She centers her research and practice around intergenerational and intercultural civic engagement.
David Suzuki recently asserted that we have failed “to imagine a better way” than our current economic paradigm. I agree: We have to start identifying…
With teachers and students now going back to school, much of the province seems to be breathing a sigh of relief. But I’m not convinced…
With municipal elections on the horizon in British Columbia, it is worth paying attention to the nature of political discourse in this province – and…
Last week, Seth Klein reflected on some lessons from the 2013 BC election. Among the many important lessons he noted was the fact that “we…
With a provincial election just around the corner and municipal elections to follow shortly thereafter for many BC communities, this is a good time for…
Sliammon (Tla’Amin) Nation, located on the northern segment of British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast, is making history. But not in the way that may have been…
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