<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000"><div>nice article on the Duncan march with photos below.</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"Lys" <nanaimo@thediscourse.ca><br><b>To: </b>"dyanebrown@shaw.ca dyanebrown@shaw.ca" <dyanebrown@shaw.ca><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, November 23, 2023 7:35:49 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Nanaimo This Week: 'You don’t know where to go'<br></div><div><br><style>#outlook a { padding:0;}.es-button { mso-style-priority:100!important; text-decoration:none!important;}a[x-apple-data-detectors]
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<p style="margin:0;font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;line-height:24px;color:#333333;font-size:16px">This week, United Way B.C. released their report, <a href="https://thediscourse.indiegraf.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ1d2JjLmNhJTJGd3AtY29udGVudCUyRnVwbG9hZHMlMkYyMDIzJTJGMTElMkZ1d2JjLXNlbmlvcnMtaG91c2luZy1yZXBvcnQtaGktcmVzLnBkZg==&sig=6S93oWSUdvPSnMsgkyrdyC2VjsXunf2Y7oVMV7eNMQ6E&iat=1700796980&a=%7C%7C92322764%7C%7C&account=thediscourse%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&email=FDAPBq30zz5%2Fx0FsufyBOx5x4%2BOA3f1UvornpVyi9ox8EA%3D%3D%3AFz8SeuO9UE%2FQdr9mzHsurfIlPCksHev2&s=d05dd3b18af520707fa50ae1d676bd3c&i=198A215A3A3913" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#fc0858;font-size:16px" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><i><u>Aging in Uncertainty</u></i></a>, which paints a stark picture of the ongoing housing crisis for older renters in this province.</p>
<br><p style="margin:0;font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;line-height:24px;color:#333333;font-size:16px">It’s a sobering read, but a necessary one. Last week, as I was researching a story about the Unitarian Shelter’s upcoming 15th anniversary, I came across a number of older renters who had ended up in the shelter when, for a variety of reasons, they lost their housing.</p>
<br><p style="margin:0;font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;line-height:24px;color:#333333;font-size:16px">As I pivoted to writing specifically about unhoused seniors in our community, the phrase “This is not okay, this is not okay” kept running through my head, and I realized that as uncomfortable as it is, this is an issue we really need to look at.<br></p>
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and call for a ceasefire.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;line-height:24px;color:#333333;font-size:16px">🌊 On Tuesday, Secwépemc matriarch Miranda Dick and her father, Hereditary Chief Saw-ses bid goodbye to their loved ones and allies in Tk’emlúps (Kamloops) as they headed to jail to serve a 28-day jail sentence for opposing the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project’s (TMX) development in Secwepemcúl’ecw, <a href="https://thediscourse.indiegraf.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZpbmRpZ2luZXdzLmNvbSUyRm5ld3MlMkZzZWN3ZXBlbWMtbWF0cmlhcmNoLWFuZC1oZXJlZGl0YXJ5LWNoaWVmLWhlYWQtdG8tamFpbC1mb3Itb3Bwb3NpbmctdG14LWNvbnN0cnVjdGlvbi1vbi11bmNlZGVkLWxhbmQ=&sig=Cdt56UG49UuS4dwUSn9gdZKfVzjUo149Aemg2rBY1m6i&iat=1700796980&a=%7C%7C92322764%7C%7C&account=thediscourse%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&email=FDAPBq30zz5%2Fx0FsufyBOx5x4%2BOA3f1UvornpVyi9ox8EA%3D%3D%3AFz8SeuO9UE%2FQdr9mzHsurfIlPCksHev2&s=d05dd3b18af520707fa50ae1d676bd3c&i=198A215A3A3915" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#fc0858;font-size:16px" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">reports Aaron Hemens for IndigiNews</a>.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;line-height:24px;color:#333333;font-size:16px">🌊 Out of 19 communities across the province, Nanaimo saw the largest increase to the living wage, which is largely due to increasing costs in shelter, food and transportation and were not offset by increased government benefits for things like child care and dental care, reports <a href="https://thediscourse.indiegraf.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ0aGVkaXNjb3Vyc2UuY2ElMkZjb3dpY2hhbi12YWxsZXklMkZjb3dpY2hhbi1saXZpbmctd2FnZS1pbmNyZWFzZXMtYWdhaW4=&sig=FiR7HQtFMsgfg4SNaZH9tkkHnNgcaXgD23knpe8TEngU&iat=1700796980&a=%7C%7C92322764%7C%7C&account=thediscourse%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&email=FDAPBq30zz5%2Fx0FsufyBOx5x4%2BOA3f1UvornpVyi9ox8EA%3D%3D%3AFz8SeuO9UE%2FQdr9mzHsurfIlPCksHev2&s=d05dd3b18af520707fa50ae1d676bd3c&i=198A215A3A3916" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#fc0858;font-size:16px" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Discourse Cowichan Valley’s
