The Discourse

“This is where the most Hosackia pinnata in the world occurs. Right here. It’s kind of a big deal,” says local botanist, Scott Black. “You’d think Nanaimo would just be like, ‘Hey that’s where our plant lives. You can’t build there.’”

‘It’s better than Disneyland’: Local environmentalists unite to protect Harewood Plains One of B.C.’s rarest ecosystems is slated to become a subdivision. This community group is uniting to protect it.

The 100 Houses in Lake Cowichan are a unique part of the Town’s development, and also part of a much larger story about how public housing provided a solution during a national housing crisis.

Learn more from historian Kelly Black in his latest for The Discourse.

How Lake Cowichan’s 100 Houses helped solve a housing crisis This wartime development could point to housing solutions for the modern day.

Roots to Thrive , in partnership with Vancouver Island University , launched the Naut sa mawt Centre for Psychedelic Research earlier this year. It is the first of its kind in Canada, and is working with universities across the country to advance the field of psychedelic-assisted therapy. The centre combines Indigenous knowledge with Western medicine and brings together research, education and practice.

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Indigenous wisdom meets Western medicine at this psychedelic therapy centre The Naut sa mawt Centre for Psychedelic Research unites research, education and practice.