Hornby Island Community Archives
R.G 51
Acc. No.: 2025-03-25/130
Finding Aid Created by Regan Fahey
Last Updated: March 2025
Title: April Lewis Collection
Level of description: collection
General material designation: textual records
Extent:
Creator(s): April Lewis
Dates of Creation: 1991-2016
Scope and content: This collection covers over two decades of many aspects of the community that April Lewis was involved in, either as a volunteer or as an employee, especially in relation to community development of resources that impact women, children and families.
Source of supplied title: Title is based on the creator of the collection
Immediate source of acquisition: April Lewis
Arrangement: The original filing scheme of the records was reconstructed during archival arrangement on the basis of file markings on the documents in order to retain as much of the original order as possible.
Language of materials: English
Related Group of Records: There are files related to Hornby Island Education Society, ferries and HIRRA in its role as overseer of Recreation funds.
Record no.:
Repository: Hornby Island Community Archives
Finding aids: Finding aid available with file level control
Accruals: Further accruals are not expected
File Inventory
Box 1
1-1 Next Steps: Ephemera, Notes and Correspondence, 1993, n.d
Re: notice and meeting outline of community discussion presented by Next Steps, an awareness and advocacy network for sexual abuse, funding requests, meeting minutes, discussion notes, ground rules for community discussion on sexual abuse, poster for candlelight vigil, general notes and miscellaneous.
1-2 Next Steps: Notes, Notices, Minutes, and Correspondence, 1994-1995, n.d
Re: mental health crisis intervention, notice of training for emergency mental health training, meeting minutes with RCMP, confirmation of training by Woman’s Outreach Counsellor, workshop enquiry, protocol for RCMP dealing with domestic violence, training of Next Steps members by Crisis Response team, transportation plan logistics to a transition house, agreement between RCMP and Next Steps regarding protocol, first edition submission, safe house committee meeting minutes and miscellaneous.
1-3 Next Steps: Rural Women’s Network – Notices and Minutes, c.1994
Re: invitation to participate, meeting minutes, funding information and proposal, notes and miscellaneous
1-4 Next Steps: Crisis Response Team – Minutes, Notes and Ephemera, 1993-1995, n.d
Re: Crisis Response Team and Planning meeting minutes, notes on expenses and donations, notes on community resources, workshop notices, general notes, questions for the RCMP, Crisis Response vision and mission, examples of crisis log paperwork, volunteer application form, funding request, newspaper article and miscellaneous
1-5 Next Steps: Notes and Minutes, n.d
Re: general notes, community needs, social services needs, safe house, myths, Next Steps meeting minutes, Crisis Response notes, and miscellaneous
1-6 Next Steps: Correspondence, Notes, and Grants, c.1994
Re: as contained in a binder marked “Next Steps” – health surveys, safe house establishment on Hornby, notes, grant information and applications, budgets and cost breakdowns, work plan and progress report, workshop series information and miscellaneous
1-7 Next Steps: Notes, Reports, Minutes, and Correspondence, c.1994-1995
Re: as contained in a binder marked “Next Steps/Crisis Response” – notes, progress report, meeting minutes, planning committees and sub committees and miscellaneous
1-8 Next Steps: Ministry of Women’s Equality – Notices, Correspondence, Writings and Financial Documents, 1992, 1994-1995
Re: Guidelines for grants, letters of support, outline and role of ministry, confirmation of grant to Next Steps via Hornby Island Education Society, budget, expenses and request for extension and miscellaneous
1-9 Next Steps: Brochure, 1995, n.d
Re: notes and samples of brochures produced by Next Steps providing resources to the community
1-10 Next Steps: Notices, Notes and Evaluations, c.1995
Re: Boundaries Workshop series presented by Next Steps
1-11 Next Steps: Notes, Ephemera and Minutes, 1994-1995, 1997, n.d
Re: general meeting minutes, motion presented to HIRRA, safe house, and miscellaneous.
Box 2
2-1 Ferries: Report, 1986
Re: draft of ferry commission’s report from HIRRA to BC Ferries
2-2 Ferries: Correspondence, 1987
Re: fare rate increase
2-3 Ferries: Report, 1991
Re: Financial Summary, route profile, and passenger surveys for routes 21 and 22
2-4 Ferries: Report, Correspondence and Notices, 1997
Re: Route 21 and 22 Identification of Issues for Regional Strategic Plan and Report of Meetings held on Denman Island by BC Ferry Corporation, Denman/Hornby Stakeholders Committee response to BCFC Cost Recovery Program, notice of this response,and Route 22 (Hornby) winter vessel
2-5 Ferries: Report, 1997
Re: Route 21/22 Planning Workbook
2-6 Ferries: Correspondence, Notes, Financial Documents. 1997
Re: request to have vehicle costs waived for Hornby school field trips, notes on activities that incur these costs and budget for these costs for 1996/97 school year.
