Last updated: September 29, 2023
The ReconciliACTION Oak Bay network and its members are involved in a variety of projects that aim to advance the process and goals of Truth and Reconciliation in our community. Here are some of those currently being planned or underway:
Encouraging Oak Bay to join the Victoria Urban Reconciliation Dialogue
We have been urging the District of Oak Bay to join the Victoria Urban Reconciliation Dialogue (VURD) since late 2022 through individual meetings with Councillors, multiple emails and conversations with Council Task Force members, and the District in February, April, May and June of this year. We used an FOI access request in March to establish that the District had not taken any steps to explore membership. At an April 28 meeting that included Oak Bay’s Mayor and Chief Administrative Officer, we were promised that we would hear back one way or the other about the District’s willingness to join the VURD. We’ve heard nothing since. For more information: Bruce Kilpatrick, Community Association of Oak Bay.
UVic Living Lab Project
UVic Living Lab Project is a community-campus-schools project and network which supports eco-cultural restoration, land-based learning and Indigenous resurgence. It is involved in a range of learning and engagement activities. For more information: Maeve Lydon, Program Director or https://livinglabproject.
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Check our website each September for information about observances planned for Sept. 30. For more information: reconciliACTIONoakbay@gmail.com