Urban Sanctuaries Project
The Capital Regional District (CRD) has teamed up with many regional partners to celebrate the 2017 centennial of the Migratory Bird Convention Act. The CRD is home to 3 of BC’s 7 bird sanctuaries, in Shoal Harbour, Esquimalt Lagoon and Victoria Harbour.
Read moreLeadership and Change Management
The pace of change is much greater today than it was a century ago, and in order for organizations to be successful under these changing circumstances, the presence of strong leadership is needed.
Read moreIs Housing A Human Right?
Taxpayer money is being spent on policing and on health care that would not be necessary if everyone had adequate housing. Not only is housing each person what a just society should provide for its citizens, it is also the most socially responsible thing t
Read moreLeadership in a Dark Shaky Time
I’ve been feeling shaky – off centre recently. A friend’s comment that I am blessed to come down where I ought to be got me back on solid ground.
Read moreYouth Leadership In Action
Our names are Franny and Rupert. We are nine and twelve years old. We are environmental rights advocates who work with the Blue Dot movement. We believe that every Canadian has the right to clean water, healthy good, clean air and access to nature.
Read more20 Tips To Organise Your Neighbourhood Hot Soup Event
20 tips to organise a soup event in your home as a way to get to know your neighbours. As a result of our efforts, I currently know the names of at least 100 of my neighbours in Victoria and had lots of benefits as a result.
Read moreHeroWork – Leadership In Action
HeroWork is fastly becoming a household name in Victoria with the many Radical Renovation projects founder Paul Latour has completed with his community-styled events that are akin to a modern day barn raising “where dozens of companies and hundreds of volunteers come together with exceptional cooperation and common vision.”
Read more
A Little Forward Thinking
True leadership is seeing beyond the obvious in both business and personal endevours. Finding a way of taking what you do to for the betterment of all to a larger audience. It is the way of finding a better path than already exists.
Read moreA Leader Is Someone That Other People Follow
Our rapidly developing understanding of mirror neurons means that we are all leaders. Yes me. Yes you.
Read moreJourney To The Future
In futurist Guy Dauncey’s inspiring and timely novel, 24-year-old Patrick Wu journeys to a future world brimming with innovation and hope, where the climate crisis is being tackled, the solar revolution is underway, and a new economy is taking shape.
Read more
Neuroscience Helps End Dyslexia
Using my own resources, I’ve been on a mission this past year to bring public awareness to the fact that we now have the neuroscience-based knowledge to understand dyslexia much better and the evidence-based programs to end it. Fortunately, current advances in... Read morePearson Seminar on Youth Leadership
The Pearson Seminar on Youth Leadership (PSYL) has developed out of the values and mission of the UWC movement. Each summer, we bring together youth from around the world for a three-week UWC experience that gives them the opportunity to build an international... Read moreFish Eye Project: Live Dives
We entertain, engage, and educate by connecting people to the world’s ocean through interactive Live Dives. Participants can see, hear, and talk to scuba divers, in real time, without getting wet.
Read more