by John Horn | Mar 26, 2025 | 1000 Community Stories, Communication, Futureproof Kids
When I lived in Vancouver I volunteered at the Writers’ Exchange. One time, I co-created some superawesome – and super educational – literacy programming for kids from East Vancouver during their Winter Holiday Break. The program content was...
by John Horn | Dec 27, 2017 | 1000 Community Stories, Campus Career Centre 3.0, Leadership
Another year is wrapping up. 2017 has been tumultuous (holy geopolitical landscape, Batman!), inspiring (#MeToo), tragic (you will be missed, Tom Petty), and enlightening (Lady Bird and other pinnacles of our culture). Amidst it all, this humble website has also...
by Kurt Heinrich | Nov 11, 2015 | 1000 Community Stories
My grandfather was one of millions of German soldiers who struggled mightily to pick up the pieces of his life after the Second World War. He kept his experiences to himself, not even sharing stories with my father. Over 50 years ago my grandfather had to move past...
by John Horn | Apr 29, 2015 | 1000 Community Stories, Leadership
Today is my dad’s birthday. His name is Geoff and he’s 65 years old. Oh, and he’s awesome. And there is a strong relationship between impactful fathering and success in work and life. Fathers are often a young man’s first role model and/or mentor – mine was (and he...
by Kurt Heinrich | Aug 15, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
The city of Vancouver is trying out a new recycling pilot project by introducing a series of transparent bins near by garbage containers across the city, according to the Vancouver Sun. The aim of the program is to make it easier for binners to scavenge up cans and...
by Kurt Heinrich | Aug 4, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
In Europe it seems different countries have their own unique “tourism claims to fame”. In France it may well be the haut cuisine, fashion and art. Austria has a world renown tradition of theatre and desserts (read Strudel) that are worth dying for. And...
