by Geeks on the Beach | Feb 24, 2022 | Editorial, Village Vibe
›› Chantille Viaud I was on a zoom call recently when my toddler, who was at home because of a COVID exposure at his child care centre, started screaming like the world had ended. Turns out Moana had gone to credits and I hadn’t noticed in time. No one on my call...
by Geeks on the Beach | Dec 3, 2021 | Editorial, Village Vibe
›› Chantille Viaud Growing up, my family would give cans of food to our local food bank each year, and I assumed that this was normal. But then one year, friends from Sweden visited us for Christmas. I remember telling them, with pride, that we were gathering cans of...
by Geeks on the Beach | Mar 31, 2021 | Editorial
›› Chantille Viaud If you ever want to know what it’s like to be a ghost, become an unhoused person. This is a paraphrased quote from one of the speakers at a workshop called “Keeping it Human” that I, along other residents of Fernwood, participated in recently. It’s...
by Geeks on the Beach | Feb 3, 2021 | Editorial
›› Chantille Viaud As I write this, we’re at the one-year mark since the first COVID-19 case was reported in B.C. The pandemic has impacted so many parts of our lives. For some people, the impacts have been inconveniences and disappointments. For others, it has meant...
by Geeks on the Beach | Feb 3, 2020 | Editorial, Village Vibe
Child care centres are places for community connection and support ›› Chantille Viaud When I was growing up, I didn’t understand why my mom spent so much of her energy on the child care centre she was trying to build. I remember stressed whispers between her and my...