Shalu Mehta</a>.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;line-height:24px;color:#333333;font-size:16px">🌊 Madeline Dunnett at <a href="https://thediscourse.indiegraf.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ0aGVkaXNjb3Vyc2UuY2ElMkZjb21veC12YWxsZXklMkZ3aWxkLWJlZS1mbG9yYWxzLXRha2VzLXJvb3QtZGVzcGl0ZS1jbGltYXRlLWNoYW5nZS1hZHZlcnNpdHk=&sig=7Equ7gCsgtzbTTPammsvV7ycwwdqapz3ZA4VwwzZ393f&iat=1700796980&a=%7C%7C92322764%7C%7C&account=thediscourse%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&email=FDAPBq30zz5%2Fx0FsufyBOx5x4%2BOA3f1UvornpVyi9ox8EA%3D%3D%3AFz8SeuO9UE%2FQdr9mzHsurfIlPCksHev2&s=d05dd3b18af520707fa50ae1d676bd3c&i=198A215A3A3917" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#fc0858;font-size:16px" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Discourse Comox Valley</a> dives deep into the world of local flower farming in an unpredictable climate with a look at Wild Bee Florals, a small farm operation that grows 70 different varieties of blooms on its half-acre farm in Dove Creek.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;line-height:24px;color:#333333;font-size:16px">🌊 Festivities are set to kick off at this weekend’s Indigenous Winter Festival at the Florence Filberg Centre in Courtenay, reports Madeline Dunnett for <a href="https://thediscourse.indiegraf.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ0aGVkaXNjb3Vyc2UuY2ElMkZjb21veC12YWxsZXklMkZpbmRpZ2Vub3VzLXdpbnRlci1mZXN0aXZhbC1jZWxlYnJhdGVzLWFydC1tdXNpYy1jdWx0dXJlLWFuZC1mb29k&sig=5CVqSXxLetkiqNP8st41SxySBvbuB685FSsQxpRXDpGU&iat=1700796980&a=%7C%7C92322764%7C%7C&account=thediscourse%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&email=FDAPBq30zz5%2Fx0FsufyBOx5x4%2BOA3f1UvornpVyi9ox8EA%3D%3D%3AFz8SeuO9UE%2FQdr9mzHsurfIlPCksHev2&s=d05dd3b18af520707fa50ae1d676bd3c&i=198A215A3A3918" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#fc0858;font-size:16px" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Discourse Comox Valley</a>. The festival aims to celebrate Indigenous arts and culture while raising funds for programs to support
Indigenous people who faced gender-based violence.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;line-height:24px;color:#333333;font-size:16px">👉City council started reviewing its 2024-2028 draft financial plan during a special finance and audit committee <a href="https://thediscourse.indiegraf.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZwdWItbmFuYWltby5lc2NyaWJlbWVldGluZ3MuY29tJTJGRmlsZVN0cmVhbS5hc2h4JTNGRG9jdW1lbnRJZCUzRDUxODgw&sig=DBjYg6YciNdsqAvzkLPKN7zsVZfKd78uqoqb6VMymK3u&iat=1700796980&a=%7C%7C92322764%7C%7C&account=thediscourse%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&email=FDAPBq30zz5%2Fx0FsufyBOx5x4%2BOA3f1UvornpVyi9ox8EA%3D%3D%3AFz8SeuO9UE%2FQdr9mzHsurfIlPCksHev2&s=d05dd3b18af520707fa50ae1d676bd3c&i=198A215A3A3920" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#fc0858;font-size:16px" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">meeting on Wednesday</a> which estimates a projected property tax increase of 6.4 per cent for next year, $211 for the average home. This is the first of several meetings on the budget and
