Month: September 2019

Sep 27

Youth voices

CEO Blog

Photo credit: Nicholas Kamm / AFP By Owen ChartersGreta Thunberg’s recent fiery address to the UN Summit on Climate Change is the most compelling five minutes of advocacy for immediate action to save the world. If you haven’t seen it, stop now and watch the entire speech.I’m not going to browbeat you about the environment. What I want to...
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Sep 26

We have our 2019 Kid Food Nation winners!

BGC News

The Kid Food Nation national recipe contest asks kids across the country to share their love of good food by submitting original, healthy recipes that highlight their culture or their Canadian pride. From hundreds of entries, we chose 26 winners. And this November, the winners and their families will be attending the Kid Food Nation...
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Sep 20

Letting go

CEO Blog

By Owen Charters My kids are overprogrammed. For my wife and me, our life outside work is a mad blur of activities: coordinating, registering, driving, finding new gear when old gear is too small or worn out. The boys rotate between baseball, soccer, skating, skiing, swimming, music, piano, tutoring, and church. And that’s the winter...
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