2-7 Ferries: Notes, Minutes, Correspondence, Ephemera, 1999
Re: Denman/Hornby/Comox Valley Stakeholders Advisory Committee, minutes of committee meetings, shuttling protocol, newspaper article about challenges of overloads on Denman ferry for the first sailing of Hornby customers, reservation system and questionnaire results
2-8 Ferries: Minutes, Reports, Correspondence, Notes, Financial Documents, 2000-2001
Re: Denman/Hornby/ Stakeholders Committee meeting minutes, Five Year Capital Plan, volume and scheduling, traffic stats, notes, ticket cost increases, increases across routes and miscellaneous
2-9 Ferries: Correspondence, 2001
Re: equity of service for Hornby Island recommendations, ferry advisory committee, and miscellaneous
2-10 Ferries: Correspondence, Minutes and Notes, 2002
Re: Denman/Hornby Advisory Committee, meeting minutes, questionnaire results, overload data, and miscellaneous
2-11 Ferries: Correspondence, Reports, Notes, Minutes, 2003
Re: Ferry Advisory Committee, BC Ferry Corporation restructuring, BC Ferries Charing a Course to the Future presentation to the Ferry Advisory Committee, traffic stats, meeting minutes, ferry access concerns for Challenge program school kids, and miscellaneous
2-12 Ferries: Report, 2003-2004
Re: BC Ferries annual report
2-13 Ferries: Writings and Ephemera, n.d, 2004
Re: Save Our Ferries Advocacy Group, newspaper article regarding Government stripping BCFC assets when it changed into BCF, news release, Coastal Ferry Act, Ferry Advisory Committee Questions and Answers
2-14 Ferries: Minutes, Correspondence and Notes, c.2004
Re: Ferry Advisory Committee meeting minutes, withdrawal of paper tickets, notes, traffic statistics 1996-2003, and miscellaneous
2-15 Ferries: Minutes, Ephemera, Notes and Correspondence, c.2005
Re: Ferry Advisory Committee meeting minutes, Islander ferry survey, notes, “commuter card” implementation, fuel surcharge and miscellaneous
2-16 Ferries: Correspondence, Minutes, Notes and Reports, c.2006
Re: “Coastal Card”, Ferry Advisory Committee meeting minutes, fare increases, notes, Operations Report, schedules and replacement vessels and miscellaneous
2-17 Ferries: Booklet, 2007
Re: BC Ferries booklet for Ferry Advisory Committee
Box 3
3-1 Ferries: Report, 2007
Re: Operations Report
3-2 Ferries: Correspondence, Notes, Notices, Minutes, Reports, 2007-2008
Re: fare increases, article for local publication, notes on ferry issues, information sheet from Ferry Advisory Committee, Ferry Advisory Committee meeting minutes, Coast Card updates,Operations Report, fare structures and miscellaneous
3-3 Ferries: Minutes, Notes, Correspondence and Reports, 2009
Re: Ferry Advisory Committee meeting minutes, notes on proposed cable ferry and tariff rationalization, public meeting notes on proposed cable ferry, traffic projections and miscellaneous
3-4 Ferries: Correspondence, Notes and Minutes, 2010
Re: ferry fares, service, Ferry Advisory Committee meeting minutes, notes, traffic and service route information provided by BCF, berth closure and miscellaneous
3-5 Ferries: Correspondence, Minutes, Notes and Reports, 2012
Re: vessel movements, Ferry Advisory Committee meeting minutes, Experience card statistics,Operations Report and miscellaneous
3-6 Ferries: Correspondence, Notes and Notices, 2014
Re: reduced service and altered schedules
3-7 Ferries: Correspondence and Publication, c2014-2015
Re: assured loading for Hornby Island residents at Denman West on first daily sailing
3-8 Ferries: Notes, n.d
3-9 Recreation: Correspondence, Financial Documents and Notes. 1992-1993
Re: Hornby Island Community Action Network Recreation Committee application for a Grant-In-Aid from the Regional District, tax dollars allotment, Hornby Island Recreation Commission recreation program through the community school, budget for the program, Hornby Island Recreation Commission registration as a Society, and notes.
