Events Calendar

Stay Competitive: Biz Tools for Generating Year-Round Revenues. Watch the recording here!

March's CONNECTION CAFÉ included Dialogue + Q & A with tourism activity providers & representatives of tourism management organizations exploring how to achieve sustainable tourism. Watch the recording here!

February’s CONNECTION CAFÉ featured a facilitated roundtable dialogue + Q & A with rural island farmers, food producers and food resilience champions from Cortes, Gabriola, Galiano, Malcolm, Salt Spring and more!
Watch the recording here!

January’s CONNECTION CAFÉ included a lively and facilitated roundtable dialogue + Q & A with rural island arts movers, shakers and makers. Watch the recording here!

Where Islanders met to discuss emergency preparedness and to meet and learn from other islanders...

Engage and deepen connections with BC”s rural islanders and allies via the RIEP Forum, being held via a lively virtual platform Oct 20-21 & Nov 30 2021.

Presentations from Mayne Island and Malcolm Island community economic advocates. Covid-19 economic recovery discussions.

Roundtable Dialogue: Impact of the Pandemic On Island Food Security. Presentations from Denman Island, Saturna Island, and Thetis Island community economic advocates. RIEP Board updates.

Virtual Tourism Roundtable and the digital economy as a recovery tool. Presentations from Cortes Island, Pender Island, and Quadra Island community economic advocates.

Presentations from Bowen Island, Gabriola Island, and Salt Spring Island community economic advocates. Island Comeback presentation from RIEP's Board and partners.

Protecting & Supporting Our Fragile Rural Island Economies RESILIENCE ROUNDTABLE THE ISLANDS Bowen, Cormorant, Cortes, Denman, Gabriola, Galiano, Gambier, Hornby, Lasqueti, Malcom, Mayne, Pender, Quadra, Salt Spring, Saturna, Queen Charlotte […] Find out more »

The positive response to the Forum affirmed that we are at a critical turning point for the economic resilience of British Columbia’s rural islands.