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Greater Victoria Acting Together (GVAT)
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We are a coalition of organizations across Greater Victoria advocating for affordable housing, climate justice and mental health support access. www.GVAT.ca #yyj
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It's not too late to register for our Foundations of Community Organizing training! You will learn essential leadership skills that will help you to navigate the divisive, polarizing times that we are in.

More info: www.gvat.ca/events
March 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Join GVAT for our Foundations of Community Organizing. You will learn essential leadership skills that will help you to navigate the divisive, polarizing times that we are in. This training is a proven way of empowering leaders and communities to make positive change.

More info: www.gvat.ca/events
February 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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All good works begin with listening. Whether to help someone feel heard or understand a problem or point of view, listening is an integral part of community organizing. 1/2
Photo of seven people sitting around a square, wooden table, in a well lit room. There is a reflective sheen over the image, as it is likely taken from behind a pane of glass. The people appear to be sitting in some kind of cafe, with shelves of dishes in behind the table, and a window seat to the left. The group seems to be looking at one person in the group, who's smiling.
January 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Join Greater Victoria Acting Together as we learn skills to facilitate effective listening campaigns. We will cover the importance and impact of deep listening, and how to run an effective table talk (group meeting).
Sept. 18, 7pm - 8:30pm., online eventbrite.ca/e/listening-... #yyj
September 14, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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First Responses are in for GVAT's BC Election Survey! Check out detailed responses from Victoria - Swan Lake's Christina Winter of BC Greens and Nina Krieger of the BC NDP. More #yyj responses coming soon. gvat.ca/blog/first-r... #bcpoli
September 14, 2024 at 10:12 PM
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"We must meet or beat every one of our climate targets. And that can't happen without a U-turn on transportation funding" GVAT letter in Times Colonist. #yyj #yyjpoli #bcpoli www.timescolonist.com/opinion/lett...
Image of letter to editor in Times Colonist titled We need a U-turn on transportation funding. Link to full text of letters in post (second letter)
August 5, 2024 at 1:56 AM
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"We need a continuation of bus lanes and bus queue jumpers through View Royal, Colwood, Langford and into Sooke."
Michael Strong in Times Colonist www.timescolonist.com/opinion/lett... #yyj #yyjpoli
Better transit strategy would help Sooke traffic The extreme traffic congestion that occurred Friday on Sooke Road emphasizes the need for reliable and fast transit from downtown Victoria to Sooke. The rapid bus lanes being created along Douglas Street by Victoria and Saanich to the planned provincial bus lanes on the Trans-Canada Highway are a good start. However, we need a continuation of bus lanes and bus queue jumpers through View Royal, Colwood, Langford and into Sooke. This will help facilitate a shorter more comfortable commute for transit riders. It would also reduce our carbon footprint and the number of vehicles on the road leading to less congestion. It’s a relatively inexpensive action that can happen quickly. Michael Strong Sooke
June 8, 2024 at 4:52 AM
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GVAT's Ltr to editor in the TC today. "Hopefully the new 24/7 bus lane signs will be posted before September... The future of humanity depends on thousands of decisions like this in small and medium-sized cities around our planet." timescolonist.com/opinion/lett... #yyj #yyjpoli
May 25, 2024 at 10:47 PM
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This is the letter we sent to Victoria City Council requesting that both parts of this work be accelerated. One was, and that is one good step forward. We need many more steps like this to happen at a faster pace! drive.google.com/file/d/1aksA... #yyj #yyjpoli
May 21, 2024 at 7:14 PM
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GVAT has signed on to #ClimateJustice Victoria's open letter Bus Lanes on McKenzie to #UVic Now, along with 10 other groups and over 200 individuals. Find out more at climatejusticevictoria.ca/2024/03/13/b... #yyj
Bus Lanes on McKenzie to UVic NOW! graphic shows street with two car lanes, two bus lanes, protected bike and roll lanes, trees, and wide sidewalks.
April 20, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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Wassyla Hadjabi uses her power wheelchair on bike & roll routes, and this is explicitly legal in Quebec. Why is it taking so long for BC regs to be updated to explicitly allow this? cbc.ca/news/canada/... #bcpoli #yyj #pwd #climatejustice
Photo of smiling woman wearing brightly colored dress and head scarf on a power wheelchair. She is on a road (at a protest) and a crowd of people with bicycles are in the background. Caption: Wassyla Hadjabi, 57, uses bike paths to get around in her motorized wheelchair.
