Projects

Find out about all of the different awards and recognition’s CIVL’s achieved, including being recognized as Canada’s first #1 Campus Radio Station!

CIVL has sponsored these local music streaming events since the pandemic interrupted in-person events, with help from Black Connections, mhutt Films, the Abbotsford Arts Council, and more local sponsors and partners!

The Community Radio Fund of Canada has funded 13 CIVL initiatives to date with $433,026.99

CIVL and the Common Room Music Collective teamed up in 2020 to provide the Common Room Recording Grant, offering $3,500 to one local artist in order to produce their first professional recording!

In April of 2021, the Community Radio Fund of Canada-funded 5 part podcast mini-series ‘Abbotsford’s Hushed History of Racism’ was released by CIVL on www.canada-info.ca, thanks to funding from the Local Journalism Initiative, thanks to the work of journalist Aly Laube. Please follow these links in order to access the content episode by episode:   Click Here for Episode 1…

CIVL hosted 20 artists in it’s studios in 2018 and 2019 thanks to funding from the Community Radio Fund of Canada, allowing us to showcase diverse local and touring artists, their songs, experiences and stories!

The Community Radio Fund of Canada funded CIVL to host a year long project presenting skilled radio professionals, leading lectures and workshops in order to help new volunteers produce effective pieces for campus and community radio, and be paid for completing them for air on CIVL 101.7 FM!