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SUMMARY:The Cumulative Impacts: Defend the Treaties with Beaver Lake Cree Nation
DESCRIPTION:Join RAVEN for a webinar in support of Beaver Lake Cree Nation’s Defend the Treaties litigation on May 7th from 5:30-6:45pm (PT) / 6:30-7:45pm (MT)\, where we will hear from: Crystal Lameman\, Beaver Lake Cree Nation member and their Government Relations Advisor and Treaty Coordinator. Karey Brooks\, lead counsel on the case. Christine Hutchinson\, Indigenous Cumulative Effects Advisor from the Indigenous Centre for Cumulative Effects\, and Christina Joynt\, Associate at JFK Law LLP in Vancouver\, where she practices litigation and dispute resolution with a focus on Treaty and Aboriginal rights\, Specific Claims. \n\n\n\nIt has been 18 years since Beaver Lake Cree Nation filed their case against the governments of Alberta and Canada to defend their rights to hunt\, fish\, and practice their culture as guaranteed under Treaty 6. With this legal action\, the First Nation is pushing back against one of the largest and most carbon-intensive energy developments on the planet\, the oil sands. Beaver Lake Cree Nation is challenging the cumulative impacts of industrial development. Not one project\, not one mine: all of them at once. \n\n\n\nAfter hearing the Beaver Lake Cree Nation’s case\, the court will have to consider whether Canada and Alberta have authorized too much industrial development without properly assessing the impacts of all those projects on Treaty 6 rights. A victory for Beaver Lake Cree Nation would become a strong precedent for other Treaty Nations to allow for the protection of land\, air\, and water for all Canadians and future generations. \n\n\n\nOne year from now\, Beaver Lake Cree Nation will finally head to court. It’s estimated they will spend 150 days in court. Learn more about the impact of cumulative effects\, how Beaver Lake Cree Nation’s case could change the game for Treaty rights\, and how you can support them as they prepare for a trial nearly 20 years in the making. \n\n\n\nGet your tickets here and make a donation to support their legal fees.
URL:https://raventrust.com/event/the-cumulative-impacts-defend-the-treaties-with-beaver-lake-cree-nation/
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SUMMARY:Birding with RAVEN
DESCRIPTION:Join RAVEN\, Stanley Park Ecology\, and Special Bird Services for an exciting birding adventure through Stanley Park. Led by RAVEN’s Board President\, lawyer\, and avid birder Jeffrey Nicholls\, attendees will meet at the Stanley Park Nature House to connect with fellow nature-lovers\, learn about RAVEN’s work\, and hear more about our campaign with the Mowachaht-Muchalaht First Nation before going out birding around Ch’ekxwa’7lech (Lost Lagoon). \n\n\n\nThe event runs from 10am to 12pm\, beginning with an introduction from Jeffrey and RAVEN’s Campaigns Manager\, Levin Chamberlain. This introduction will give some necessary context to the day’s activity\, sharing how Indigenous-led stewardship has shaped the forests and ecosystems we all benefit from. You’ll learn why Mowachaht-Muchalaht First Nation’s legal challenge matters for the future of birds (and bird lovers like you)\, forests\, and all living beings.  \n\n\n\nSpring migration will be underway\, and the birds we see on this day may even be traveling northwest\, passing through\, or nesting within Mowachaht-Muchalaht territory. Join us on May 3\, 2026\, to witness these small and large travelers in motion and to reflect on the interconnected landscapes we all depend on.  \n\n\n\nIt is free to attend\, but we do ask that you register so we can better plan. Donations for this event will go to Mowachaht-Muchalaht First Nation’s legal challenge. Your gift will help to uphold their right to implement their own forestry management and sovereignty over their territory\, ensuring that critical habitats remain intact for birds (and other creatures) to thrive for generations to come.  \n\n\n\nBring your binoculars (we’ll have a few extras)\, dress for the weather\, and come ready to listen — to the land\, the birds\, and the ongoing story of Indigenous stewardship. This event will also provide you with an opportunity to learn how to properly identify birds in the birding community. Birding is a fun and great way to take part in citizen science; birders all over the world create lists of the birds they see and hear on verified birding apps\, and some scientists rely on accurate data collection to keep track of bird species. Although you don’t need to be a birder to attend this event\, and there is no pressure to learn\, the leaders of the event have enough expertise to teach you the first steps of making birding a passion that makes a real difference for the scientific community. \n\n\n\nThe Details: \n\n\n\nWhen: May 3rd\, 10 am – 12 pm \n\n\n\nWhere: Lost Lagoon\, meet at the Stanley Park Nature House \n\n\n\nRegister: raventrust.com/events
URL:https://raventrust.com/event/birding-with-raven/