3-10 Recreation: Correspondence and Minutes, 1994
Re: Hornby Island Recreation Commission proposal to return tax dollars paid by Hornby property owners for the Comox Valley Sports Centre to the Hornby community for local recreation programs, survey of community use of Comox Valley Sports Centre, minutes of Recreation meeting, query to Minister of Education as to why the Hornby Community School did not receive funding provided to other BC community schools.
3-11 Recreation: Notes, Correspondence and Financial Documents. 1995, n.d
Re: Recreation meeting, budget proposal for 1996, summer expenses 1995, and notes
3-12 Recreation: Minutes, Correspondence and Financial Documents, 1996-1998
Re: summer recreation program, hours and budget for summer program, minutes of community recreation meeting, minutes of recreation committee meeting, skateboarding pad at Joe King park, and miscellaneous
3-13 Recreation: Correspondence, Minutes, Financial Documents and Notes, 1999
Re: Hornby Island Recreation Commission, minutes of Recreation meeting, summer recreation program, Pony Club seeking funding, insurance for summer programming, grant applications, sailing program inventory, budget for summer program, leisure activities venues, notes and miscellaneous
3-14 Recreation: Financial Documents, Reports, Minutes, Correspondence and Notes. 2000
Re: Recreation Committee budget, Annual Report to HIRRA, meeting minutes, summer sailing school, summer brochure, community pool, funding for summer employee grant, Rec. Committee report, first aid protocol, Rec. co-ordinator tasks, summer finances, summer camp evaluations, and miscellaneous
3-15 Recreation: Reports, Correspondence, Notes and Minutes, 2001
Re: Recreation Committee report to HIRRA, school trail, meeting minutes, notes, grant for trail development, annual report to HIRRA, summer recreation co-ordinator position, budgets for upgrading playing fields, tax dollars to sports centre and recreation and miscellaneous
3-16 Recreation: Minutes, Reports and Correspondence. 2002-2003
Re: Recreation meeting minutes, Committee update, annual report to HIRRA, sailing camp logistics, notes, local and visitor attendee stats, tax dollars for sports facilities in Comox Valley, receipts for summer program payments and miscellaneous
3-17 Recreation: Correspondence, Notices, Notes and Ephemera. 1998-2003, n.d
Re: Recreation funding for Denman and Hornby Islands, specifically tax dollars going to Comox Valley Sports Centre and the efforts to keep those tax dollars to fund local – and more generally accessible- recreation opportunities.
Box 4
4-1 Recreation: Minutes, Notes, Correspondence and Reports. 2004-2006
Re: Rec. Committee meeting minutes, recreation contract notes, sailing program, request to increase committee member numbers, annual report to HIRRA, recreation grants,notes, tax dollars allocation to fund local recreation and miscellaneous
4-2 Recreation: Manual. 2005
Re: Recreation program co-ordinator manual
4-3 Recreation: Notes, 2005-2006
Re: interviews for co-ordinator, public notice, agreement, time card, review and miscellaneous
4-4 Recreation: Community Funding Applications, 2005-2007
Re: community groups applying for recreation tax dollars
4-5 Recreation: Correspondence, Notes, and Minutes. 2007
Re: fitness center at HI Athletic Association, recreation dollars to bolster community school funding shortage, recreation grant, Rec. committee meeting minutes, and miscellaneous
4-6 Recreation: Ephemera, 1994, 1997-2003, 2005-2006
Re: Summer recreation program brochures
4-7 Recreation: Survey, 2006, 2009
Re: Community Recreation Program Survey
4-8 Recreation: Financial Documents, 2000-2007
Re: Recreation Committee budgets, as allocated by HIRRA
4-9 Recreation: Correspondence, Writings and Notes, 2013
Re: Women’s self defense class, notes on theory and application, evaluations, and notes
4-10 Recreation: Notes, n.d
Re: parameters for design of community pool
4-11 Recreation: Notices and Notes, n.d
Re: promotional material for recreation programs, recreation schedules, data of participants, list of local recreation providers and miscellaneous
4-12 Policing: Notes, Notices, Minutes, and Correspondence.1999, 2001-2002, 2004-2006, n.d
Re: concerns raised at Sept. HIRRA meeting regarding rowdy parties on Big Trib., list of alcohol and drug related incidents in summer, police liaison committee meeting, networking between police liaison committee, mental health worker, RCMP and other other community stakeholders, RCMP staffing, sample complaint form and miscellaneous
4-13 Policing: Notes and Correspondence. 2001-2003, 2005-2006
Re: RCMP data on policing incidents and crime stats for Hornby and Denman
4-14 Policing: Minutes, Writings and Reports, 2004-2005, 2007, n.d
Re: minutes from police liaison committee, sample community opinion survey, writing by April Lewis about mental health challenges and report of police liaison committee to HIRRA
4-15 Policing: Surveys, 2004
Re: community safety questionnaire
4-16 Policing: Surveys and Notes, 2005
Re: police liaison committee community feedback poll
4-17 Policing: Surveys, n.d
Re: police liaison committee community opinion survey
4-18 Policing: Minutes and Notes, c.2005, n.d
Re: minutes of public meetings regarding community policing, minutes from : police liaison committee additional notes and feedback unclear from what source.
