By Kara Udell, MA, Executive Director, Oak Bay Volunteer Services In an era where community connections are more crucial than ever, Oak Bay Volunteer Services (OBVS) stands out as a beacon...
By Susan Edwards, M.Sc., (C ) RSLP, President, Victoria Stroke Recovery Association, Director Victoria Voice and Swallow Clinic The Victoria Stroke Recovery Association’s mission is to...
By Mandy Parker, Vice President Philanthropy & Communications, Broadmead Care Home, a Hosted Organization with the Victoria Foundation Meet Albert Middleton. He’s a Second World War...
By Cara Gibson, the Executive Director of Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary, a Hosted Organization with the Victoria Foundation. Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary Society is celebrating 50...
By Craig Smith, Executive Director, Help Fill A Dream Foundation Since 1986, Help Fill A Dream has been making life a little easier for Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands’ children with...
Written by Kevin Smith, Executive Director of the Habitat Acquisition Trust, a Hosted Organization with the Victoria Foundation. For over a quarter-century, the Habitat Acquisition Trust...
This is a guest blog post written by Paul Latour, Founder of HeroWork The inception of HeroWork was as humble as it was profound: a single act of kindness to aid a friend in need ignited a...
An adage goes “there’s no business like show business.” For 25 years, the Canadian College of Performing Arts has been training the leaders of show business in Greater Victoria and beyond....
An adage goes “there’s no business like show business.” For 25 years, the Canadian College of Performing Arts has been training the leaders of show business in Greater Victoria and beyond....
Submitted by KidsSport Greater Victoria In 2000, KidSport Greater Victoria became one of KidSport’s first local chapters, thanks to early support from both the Victoria Foundation and the BC...
The Victoria Foundation is proud to be a part of the national Will Power campaign. This story originally ran in the Nov. 2022 issue of Island Giving in the Times Colonist. It’s a scene west...
In the '70s, the Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) emerged out of a multicultural FolkFest with the goal of building cross-cultural connections. The idea was that racism...