LOCATION:Stanley Park Ecology Nature House\, 712 Lost Lagoon Path\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6G 1Z4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:RAVEN Book Club: Crushed Wild Mint
DESCRIPTION:Join RAVEN online via Zoom to discuss the book Crushed Wild Mint by Jess Housty\, followed by a special live reading from Jess! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCrushed Wild Mint is a powerful and sensory collection of poetry rooted in land\, ancestry\, and lived experience. Written by Heiltsuk poet and land-based educator Jess Housty\, the poems draw deeply from their homeland on the central coast of British Columbia and explore themes of connection to land\, ancestral wisdom\, family and community\, and the interplay between the natural and spiritual worlds. Through vivid imagery\, Housty invites readers into a reflective and embodied experience that blends history\, ceremony\, sexuality\, grief\, and joy. The book celebrates living and loving as ongoing practices and encourages readers to rethink community and relationality beyond human boundaries\, connecting with place\, kin and all our non-human relatives. \n\n\n\nAll participants will be entered into a draw to win a copy of Crushed Wild Mint following the event. Depending on the number of attendees\, individual participation may vary. \n\n\n\nRAVEN Book Giveaway – Official Rules\nRAVEN is giving away three (3) copies of Crushed Wild Mint signed by author Jess Housty! Here’s what you need to know about the contest: \n\n\n\n1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY \n\n\n\nNo purchase or donation is required to enter or win. A purchase or donation will not improve your chances of winning. \n\n\n\n2. ELIGIBILITY \n\n\n\nThe RAVEN Book Giveaway (the “Giveaway”) is open to all RAVEN Book Club registrants for the April 30\, 2026\, Book Club session. Employees\, board members\, and immediate family members of RAVEN (Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs) affiliates are not eligible to enter. \n\n\n\n3. GIVEAWAY PERIOD \n\n\n\nThe Giveaway period is active for the duration of ticket sales\, beginning on April 1\, 2026\, and ends on April 29\, 2026\, at 5:00 PM PST(the “Giveaway Period”). Entries received outside this period will not be considered. \n\n\n\n4. HOW TO ENTER \n\n\n\nTo enter\, participants must register to attend RAVEN’s Book Club session on April 30\, 2026. Limit one (1) entry per person. \n\n\n\n5. PRIZES \n\n\n\nThree (3) winners will each receive one (1) signed copy of “Crushed Wild Mint” by Jess Housty\, with an approximate retail value of $20.00 CAD per copy. Prizes are non-transferable and not redeemable for cash. \n\n\n\n6. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION \n\n\n\nWinners will be selected by random draw from all registrations received during the Giveaway Period. The draw will take place on April 30\, 2026\, at the offices of RAVEN in Victoria\, BC. Winners will be contacted via email within 5 business days of the draw. \n\n\n\nTo be confirmed as a winner\, the selected entrant must correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question without assistance. \n\n\n\nIf a selected winner cannot be reached within 5 days or fails to meet the conditions\, another entrant may be selected. \n\n\n\n7. ODDS OF WINNING \n\n\n\nOdds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received. \n\n\n\n8. PRIVACY \n\n\n\nPersonal information collected will be used solely for the purposes of administering the Giveaway\, unless entrants have opted in to receive additional communications from RAVEN. Your information will not be shared or sold to third parties. For more information\, see RAVEN’s [Privacy Policy]. \n\n\n\n9. GENERAL CONDITIONS \n\n\n\nRAVEN reserves the right to cancel\, suspend\, or modify this Giveaway at any time without notice\, in the event of fraud\, technical failure\, or other causes beyond its control. By entering\, participants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of RAVEN\, which are final. \n\n\n\nThis Giveaway is subject to all applicable federal\, provincial\, and municipal laws and regulations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe book can be purchased here: Harbour Publishing or from your local independent bookstore. Many libraries also carry copies or audiobook versions. \n\n\n\nWe will be hosting two more book club meetings over the year so stay tuned for more info and the next books! \n\n\n\nDon’t miss RAVEN’s Book Club where we will discuss Crushed Wild Mint on April 30\, 2026 @ 5-6 PM (PT) | 8-9 PM (ET)
URL:https://raventrust.com/event/raven-book-club-crushed-wild-mint/
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SUMMARY:Solastalgia: Lino Block Printing
