The Living Lab Network Newsletter, Fall 2025 Living Lab is a community-school-campus partnership supporting land-based learning/healing, eco-cultural restoration and Indigenous resurgence. Inside this Newsletter you will find: Youth Programs Elder Advisory Gathering Update from PEPAKEṈ HÁUTW̱ Oak Bay moves on Reconciliation Plan ÁLEN̲ENEC̸ Project Update And more! Download Newsletter
This time of year, around what is now called November, is traditionally known as WESELÁNEW – Moon of the Shaker Leaves This is the moon of the big winds that come and change the season to Winter. The wind comes and the leaves are ready to fall. Turbulence is felt in the
W̱LSS Role Model Program We would like to invite you into our school to share your knowledge and expertise. Role Models will be engaging directly with our students grades 7-12. Knowledge and Sharing Ideas: W̱SÁNEĆ Ways of Knowing Singing and Dancing Plants and Medicine Drum Design and Painting Beading Careers Indigenous Leadership
W̱LSS SḰELḰEL (Newsletter) - October 2024 Inside this issue: Message from the Vice Principal Important Dates Jam Night Parent's Club Meeting New Staff Introduction After School Programs Download Newsletter
Congratulations! W̱SÁNEĆ School Board Achievement Awards The W̱SÁNEĆ School Board pleased to announce the successful recipients of the Achievement Awards for the 2024 school year. We want to take this opportunity to congratulate the successful recipients on their dedication and hard work. The W̱SÁNEĆ School Board’s Selection Committee enjoyed reading all the
ÁMEḴT TŦEN ÍY, ŚḰÁLEȻEN | Bring in your good feelings COLLABORATION STATEMENT: With W̱SÁNEĆ culture, land, and SENĆOŦEN language at the heart, the W̱SÁNEĆ School Board (W̱SB) and the University of Victoria (UVic) are committed to working together for the benefit of our students, prioritizing community-based education to enhance community capacity. GUIDING
Hear from Students and Staff about the new programs and supports now available at the Saanich Adult Education Centre (SAEC) In this info session we heard from SAEC students and staff on: How to earn $100 a week while you study Why W̱SÁNEĆ adults are choosing to upgrade at SAEC Important Dates
W̱SÁNEĆ School Board Invests in Capacity Building and Training for Faculty and Staff The W̱SÁNEĆ School Board (WSB) is dedicated to investing in their staff and faculty. This fall, valuable training programs, designed to both improve the skills of staff and the workplace culture will be offered. The WSB plans to invest
Interview with Ryan Thompson at Many Nations regarding benefits available to WSB staff Interviewer: Can you please tell me who you are and a little bit of your background and what you do at Many Nations? My name is Ryan Thompson. I've been with Many Nations for going on 19 years.
Reconcili-ACTION A new video series tells the story of W̱SÁNEĆ relationship with ṮELEṮÁĆES and calls upon settlers to engage in reconcili-ACTION Reconciliation is important, but reconciliation alone is not enough. For W̱SÁNEĆ community to begin to truly heal from the immeasurable harm caused by colonial bodies, settlers must engage in reconcili-ACTION. Reconcili-ACTION
We acknowledge and thank the W̱SÁNEĆ people on whose traditional territory we live. The W̱SÁNEĆ people have lived and worked on this land since time immemorial. We acknowledge with the respect that our work occurs on the traditional land of the W̱SÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
