Creatively United

10/13/2026

Dr. Jill clarifies some of the terms you'll hear election candidates use when they describe what they are going to do about homelessness and addiction. https://www.facebook.com/reel/2162730037788266

10/13/2026

So now the question is, are Victoria bylaw officers out of control, or is throwing away brand-new tents and items essential to survival condoned by city council?

We investigated where items actually end up after being seized from unhoused locals

10/06/2026

Starting soon! All Esquimalt residents are invited to a Municipal Election tonight.

Creatively United for the Planet Society (based in Esquimalt, BC), in partnership with Esquimalt Climate Organizers (ECO), the Gorge Waterway Action Society and the Esquimalt United Church Social Justice Team, hosts this all-candidates municipal event with a focus on issues of critical interest to Esquimalt, as well as most communities.

The meeting will also be recorded and available starting October 7th at CreativelyUnited.org

09/30/2026

September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Here are some tangible actions you can take today to learn and show up for Indigenous peoples on Turtle Island:

🧡 Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones and white, feminist journalist Karen Moe provide an insightful perspective on “truth and reconciliation” as it relates to capitalism, old-growth forests and the history of colonization and patriarchy in this new video produced by Creatively United. Their new book, Listening Once Again to Our Great Mother, is a personal account of their life-changing experiences and perspectives at Fairy Creek, on Vancouver Island – the site of Canada’s largest act of civil disobedience, which has resulted in 1,180 arrests since 2020 and temporarily deferred logging of some of BC’s last and rarest ancient forests. Watch this interview with Elder Bill Jones and Karen Moe here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zM8V9DHtN4U

🧡 Attend book launch events:
- Wednesday, Sep 30, 11:45 am, UBC Truth & Reconciliation Orange Shirt Day Parade beginning at the amphitheatre below the clock tower (1956 Main Mall) on the Vancouver campus.
- Monday, Oct 5, early evening, The Royal Restaurant and Bar, 330 Baker St, Nelson, BC. Contact venue for exact time.
- Thursday, Oct 8, 7 pm, Sooke Region Museum, 2070 Phillips Rd, Sooke, BC
- Saturday, Oct 10, 1 pm, Volume One Bookstore, 149 Kenneth St, Duncan, BC

🧡 Lastly, here is an excellent compilation of related resources by Creatively United: https://creativelyunited.org/resources-to-learn-more-about-truth-and-reconciliation/

We are deeply indebted to all people, past and present, who have, and continue to defend our natural world.

Klecko Klecko 🧡
(phonetically rendered from the Nuu-chah-nulth word ƛ̓ekoo, meaning Thank You)

09/27/2026

Please consider signing this petition. Canada currently spends an astonishing $17.5 billion on retirees who have incomes of $100,000-plus. That amount is:

9 times larger than the Groceries and Essentials Benefit
7 times larger than cost of suspending the federal gas tax
More than double federal spending on $10-a-day child care

The fix is simple: begin reducing OAS subsidies for retired couples once household income exceeds $100,000.

Join 3 in 4 Canadians calling for OAS subsidies to be based on need, not age. Making OAS responsible, modern and fair will save enough to eliminate seniors’ poverty and grow housing and income security for young and working people.

09/12/2026

📣📣 Thousands of people across Canada are calling on the federal government to honour its emissions targets and strengthen the policies that make them achievable.

Will you join them? 🌎

Tripling Canada’s investment in renewable and clean energy and building a broad electrical grid is a critical nation-building project and true leadership is overdue regarding the climate crisis, because

Sign now: Scan the QR code or follow the link in bio!

09/11/2026

PETITION: Save Canada’s Last Ancient Forests!

As wildfires rage across Canada, Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones is sounding the alarm to save Vancouver Island’s last ancient forests.

In British Columbia, old-growth forests continue to fall to ongoing industrial logging, while authorities stand by.

Let’s make Bill Jones’ letter so large the government can’t ignore him.

🔗 Sign and share to protect Canada’s irreplaceable old-growth forests: https://tr.ee/gXi-oT9kPI

09/07/2026

The Vancouver Latin American Film Festival features over 70 films, 11 days of cinema, live music, special guests, and an incredible community. Drop by to celebrate bold voices, hear unforgettable stories, and experience the best in cinema from Latin America and beyond.

🗓️ September 10th-20th, 2026

Learn more and buy your tickets here: https://tr.ee/qL5z0NpskK

09/06/2026

More than a dozen Vancouver Island seniors will journey to Ottawa as a Senior Climate Witness (SCW) Caravan to call on the Government of Canada to reject new fossil fuel pipelines, uphold its climate commitments, respect Indigenous rights, and invest instead in a safe, clean and livable future for all generations present and future.

The public is invited to cheer them on for their departure at noon, Tuesday, September 8th meeting at Mile Zero (foot of Douglas St. and Dallas Rd.), Victoria.

Signs are encouraged, such as: Good Ancestors Don’t Build Pipelines; Protect Canada - No $$ For Pipelines; Make Fossil Fuels Extinct Again (Before We Are), Stop Giving Our Taxes to Trillionaires; Taxes for Public Use Not Corporations.

🔗 Learn more here: https://tr.ee/1-1LPPAd-Z

09/06/2026

Working collaboratively with members of the Peninsula Biosolids Coalition, Creatively United is happy to report that our collective efforts have finally resulted in a big win for our region.

The Capital Regional District (CRD) received $7 million in federal funding to support the introduction of new technology at the Residuals Treatment Facility at Hartland Landfill to transform Class A biosolids [the leftover, highly toxic solids from wastewater treatment] into biochar, an inert and useful byproduct.

Read more here: https://tr.ee/5am6MBsnrj