DESCRIPTION:Addressing Climate Anxiety through Community Building and Art-Making. This session we will create lino block prints. \n\n\n\nSolastalgia: Addressing Climate Anxiety through Community Building and Art-Making is back for its fourth session. This time RAVEN staff and supporters will be coming together to make lino block art and prints. \n\n\n\nAs always with these sessions\, this workshop will start with conversations and prompts to get our ideas flowing and to create opportunities for connection. We will also spend time reflecting and nurturing the ideas and concepts discussed at the previous zine-making\, which had a theme of “Collective Action.” As we begin the art-making\, we will all be invited to express some of our dreams\, ideas\, hopes\, and fears about the climate and our collective futures through carving into the lino blocks and then doing a few prints together. \n\n\n\nWe will be weaving in ideas of how we can connect across differences and take action as individuals and as a community — we will discuss a multitude of ways we can all participate in re-imagining the future. We will sip tea\, share stories\, and make space for creativity and connection to see what can bloom from time spent creating together. \n\n\n\nRAVEN will provide any materials needed for creating prints on paper\, but if you have a t-shirt or piece of fabric you would like to print onto\, please bring them along. \n\n\n\nLocation: \n\n\n\nPaul Phillips Hall — in the back of the Little Fernwood Gallery —1923 Fernwood Rd. Victoria\, B.C. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\n10:00: doors\, tea\, coffee\, snacks made available \n\n\n\n10:30: Introduction to activity\, writing and art prompts\, orientation to the space and materials and/how we hope to use it \n\n\n\n10:40-12:30 – lino block carving and printing \n\n\n\n12:30-12:45 – closing thoughts \n\n\n\n12:45-1:15 – clean up and goodbyes \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThe term “solastalgia” was coined by philosopher Glenn Albrecht. He describes it as “the homesickness you have when you are still at home” and your home environment is changing in ways you find distressing\, often due to climate change.
URL:https://raventrust.com/event/solastalgia-lino-block-printing/
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SUMMARY:Solastalgia: Zine Making #2
DESCRIPTION:Addressing Climate Anxiety through Community Building and Art-Making. This session we will co-create issue #2 of a community Zine. \n\n\n\nJoin RAVEN for another round of Solastalgia: Addressing Climate Anxiety through Community Building and Art-Making. At these events the RAVEN community comes together to discuss our climate anxieties (and potential actions to take to address them) through community building and art-making.  \n\n\n\nThis hands-on zine making workshop will offer an opportunity to express some of our fears\, ideas\, and dreams when it comes to a more just and liveable future. Weaving in ideas of how we can connect across difference and take action as individuals and as a community\, from diverting personal waste to showing up in solidarity with Indigenous rights movements — we will discuss a multitude of ways we can all participate in re-imagining the future. We will sip tea\, share stories\, and make space for creativity and connection to see what can bloom from an afternoon together. The theme of this issue will be\, “Collective Action.” \n\n\n\nRAVEN will provide any materials needed\, but feel free to bring magazines\, books\, stickers\, or other materials that you are comfortable cutting up.  \n\n\n\n*RAVEN’s Zine Issue #1 will be available in print for those who may want a copy. \n\n\n\nLocation: \n\n\n\nPaul Phillips Hall — in the back of the Little Fernwood Gallery —1923 Fernwood Rd. Victoria\, B.C. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda: \n\n\n\n10:00: doors\, tea\, coffee\, snacks made available \n\n\n\n10:30: Introduction to activity\, writing and art prompts\, orientation to the space and materials and/how we hope to use them \n\n\n\n10:40-12:30 – Zine Making \n\n\n\n12:30-12:45 – Closing thoughts \n\n\n\n12:45-1:15 – Clean up and goodbyes
URL:https://raventrust.com/event/solastalgia-zine-making-2/
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SUMMARY:RAVEN Book Club
DESCRIPTION:RAVEN is continuing our book club this fall! Join us on October 9th\, 2025\, at 5pm PT (8pm ET) to discuss how resource extraction interacts with Indigenous rights in It Stops Here by Rueben George and Michael Simpson. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Trans Mountain Pipeline was\, to say the very least\, controversial. Rueben George\, who is an incredible leader of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation and was hired to fight the pipeline\, fiercely opposed the pipeline project for over a decade. In this firsthand account of his resistance\, George dives into the deep cultural\, spiritual\, and political connections to the unceded land that brought the “why” behind the powerful movement for protecting Indigenous rights.  \n\n\n\nThe book can be purchased here or from your local independent bookstore. Many libraries also carry copies or audiobook versions. You can also listen to the audiobook wherever you get your audiobooks\, such as Spotify. \n\n\n\nDepending on the number of attendees\, individual participation may vary.  \n\n\n\nRegister to join the discussion here.
