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  • Folk U: Unpacking the 2025 Election
    May 5, 2025
  • Folk U: Education, The Importance of Play & Children’s Development
    April 25, 2025
  •  Emily Bootle’s Presentation at the Cortes DeathCare Collective AGM
    April 18, 2025
  • The DeathCare Collective visits Folk U
    April 14, 2025
  • Land Sharing on Cortes Island
    March 17, 2025
  • Folk U: Unexpected Detours, Chance Encounters, & Other Travel Adventures
    March 11, 2025
  • Folk U: Unexpected Detours, Chance Encounters, & Other Travel Adventures
    March 11, 2025
  • Cold Swimming comes to Folk U
    March 5, 2025
  • De Clark: A Deep Dive into Neoliberalism
    February 25, 2025
  • All Things Love On Folk U
    February 20, 2025
  • Folk U: Concussions, Brain Health, and Nervous System Regulation
    February 10, 2025
  • Folk U – Vital Signs Round Table
    February 6, 2025
  • Folk U Vital Signs Round Table
    February 6, 2025
  • All things Shellfish comes to Folk U
    January 17, 2025
  • Folk U: All Things Snowy on Cortes
    December 30, 2024
  • Folk U-Michael Keith and Greg Osoba Chat About All Things Guitar
    December 24, 2024
  • Folk U: All things circular economy and waste
    December 13, 2024
  • Johnny Hanuse on Folk U: Indigenous Governance, Decolonization & more
    December 3, 2024
  • Using AI For Good with Daniel Lindenberger
    November 24, 2024
  • Magic Mushrooms, Chronic Pain, and Healing
    November 5, 2024
  • Ruby Singh & Michael Datura visit Folk U
    October 29, 2024
  • Rural Modular Housing
    September 19, 2024
  • Louis Belcourt Plays At The Village Commons
    September 3, 2024
  • Jemma Hicken plays for the Village Commons Music Series
    August 26, 2024
  • Sean Coyote performs in the Village Commons
    August 19, 2024
  • Folk U: Witch Pop Performs in the Village Commons
    August 12, 2024
  • Johnny Hanuse at the Village Commons
    August 7, 2024
  • Josie Simpson performs in Village Commons Music Series
    July 29, 2024
  • Folk U: Cortes Foundation’s Care for Cortes fundraising campaign
    July 1, 2024
  • The Harbour Authority of Cortes Island visits Folk U 
    June 18, 2024
  • The Harbour Authority of CIortes Island visits Folk U 
    June 18, 2024
  • Virtual Cortes Housing Forum: Increasing Rentals
    June 17, 2024
  • Folk U: The Transportation Forum
    June 14, 2024
  • Folk U looks at Community Land Trusts
    June 3, 2024
  • Folk U Looks at Grief
    June 3, 2024
  • The Simon Fraser Field School Visits Folk U
    May 22, 2024
  • Monthly Housing Forum: Water Quality and Quantity
    May 9, 2024
  • Audio from the Homeshare Forum
    April 17, 2024
  • The Awakeneers return to Folk U: A full length concert
    April 15, 2024
  • Folk U: Food Security from the Perspective of Farmers, Food Thinkers, and the Cortes Food Bank Coordinator
    April 9, 2024
  • #2 – Folk U: Food Security from the Perspective of Farmers, Food Thinkers, and the Cortes Food Bank Coordinator
    April 9, 2024
  • #2 – Folk U: Food Security from the Perspective of Farmers, Food Thinkers, and a Coordinator of the Cortes Food Bank
    April 9, 2024
  • #1 – Folk U: Food Security from the Perspective of Farmers, Food Thinkers, and a Coordinator of the Cortes Food Bank
    April 9, 2024
  • #3 – Folk U: Food Security from the Perspective of Farmers, Food Thinkers, and a Coordinator of the Cortes Food Bank
    April 9, 2024
  • Folk U: Food Security from the Perspective of Farmers, Food Thinkers, and a Coordinator of the Cortes Food Bank
