by John Horn | May 4, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
Last week I spoke at a Bishop’s University recruitment event – I was one of three alumni who were tasked with answering questions from prospective students and their parents about the Bishop’s Experience. Most of my conversations wound up with me...
by potential | May 3, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
Recently, the very first World Happiness Report was launched by the United Nations, and Canada faired pretty darn well. After Denmark, Norway, Finland, and the Netherlands (all Northern European countries, of note), Canada ranked a respectable fifth. The least happy...
by John Horn | May 2, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
We had what I call a Tipping Point party in Kelowna the other night: a party where groups of people got together who normally wouldn’t associate simply because they work and play in different social worlds – accountants, employment counsellors, computer...
by John Horn | Apr 30, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
[Editor’s note: a few years ago, one of our Correspondents – Phil Skipper – led a Jane’s Walk tour of the Cambie-King-Edward-Queen-Elizabeth-Park-The-Mayor’s-House neighbourhood in Vancouver. The experience was community-exploration at...
by John Horn | Apr 29, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
[Editor’s note: the transcript below is from an email exchange with Ben Woodyatt, President of the North Van Urban Forum – enjoy the awesome, folks!] 1. Tell us about your organization. We are the North Van Urban Forum. We are a group of local (North...
by potential | Apr 27, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
What we read If you were an HMV, you’d probably be on the couch right now in your sweatpants eating double fudge ice-cream with whip cream watching re-runs of Grey’s Anatomy. You’d probably be wondering where all your friends went. You had CD* listening posts!...