URL:https://raventrust.com/event/raven-book-club-3/
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SUMMARY:The RAVEN Essays Toronto Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. John Borrows\, Max Ritts\, and Susan Smitten for book launch in Toronto. The RAVEN Essays: Indigenous Environmental Justice\, Education\, and Self Determination is a collection of essays that celebrates emerging scholars in Indigenous studies\, featuring student essays that explore Indigenous justice\, ethics\, and environmental justice\, while highlighting a decade of collaboration with RAVEN. \n\n\n\nNo registration required and the event is free to attend. Hear readings from the authors in attendance and enjoy some refreshments.  \n\n\n\nThe Details: \n\n\n\nWhere: Toronto Metropolitan University\, Sears Atrium\, 350 Victoria Street\, Toronto \n\n\n\nWhen: September 30\, 2025 4:30 p.m. ET
URL:https://raventrust.com/event/the-raven-essays-toronto-book-launch/
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SUMMARY:Solastalgia: Addressing Climate Anxiety through Community Building and Art-Making — Session 2: Making Art Public
DESCRIPTION:Join RAVEN for session 2 of our summer series addressing climate grief through community and art making. In this session\, our collective ideas will be transformed into vibrant public art. We’ll be taking the insights and inspiration from our zine-making workshop and bringing them to life through a collaborative piece of art that we will bring to the public.  \n\n\n\nWhat to expect: For session 2\, we are going out into the community\, as we take our ideas from session 1 and turn them into a temporary public mural in Fernwood Square. Because we will be outside in the beautiful summer sun\, make sure to bring water\, wear sunscreen\, and take breaks as needed. There are also some accessibility aspects to note\, as the temporary mural will be on the ground\, so to participate in the painting\, you will need to bend over\, crouch\, or sit on the ground at some point throughout the session. If this isn’t accessible to you\, we still would love for you to stop by\, contribute your ideas to the conversations\, and take up space in public together!  We invite everyone to attend\, whether you came to session 1 or not. All skill levels are welcome as the mural making will be led by the RAVEN Communications team\, and artist\, Coulee Ross. \n\n\n\nThis interactive art-making event invites us all to communicate with the wider community that we are not alone — and that together we can take action for our collective futures. The day will begin with a short moment to connect and be in conversation with each other on the theme of reimagining collective futures — and re-rooting into the idea that we can respond to our climate grief with connection and imagination. We will then co-create a piece of public art.  \n\n\n\nCopies of the zine from Session 1 will be available on-site. \n\n\n\nThe mural we will be working on will have space for collaboration\, but will have a baseline design done by Coulee Ross.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nDetails \n\n\n\nLocation: Little Fernwood Gallery\, Victoria\, B.C. & Fernwood Square \n\n\n\nDate and Time: August 24\, 2025\, from 10 am – 1 pm \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nWhat to expect — (note\, you do not have to stay for the entire time – you can drop in and out through the event): \n\n\n\n10:00: doors\, tea\, coffee\, snacks made available \n\n\n\n10:30: Introduction to activity\, reflections from previous session \n\n\n\n10:45-12:45 – Mural Painting \n\n\n\n12:45-1:00 closing thoughts \n\n\n\n1:00-1:15 – clean up and goodbyes \n\n\n\nArtist bio: Coulee Ross is a nêhiyaw iskwêw (Cree woman) from Peepeekisis Cree Nation in Treaty 4 territory and a citizen of the Métis Nation of BC. She is an interdisciplinary artist\, writer\, and story-weaver working at the intersections of Indigenous futurism\, felt history\, and narrative alchemy. Her practice spans visual arts\, immersive listening\, spatial storytelling\, political aesthetics\, and place-based methodologies—centering community memory and future possibility through collaborative creation. \n\n\n\nRecently\, Coulee completed an artist residency at Rockslide Gallery and curated a multi-day Storytellers Festival that foregrounded Indigenous narrative practice\, relational ethics\, and temporal fluidity. Her work draws on tactile media\, cartographic imagination\, and participatory installation to activate story as both a vessel and a method of transformation. \n\n\n\nShe is the creator of the Something Else Universe\, an expanding transmedia world that invites us to reimagine reality through Indigenous ways of knowing\, feeling\, and being. Her original methodologies—including Liminal Story Weaving\, Unstorying\, and Futuration—are grounded in the belief that stories are alive\, and transforming story is a form of liberation. \n\n\n\nCoulee’s current projects include Liminal Frequencies\, a speculative radio collaboration with UMFM exploring how vibration\, imagination\, and Indigenous frequency can carry futures through the air. Her practice invites others to consider storytelling not as content\, but as consciousness. Not as performance\, but as portal. Not as escape\, but as return.
