mentorship
Photography for kids
“Thats’s so random!”
I never know what I’ll see on my iPhone camera after my son’s been using it. Yesterday I found this super-cool drawing on it after our trip to JJ Bean. He’s also taken some interesting shots of the painting on the south wall of Continental Cafe (which is worth a...
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Thanks to Olympic torch bearer Virginia Greene for networking advice
Here in this picture, at the far right, is Virginia Greene - CEO of the Business Council of B.C. - who carried the Olympic torch in North Vancouver yesterday. Just over a year ago, I got some really good advice on networking from Virginia and it's made a huge positive impact on my life.
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Questions over lunch with Lorraine Murphy – @raincoaster
Today I had lunch with Lorraine Murphy - known online as raincoaster - one of the most well-known people in Vancouver's blogging / social media community. She gave me great ideas and encouragement - but before I get to that, here's something really disturbing...
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Helping new immigrants find work in Vancouver
My friend Astarte Sands has a really cool job. She coordinates a program for MOSAIC called Workplace Connections - matching local mentors with immigrant professionals moving their careers to Canada.
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Writing with the Young Gunz at Purple Thistle
Today I did a story jam with 12 young people at the Purple Thistle Centre in Vancouver.
It was a Sunday afternoon workshop at the YoungGunz program for 11 to 15-year-olds – and our “story jam” exercise got everyone focused on writing together. Each week a different mentor comes to lead workshops on photography, screen...
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