Project Respect is partnering with Beangka Elliott and the Tsartlip community to initiate a youth led land restoration project that will focus on public spaces in Tsartlip. Together Beangka, Graham and myself will work on invasive species removal, garbage removal, native plant restoration, plant identification, plant propagation and native plant harvesting. We will also have the…
Addie is 20 years of age, she is from the traditional territory of WSANEC. She has previous experience working with the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre as part of their youth led Food Justice project, and is now working with a new youth led project in the Tsartlip community called “Project Reclaim”. She is very community…
Summer is upon us, and that means that I’m out of the classroom and into summer programming mode! This year Project Respect is partnering with Project Reclaim for our summer programming. We’ll be posting more details about Project Reclaim soon, but for now I would just like to welcome Addie Elliott and Graham Olsen as our…
It’s been a while since you’ve heard from us here at Project Respect! We’ve had a very busy winter and spring, and before I head off for a couple of weeks, I wanted to give you some updates! Core Training in January I had the amazing opportunity to help coordinate and facilitate Core Training this…
So our three-day “Rooted In Respect” summer camp has came and went! It felt surreal when the first day begun because we’ve all dedicated our time planning this event that when the day arrived it felt a bit weird seeing it sprout from ideas that were our own, a good weird though. Before I…
What is “Food Justice”? The Rooted in Respect Food Justice Camp has opened my mind to question what “food justice” means and looks like in my own life and experiences. These concepts have been floating in my minds eye for the past few months, constantly reminding me to be aware of my own relationship with food….
I am Rooted in Community A few weeks ago we received an e-mail inviting Project Respect to the Rooted in Community (RIC) Food Justice Summit, and before we knew it we were sitting in the Vancouver International Airport on our way to Olympia, Washington, to meet with dozens of incredible youth and adult…
Sage and I facilitated a Food Justice workshop during our time spent in Olympia Washington for the 2016 Rooted In Community Summit. Part of our workshop included asking the youth (who were from all parts of America) to describe their roots and to write it down on a piece of paper. After this was completed…
Addie, Sage and Rebecca have been working hard this summer preparing for the Rooted in Respect summer camp and have gotten together a schedule of activities! Register online until August 14! And don’t forget to join our new Rooted in Respect food justice facebook group, and share the Rooted in Respect summer camp event page!…
Hadih, Sage Lacerte Sahdnee! Hello, My name is Sage Lacerte! I prefer to be addressed as she and/or her, or simply by my name! My family is from the Carrier territory in North Central British Columbia, but I was raised by my big beautiful family in “Victoria”, BC, on the Lekwungen and WSANEC lands. Two…
This week has been full of adventure and brainstorming. Getting to know Kim, Rebecca and Sage has been a delight. In the beginning of the week we attended a “Youth and Food Security” event at the Quadra Village Community Centre where we had the chance to explore our own ideas and share them with others…
We’re so excited to announce that August 17-19 will be the Food Justice Project‘s free Summer Camp: Rooted in Respect! We’ll post more announcements as the summer rolls on, but in the meantime, check out the event on facebook, spread the word, contact us to ask questions, and keep being awesome! Register here by August 14, or be…