4-19 Policing: Notes, n.d
Re: handwritten notes by April Lewis
Box 5
5-1 Integrated Services: Notices, Proposals, Writings, Notes and Correspondence. 1991, 2007-2008
Re: services on Hornby Island provided by Ministry of Social Services and Housing, proposal for funding to research and develop an organizational infrastructure for the delivery of community based integrated services, invitation to community members for planning session, notes, Hornby Island synopsis to present to off-island stakeholders, feedback from the integration forum, breakdown of hours in integrated services budget, aims and next step of project and miscellaneous
5-2 Integrated Services: Notes, c 2008
Re: notes from brainstorming of small groups of representatives from agencies and stakeholders of community groups and demographics.
5-3 Integrated Services: Notes, n.d
Re: worksheets from group activity to identify community services and how they work
5-4 Integrated Services: Notes, c.2008
Re: Hornby Island community “asset map” of community services available by demographic
5-5 Integrated Services: Writings, 2008
Re: social and health services project outline, action plan and integrated services model outline
5-6 Integrated Services: Reports, 2009
Re: Reports, updates, and informative missives on the integrated services model for Hornby and Denman Islands
5-7 Integrated Services: Notes, n.d
Re: worksheets and summaries of services provided to the different demographics of the community and an integrated and community based support services delivery model.
5-8 Integrated Services: Notes, n.d
Re: notebook titled “integrated model” (removed from metal coil for archival purposes)
5-9 Integrated Services: Notes, n.d
Re: contacts for various community stakeholders, meeting/workshop agendas, “wishlist”, memorandum of understanding between community service providers, and job description of coordinator
5-10 Women’s Project: Correspondence, Notes, Proposal, Ephemera and Contract, 2011-2013
Re: correspondence from Transition Society suggesting a partnership with Hornby entities in pursuing funding provided to reduce violence against women and girls in rural settings, outline of objectives over 3 years, ideas for the project, letters of support from local organizations, application for funding, letter to community, announcement of funding to Comox Valley Transition Society in partnership with local Hornby and Denman Community Health Care Society, budgets, letter to hiring committee from April Lewis, agreement between CVTS and April Lewis and miscellaneous
5-11 Women’s Project: Notes, c 2012
Re: list of community partners with the HI Women’s Project and summaries of interactions with them up to this point
5-12 Women’s Project: Notes, c 2012
Re: notes and outlines identifying tasks for April Lewis in this project, resources currently available and gaps in services, overview of project plan to date and
miscellaneous
5-13 Women’s Project: Notes and Minutes, c.2012
Re: outlines for meetings, notes, minutes from meetings and miscellaneous
5-14 Women’s Project: Notes, Correspondence and Statistics, 2011, 2009, 2013
Re: current and past stats. from the RCMP of violence against women, root causes and patterns, priorities and goals, report from local girls group leader of local situation and experience over a few years, 2001 census data and 2009 community profile
5-15 Women’s Project: Ephemera, 2012-2013
Re: First Edition articles about the projections
5-16 Women’s Project: Report, 2013
Re: interim report to government funding program
5-17 Women’s Project: Report, 2013
Re: in depth project report
5-18 Women’s Project: Notes, c 2013
Re: mostly handwritten notes that were all clipped together
5-19 Women’s Project: Minutes, 2013-2014
Re: VAWIR meeting minutes
5-20 Women’s Project: Report, 2014
Re: progress report to government funding program
5-21 Women’s Project: Notes and Correspondence, c2013-2014
Re: comments to fundraising gathering, outline of talk given by April Lewis about the project, notes on upcoming dates, notes on speaking points for event/workshop, overview of challenges facing project and miscellaneous
5-22 Women’s Project: Ephemera, 2014
Re: Resource booklet
