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A name change for good Parents start a petition to change the name of George Jay Elementary School
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group of parents on the Parents Advisory Committee (PAC) of George Jay Elementary School are starting a petition to change the name of the school. Through research—based on the reference book Contesting White Supremacy: School Segregation, Anti-Racism and the Making of Chinese Canadians by Professor Timothy J. Stanley, PhD, Faculty of Education and Institute of Indigenous Research and Studies at the University of Ottawa—these parents believe that the man behind the school’s namesake, George Jay, is undeserving and unworthy of such iconic recognition. In 1907, School Board Chair George Jay was a part of setting the groundwork to create a segregated school system in Victoria public schools. Chairman Jay helped develop a 1907 policy which stated that ‘no Chinese be admitted to the schools unless they know English sufficient to make them amenable to ordinary class room discipline.’ In the summer of 1922, the Victoria School Board moved to segregate all racialized Chinese pupils. The segregation applied to all pupils of Chinese origin, including those who spoke English as their first—and in some cases only—language, and did not apply to other non-English speakers. Students were called out of their classes on the first day of school to be marched down to the segregated facilities. On September 6, 1922, the Chinese community of Victoria launched a Students’ Strike to protest this decision. The strike continued for the entire school year, with the pupils only returning to their former schools in September 1923. A larger campaign was started by the Chinese Canadian Club, whose members tended to be the children of Chinese merchants and professionals. Racist immigration laws, especially the head tax of
George Jay’s school motto is ‘Learning to Care…. Caring to Learn’. The current spirit of the school is inclusivity of culture, diversity, and overall respect of all humans. The Parents Advisory Committee believes the name of the school should reflect this sentiment. Photo: Mila Czemerys
Chinese workers and their families, meant that there were few intact working-class Chinese families in Victoria. The claims of the segregationists that Chinese people were unable to learn English or Canadian ways were simply untrue. The Chinese Canadian Club—whose president was Joe Hope—invented the term ‘Chinese Canadian’ at a time when people thought that you could either be Chinese or Canadian, but not both. In January 1922, Jay urged the board to return to its 1907 policy. Jay’s attitude is made clear by a February 1923 comment in the press: “The Board’s intention was to assist the Chinese as well as our children, giving them as special course of study.” Jay’s use of the word “our children” in this context reveals his xenophobic and exclusionary attitudes to Victoria’s Chinese population. Jay supported segregation through-
out his career, including when a partial system was first introduced in 1901. He was the main advocate over the long term for racial segregation. Other trustees and school officials opposed segregation at this time, which makes Jay’s beliefs especially egregious and not reflective of commonly held views of the period. Victoria-based teachers even offered to teach the striking pupils outside of school. During the same era, the Vancouver School Board under the leadership of its municipal inspector and its board chair, rejected the creation of segregated schools (although it did have segregated classes for older Chinese and Japanese students who did not speak English). There are many people who would be suitable to have the school named after. Joe Hope (Low Wong Joe), the founder of the Chinese Canadian Club and the chief organizer of the student strike, is an
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example of one. Because of Hope, we do not have racially segregated public schools in Canada today—no small accomplishment. The PAC has been in touch with the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations to discuss other possibilities for naming the school. Currently, the PAC has requested the School Board of Victoria to make a motion and to start a committee for furthering this important issue. George Jay also had the audacity to name the school after himself, without consultation, memorializing himself for over a hundred years. Many in the current school community support the endeavour to change the school’s name so it better reflect its current spirit of inclusivity and respect. PAC President, Angela CooperCarmichael is leading the effort. If you are interested in supporting this initiative please sign the petition at tinyurl.com/change-name-of-school.