March 28, 2024 at 3:22 AM
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This week the CRD Board and Victoria City Council will be voting to advocate for the rights of people who use wheelchairs and mobility scooters on bike & roll routes. GVAT's @ericdoherty.bsky.social explained this issue on CBC in Feb www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #yyj #bcpoli
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March 13, 2024 at 12:00 AM
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Nice to see mobility scooters in the Times Colonist editorial cartoon this morning. If you missed how this is a #climatejustice story, that was in the TC a few days ago too. See timescolonist.com/local-news/c... HT
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Editorial cartoon - Caption above radio: "The Galloping Goose Trail is a mess this morning. A speeding electric bike collided with a mobility scooter, causing a multi-bike pileup, made worse by all the joggers and e-scooters slowing down to look." Two people are sitting at table eating breakfast, and one persons eyes are open wide in surprise.
March 7, 2024 at 7:20 PM
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"Caradonna said the province has amended B.C.’s Motor Vehicle Act to allow mobility aids in the lanes but has yet to create regulations" Transport Minister Rob Fleming did not say when, if ever, this would be done. globalnews.ca/news/1033754... #bcpoli #yyj
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Screen shot of video showing two mobility scooters going in opposite directions in two-way protected bike and roll lane (Pandora Ave in Victoria). Text: Global News Hour at 6 BC: Province urged to clarify rules surrounding mobility scooters in bike lanes. Courtesy: Eric Doherty, Greater Victoria Acting Together. Jeremy Caradonna, Victoria City Councillor - Person with short hair and glasses wearing a red tie and blue shirt. Background is City Hall windows. Rob Fleming - Person with short brown hair and glasses wearing suit and tie.
March 6, 2024 at 4:33 AM
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Nice CHEK News coverage of the #yyjpoli votes to welcome wheelchair and mobility scooters on bike & roll routes, with video by GVAT climate justice co-lead @ericdoherty.bsky.social
cheknews.ca/city-council... #yyj #bcpoli #pwd
Screen shot of CHEK News showing two mobility scooters going in opposite directions on the Pandora protected bike & roll lane. A bus and flowing trees are in background. Subtitle is Courtesy: Eric Doherty
March 5, 2024 at 5:10 AM
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Thanks to @davethompsonvic.bsky.social and the
CRD transport committee members who unanimously supported this! (Board vote is March 13). digitaltimescolonist.pressreader.com/times-coloni... #yyj #yyjpoli #pwd #wheelchair #climatesky
Image of newspaper article with photo. Headline is "Committee wants to let mobility scooters in bike lanes". Photo shows a mobility scooter from behind on a narrow crowded sidewalk on Yates Street.
March 3, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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Listen: GVAT climate justice team co-lead @ericdoherty.bsky.social talks with CBC's Gregor Craigie about the CRD vote for allowing wheelchairs and mobility scooters on bike & roll routes. cbc.ca/listen/live-... #yyj #yyjpoli #pwd
February 23, 2024 at 5:50 AM
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GVAT's Ltr in Victoria News today: "We need to create multiple low-traffic neighbourboods to significantly reduce greenhouse gas pollution from transportation, as well as greatly improve livability, safety, and health." www.vicnews.com/opinion/lett... #yyj #yyjpoli
Image of letter. Full text of letter in link.
February 8, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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GVAT's Letter in the Times Colonist Today: "Low-traffic neighbourhoods are essential for meeting the City’s “Go Victoria” targets for reducing “average vehicle kilometres travelled per household” and eliminating “traffic fatalities and severe injuries.” #yyj #climatesky @ericdoherty.bsky.social
Image of letter to editor titled More pocket parks will help the climate. Full text available from https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/letters/letters-jan-23-appreciating-hockey-day-keep-the-building-at-site-of-new-park-playing-hardball-with-pickleball-8147552. It is the third letter.
January 23, 2024 at 5:35 PM
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2/2 This week the BC government announced temporary regulations for the other kind of scooters (2-wheel e-kick scooters). But still no word on #wheelchair and mobility scooter regs. (Quebec has regs in place, no need to reinvent the wheel.) quebec.ca/en/transport... #IDPWD2023
Image of Quebec government website linked in post. Headline reads: "Rules for riding electric wheelchairs, three-wheel mobility scooters or four-wheel mobility scooters.
December 3, 2023 at 6:39 PM
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Today on International Day of Persons with Disabilities we celebrate BC's legislation allowing wheelchairs and mobility scooters on bike and roll routes. But lament the delay in implementation. 1/2 gvat.ca/blog/gvat-ne... #IDPWD2023 #bcpoli #yyjpoli #pwd
December 3, 2023 at 6:35 PM
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“We are in a climate emergency and we need to act as if we are in a #climateemergency,” bishop of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster John Stephens said. “This is the time to act. This is not the time to hesitate.” nationalobserver.com/2023/11/08/n... #bcpoli #yyj
Bearded person wearing a purple shirt with a clerical collar holds a microphone. Several media microphones are in foreground. Part of a poster with a fire and Climate Emergency in background.
November 8, 2023 at 6:45 PM