5-23 Women’s Project: Correspondence, Outlines and Notes, 2014-2015, n.d
Re: Workshops related to the ongoing Women’s Project
5-24 Women’s Project: Correspondence, Outlines, Ephemera and Notes, 2014-2015, n.d
Re: Workshops related to the ongoing Women’s Project
Box 6
6-1 Women’s Project: Questionnaire , n.d
Re: questionnaire for men and women about preventing violence against women and tallying of some of the responses
6-2 Women’s Project: Notes and Form, n.d
Re: flow chart for safety plan dependant on whether the RCMP are on Hornby, a volunteer form and miscellaneous
6-3 Women’s Project: Writings, n.d
Re: April’s reflections to some of the women who helped with the projections
6-4 Women’s Project: Notes, n.d
Re:Community Plan for the prevention of violence against women, progress on outputs on many aspects of the Women’s Project
6-5 Women’s Project: Survey, c.2015
Re: Evaluation of the project from community surveys
6-6 Women’s Project: Notes, c.2015
Re: overview of Women’s Project in installments
6-7 Women’s Project: Report, c.2015
Re:reporting back to the government agency that funded the Women’s Project
6-8 Women’s Project: Notes, n.d
Re: handwritten notes
6-9 Women’s Project: Notes, n.d
Re: from folder titled “The Plan”, action items for the Women’s Project, brainstorming and miscellaneous
6-10 Notes, 1991-1992
Re: Hornby Forum on Family and Children Services meeting notes
6-11 Hornby Island Community Action Network : Notices, Report, Notes and Financial Documents, 1991-1992
Re: Job posting, research project of Needs Assessment, grant to First Step Program under the umbrella of HICAN and notebook of expenditures
6-12 Correspondence, 1993
Re: concerned letter from April Lewis to crown counsel regarding local child sexual abuse accusation
6-13 Community Plan, 1998
Re: draft of Hornby Island Community Profile as part of the Official Community Plan review
6-14 Community School: Notices and Notes, 1998
Re: Community School substitute coordinator
6-15 Writings, c.2000
Re: “The Book of Dragon Lore”, By Don Hogan and illustrated by Vass Eva
6-16 Correspondence, Notes, Writings, Minutes and Ephemera, 2001-2004, 2006
Re: Citizens Advisory Group to Regional District representative, campgrounds on Hornby, Community Vision, Hornby and Denman peacemaking group, 2006 census, newspaper articles about the party scene on Big Trib. and miscellaneous
6-17 HIRRA: Writings, Report, and Financial Documents, 2006-2007
Re: HIRRA policies, Annual Report, Budgets and Committee Handbook
6-18 Correspondence, Questionnaire,Notices and Report, 2007
Re: housing survey, Hornby Island Community Economic Enhancement Corporation housing facts and Housing Needs on Denman and Hornby Island Final Report
6-19 Report, Notes, and Correspondence, 2005, 2008
Re: HIES grant report, changes required by insurance, first responders, list of organizations and brief history of them serving Hornby Island, housing needs and roles of the different local entities related to housing
6-20 Plan, 2010
Re: Community Literacy Plan
6-21 Notes and Correspondence, 2011
Re: documents related to community attempts to temper local summer beach parties and provide safety and support to the teens, from file titled “Summer Beach”
6-22 Survey, 2013
Re: Hornby Island Community School parent survey responses
6-23 Ephemera and Notes, 2013
Re: Violence Against Women Prevention and Response Symposium
6-24 Correspondence, Minutes and Ephemera.2008, 2014
Re: Hornby Health Network minutes from meeting, Community Action Solutions Together (CAST) meeting minutes, and HICEEC community report
6-25 HIES: Notice, Correspondence, Notes and Minutes, 2011-2012, 2013, 2016, n.d
Re: the creation of Community Liaison Position within the community school, the goals of this role and some staffing and personality conflicts, HIES staff and Board concerns, Board meeting minutes and Executive Director Reports, Executive Director Performance Evaluation, HIES strategic board planning, April Lewis reflecting on past few years of tensions and miscommunications and her role ending as ED and miscellaneous
6-26 Survey, Notes, and Ephemera,n.d
Re: Housing survey, notes on results of some survey related to community, poster for Women’s Day and handwritten notes