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Gift of Good Food 2019
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Matt Takach Mila Czemerys Founding Editor Lisa Helps Contributors
Kate Wallace Ruben Anderson Scott Fox Hannah Rabinovitch Tasha Peterson
Mila Czemerys Beth Threlfall David Maxwell Lauren Gaultier
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›› Mila Czemerys Fernwood NRG is thrilled to be hosting our annual fundraiser The Gift of Good Food. We’ve partnered up with community centres across the Capital Region and are aiming to raise $100,000! This amount of funds would support 200 families with much needed fresh produce. Every $500 raised will support a family in need with a Good Food Box every two weeks for a year! Many of us take for granted the fact that we can afford to go out and buy the groceries we need for the week—buying groceries is just another errand to check off the list. For many families in Victoria, it’s hard to afford fresh fruits and vegetables. We believe that every family deserves access to fresh healthy food—especially children! A mom who received the Gift of Good Food shared, “This program has been a
lifesaver. I absolutely feel that it has saved our family numerous times.” The Gift of Good Food fundraiser begins on Monday, November 18th and runs until December 31st at midnight. Our campaign HQ is at thegiftofgoodfood.ca/ donate. If you want to get involved and help out, there are lots of opportunities… We are currently recruiting fundraising teams. You can start a fundraising team with friends and family. We’re looking for volunteers to help out with the campaign, email mila@fernwoodnrg.ca to join in. Do you own a business? You could donate an auction item, add $2 at the till, host a donation jar, put up a poster, or give out handbills. Get in touch—every little thing helps! On Thursday, November 21st, Northern Quarter is hosting a Good Food Quiz with
all proceeds going to the Gift of Good Food. Produce themed team names are highly recommended! Come down with three of your best pals to 1724 Douglas Street for a night of quizzing and good fun with Benji Duke (our long time FernFest host with the most). Visit the Gift of Good Food table at the Owl Designer Fair on November 22nd and 23rd or Oaklands West Coast Winter Market on November 30th. We’ll be collecting donations and selling our canvas tote bags and cards. These are great gifts for the holidays. Keep your eyes on Instagram.com/fernwoodnrg for updates on the campaign— like and share our posts to help spread the word. As a community, let’s come together to ensure we all have access to healthy food— one of the basic necessities of life.
make it happen: declaration of principles & values ››
We are committed to creating a socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable neighbourhood;
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We are committed to ensuring neighbourhood control or ownership of neighbourhood institutions and assets;
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We are committed to using our resources prudently and to becoming financially self-reliant;
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Fernwood’s Halloween Bonfire About Make It Happen
The Make It Happen projects are new ideas that have been put forward and need time and funding, or they are projects that have been successful but lack long term funding or some other kind of support. Some of these projects are big and some are small—but all of them make a real difference in the lives of some of our neighbours here in Fernwood. If you see a project you think is critically important or would bring joy
We are committed to the creation
to our neighbourhood, please Give Where You Live. You can Make It Happen with your funding or materials.
›› Ruben Anderson Fall is in the air—which means it is almost time for one of Fernwood’s favourite seasonal gatherings…when we dig a firepit in Stevenson Park for the Hallowe’en Bonfire. This is great event for families—stop by on
your way to or from trick or treating to warm up and have a warming cup of apple cider. See if you recognize your neighbours amongst the costumed ghouls and unicorns dancing around the fire. Tire the kids out from their sugar jag with a couple of turns in the bouncy castle. Bring an instrument or two and join a sing-a-long with your friends on the spookiest night of the year! $1,500 will Make It Happen, and will cover the cost of the bouncy castle, spiced apple juice, and wood for the cheery bonfire. We’ll see you there between 6:00pm and 10:00pm!
and support of neighbourhood employment;
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We are committed to engaging the dreams, resources, and talents of our neighbours and to fostering new links between them;
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We are committed to taking action in response to neighbourhood issues, ideas, and initiatives;
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We are committed to governing our organization and serving our neighbourhood democratically with a maximum of openness, inclusivity and kindness;
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We are committed to developing the skills, capacity, self-worth, and excellence of our neighbours and ourselves;
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We are committed to focusing on the future while preserving our neighbourhood’s heritage and diversity;
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We are committed to creating neighbourhood places that are vibrant, beautiful, healthy, and alive;
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and, most of all, We are committed to having fun!
