- I finished the RCMP Citizen Academy in Surrey. It was professional, informative and thoughtful. If you have been tempted to participate in such ventures, I recommend it!
- I completed my UBC Creative Placemaking class – phew.
- I attended the Surrey Social Policy Advisory Committee meeting.
- Did you know there is a Tea Festival and growing Tea community in Vancouver? It was a great event.
- I went to the BCASW Fall Conference on Creativity in Social Work: Embracing Innovation
- I volunteered with the BCNPHA Housing Connect Conference this year. It was a well-attended, well-organized, and well …a success that I was happy to be a small part of. I missed the City of Surrey’s Social Innovation Summit the same week though. Lots of choices in November!
- I did a gig at a Federal Consultation on new Accessibility legislation. This event had English and French headsets and simultaneous captioning, with sign language interpreters and grass patches and water bowls for service dogs. Material was available in Audio, Video, large print and Braille. I had never seen such an event before – just wow.
- I enjoyed many of the World Town Planning presentations this year (you can too!)
- I also participated in Conflict Resolution week by attending MediateBC and JIBC's Conflict Revolution - Seize the Opportunity event
- I have been diving into local homelessness and housing issues. The regional Metro Vancouver Homeless Count is March 8, 2017 (with two additional days in Newton March 9-10th). Lots of volunteer opportunities!
I attended:
- BC Small Business' webcasts on Business Viability 1: Break Even Analysis and Business Viability 2: Cash Flow Forecast
- Tamarack Institute's webinar on Impact-Ability Part 2: Creating a Container for your Content with Al Etmanski and Vickie Cammack
- 4Good Community webinar on What's a Mission Statement Worth with Sam Frank
- First Nation Health Authority's Cultural Safety and Cultural Humility Webinar: Reconciliation, Health & Wellness with Shelley Joseph
- YWCA's webinar on Networking: The missing link to employment with Chantal Rackley
- Discover Surrey's webinar Everything you need to know about Destination Marketing
- Tamarack Institute's webinar IMPACT: The Importance of Becoming a Wise Traveller with Al Etmanski and Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities
- SFU City Program's The Vancouver Region: Moving Towards World Class But Not There Yet with Warren Gill
- Canadian Mental Health Association's webinar on Accommodating Addiction: Best Practices with Julie Menten, Roper Greyell and Tonie Beharrell
- Vibrant Communities Canada's webinar on Neighbourhood-Based Strategies that Reduce Poverty: The 1,000 Families Initiative
- Discover Surrey's webinar on Branding and Storytelling with Andrea Dodd
- Financial Social Work's webinar on Stopping Overshopping Dr. April Lane Benson
- Plan Institute and Tamarack Institute's webinar on Impact-Ability Part 3: Setting the Table for Allies, Adversaries, and Strangers with Ben Weinlick
- BC Economic Development Division's webinar on Attract Investment and Promote your Community with BritichColumbia.ca
- CMHC webinar on Social Enterprise: What is it and how does it work with Karina LeBlanc, David Eddy and Denis Losier
- Tamarack Institute and Prosper Canada's webinar on An Introduction to Financial Empowerment with Donna McBride, Marlene Chiarotto, and Glenna Harris
- Charity Village's webinar on Evaluating your Nonprofit's Content Marketing with Marlene Oliveira
- CMHC's webinar on Aging in Place with Claude Gautreau and Denis Losier
- SFU City Conversations' webcast on Do British Columbia's schools deserve more funding with Patti Bacchus and Andrea Sinclair
- Community IT Innovators' webinar on Is Dropbox your Next file server with Steve Longenecker
- geoenviropro's webinar on Site Remediation: Cut-off Walls for Seepage Control and Containment with Pete Craig
- NEARI Press' webinar on Very Different Voices: Celebrating the diversity of perspectives in sexual violence prevention with David Prescott and Robin Wilson
- CMHC's webinar on Can Housing affect my health with James R. Dunn
- BC Economic Development Division's webinar on Youth Entrepreneurship: Raising Business in your Community with Anne Tower, Joanne Norris, April Link, and Maya Gay
- CMHC's webinar on Alternative housing options for Canadians with Ronaye Matthew and Jim Galloway
- Federation of Canadian Municipalities' webinar on Green Municipal Fund: Sustainable Neighborhood Development with Peter Whitelaw, Adriana Gomez, Amy Burke, and Jennifer Wong
- BC Economic Development Division's webinar on Save Money by Connecting Asset Management to Land-Use with Narissa Chadwick, Brian Bedford, Andre Boel, and Tiina Schaeffer
- CASW's webinar on Responding to disclosures of sexual violence with Dr. Erin Whitmore
- Tamarack Institute and Proper Canada's webinar on Impact-Ability Part 4: Mobilize Your Economic Power with Liz Mulholland
- UBC Continuing Studies webcast on Digital Content Strategy - Why having a content strategy makes all the difference with Graham Williams, Amanda Lee Smith, Jeanette LeBlanc, and Fiona McAuley