the public is invited to weigh in at a Dec. 4 town hall.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;line-height:24px;color:#333333;font-size:16px">👉 The Town of Ladysmith is considering a flag redesign of its flag, described as a “cacophony” by one city councillor, <a href="https://thediscourse.indiegraf.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuY2hseS5jYSUyRmxvY2FsLW5ld3MlMkYyMDIzJTJGMTElMkYxNSUyRmxhZHlzbWl0aC1sb29raW5nLWZvci1uZXctdG93bi1mbGFnJTNGbWNfY2lkJTNEZDBiYTYwY2I4ZiUyNm1jX2VpZCUzRDZhN2RlOTg3NDk=&sig=DJuQW9SvYp8t1N1yNL2kTSjMHWhw171iVSTkQZnAYEio&iat=1700796980&a=%7C%7C92322764%7C%7C&account=thediscourse%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&email=FDAPBq30zz5%2Fx0FsufyBOx5x4%2BOA3f1UvornpVyi9ox8EA%3D%3D%3AFz8SeuO9UE%2FQdr9mzHsurfIlPCksHev2&s=d05dd3b18af520707fa50ae1d676bd3c&i=198A215A3A3921" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#fc0858;font-size:16px" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">reports CHLY’s Mick Sweetman</a>.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;line-height:24px;color:#333333;font-size:16px">👉 Bakers all over B.C. are feeling the pinch as a strike at the Rogers Sugar refinery in Vancouver enters its seventh week and leads to shortages at local shops, <a href="https://thediscourse.indiegraf.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuY2JjLmNhJTJGbmV3cyUyRmNhbmFkYSUyRmJyaXRpc2gtY29sdW1iaWElMkZyb2dlcnMtc3VnYXItc3RyaWtlLTEuNzAzMzE0MA==&sig=CKuoqCsr3SHhbt3zd1MxGrbd5eLU6R3NDAY486pyk8Pw&iat=1700796980&a=%7C%7C92322764%7C%7C&account=thediscourse%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&email=FDAPBq30zz5%2Fx0FsufyBOx5x4%2BOA3f1UvornpVyi9ox8EA%3D%3D%3AFz8SeuO9UE%2FQdr9mzHsurfIlPCksHev2&s=d05dd3b18af520707fa50ae1d676bd3c&i=198A215A3A3922" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#fc0858;font-size:16px" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">reports The Canadian Press</a>. </p>
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<p style="margin:0;font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;line-height:24px;color:#333333;font-size:16px">👉 After voting last month <a href="https://thediscourse.indiegraf.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ0aGVkaXNjb3Vyc2UuY2ElMkZuYW5haW1vJTJGY2l0eS1vZi1uYW5haW1vLWZ1bmRzLXN0b3BnYXAtcmlzZWJyaWRnZS1lbWVyZ2VuY3ktd2FybWluZy1jZW50cmU=&sig=6ZRLJH8ypdUsgxGbhVMqjU3RaiLSr3wcdiN5fA6Ykucd&iat=1700796980&a=%7C%7C92322764%7C%7C&account=thediscourse%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&email=FDAPBq30zz5%2Fx0FsufyBOx5x4%2BOA3f1UvornpVyi9ox8EA%3D%3D%3AFz8SeuO9UE%2FQdr9mzHsurfIlPCksHev2&s=d05dd3b18af520707fa50ae1d676bd3c&i=198A215A3A3923" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#fc0858;font-size:16px" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">to fund a ‘stopgap’ warming centre</a> operated by Risebridge Society, the City of Nanaimo has called for <a href="https://thediscourse.indiegraf.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubmFuYWltby5jYSUyRk5ld3NSZWxlYXNlcyUyRk5SMjMxMTA5RXhwcmVzc2lvbk9mSW50ZXJlc3RPcGVuRm9yU2Vjb25kV2FybWluZ0NlbnRyZUxvY2F0aW9uLmh0bWw=&sig=J2nsjhigtxyoYBKAtDKAw1AGgoG1ZHDHrBEh3ASmP81f&iat=1700796980&a=%7C%7C92322764%7C%7C&account=thediscourse%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&email=FDAPBq30zz5%2Fx0FsufyBOx5x4%2BOA3f1UvornpVyi9ox8EA%3D%3D%3AFz8SeuO9UE%2FQdr9mzHsurfIlPCksHev2&s=d05dd3b18af520707fa50ae1d676bd3c&i=198A215A3A3924" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#fc0858;font-size:16px" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">expressions of interest</a> to open a second warming centre in the city.</p>
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<br><p style="margin:0;font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;line-height:24px;color:#333333;font-size:16px">I am writing about your update [last] week that The City of Nanaimo has selected a street banner design by Nanaimo artist Amy Pye for its 2024 program. I am curious about the process of selection. I am a retired graphic designer, design educator and former member of Descan—Design Professionals of Canada, and based on past experience I think it is likely that the design/designer were selected through an open call competition. Such calls are unethical and undermine the work of creative professionals.</p>