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Hydro pole painting no longer permitted After a decade of art and community building, BC Hydro asks Fernwood NRG to stop pole painting
›› Beth Threlfall How to start a neighbourhood art project? Everything begins with a spark: mine was attending a community-building lecture hosted by Fernwood NRG back in 2008. Walking home afterwards, I knew I could do something for our neighbourhood, that I could make a change simply by using art and my imagination. Deciding to keep it simple, I chose to paint sunflowers over the unsightly graffiti tags on the hydro pole out front of our home. That one pole was so well-received by friends, neighbours, and passers-by that it led to another, and then another. Art was beginning to transform Fernwood Road. In 2011, Fernwood NRG noticed. In collaboration with Mila Czemerys of Fernwood NRG and Emily Grav of the Paint Box School of Art, we expanded the project to everyone in the neighbourhood. Since then, hundreds of people have participated each year in the Fernwood Pole Painting Project, beautifying Fernwood and creating remarkable art in the process. Now, however, that’s all about to change. If you haven’t yet heard, BC Hydro has decided to no longer permit painting on hydro poles. Their official statement to me on September 6th was, “BC Hydro reviewed decorative pole painting from many perspectives and concluded that, for a variety of operational and safety reasons, we can no longer allow decorative painting of poles.” It seems there were problems in other Island communities that tried to duplicate Fernwood’s success, so despite 11 years of approval and steady communication with us, they have now decided that if everyone in the province can’t paint poles, then no one can. Yet other communities weren’t necessarily painting their poles for the same reason this started in Fernwood— as a way of addressing urban neglect. Since the news broke, I have done a num-
Telephone poles lining Fernwood Road before (above) and after (below) the first Fernwood Pole Painting Project in 2011. Photos: Mila Czemerys
ber of media interviews and the community reaction has been overwhelmingly in support of Fernwood’s project; there have been hundreds of comments on Facebook and in social media expressing surprise, outrage, and frustration at this new decision. And while BC Hydro has said they won’t paint over any existing poles, they have also said they will paint over any poles they receive complaints about—and that we are not allowed to freshen up any of the currently painted poles. True, not everyone loves the poles, but we have always worked with our community to ensure everyone’s concerns are met. But one of the reasons I started the project was to offer a solution to urban neglect; BC Hydro was clear at the time that they had
neither the budget nor the manpower to do anything about the proliferation of tagging on the poles in our neighbourhood—an issue that we are still dealing with. Only time will tell if BC Hydro will properly maintain the brand-new poles going up around Fernwood, many of which have already been tagged. So what now? I’m hoping things will work out. Personally, I will continue to make art, find new projects and be part of this fantastic community of people. Looking back over the past decade, I’ve had a remarkable time talking with people, making connections, and watching the Fernwood Pole Painting Project inspire other communities in Ottawa, Calgary, New York, Missouri,
and South Carolina, as well as others. What I would love to see now is for people to share their stories with us about their own experiences of painting a pole in the neighbourhood. Rather than get angry, let’s use this as an opportunity to bring something new to the neighbourhood. Please send your stories and ideas for other artistic project ideas our way at mila@fernwoodnrg.ca. Finally, I’d like to express my gratitude to everyone—whether you like the Fernwood Pole Project or not. We all did this together and we’ll continue working together in the future. Let’s always be inspired by the words of author Neil Gaiman, “Be bold. Be rebellious. Choose art. It matters.”
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Discussion around the proposed Caledonia pro Fernwood could lose precious green space ›› Scott Fox &
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School District 61 is considering granting a 60 year lease to the Capital Region Housing Corporation, resulting in two 3-story townhouse complexes, one 4-story apartment building and two 5-story apartment buildings to be constructed on school grounds. At the same time, the scheduled enlargement of the school will bring the population to 1,000 students. Preserving precious green space in the heart of Fernwood—for the benefit of both Victoria High School students and the city as a whole—is a goal that is overwhelmingly supported by the city’s community associations, as well as the City of Victoria’s 2017 Parks and Open Spaces Masterplan. Supporters of the lease arrangement say the area to be used is not ‘green space’ and they are superficially correct. Currently it is a ‘rubble field’, created when the Fairey Technical Centre was demolished around 2011. During community consultation at the time, the school district agreed to remediate the site; unfortunately this has yet to occur. A crucial question of equity is also raised. This proposal would increase Victoria High School’s land-to-student ratio to 86 students per acre, in contrast
to the SD61 high school average of 62 students per acre. If a student is fortunate enough to attend any other secondary school in the District they will have 38% more green space. Despite having the third largest school population, Vic High would have the second lowest amount of land. Lambrick Park School is the lowest but has acres of contiguous green space available to students. As well, the least amount of land per student and the least amount of contiguous green space available (think of the green space Bowker Creek provides to Oak Bay High School students). The Ministry of Education Area Standards Policy prescribes standards that apply to all facilities that are to be either newly constructed or enlarged. If the 60-year lease goes ahead, the remaining 11.6 acres would not meet the school site area standard of 12.4 acres for a school of 1000, a difference of 305,000 square feet. The resulting 2.8 acres of activity space would not meet the Ministry’s outdooractivity space standard of 4.9 acres for a secondary school of 1000. For School District 61 to lease land it is required by the School Act to demonstrate that the land is surplus to the District’s need, through public consultation and providing ‘projected enrolment in the District’ and the ‘impact on District education programs’. Vic High property before and after the demolition of the Fairey Technical Centre. Imagery used with permission from the Capital Regional District.
