A Closer Look at Canada’s Vision Benefits Wellbeing should be a crucial part of social services. As seen in former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern’s movement to increase the wellbeing budget in the country, these services can cover a variety of important fields—including health and vision health. Canada offers similar programs, with a universal healthcare…
The Power of Say It Now in Humanitarian Work In the field of humanitarian work, the stakes are high. Nonprofits and NGOs work tirelessly to address some of the most pressing issues facing humanity—poverty, education, healthcare and environmental crises—often with limited resources and under immense pressure. Amid these challenges, the Say It Now movement, founded…
Your Business Needs a Digital Native Now More than Ever Perhaps now more than ever, if you’re running a business, having someone naturally fluent in that world can make all the difference. Why? Here are three reasons why bringing digital natives onto your team would be super helpful right now. They Get Social Media Social…
Stephen Gleave: Labour Lawyer, Late-Blooming Farmer, and Lover of the Outdoors Hamilton, Ontario-area labour and employment lawyer Stephen Gleave is well-known throughout Canada for his abilities in the courtroom and the negotiating table. However, there is another side to him that often goes unexplored. When he’s not busy filing briefs or advocating for his clients,…
It Takes 66 Days to Learn a New Behavior: Make it The Gym OK, 66 days sounds like a lot. But is it really that much in the grand scheme of life? Absolutely not. If you’re adding new and positive habits to your life and it only takes 66 days compared to the endless…
5 Tips From Interior Designers Have you ever walked into a house, and it just feels right? It all comes down to the way that it’s designed. Interior design is all about blending creativity and attention to detail that will totally transform any ordinary space into a stunning environment. Whether you’ve just moved into a new home…
Lyle Langlois, Langlois Brown Wealth Management, IA Private Wealth, Gearing Up for a Summer of Charitable Giving Langlois Brown Wealth Management, a Vancouver family office led by Senior Investment Advisor Lyle Langlois, has for many years been a model of charitable giving amongst wealth management firms in Canada – whether it’s through matching client donations…
Pros & Cons of Steroids | Causes & Effects Pain, wherever it is in the body, is no fun – no matter where or when it strikes. Whether it’s through illness or injury from exercise such as bodybuilding, it can cause distress and generally make people feel very unwell. Steroids have long been used as…
Vancouver Family Therapist Shelley Behr: Volunteering Is Way Forward to Solving Homelessness The homeless are accustomed to being invisible. They are off the radar and at the bottom of the agenda for many people and political institutions. So addressing this vital issue requires a simple first step: counting their number. In Vancouver, Canada, the task…
Former Vancouver Lawyer Katrina Sriranpong Discusses Child Labour Katrina Sriranpong is a former Vancouver lawyer specializing in immigration and refugee law. She resides with her family in Vancouver, B.C., where she devotes her time between activism and caring for her two young children. For more than 15 years, she has been an advocate for issues…