URL:https://raventrust.com/event/solastalgia-2/
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SUMMARY:We Are All One Planet: A Night with Wet'suwet'en House Groups Before They Head to Court
DESCRIPTION:Wet’suwet’en Chiefs from two Houses of the Likhts’amisyu Clan are heading to court\, and they need your support. Join us on August 20th to hear from representatives from the Houses involved in the case and their legal counsel about their climate litigation and what’s at stake with their motion to strike hearing the following day! \n\n\n\nIf you’re in the Vancouver area\, come on out to this solidarity event on August 20th from 7pm-9pm at the Vancouver Unitarians (949 W 49th Ave) in Vancouver. Not in the Vancouver area? No problem — the speeches from this event will be live-streamed through YouTube\, as we would love for everyone from around the world to join us — we are all one planet\, after all. The virtual component will go from 7pm-8pm PT. \n\n\n\nWe want people everywhere to take action in solidarity with the Likhts’amisyu House groups. After the speeches\, those of us in person will be making posters together with words of support like “We Are All One Planet” to post on social media. We want to inundate our feeds with a call to action to friends\, family\, and even frenemies in our networks to show their solidarity with the Chiefs from the Likhts’amisyu Clan. Together\, we can raise awareness for the Chiefs’ climate action and tell Canada that the public sides with them in their pursuit of climate justice. \n\n\n\nDetails \n\n\n\nIn Person:  \n\n\n\nWhen: August 20\, 2025\, from 7pm-9pm PT  \n\n\n\nWhere: Vancouver Unitarians — 949 W 49th Ave.\, Vancouver\, B.C.  \n\n\n\nOnline: \n\n\n\nWhen: August 20\, 2025\, from 7pm-8pm PT \n\n\n\nWhere: Streaming via YouTube (Link provided when you purchase your ticket)
URL:https://raventrust.com/event/we-are-one-planet/
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SUMMARY:Run for FUNds
DESCRIPTION:For the fifth year in a row\, two incredible RAVEN supporters\, Kayci and Sarah are organizing a community fun run. This year they are fundraising for Heiltsuk Nation’s legal challenge. There is an option to participate in a 5k or 10k run when you sign up! We are so grateful for the incredible community of fundraisers and organizers that take action for Indigenous rights. Sign up for the run here. \n\n\n\nThis year’s run will take place at Elk Lake Regional Park (Filter Beds)\, Victoria\, B.C.
URL:https://raventrust.com/event/run-for-funds/
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250720T130000
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SUMMARY:Solastalgia: Addressing Climate Anxiety through Community Building and Art-Making — Session 1: Zine Making
DESCRIPTION:Join RAVEN for the first in a two-part summer series where we will be coming together to discuss our climate anxieties (and potential actions to take to address them) through community building and art-making.  \n\n\n\n\n\nThis hands-on zine-making workshop will offer an opportunity to express some of our fears\, ideas\, and dreams when it comes to a more just and liveable future. Weaving in ideas of how we can connect across differences and take action as individuals and as a community\, from diverting personal waste to showing up in solidarity with Indigenous rights movements\, we will discuss a multitude of ways we can all participate in re-imagining the future. We will sip tea\, share stories\, and make space for creativity and connection to see what can bloom from an afternoon together. \n\n\n\nThroughout the session\, participants will be invited to record audio reflections on the theme of the day — whether it’s personal climate grief\, dreams for a better future\, or the art that emerges during the workshop.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDetails \n\n\n\nLocation: Little Fernwood Gallery\, Victoria\, B.C. \n\n\n\nDate and Time: July 20\, 2025\, from 10 am – 1 pm \n\n\n\nWhat to expect — (note\, you do not have to stay for the entire time – you can drop in and out through the event): \n\n\n\n\n10:00: doors\, tea\, coffee\, snacks made available\n\n\n\n10:30: Introduction to activity\, writing and art prompts\, orientation to the space and materials and history of zine making/how we hope to use it\n\n\n\n10:40-12:30 – Zine making\, open conversation\, open recording booth\n\n\n\n12:30-12:45 – closing thoughts\n\n\n\n12:45-1:15 – clean up and goodbyes
URL:https://raventrust.com/event/solastalgia-1/
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SUMMARY:Bid for Justice: a RAVEN virtual silent auction
DESCRIPTION:Throughout July\, RAVEN is hosting a completely virtual silent auction! With all the benefits going to support RAVEN’s programs\, access to justice funds\, and educational work. \n\n\n\nWith every bid we are working towards a more just and sustainable future for all. \n\n\n\nBrowse the collection of ethical goods\, wild adventures\, beautiful art\, and powerful stories all donated by businesses and artists who believe in transformative change and upholding Indigenous rights and sovereignty.  \n\n\n\nAuction closes July 31\, 2025 at 11:59PM PT \n\n\n\nHelp us raise $25\,000 for Indigenous Rights and Environmental Justice!  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrequently Asked Questions:\n\n\n\n\nWhen does the auction start and finish?\n\nJuly 1st 12:00AM PT to July 31st 11:59PM PT \n\n\n\n\n\nWhere and how can I place a bid?