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Ideafest 2017 schedule

Monday, March 6 T’Sou-ke solar: Indigenous leadership in building a more sustainable future Exhibit/presentation Clearihue Building (CLE) 302 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Ideafest: Uncovering archives in your own attic

Ideafest: Uncovering archives in your own attic

When Victoria descendants of the Sylvester family looked through family mementoes and pictures, there was always a sense they were too important to just toss away.
Ideafest: Analyzing disruption in the political world

Ideafest: Analyzing disruption in the political world

U.S. President Donald Trump is neither a fascist nor Adolf Hitler, but the United States has conditions that are similar to 1930s Germany, say University of Victoria historians.
Ideafest: Making science accessible and fun

Ideafest: Making science accessible and fun

A Lego model of a large particle accelerator is just one Ideafest contribution from the University of Victoria’s Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Ideafest: The dark echoes of residential schools

Ideafest: The dark echoes of residential schools

While encountering children’s artwork from a Port Alberni residential school, University of Victoria anthropologist Andrea Walsh met one truth she couldn’t reconcile.
Ideafest: Family history in the attic; what artwork can reveal

Ideafest: Family history in the attic; what artwork can reveal

Ideafest is now well-established as an annual event at the University of Victoria, one that comes along as surely as exams and spring break.
Our Community: Development firm invests in people

Our Community: Development firm invests in people

A family-owned development company with a corporate ethos to reinvest in communities where it builds has set aside $1,000 from each residential sale of a local project toward programs in the community.
Robert Amos: Gallery moving ahead by looking back

Robert Amos: Gallery moving ahead by looking back

A new exhibition at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria looks at collecting policies there from 1951 to 1981.

Nellie McClung: Food can make the difference between victory, defeat

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on March 8, 1941. Hunger is a human experience common to all.
The last man in Jordan River

The last man in Jordan River

JORDAN RIVER — From the front yard of his Jordan River bungalow, Hugh Pite watches a surfer ride the crest of a wave and reminisces about his 30-year love affair with the sport.