    April 9, 2024
  • CIA at Folk U: The Wild Island
    March 28, 2024
  • CIA on Folk U – Cosmic Confidential
    March 25, 2024
  • Folk U: Desolation Sound #5
    March 14, 2024
  • Folk U: Desolation Sound #4
    March 9, 2024
  • Discovery Sound #3 – CIA on FolkU Radio
    March 1, 2024
  • Desolation Sound on Folk U Radio (ep 2)
    February 23, 2024
  • Desolation Sound: CIA on Folk U Radio
    February 7, 2024
  • Folk U: Arts on Cortes
    January 30, 2024
  • Folk U: Intergenerational Perspectives on Climate
    January 24, 2024
  • Folk U: Housing, Emergency Management and Resilience
    January 16, 2024
  • Folk U: Linda Solomon Talks about the state of the media today
    January 8, 2024
  • Rex Weyler Talks about truth and bias on Folk U
    December 21, 2023
  • Folk U: Daniel Lindenberger, from UBC’s Emerging Media Lab, talks about AI
    December 15, 2023
  • Folk U: Michael Detura on existentialism, climate change, and bees
    December 1, 2023
  • Folk U: Briony Penn and Hannah Carpendale talk about Forest Carbon
    November 9, 2023
  • Folk U Welcomes Gardener Extraordinaire – Billie Taylor
    November 2, 2023
  • Folk U: Open Mic at Friday Live Music
    September 12, 2023
  • Folk U: Basil at Friday Live Music
    September 12, 2023
  • Greg Osoba comes to Folk U Radio
    September 12, 2023
  • Folk U: Michael Keith returns to Live Music Fridays
    August 22, 2023
  • Folk U: Heather Wolf and the Wild Revival come to the Village Commons
    August 21, 2023
  • Folk U at the Friday Market Live Music: Jemma Hicken
    August 7, 2023
  • Folk U at the Friday Market Live Musin: Jemma Hicken
    August 7, 2023
  • The Awakeneers return to Folk U Friday 
    August 1, 2023
  • Folk U at the Friday Market Live Music series: Sun Rob
    July 26, 2023
  • Folk U at the Friday Market Live Music: Rick Bockner
    July 26, 2023
  • Designing for Meaningful Human Connection on FolkU @89.5FM
    January 2, 2023
  • TruthTelling with Rex Weyler & CIA students on FolkU@89.5
    December 19, 2022
  • Folk U: Dec 16 Teen-takeover
    December 18, 2022
  • Folk U: Audio Postcards from the Cortes Island Academy
    December 6, 2022
  • Long Story Shorts with Hakai on FolkU @89.5FM
    November 27, 2022
  • Folk U: Teen Takeover
    November 22, 2022
  • Internal Sociocray with Tamias (& teens) on Folk U
    November 21, 2022
  • Teen takeover
    November 8, 2022
  • A Quadra Compilation CD comes to Folk U Radio
    October 17, 2022
  • 2018: We’re Much More Than What We Eat
    October 3, 2022
  • 2018: Food And Culture
    October 3, 2022
  • We’re Much More Than What We Eat
    October 3, 2022
  • Live Folk U @ CCEDA Tent on Friday Sept 23, 2022
    September 26, 2022
  • Wet Dreaming w/Erin Robinsong & Merlin Sheldrake: FolkU 89.5
    August 29, 2022
  • Wild Revival LIVE on FolkU Radio under the CCEDA Tent
    August 22, 2022
  • 2021: Folk U – Escape to the (far) past through Brian Hayden’s new book ‘Eyes of the Leopard’
    August 19, 2022
  • The Power of Youth, Hope & Creativity/Peggy Taylor on FolkU
    August 9, 2022
  • The Future of Farming w/Young Agrarians on Folk U @89.5FM
    August 2, 2022
  • Folk U: The Eye Of The Octopus
    July 25, 2022
  • The State of Cortes Forest w/Suzanne Simard on FolkU @89.5 
    July 20, 2022
  • The Secret to Better Leadership on Folk U 89.5 FM
    July 11, 2022
  • Folk U FieldTrip: Native Plant FireScaping
    June 6, 2022
  • Folk U: Believe in the power of stories? Read on..
