by potential | Jul 3, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
The country western culture is foreign to me and there is no better introduction to a new culture than total immersion. At least that’s my favourite strategy. I was of the “anything but country” variety for many years before I started dating a born and raised...
by potential | Jun 26, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
Last Saturday night, with a level of hype and expectation akin to the lunar landing, a seriously large number of Australians stayed up late to watch the country’s most successful racehorse, Black Caviar, race at Royal Ascot in England. You read right – people lost...
by potential | Jun 25, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
This past Friday, I had the opportunity to attend the City of Vancouver’s Healthy People, Healthy City conference. The conference marked the launch of the Healthy City Strategy, which complements the City’s other two strategies – the Greenest City Action Plan, and the...
by potential | Jun 20, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
Quebec’s student protest turned into something much bigger y diversified when Charest’s government adopted bill 78 on May 18, in various ways limiting rights to assemble and protest. A few days later, people of all ages and backgrounds starting hitting kitchen pans to...
by potential | Jun 13, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
I accepted an awesome new job a month ago. It was a long process and here’s what I learned along the way: Ask questions – I realized about a year ago that I needed a change. I wasn’t sure how to move forward so I started thinking about the big questions, like...
