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Family – Our First Community Engagement

2023-02-28T12:50:15-08:00

My family got together last week to mark one-year since my extraordinary grandmother — the quintessential immigrant-family matriarch — passed away. When she and my grandfather left Ireland in 1957 with their eight children for a new life in Canada, [...]

Family – Our First Community Engagement2023-02-28T12:50:15-08:00

The GAP Gaffe or “Research Much?”

2023-02-28T12:50:15-08:00

The GAP is doing damage control this week after releasing a T-shirt with the words “Manifest Destiny” emblazoned across it. Now, the urban contemporary clothing chain may have thought that “manifest destiny” was a cool way of saying “make your [...]

The GAP Gaffe or “Research Much?”2023-02-28T12:50:15-08:00

Fostering Community Compassion Leads to Good Mental Health

2023-02-28T12:50:16-08:00

This is our first guest blog. It comes to you from Pemberton-based writer Cindy Filipenko. Portions of this column first appeared in the Whistler Question newspaper on September 20, 2012. Heads up: Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) kicked off on [...]

Fostering Community Compassion Leads to Good Mental Health2023-02-28T12:50:16-08:00

Good Communication Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry

2023-02-28T12:50:16-08:00

A remarkable thing happened to me last week. I was at an International Day of Peace event in Whistler, sharing the Hello Pledge and encouraging participants to sign on to the Hello movement. It was a lovely event, with shared [...]

Good Communication Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry2023-02-28T12:50:16-08:00

On The Path To Peace — One Step At A Time

2023-02-28T12:50:16-08:00

This year, 2012, the International Day of Peace is on a Friday, special activities and celebrations will take place all across the world over the 2012 Peace Day Weekend, including festivals, concerts, a global Peace Wave with moments of silence [...]

On The Path To Peace — One Step At A Time2023-02-28T12:50:16-08:00

5 Strategies to Sort the Truth from the Half-Truth

2023-02-28T12:50:17-08:00

This post is a ENCORE PRESENTATION of one posted on March 27, 2012. But as kids go back to school today, I thought it was worth reviewing one of the skills I wish they were taught more of in school [...]

5 Strategies to Sort the Truth from the Half-Truth2023-02-28T12:50:17-08:00
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