    May 23, 2022
  • Chevron Soup with Rex Weyler on Folk U @89.5FM
    May 17, 2022
  • On FolkU Radio… Cortes Community & our Forests 101
    May 2, 2022
  • Are you Ready???? Live Folk U
    April 26, 2022
  • Is Canada’s Charter of Rights in Jeopardy? Folk U Radio @89.5
    April 18, 2022
  • Heart of the Coast on FolkU Radio @89.5FM
    April 11, 2022
  • Folk U: Are You Prepared? Part 1 w/Shaun Koopman @89.5FM
    April 2, 2022
  • Are You Prepared? Part 1 w/Shaun Koopman @89.5FM
    April 2, 2022
  • Understanding your BC Assessment on FolkU Radio @89.5FM
    March 22, 2022
  • Folk U Radio: The Cortes Academy brings High School Programming to the island
    March 7, 2022
  • Tools for Citizen Science on FolkU Radio @89.5FM
    February 28, 2022
  • High School Programming on Cortes?!*$ It’s true….
    February 28, 2022
  • The Secret of Soil Symbiotics on Folk U @89.5FM
    February 21, 2022
  • Folk U: How We can Support Species At Risk On Cortes Island
    February 14, 2022
  • Ocean Science & the Hakai Institute on Folk U @89.5FM
    February 7, 2022
  • Folk U Radio returns with a Telus Tower update @89.5 Friday
    January 29, 2022
  • The Christmas Episode on FolkU Radio @89.5FM
    December 27, 2021
  • Windows: the new Cortes’s Art Journal on FolkU Radio@89.5FM
    December 13, 2021
  • Folk U: Traditional Chinese Medicine 101
    December 8, 2021
  • Folk U: Escape to the (far) past through Brian Hayden’s new book ‘Eyes of the Leopard’
    November 29, 2021
  • Folk U: Escape to the (far) past through ‘Eyes of the Leopard’
    November 29, 2021
  • Folk U: CryptoCurrency 101 for Cortes
    November 17, 2021
  • Folk U: Money Making Essentials
    November 17, 2021
  • Folk U: Chief Kevin Peacey of the Klahoose Nation
    October 24, 2021
  • We Aren’t Alone: Rural Islands Connect on FolkU
    October 22, 2021
  • Folk U: Coming to Cortes Island 50 years ago
    October 6, 2021
  • Stephen Jenkinson: Grief, Mystery & More on FolkU @89.5FM
    September 30, 2021
  • Liberal Candidate on Real Talk on Folk U
    September 20, 2021
  • Real Talk with the Candidates on Folk U: Jessica Wegg
    September 20, 2021
  • Real Talk with the Candidates on Folk U: Rachel Blaney
    September 20, 2021
  • Liberal Candidate on today’s Real Talk on Folk U
    September 20, 2021
  • Folk U: The Ancient Healing Wisdome of Ayurveda
    August 20, 2021
  • Rick Bockner & Bruce Hipkin on Folk U Radio
    August 13, 2021
  • Folk U: The lost art of Reading
    August 7, 2021
  • Folk U: Learning to love our lakes
    July 21, 2021
  • Folk U: The Big Three & stories from the Museum archives
    July 19, 2021
  • Folk U Radio celebrates 50 with the Awakaneers
    July 19, 2021
  • Folk U: Chief Kevin Peacey – Making it on Cortes
    July 18, 2021
  • Chief Kevin Peacey: Making it on Cortes
    July 18, 2021
  • the Amazing Neuroplastic Brain
    July 10, 2021
  • Environmental issues in small Vancouver Island communities
    May 10, 2021
  • Folk U Reporter’s Roundtable: the Housing Crisis in rural/isolated and small communities
    April 7, 2021
  • Folk U: Creating a Compass for 2021
    March 19, 2021
  • Folk U-The Social Dilemma: social media and your mental health
    March 16, 2021
  • Folk U: The Island Trust model for local governance
    March 16, 2021
  • Love Stories with the Cortes Island Museum and Archives
    March 13, 2021
  • Folk U: The Secret behind Tribal Societies
    March 12, 2021
  • Reporter Roundtable: Fish farms and seaweed production
    February 28, 2021
  • Folk U: Fish farms & Seaweed production
    February 28, 2021
  • The Cortes Island Free Store
    February 5, 2021
  • Folk U: The Art of Community Leadership
    January 9, 2021
  • Folk U: Memories of Christmas Past
    December 26, 2020
  • Folk U: Natural Burial & Community-Led Deathcare
    December 16, 2020
  • Folk U: Natural Burial & Community-Led Deathcare
    December 16, 2020
  • All things Firewood on Folk U Radio
    December 6, 2020
  • Board Reality 101: What is in a piece of wood for Cortes Island?
