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The case for lowering the voting age in B.C.
It’s no wonder the campaign is picking up momentum in B.C. and around the world. Originally published on the blog Sowing Seeds of Change. My name is Katia Bannister. ...
Parenting in a climate crisis
The year I started having tough conversations about climate change with my four year old My eldest son turned four this year, and since he’s now old enough to ...
Why are taxpayers stuck with crippling climate costs?
Time to shift the blame where it belongs: billionaires, bankers and Big Oil On January 28, I joined Dogwood’s Comox Valley volunteers at Courtenay City Hall. We were there ...
Meet the everyday heroes of Dogwood’s Pro Rep campaign
Dogwood volunteers are making a real difference in this referendum. And you can too. Right now, all over the province, there are over three hundred Dogwood volunteers working towards ...
I was never an organizer. Here’s why I stepped up for Pro Rep.
Dogwood’s digital strategist spends most of his time behind a computer. But he came out for this important cause. I’ve always been a voter. Having emigrated from a country ...
Podcast for November 2018: Talk to your friends about Pro Rep
As we head into the final campaign push for electoral reform in B.C., many of us are reaching out to friends, family and acquaintances to encourage them to vote ...
Podcast for October 2018: The case for Pro Rep
In this Pro Rep deep dive, Seth Klein, the director of the B.C. chapter of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, dispels the myths of the No side, explains ...
Podcast for September 2018: We quashed the Trans Mountain pipeline. Now what?
On August 30 2018, the Federal Court of Appeal ruled on fourteen different court cases brought forward against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion’s NEB review process. And they all ...
From cynicism to connection
Summer student organizer Maddie Hague reflects on a summer of social change This summer my friend asked how I liked my new summer job as a Dogwood Organizer. I ...