The Vancouver Foundation released it bi-annual, Vital Signs Report today. And guess what? What really matters to Metro Vancouver residents is belonging and the strength of our connections to each other. Not our scenery, money, education, achievements, gender, age, or … Read More
Yearly Archives: 2010
Fingers crossed that Bob Dylan was right
You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows. On Friday October 1st the winds across Canada were blowing social innovation. Relative to previous public references and announcements Friday's wind was a hurricane. Three high profile … Read More
The un-incorporated ‘un’ organzation- Sports Matters Group – Tips for Solution Based Advocacy (28)
“Sometimes it takes a different kind of organization to make a difference,” writes Paul Jurbala athlete, coach and organizational development consultant. One such entity is Sport Matters Group (SMG), an unincorporated, “un-organization.” SMG emerged from a series of brown bag … Read More
Which type of community organizer is Obama? – Tips for Solution Based Advocacy (27)
Chicago is to community organizing as New York is to apples. Big! The birth of modern community organizing goes back to the days of Saul Alinsky and his Back of the Yards movement. His agressive strategies and tactics taught many … Read More
Stephen Hawking and ‘Abilities’ – still going strong
What does Stephen Hawking think of his disability? Not much apparently. The current issue of Abilities magazine offers two perspectives on Hawking – one from the man himself; the other from CBC journalist and Quirks and Quacks host Bob McDonald. … Read More
No survey without service – Tips for Solution Based Advocacy (26)
When Paul Pholeros or his HealthHabitat team visit indigenous Australian communities to survey improvements to their housing the first thing they do is offer to replace fuses, repair toilets or shower heads. Paul understands one of the basic rules of … Read More
Under Stress – The Heart of Home Care
Thanks to Andre Picard, the Globe and Mail's Public Health reporter for his recent report on two new studies on natural caregivers by the CIHI – Canadian Institute for Health Information. CIHI just released, Supporting Informal Caregivers – The Heart … Read More
Obama says it best: Success comes from within
One of the great delights of writing this blog is the feedback I receive from young social entrepreneurs. I wrote the following for SEE Change, an on line journal started for social entrepreneurs. I am reprinting here with the encouragement … Read More
The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo has a Rainforest Brain
Hands up if, like me, you spent the summer immersed in reading the Millennium Trilogy? The first novel introduces us to Lisbeth Salander, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Lisbeth Salander is a most unusual lead character and heroine. She … Read More
La Leche League – getting Mothers’ milk ‘into the water supply’ – Tips for Solution Based Advocacy (25)
The boldest, grandest and most desirable objective for people who want to change the world is to get their principles, ideas, approaches, solutions into the 'water supply.' By that I mean their social or environmental innovation becomes so common place, … Read More