\n\nWe are using AirAuctioneer\, a web platform for hosting Online Auctions. \n\n\n\nYou are required to set up an account to bid using a valid email address so you can receive confirmation emails that your bid was placed\, if you are the winning bidder\, and how to make payment. \n\n\n\nReview the items here and enter your bid amount and click the ‘Place Bid’ button.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhy are you using AirAuctioneer?\n\nWe chose AirAuctionner for our auction because of the low cost and connection to Stripe (our payment processing platform).\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat emails will I get from AirAuctioneer?\n\nYou will receive bid confirmation emails \n\n\n\nA notification if someone outbids you\n\n\n\nA notification if you are the winner\n\n\n\nYou can turn off these notification emails through your account settings under “notifications” \n\n\n\n\n\nCan I get a tax receipt for my bid?\n\nAuction buyers may request a charitable tax receipt for the difference between the value and the final bid only if the final bid exceeds 125% of the value of the item.\n\n\n\nExample: A bike is donated to a charity for an auction\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe fair market value of the bike at the time of donation is $400\n\n\n\nThe fair market value of the bike is posted at the auction\n\n\n\nThe winning bid for the bike at the auction is $550\n\n\n\n\nCalculation of eligible amount \n\n\n\nWinning bid (the gift)                                     $550Less advantage:      Bike $400Total advantage                                                $400Eligible amount                                                 $150  \n\n\n\nThe amount of the advantage is $400 and a receipt may be issued to the winning bidder for the eligible amount of $150. \n\n\n\nYou can review the CRA regulations here. \n\n\n\n\nWhat happens if I am the winner on my bid?\n\nYou will receive an email to inform you that you are the winner!\n\n\n\nTo make a payment you will need to go into your account and see your winning item in your cart\n\n\n\nProcess the payment through AirAuctioneer\n\nYou will receive a receipt from Stripe  \n\n\n\n\n\nOnce Payment is received we will follow up with you regarding how you will receive your item(s)! \n\n\n\nIf your bid qualifies for a Tax receipt\, we will process that by August 5th.\n\n\n\n\n\nWill RAVEN ship items?\n\nYes! For items that do not require you to be in person\, RAVEN will ship the winning bidder the item. Shipping is worldwide and not at the cost of the bidder. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you have any questions please reach out to organizer@raventrust.com \n\n\n\n**Disclaimer: If we do not hear or receive payment from you by Friday August 11\, 2025 we will contact the runner up.
URL:https://raventrust.com/event/auction/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250619T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20250619T110000
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SUMMARY:Indigenous Legal Orders and How to Weave Them into Cases - CPD Accredited by B.C. and Ontario
DESCRIPTION:Canadian law is advancing reconciliation\, holding governments and industries accountable to the intent of the word. Governments are signing self-government agreements and modern treaties with Nations across the country. But one topic that’s often overlooked is Indigenous Legal Orders.  \n\n\n\nIn some ways\, there is the revitalization of Indigenous legal orders through the Canadian legal system\, but in many other ways\, it’s oppressing those orders. As a legal professional working with Indigenous clients\, there may be crucial things you need to know about legal orders to better honour them\, and how to best navigate them through each step of a client’s case. \n\n\n\nLawyers at this CPD course (accredited by B.C. and Ontario) will hear from faculty members Christina Gray and Katharine Brack\, who will each present on how Indigenous Legal Orders are incorporated into their work. \n\n\n\nDetails\n\n\n\nDate: June 19th\, 2025 \n\n\n\nLocation: Virtual \n\n\n\nTime: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM PDT \n\n\n\nThis webinar will not be recorded \n\n\n\nAccess Statement: RAVEN uses Microsoft Teams’ built-in accessibility features such as closed captions\, which are automatically generated. For more information on how to make Teams more accessible for you\, check out this resource page: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/accessibility-tools-for-microsoft-teams-2d4009e7-1300-4766-87e8-7a217496c3d5
URL:https://raventrust.com/event/indigenous-legal-orders-and-how-to-weave-them-into-cases/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250608T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250608T130000
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SUMMARY:Clean Up the Beach in solidarity with Heiltsuk Nation
