Month: May 2020

May 22

Still connected

CEO Blog

The latest message from Owen Charters, President & CEO, Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada (May 22). Full transcript below. This weekend, many of you would have been packing suitcases and preparing to travel to Kingston, Ontario for our 2020 National Conference: Making Waves.Instead, we’re now preparing to meet you all on Zoom for our Annual...
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Group of kids walking away outside with Club staffMay 15

The ‘she-cession’ and the impact on Clubs

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We have spoken a lot about the impact of this pandemic on children and youth, but there is one other segment of the population that is seeing significant effects of physical distancing and isolation. Some pundits have called this economic recession a ‘she-cession’ because it is disproportionately affecting women and their economic well-being. Previous recessions...
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May 08

Digging out

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The latest message from Owen Charters, President & CEO, Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada (May 8). Full transcript below. If you watch news coverage of disasters like fire, tornadoes, or floods, you know the extent of the devastation that they wreak. The thing about these disasters is that you can see the devastation: homes lost,...
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