Community Outreach
February 2024
Climate Change Theatre Action
We're so excited to be supporting the Independent Schools Association of BC's 3rd annual Youth Sustainability Conference by sponsoring a workshop by the brilliant Elaine Ávila.
Elaine Ávila (she/her) is a Fulbright Scholar and an award-winning actor, director, and playwright, working in over forty cities/countries, including: Panamá City, Sintra, Pico, Costa Rica, Paris, Peru, London, New York, Lisbon, Australia, Los Angeles, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Victoria. Best New Play Awards: Festival de los Cocos, Panamá City, Victoria Critics Circle and the Disquiet International Literary Program in Lisbon. She has taught in universities from Portugal to lutruwita (Tasmania), China to Panamá. She is the founder of the LEAP Playwriting Program at the Arts Club and co-founder of the Climate Change Theatre Action, now reaching 45,000 audience members worldwide.
In her fun, interactive workshop, students will explore the power of theatre and stories to address the climate crisis. They will learn what a “theatre action” is, how to write for the theatre, and leave with their own short play.
ISABC, in partnership with UBC Sustainability Hub and MetroVan, is excited to announce our third annual Youth Sustainability Conference! Bringing together students from our 27 schools across Southern BC, this exciting event provides the opportunity for young people to learn about the many ways individuals and communities are taking action for the planet and changing the game.

October 2024
Glenlyon Norfolk student workshop
Earlier this month, a group of students from Glenlyon Norfolk School were very lucky to take part in a workshop with ECT Core Artist Carmen Aguirre.
From Carmen:
“I spent a couple of hours at The Cultch's Vancity Culture Lab with a wonderful group of high school students from Victoria exploring the theme "risk" through games and exercises from Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed canon. We worked in partners to sculpt images with our bodies led by the question: "What is the one thing that people cannot see when they look at you?", and created animated group images prompted by topics such as community, competition, solidarity. We ended with Boal's Song of the Mermaid exercise meant to inspire writing sparked by the offer "turning point". Some of the students shared their words with the group. It was a powerful, moving, and fun afternoon. It is always an honour and a privilege to work with young people who are willing to put their trust in the process and risk vulnerability.”
