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February 11, 2025

UVic Real Estate Club Seeking New Hires: Job Descriptions Appear to Describe Lobbying Activities

UVic Real Estate Club Seeking New Hires: Job Descriptions Appear to Describe Lobbying Activities By Sasha IzardFeb 11, 2025 The UVic Real Estate club was recently compelled to rename its Board of Directors the “Advisory Board”, after it was exposed… Continue reading

February 10, 2025

UVIC Real Estate Club compelled to rename its Board of Directors the “Advisory Board” after it turned out that the board was overwhelmingly dominated by current and past Directors from the same Provincially registered development/real estate lobbying organization. 6 out of 8 of the UVIC club Board members as it turned out, were not students attending UVIC.

UVIC Real Estate Club compelled to rename its Board of Directors the “Advisory Board” after it turned out that the board was overwhelmingly dominated by current and past Directors from the same Provincially registered development/real estate lobbying organization. 6 out… Continue reading

February 9, 2025

Calls for saving the Sequoia mount as the City of Victoria Council receives growing public scrutiny over a lack of transparency, and among indications of what may be gross inconsistencies on the issue.

Calls for saving the Sequoia mount as the City of Victoria Council receives growing public scrutiny over a lack of transparency, and among indications of what may be gross inconsistencies on the issue. By Mary Fowles and Jennifer ButtonFeb 9, 2025… Continue reading

January 31, 2025

Crystal Pool Referendum: Vote YES! to a retrofit. Vote NO! to a replacement. By Moira Walker

Crystal Pool Referendum: Vote YES! to a retrofit. Vote NO! to a replacement. By Moira WalkerJan 31, 2025 Some of the reasons to say NO to the demolition of Crystal Pool:  With 25% tariffs coming, the Globe & Mail… Continue reading

January 1, 2025

Letter regarding Centennial Square over Christmas, and the foreboding lack of illumination over the Sequoia by Pam Harrison and Leo Polowich

Letter regarding Centennial Square over Christmas, and the foreboding lack of illumination over the Sequoia By Pam Harrison and Leo PolowichJan 1, 2025 My husband and I enjoyed a recent walk through Centennial Square in Victoria. The massed lighted metal… Continue reading

December 18, 2024

Centennial Square to become a “living room” for downtown condo dwellers in the absence of public park space by Mary Fowles

Centennial Square to become a “living room” for downtown condo dwellers in the absence of public park space: By Mary FowlesDec 18, 2024 The redesign of Centennial square is not about the revitalization of our city’s civic gathering spot. The… Continue reading

November 16, 2024

UDI (registered lobbying organization) Newsletter from March 2023 Advertised “connecting with the University of Victoria Real Estate Club for your next public hearing”

UDI (registered lobbying organization) Newsletter from March 2023 Advertised “connecting with the University of Victoria Real Estate Club for your next public hearing”By Sasha Izard Nov 16, 2024 In previous articles (see bibliography below), I exposed the UVic Real Estate… Continue reading

October 18, 2024

After a Comedic Exchange of Emails, BC Transit Admits that it has a Membership with the Urban Development Institute. The Implications of that for BC, may be more Tragic than Comic.

After a Comedic Exchange of Emails, BC Transit Admits that it has a Membership with the Urban Development Institute (The Implications of that for BC, may be more Tragic than Comic.)In doing so, BC Transit inadvertently confirmed what I had… Continue reading

October 17, 2024

“An Analysis of Dialog’s Technical Memorandum on the Centennial Square Sequoia Tree – Creatively United Community”

An in-depth analyses by a certified arborist has drawn some powerful doubts about the City of Victoria’s narrative surrounding their proposal to remove the heathy sequoia tree in Centennial Square. You can read about it here: An Analysis of Dialog’s… Continue reading

September 18, 2024

Beyond the Smoke: Rethinking Victoria’s Leadership by Arthur McInnis

Beyond the Smoke: Rethinking Victoria’s Leadership Arthur McInnis Sept 18, 2024 I am linking to a recent petition calling upon the Mayor to resign. While I support the call for the Mayor to resign, I cannot do so on the… Continue reading

September 3, 2024

Let the Sequoia live! by Grace Golightly

Let the Sequoia Live! By Grace Golightly,September 3, 2024 In July, Victoria’s mayor and council voted to cut down the giant sequoia that has been a focal point of Centennial Square for past decades, as part of a planned redesign… Continue reading