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Dec 6 - ECEs face uphill battle, so do some of their students' parents
Plus, there's a new ship in town, a new killer whale, too
Capital Daily Team
December 06, 2023
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Enduring inequalities impact Indigenous families’ access to child care in the CRD
Mural by Coast Salish artist Brianna Bear at the Victoria Native Friendship Centre. Photo: Sidney Coles / Capital Daily
Accessing affordable child care in the CRD is a challenge for all families.
Capital Daily has reported on the region’s child-care crisis in the region and we’ve talked about some of the major challenges to solving what is indeed a complex puzzle.
For Indigenous families, that list of challenges runs longer, is more complex, and is subject to the realities of raising children in a colonial system that is not designed for them, their children, or the Indigenous early childhood educators (ECE) with whom they work.
For Sarah Russ, team lead at The XaXe SŦELIṮḴEL child-care centre, the access crisis for Indigenous families boils down to two issues: the kind of care being offered to Indigenous families and the kind of training ECE educators receive.
For Indigenous families, those issues play out in searching for child-care spaces they can connect with and that make them and their children feel safe. Those concerns of safety and connection mean having to ask if the toys, materials, and books available to their kids are made by Indigenous creators, and whether the centre acknowledges their culture in relevant and respectful ways.
Indigenous early-year educators also face systemic barriers and enduring colonial practices in the post-secondary institutions where they receive their training and certification.
⚠️ Capital Bulletin
Driving today? Check the current traffic situation via Google.
Blue Box changes to CRD’s recycling service in the new year.
NEWS
Here’s hoping this ship doesn’t have to set sail too often
K.J. Gardner docked at Ogden Point. Photo: Mark Brennae / Capital Daily
To the casual eye, it doesn’t look all that different than other big boats that have bellied up to the Ogden Point berth.
But this one’s unique. It’s Canada’s largest and most highly equipped spill response ship, and it’s here for a few weeks before it gets stationed at Beecher Bay.
This here is the K. J. Gardner, and this baby can vacuum and hold as much as a million litres of oil.
Originally designed to service offshore oil platforms, the 244-foot ship has been used to move icebergs on Canada’s east coast and to install offshore turbines along the Scottish coastline.
It’s being refitted with $6M worth of fancy-dancy equipment designed to clean up oil spills. And it’s being counted on to cut down BC’s spill response time significantly.
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🤶🏽 The Christmas food crawl continues. [Tasting Victoria]
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🗞️ In Other News
Island friends take 12th annual group Christmas photo
The tradition that began with three teens and a mall Santa has grown in participants and budget—last year’s re-created the Last Supper—but continues to bring the group together every winter. [CHEK]
William Head inmates fill 3,233 gift shoeboxes for kids
They made 250 racing cars, 105 whale crayon holders, and 57 sets of blocks using woodworking skills, and hand-packed the shoeboxes. [Goldstream Gazette]
Huge increase in wild herring deaths on BC salmon farms
Federal data shows BC salmon farms may have been responsible for the deaths of 800K wild fish last year, which is 16 times more than the annual average, and more than the combined total over the last decade. Many of the herring had their eyeballs blown out by a sea lice removal machine. [Times Colonist]
New ‘orange’ Biggs killer whale well-watched yesterday
It was seen near the transient T0468B pod, which has been hanging around our neck of the sea since 1988, the Pacific Whale Watch Association says. Another cool thing: the calf has an orange tint that has marine biologists scrambling to their cetology books. [Trail Times]
Curtain falls on Blue Bridge Theatre: Closing end of month
The BB Repertory Theatre is selling off its assets and will vacate the Roxy on Quadra. The non-profit, founded 15 years ago, has money issues but is “actively looking for another venue,” its GM wrote in an email obtained by the TC. [Times Colonist]
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🗓️ Things to do
📕 Christmas at Craigdarroch Castle. See traditional holiday decorations and Jason Stevens’ one-man version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Various dates. [Info]
🎼 Prepare for an enchanting evening of jazz as vocalist, Heather Ferguson takes the stage at Hermann's Jazz Club in Victoria on December 8. Get your tickets here.*
😆 Phillips Comedy Night Holiday Special. Featuring Mike Delamont. The Mint. 6:30pm. [Sold Out]
🎞️ Holiday Movie Night. Dinner and a movie: A Christmas Story. Oak Bay Beach Hotel. Tonight. 7:15pm. [Sold Out]
🎄 A Celtic Christmas. Performed by the Wavelengths Community Choir. Charlie White Theatre. Tonight. 7:30pm. [Tickets]
🎸 Garret T. Willie. The 23-year-old Kingcome Inlet, BC blues artist can rip it up. Victoria Event Centre. Tonight. 7:30pm. [Tickets]
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👀 In Case You Missed It
Tuesday headlines: Duncan dumping world’s largest hockey stick; Pender Islander pinned in van for four days. [Newsletter]
Pearson prof picked for prestigious Oxford award. [Capital Daily]
Rail corridor cash questions for regions, First Nations. [Capital Daily]
Westshore home invasion. [RCMP]
BC’s humpback whales are princes on the BBC series Planet Earth. [CTV]
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