DESCRIPTION:Join RAVEN and Surfrider for a World Oceans Day beach cleanup\, where we’ll be fundraising for Heiltsuk Nation’s legal challenge that aims to protect marine ecosystems from coast to coast to coast.  \n\n\n\nThis year\, we’re choosing to engage in community reciprocity not just for our own local watersheds\, but as an act of solidarity with Heiltsuk Nation\, whose own beach cleanup — following the Nathan E. Stewart spill — is so much more complex. \n\n\n\nSo\, come out to Clover Point in Victoria on Sunday\, June 8\, 2025 from 11am-1pm for a community-powered beach cleanup. Together we are aiming to fundraise $2\,000 for Heiltsuk’s legal challenge on World Oceans Day. \n\n\n\nThe remediation after the Nathan E. Stewart disaster is nearly 9 years deep — and the community still cannot harvest clams\, fish or seaweed in  the area where a sunken tug spilled tens of thousands of litres of fuel. To support the Nation’s ongoing pursuit of justice in the wake of the spill\, we’re cleaning up a local beach while raising funds for Heiltsuk’s legal case.  A win for the Nation would enshrine Indigenous stewardship practices into law to toughen regulations about fossil fuel transport and protect marine ecosystems for future generations.  \n\n\n\nRegister for the event here and make a donation to support Heiltsuk here. Let’s come together to show our commitment to environmental stewardship: not only within our own neighbourhoods\,  but also in support of the Heiltsuk Nation.   \n\n\n\nEvent Details: \n\n\n\nClover Point\, Victoria B.C\, 11am-1pm PST \n\n\n\nAccessibility Info: \n\n\n\nClover Point has public bathrooms nearby. Please keep in mind that we will be walking up and down the beach and park area — please wear appropriate footwear!  \n\n\n\nPlease bring:  \n\n\n\n\nCash or cheque to make a donation – or your phone to donate online\n\n\n\nA waterbottle\n\n\n\nSunscreen / sun hat/ / sun protection\n\n\n\nGloves (we may have some extra\, but please bring your own\, just in case)\n\n\n\nAny snacks you may need for the duration of the cleanup\n\n\n\nAny cleanup tools that you may need/want to help make the day easier for you!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDonate
URL:https://raventrust.com/event/clean-up-the-beach-in-solidarity-with-heiltsuk-nation/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250605T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250605T180000
DTSTAMP:20260508T122212
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SUMMARY:RAVEN Book Club
DESCRIPTION:RAVEN is continuing our book club this summer! Join us on June 5\, 2025 at 5pm PT (8pm ET) to discuss Unreconciled by Jesse Wente\, Anishinaabe writer\, broadcaster\, and arts leader. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this incredible book\, Wente recounts his life growing up in Toronto and how he navigated his career in the entertainment industry. He reveals the underbelly of Canadian racism that exists toward Indigenous Peoples\, showing just how much it has changed since his childhood and how there are still significant strides needed to address the blinders of Canadian society. It’s touching\, filled with sentiment\, and\, at times\, heart-wrenching.  \n\n\n\nJoin us as we parse through the simple yet complex themes that Wente brings through in this “part memoir part manifesto.”  \n\n\n\nDepending on the number of attendees\, individual participation may vary.  \n\n\n\nThe book can be purchased here or from your local independent bookstore. Many libraries also carry copies or audiobook versions.  \n\n\n\nWe will be hosting one more book club meeting over the year on October 9\, so stay tuned for more info and the next book! \n\n\n\nRegister to join the discussion here. \n\n\n\nRAVEN is giving away three (3) copies of Unreconciled signed by author\, Jesse Wente! Check out the rules to learn more about the contest! \n\n\n\nRAVEN Book Giveaway – Official Rules\n1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY \n\n\n\nNo purchase or donation is required to enter or win. A purchase or donation will not improve your chances of winning. \n\n\n\n2. ELIGIBILITY \n\n\n\nThe RAVEN Book Giveaway (the “Giveaway”) is open to all RAVEN Book Club registrants for the June 5\, 2025\, Book Club session. Employees\, board members\, and immediate family members of RAVEN (Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs) affiliates are not eligible to enter. \n\n\n\n3. GIVEAWAY PERIOD \n\n\n\nThe Giveaway period is active for the duration of ticket sales\, beginning on April 10\, 2025\, and ends on June 5\, 2025\, at 5:00 PM PST(the “Giveaway Period”). Entries received outside this period will not be considered. \n\n\n\n4. HOW TO ENTER \n\n\n\nTo enter\, participants must register to attend RAVEN’s Book Club session on June 5\, 2025. Limit one (1) entry per person. \n\n\n\n5. PRIZES \n\n\n\nThree (3) winners will each receive one (1) signed copy of “Unreconciled: Family\, Truth\, and Indigenous Resistance” by Jesse Wente\, with an approximate retail value of $50.00 CAD per copy. Prizes are non-transferable and not redeemable for cash. \n\n\n\n6. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION \n\n\n\nWinners will be selected by random draw from all registrations received during the Giveaway Period. The draw will take place on June 6\, 2025\, at the offices of RAVEN in Victoria\, BC. Winners will be contacted via email within 5 business days of the draw. \n\n\n\nIf a selected winner cannot be reached within 5 days or fails to meet the conditions\, another entrant may be selected. \n\n\n\n7. ODDS OF WINNING \n\n\n\nOdds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received. \n\n\n\n8. PRIVACY \n\n\n\nPersonal information collected will be used solely for the purposes of administering the Giveaway\, unless entrants have opted in to receive additional communications from RAVEN. Your information will not be shared or sold to third parties. For more information\, see RAVEN’s [Privacy Policy]. \n\n\n\n9. GENERAL CONDITIONS \n\n\n\nRAVEN reserves the right to cancel\, suspend\, or modify this Giveaway at any time without notice\, in the event of fraud\, technical failure\, or other causes beyond its control. By entering\, participants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of RAVEN\, which are final. \n\n\n\nThis Giveaway is subject to all applicable federal\, provincial\, and municipal laws and regulations.
