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BGC Clubs want the best for Canadian kids

By Owen Charters, President & CEO, BGC Canada November 18, 2024 We don’t have to want to get down on the floor and play mini-stick hockey to love kids – and you don’t need to provide shoulder rides for photos. You...

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BGC Clubs rise above challenges to meet the needs of their communities

By Owen Charters, President & CEO, BGC Canada February 3, 2025 Over six hundred BGC Club locations across Canada serve nearly 150,000 children and youth. Each Club is being asked to do more to support young people, but they don’t...

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BGC Clubs are a safe ’third place’

By Owen Charters, President & CEO, BGC Canada September 12, 2024 Social engagement for young people has an enormously outsized impact on their mental well-being, and that’s what BGC Clubs are about. Our kids are back to school. While getting back...

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Finding the balance

The latest message from Owen Charters, President & CEO, BGC Canada (June 26). Full transcript below. This may not be as exciting a topic as some of the other weeks, but I think it's an important one. I want to...

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To the Class of 2020

The latest message from Owen Charters, President & CEO, BGC Canada (June 19). Full transcript below. It’s the time of year when we celebrate graduation, the transition from secondary school to whatever path you have chosen to pursue next in...

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Unplugging when it’s more important to be connected than ever

The latest message from Owen Charters, President & CEO, Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada (June 5). Full transcript below. Today is Unplug to Connect, a day where we celebrate the work we do in Clubs face to face....

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Actions over words

The latest message from Owen Charters, President & CEO, BGC Canada (May 29). Full transcript below. Pablo Picasso once said, “What one does is what counts. Not what one had the intention of doing.” Today is the Boys & Girls...

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Still connected

The latest message from Owen Charters, President & CEO, BGC 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....

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The ‘she-cession’ and the impact on Clubs

By Owen Charters 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...

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