    November 22, 2020
  • how do democracies go wrong?
    October 24, 2020
  • Archaeology 102: the BC edition
    October 17, 2020
  • Rainbow Ridge Rezoning Hearing
    October 17, 2020
  • Archaeology – the science of once and future things
    October 7, 2020
  • Finding Home: Options and Challenges
    October 3, 2020
  • Findng Home: Options and Challenges
    October 2, 2020
  • Seniors Village expansion more than 50% complete
    September 23, 2020
  • What going Back to School During a Pandemic Will Teach Us
    September 23, 2020
  • Seniors Village expansion more than 50% complete
    September 23, 2020
  • Folk U: the Brain 101 – with Hayley Newell
    September 17, 2020
  • the Brain 101 – with Hayley Newell
    September 17, 2020
  • Are you prepared? The role of citizens in creating communities resilient to Wildfire and other Hazards Emergencies
    September 16, 2020
  • COrtes Economics 101 on Folk U
    September 15, 2020
  • Shaena Lambert and Canada’s Independent Book Seller Day say thank you to the “best little island book store ever” Marnie’s Books
    September 2, 2020
  • Return to school
    September 1, 2020
  • The Eye Of The Octopus
    July 25, 2020
  • Coexisting With Bears On Cortes Island
    July 18, 2020
  • Ayurveda: A Holistic Healing Science From The East
    July 10, 2020
  • Folk U: Cortes Waste & Recycling Demystified
    July 9, 2020
  • The View from a Guatemalan Children’s Village
    July 9, 2020
  • Invest In Your Community: Using Your Money For The Benefit Of COrtes
    July 1, 2020
  • A Practical Understanding Of Play & SOme Gardening Tips
    June 18, 2020
  • Karen Mahon Talks About Climate Hope
    June 18, 2020
  • Forest Therapy And Its Many Benefits.
    June 2, 2020
  • Being In Nature Is Good For Us
    May 28, 2020
  • How We can Support Species At Risk On Cortes Island
    May 19, 2020
  • Folk U Friday: How To Make Herbal Medicine In Your Kitchen
    May 12, 2020
  • Folk U Friday: the Dawn Chorus
    May 6, 2020
  • Mike Moore Talks About The Waters Around Cortes Island
    May 2, 2020
  • Nature Is Good For You
    May 2, 2020
  • Advice From A Dutch Doctor
    April 25, 2020
  • Nervous System 101 & Gardening Tips On Folk U Friday
    April 23, 2020
  • Building Soil Fertility
    April 17, 2020
  • Resilience on Cortes Island
    April 15, 2020
  • Folk U: Interviews Maureen Williams, ND, & Hayley Newell, Clinical Counsellor
    April 3, 2020
  • Covid 19 Pandemic: Cortes Health Centre Staff Speak Out
    March 28, 2020
  • It Takes a Community To Raise a Village
    March 5, 2020
  • Drug Literacy
    June 3, 2019
  • Reading Between the Headlines With Rex Weyler
    June 2, 2019
  • These Are My Words
    May 21, 2019
  • Interview With Sue Hall
    May 14, 2019
  • We're Much More Than What We Eat
    September 5, 2018
  • Food and Culture
    July 7, 2018

Contact Us

Folk University is a program of Cortes Literacy, supported by Cortes Island School and Decoda Literacy Solutions, and neighbours like you.
Mail can be sent to Box 218 on Cortes Island or via the Cortes Island School.
Or just ask for the coordinator, Manda Aufochs Gillespie, around the rock.

 

cortesliteracy@gmail.comPhone Cortes’s Literacy Coordinator locally at 0111.
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