The only public consultation on this matter—devoted in large part to information on the pending seismic upgrade—occurred June 20, 2019 at Victoria High School. Discussion concerning the 60 year lease was mainly limited to the District’s need for revenue and did not touch on why the land was considered surplus. Hopefully the
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School District will hold another public consultation to discuss the outstanding issues raised by the community now the seismic upgrading of Victoria High School has been approved. For more detailed information and aerial photographs of secondary schools, visit itsnotsurplus.com.
News and views from the heart of Fernwood
oject: In support of affordable housing ›› Hannah Rabinovitch My partner and I were excited to move to Caledonia Avenue to start our family— we moved in while I was pregnant. Our house is within a block of three subsidized housing buildings and a recovery house, which means our son will grow up in a diverse neighbourhood with people from different backgrounds, families, abilities, and income levels. My son now crawls around with kids from those buildings at community centre Mom and Tot drop-ins, will go to school with them at George Jay, and will trick or treat with them around the neighbourhood on Hallowe’en. Our son’s life will be enriched by our neighbours, and he’ll probably have more Indigenous and newcomer friends than if he grew up on a street of single-detached homes. Research has shown that everyone’s wellbeing is improved in an income diverse neighbourhood. Even rich people are better off, reporting better mental health when living next to people with lower incomes.
Results from the 2018 Victoria Homeless Survey showed that on one night at least 157 youth in our region did not have a safe home to return to that night. Aaron Parker, the Principal of Victoria High School, says it is difficult to collect statistics, but that they have one or two homeless students. These are kids trying to graduate from high school! Parker notes that a much larger problem is underhousing or poor housing. Some students are couchsurfing, and many families are living in very cramped and unhygienic housing. There is an urgent need for affordable housing right in Fernwood. For families, for single adults, for seniors, and for youth. I cannot imagine dealing with the challenges of new-motherhood while also struggling to find a safe, affordable place to live. I cannot imagine trying to find a place to live in this tight rental market while being as sleep deprived as I am or while dealing with a crying baby in arms. But for many families in this region, renting a secure, affordable home is a far off
The proposed Caledonia project looking north-west from Grant Street. Image courtesy of dHKarchitects
dream. Renoviction, demoviction, or landlord possession threaten constantly. I’ve personally had two friends evicted while pregnant or in babe’s first year. Every child deserves a safe, secure home, and every mom, dad and uncle deserves one too. I support affordable housing in my
neighbourhood. I support the Capital Region Housing Corporation’s proposed Caledonia development between Gladstone and Grant. Hannah Rabinovitch is mother to her son Zevi Morrison, and they regularly attend Mother Goose at the Fernwood Community Centre (when it works with naptime).
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In 2014, RISE Health opened its doors on the corner of Fernwood and Bay with half a dozen staff ready to provide great quality care to their customers. Now, five years later they have grown to a family of 35. Although they have grown nearly sixfold, co-founder Lisa Munkley shares that they have never marketed for practitioners and all their recruits have been through word of mouth. Munkley jokes, with co-founder John Hunter, and business partner Elysha Lane, that the practitioner interview process is the toughest in the city involving a phone interview, in person interview, and a trial treatment. They do this to ensure that they can develop a team of trusted practitioners with shared values of collaboration, inclusiveness, and professionalism. These values, in part, are what drove Munkley and Hunter to chose Fernwood as RISE Health’s home in the first place. In addition to its central location, they loved the vibrant and diverse community energy where everyone is welcome. They are using these values to help guide their new collaborative vision statement. Much of the terminology they were using to describe
MONDAY their values, could have been plucked directly from the values of Fernwood NRG, clearly demonstrating that this business is well connected to the neighbourhood they operate in. Their main goal is to empower their clients to have a better quality of life through a holistic approach of mind-body well-being. Their diverse practice consists predominantly of physiotherapists, with a complement of naturopathic physicians, chiropractors, massage therapists, clinical counsellors, an acupuncturist, nutritionist, and a pilates instructor. Their practices are broad, ranging from standard injury rehabilitation, athletic conditioning, and tension or stress management, to more unique focuses including prolotherapy, ultrasound guided injections, and pelvic health physiotherapy to name a few. Most of RISE Health’s services are covered by private and extended health coverage and they can also assist with treating those involved in ICBC related motor vehicle accidents. If you could benefit from any of their services, are interested in joining their team, or simply want to learn more, stop by in person at 1275 Bay Street or visit them online at risehealth.ca.
