The Hallmark Heritage Society Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday, September 15, 2014 at the James Bay New Horizons Centre, 234 Menzies Street starting at 7 pm. Guest speaker is Mike Sweet on the move of a building from 1082 Richmond Road to 1016 Pemberton Road and the resulting restoration.
The 'Victoria Native Indian Housing Society' was incorporated on February 6, 1984 as a non-profit society. The name was changed to the M'akola Housing Society on April 5, 1988.The Society was originally established to provide safe, affordable housing for families of Aboriginal ancestry who were in core need of housing in urban centres on Vancouver Island. Since that time the Society and its mandate have expanded into what is now the M'akola Group of Societies.
We are members of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association. The International Association represents 150,000 members throughout Canada and the United States. The first Vancouver Island sheet metal union was originally formed in Victoria on July 3, 1909, back then we were known as the Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers International Alliance, Local 134. In March 1940, we became the Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local 276. Today Local 276 carries on the tradition of representing the skilled men and women working in the sheet metal and roofing trades on Vancouver Island.
Métis Nation of Greater Victoria is recognized by The Métis Nation of British Columbia as the local for the Capital Regional District. This local covers the Gulf Islands, West Shore Communities and Port Renfrew to the Saanich Penninsula.