<br><p style="margin:0;font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;line-height:24px;color:#333333;font-size:16px">As Maynard Johnny Jr. pointed out in his Making Waves talk, the work of creatives is not valued in the same way as the work of other professions. He commented that BC Ferries low-balled him on his design for their ferries claiming that the project would be "good exposure" for him. We don't ask a dentist to straighten our teeth because we will smile a lot and give them good exposure. In <a href="https://thediscourse.indiegraf.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbSUyRnNlYXJjaCUzRnElM0RzcGVjJTJCd29yayUyQnNwb3QlMkJhZHZlcnRpc2luZyUyNnNjYV9lc3YlM0Q1ODM2NTA0NzQlMjZ0Ym0lM0R2aWQlMjZzeHNyZiUzREFNOUhrS202Ny1jMXN5akYwTHBnQVZTVWQtam5NX0F3anclM0ExNzAwMzMyNTE1ODI1JTI2c291cmNlJTNEbG5tcyUyNnNhJTNEWCUyNnZlZCUzRDJhaFVLRXdqUC11dWNtTTZDQXhYeU1EUUlIYWhhQWF3UV9BVW9BWG9FQ0FNUUF3JTI2Yml3JTNEMTQ0MCUyNmJpaCUzRDY4OCUyNmRwciUzRDIlMjNmcHN0YXRlJTNEaXZlJTI2dmxkJTNEY2lkJTNBMzdjYzJiNDIlMkN2aWQlM0Flc3NObU5PclF0byUyQ3N0JTNBMA==&sig=73h9A7he5oJB3AKSckFmS7zt3zUHkicbki68usxrs7uM&iat=1700796980&a=%7C%7C92322764%7C%7C&account=thediscourse%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&email=FDAPBq30zz5%2Fx0FsufyBOx5x4%2BOA3f1UvornpVyi9ox8EA%3D%3D%3AFz8SeuO9UE%2FQdr9mzHsurfIlPCksHev2&s=d05dd3b18af520707fa50ae1d676bd3c&i=198A215A3A3925" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#fc0858;font-size:16px" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><u>this excellent video spot</u></a> from 2015, ad agency Zulu Kilo Alpha sums up why this approach to sourcing creative is completely out of step with most other professional services.</p>
<br><p style="margin:0;font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;line-height:24px;color:#333333;font-size:16px">According to Wikipedia, creative competitions in architecture have a more than 2,500-year-old history. "The Acropolis in Athens was a result of an architectural competition in 448 B.C., as were several cathedrals in the Middle Ages." However, this approach has been an accepted part of everyday life since the arrival of crowd-sourcing and is one that creative professionals are continually running into. </p>
<br><p style="margin:0;font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;line-height:24px;color:#333333;font-size:16px">The crowd-sourced contest for the design of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic logo created much discussion. Crowd-sourced content rarely undergoes the rigorous research that creative professionals might undertake if they were properly commissioned. Descan provides clients and design professionals with ground rules around this.</p>
<br><p style="margin:0;font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;line-height:24px;color:#333333;font-size:16px">While there is a definite plus side to allowing any member of a community to see their artwork on street banners, there is also an important discussion around valuing and supporting creativity and creative professionals in our midst.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica neue' , 'helvetica' , 'arial' , sans-serif;line-height:24px;color:#333333;font-size:16px"><i>Thanks for your comments, Jude — a lot to consider here. According to the </i><a href="https://thediscourse.indiegraf.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubmFuYWltby5jYSUyRnBhcmtzLXJlY3JlYXRpb24tY3VsdHVyZSUyRnB1YmxpYy1hcnQlMkZzdHJlZXQtYmFubmVyLWRlc2lnbi1wcm9ncmFtJTNGdXRtX3NvdXJjZSUzRGdvdG8lMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ24lM0Rnb3RvJTI2dXRtX3Rlcm0lM0RzdHJlZXRiYW5uZXJzJTI2dXRtX21lZGl1bSUzRGdvdG8=&sig=6mmiXeYHpqd9uVDWrLnh58fvmJT1tydQ9apVqJModh6z&iat=1700796980&a=%7C%7C92322764%7C%7C&account=thediscourse%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&email=FDAPBq30zz5%2Fx0FsufyBOx5x4%2BOA3f1UvornpVyi9ox8EA%3D%3D%3AFz8SeuO9UE%2FQdr9mzHsurfIlPCksHev2&s=d05dd3b18af520707fa50ae1d676bd3c&i=198A215A3A3926" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#fc0858;font-size:16px" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><i>original call for submissions</i></a><i>, artists do get a $2,500 honorarium for the street banner program, if their design is chosen. But your
point about crowd-sourced designs is still a relevant and interesting one.</i> </p>
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