Chris Corrigan

Can I introduce you to OneSoccer?

Can you title your seasonal videos with “Autumn ride…” instead of “Fall ride…?” Had me in a slight panic for a second there.

I want to see a hoodie with 4-4-2 4-2-3-1 3-5-2 written all over it.

The fabric of community I have a lot I love for my local library here on Bowen Island. Today I'm deeply appreciating the rotating display of works from our local fabric arts guild. The Annex, my office away from home, is adorned with a selection of quilts that change every couple of months or so. Currently there is work from Karen Van Schie on the walls. The details and quality of these pieces is extraordinary.

The fabric of community

I have a lot I love for my local library here on Bowen Island. Today I'm deeply appreciating the rotating display of works from our local fabric arts guild. The Annex, my office away from home, is adorned with a selection of quilts that change every couple of months or so.…

And then you come home and the leader of the opposition is demanding that you tame the orange toddler like the worst kind of airline passenger who insists that you “do something” about your inconsolable baby.

Interesting structure in the air over Átl’ka7tsem/Howe Sound today. There is a layer of air that changes at about 500 meters, above which is a little smoky. That layer is about 200m thick and then another layer of haze begins.

(The mountain on the right is 1200m high)

@ensembleator.bsky.social

Touch line ban.

You mean I have to read Rolling Stone to find out these guys are idiots? That’s asking a lot, Griller.

Three interesting links from today’s feed.

Leaving Haida Gwaii today. Looking forward to getting some of that fire hose of moisture on the way out. Flying over an atmospheric river is absolutely amazing.

Let’s think about how we fund things.

Zach Verhoven is back in the CPL. Made a substitute appearance today for Vancouver FC against Forge. Of all the former TSS Rovers that played in the CPL, he has had the longest career. And it's not over yet! #AlwaysARover

Lead from the place of longest connection Detail of the Ocean & Way of Life map produced by the Council of the Haida Nation in 2011 We've had a fantastic week of work and visiting here on Haida Gwaii. We were working with our friends from the Sahtu Renewable Resources Board, who came here to build relationships with each other, dive into some light conversations about the future and connect with local Haida Nation people, places and culture.

Witnessing the blooming of possibility when Indignenous Nations are in charge.

Lights in the sky on Haida Gwaii

Last night. This morning.

Brilliant. This is why I come to this pub.

Bergvall was wasted yesterday. If we need creative midfielders to replace Madders so be it. He could be that guy but he felt chained. Bentanciur had a hard game and I heard Sarr dresses but didn’t notice.

Stick Palinha on the 6 and put two creative dudes in front of him and open up the middle?

we had no right That draw glosses over some really bad play. Back line needs to run laps in the morning.

Long days at “the office”

Long days of retreat facilitation. They start early. 6:30 wake up, and a little focused think about how our day is going to go. Breakfast with the group and off to commemorate the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation at the incredible Haida Heritage Centre near…

Rain on Haida Gwaii Crossing Skidegate Inlet, yesterday We are working in Haida Gwaii this week. At the Haida House Lodge at Tllaal on the east side of Graham Island, there is a dictionary of Haida words collected from Skidegate dialect speakers over the years. Last night I sat on the covered porch while the rain came down off the Hecate Strait and a southeasterly lashed the side of our cabin.

Some Haida expressions for rain.

Building deeper capacity for uncertainty and complexity It's a grey muggy day here on the south coast of BC, and the photo above is from this morning's ferry ride into Vancouver to begin a trip to Haida Gwaii this week. Chris Mowles has a good post on the politics of uncertainty and writes about how that is unfolding in health care systems he is working with. I resonate with these words: …

Complexity and uncertainty have been off loaded and shifted down through organizations and communities to teams and people without the capacity to deal with it. I'm interested in how to build that capacity at those levels. How about you?

Fall rolls in and I spend the first part of the day watching the Rugby World Cup Final, a crucial set of Northern Super League games and a very Spursy match.

Congrats to AFC Toronto who won the inaugural league title today with a team loaded with quality BC Players.

Tools for working with conflict and polarization If nothing else, the deep divisions and culture wars in the US, and here in Canada too, are providing us with an opportunity to engage in deep practices of listening across difference. It's harder now that it has ever been Dan Oestrich, who knows a thing or two about this, explains why. Process artistry also has its place. Arts and well-hosted conversation are at work in Alberta where a group of researchers have initiated the…

A short list of links to practical tools, insights and practices for working with, hosting, and transforming conflict and polarization. Have a read and leave more in the comments.

Letting go, to get somewhere

The hairiest road in British Columbia was built by the citizens of the Bella Coola valley back in the 1950s and it isn't much different today then it was back then. A 1200 meter descent over 18 kilometres on a gravel road with no guardrails and the occasional 1000…

A new complexity based risk-management framework from Dave Snowden and a tidy Tottenham win in the League Cup

When government funders cut back support to nearly unviable levels but ask for more proof that their funding is producing meaningful outcomes, I get angry.

Living true reconciliation While summer rolled to an end, a truly significant ruling on Aboriginal title happened in Canada when the BC Supreme Court recognized the Constitutionally protected Aboriginal title of the Haida Nation to all of its territory. This declaration was built on previous court cases, co-management agreements and the ground breaking recognition protocol signed last year. Since 2003, and really since the Delgamuukw decision in 1997 defined the concept of Aboriginal title as a form of title within Canadian law, the province of BC and the Haida Nation have been preparing for this day.

Reconciliation in Canada is about making two very different legal systems work together on the same land. It is about respect and recognizing Aboriginal title and the rights of Indigenous Nations to exercise their authority. And it's not a new thing.

Wow...amazing!

One of our TSS Rovers chants for a missed shot is “you don’t get a rouge, this ain’t the CFL, you don’t get a rouge.” Now no one will get a rouge.

New lease on life in Chicago for one of our first TSS Rovers captains, Joel Waterman.