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Owl Designer Fair & Little Owl Kids Fair ›› Tasha Peterson The Owl Designer Fair and Little Owl Kids Fair are Victoria’s most creative holiday fairs. All items are handmade or upcycled by local artists and designers. Live music, food trucks and free craft workshops along with unique gifts make this show a must for anyone looking for some style in their Christmas shopping. You will find handmade ceramics, art, local fashion designers, wooden toys, fine woodworking, upcycled vintage creations, leather goods, handmade jewelry, home décor, and much more! This event is stroller and wheelchair accessible. There really is something for everyone at the Owl Designer
Fair happening on November 22nd and 23rd and the Little Owl Kids Fair on November 24th at the Fernwood Community Centre, 1240 Gladstone Avenue. 13 years ago, Emmy-Lou McMillan had a vision to bring unique makers together for a great market experience and thus the Owl Fair began. Last year, she passed the torch to Stephanie Keroack, the maker behind the brand Dottie. As a past vendor and Fernwood local, Stephanie knows the Owl Fairs well. Stephanie has a passion to support and grow the handmade industry and is excited to keep one of Victoria’s favourite handmade markets going strong!
Photo: Mila Czemerys
The Owl markets have a commitment to community and at each show there is a fundraiser for a local non-profit with a by-donation door prize draw. Admission
for adults is $3 or $5 for a weekend pass to both fairs. Kids are free. More information is available at facebook.com/ owldesignerfair.
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Cream Biscuits ›› Ruben Anderson This extraordinarily easy recipe makes a quick and fluffy biscuit—a perfect accompaniment for pickle soup found in the August Village Vibe. The secret is that butter is replaced with whipping cream, which gives great flavor and steam to help the biscuits rise tall. It is as easy as stirring it all together. Ingredients:
Gathering around the bonfire. Photo: Mila Czemerys
›› Mila Czemerys Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. This day marks the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of winter and months of darkness. Celts believe that on this one night of the year, the boundary between worlds of the living and the dead becomes blurry. On October 31st—the spookiest night of the year—join your fellow Fernwoodians around Fernwood’s annual Halloween
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Bonfire. Celebrate the transition from fall to winter. The bonfire is from dusk to 10:00pm in Stevenson Park behind the Fernwood Community Centre. On your trick-or-treat route, stop by with your family for some hot apple cider, candy, and a bounce of the bouncy castle in the Fernwood Community Centre gym. The bouncy castle will be open from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. If you’d like to volunteer and help out with this event, please get in touch with shonna@fernwoodnrg.ca.
Cream biscuits go well with a hearty fall meal.
Flour
2 2/3 cups
425 gms
Baking Powder
2 tbsp
Salt
1 ½ tsp
Sugar
4 tsp
18 gms
Whipping cream
2 cups
500 ml
27 gms 8 gms
Directions:
1. Whisk dry ingredients together. 2. Add whipping cream and stir until dry ingredients are just moist. 3. Lightly flour a work surface and fold the dough once or twice until it comes together. Press or roll to ½” thick. 4. Use a 2” round cutter—do not twist the cutter, just push down and pull straight up. Twisting can seal the edges of the biscuit and reduce rising. Gather the scraps, fold together, press to ½”
Photo: Ruben Anderson
and cut again. Arrange close together on a lightly buttered baking sheet or parchment paper. 5. Use a pastry brush to spread the last drops of whipping cream from the carton on the tops of the biscuits. 6. Bake in preheated 400° oven until golden, usually 12-15 minutes. These biscuits can also be baked from frozen to accompany a quick weeknight dinner. After you have cut them, gently arrange them in a freezer bag. Suck the air out with a straw and seal the bag. Carefully lay them in the freezer so they can solidify without being squished. To bake, simply put them in a preheated oven and let them bake an extra two or three minutes.
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