URL:https://raventrust.com/event/raven-book-club/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250429T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250429T210000
DTSTAMP:20260508T122212
CREATED:20250403T171804Z
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SUMMARY:Aboriginal Title for Healthy Forests — A RAVEN Campaign Launch Event
DESCRIPTION:Join RAVEN in person as we celebrate and learn more about our newest campaign in partnership with Mowachaht-Muchalaht First Nation (MMFN) to reclaim Aboriginal title and protect healthy forests. \n\n\n\nAt this special event\, we’ll hear from Chief Maquinna and Chief Jack of MMFN about the new legal challenge that is advancing Aboriginal title claim to protect their territory from unsustainable forest practices and\, as a result\, mitigate the effects of climate change. Following remarks from the Chiefs\, we’ll hear from representatives of Salmon Parks – an Indigenous-led forest conservation initiative to protect salmon on MMFN’s territory – and the Wilderness Committee\, who has been working closely with MMFN in protecting their territory.  \n\n\n\nTo close the night\, there will be games\, musical performances\, and light appetizers! \n\n\n\nGet your tickets now! \n\n\n\nThis event is in-person only. No live streaming will take place.
URL:https://raventrust.com/event/aboriginal-title-for-healthy-forests-a-raven-campaign-launch-event/
LOCATION:Esquimalt Gorge Pavilion\, 1070 Tillicum Rd\, Victoria\, BC\, V9A 2A1\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250403T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250403T180000
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SUMMARY:RAVEN Book Club
DESCRIPTION:RAVEN is starting a book club! Join us on April 3\, 2025 at 5pm PT (8pm ET) to discuss the book Valley of the Birdtail by two esteemed law professors\, Douglas Sanderson and Andrew Snobo Sniderman. \n\n\n\nThe book dives into history\, reconciliation\, power\, and how Canada has become what it is today. Be ready for a discussion about the law\, racism\, colonialism\, and reconciliation. We will tie these themes into RAVEN’s work supporting Indigenous Nations in going to court to enforce their rights and protect their territories.  \n\n\n\nDepending on the number of attendees\, individual participation may vary.  \n\n\n\nThe book can be purchased here: Valley of the Birdtail or from your local independent bookstore. Many libraries also carry copies or audiobook versions.  \n\n\n\nWe will be hosting two more book club meetings over the year on June 5 and October 9 so stay tuned for more info and the next books! \n\n\n\nRegister to join the discussion here.  \n\n\n\nNext Book Club Pick \n\n\n\nJoin us on April 3\, 2025\, at 5pm PT (8pm ET) to discuss the book Valley of the Birdtail by two esteemed law professors\, Douglas Sanderson and Andrew Snobo Sniderman. \n\n\n\nThe book dives into history\, reconciliation\, power\, and how Canada has become what it is today. Be ready for a discussion about the law\, racism\, colonialism\, and reconciliation. We will tie these themes into RAVEN’s work supporting Indigenous Nations in going to court to enforce their rights and protect their territories.  \n\n\n\nDepending on the number of attendees\, individual participation may vary.  \n\n\n\nThe book can be purchased here: Valley of the Birdtail or from your local independent bookstore. Many libraries also carry copies or audiobook versions.  \n\n\n\nWe will be hosting two more book club meetings over the year on June 5 and October 9 so stay tuned for more info and the next books! \n\n\n\nRegister to join the discussion here. 
URL:https://raventrust.com/event/raven-book-club-april-2025/
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