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Besides the four honorary trustees—the lieutenant governor, the viceregal consort, the Chief Justice of British Columbia, and the Private Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor—the foundation also has trustees elected for three-year terms from artistic, horticultural, historical, and legal segments of provincial society.
Plaque commemorating first BC school. The earliest history of schools in Western Canada is within the boundary of the current Greater Victoria School district. The first school in the area that is present day British Columbia was established at Fort Victoria in the 1840s. A plaque to commemorate this can be found on the side of the Christmas ...
From 1856 to 1860 the Legislature of the Colony of Vancouver Island met at Bachelor's Hall at Fort Victoria. [2] From 1860 to 1898 it was housed in the first permanent building at Legislative Hall or Legislative Council Court, a two-storey wooden building along with four other buildings (Land Office, Colonial Office, Supreme Court, and Treasury) known colloquially as "The Birdcages" because of ...
Born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia, [3] [4] she attended the University of Victoria and worked as an elementary school teacher in Esquimalt and Oak Bay. [2] She served as an elected trustee to the Greater Victoria School Board from 1975 to 1980, including as chair of the board from 1978 to 1979.
BC Pension Corporation is one of the largest pension plan administrative agents in Canada with assets in excess of CA$123.6 billion. [1] [2] Created in 2000 with the passage of the Public Sector Pension Plans Act, the corporation provides pension administration services on behalf of British Columbia's College, Municipal, Public Service, Teachers', and WorkSafeBC pension plans for each of their ...
For the British Columbia Day holiday, Centennial Square is one of the venues for the Victoria Electronic Music Festival, where musicians and DJs play for free. [4] In winter 2012, the Downtown Victoria Business Association temporarily set up Christmas lights, a Ferris wheel, [5] and an ice skating rink in the square. [6]
Queen Victoria in 1887; an 1848 royal Christmas tree etching ... 8 Female British Monarchs. The placement of Christmas trees in public settings became popular in the 20th century and continued ...
Victoria is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1904 and since 1925. The riding was originally chartered as Victoria District for the special byelections held in 1871 upon the province's entry into Confederation .