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It’s time to invest in opportunity for those who need it most

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By Jully Black (published in The Toronto Star on November 30, 2020) Opportunity changes everything. If this sentence doesn’t resonate with you, then maybe opportunity wasn’t something you had to think about. Or maybe you had to create your own ...

BGC across Ontario welcome proposed changes to the Child Care and Early Years Act

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The changes will give more parents access to safe, high-quality, and accessible child care October 2, 2020 - With authorized recreation and licenced child care programs for 135,000 children and youth at over 300 locations, Boys & ...

Rogers celebrates Ted Rogers Scholarship Class of 2020 on International Youth Day

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Empowering youth through education, more than 400 scholarships for fall 2020 $6.5 million in scholarships awarded to 1,400 Canadian students since 2017 TORONTO, Aug. 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, as the United Nations marks International Youth Day 2020 and ...

Lenovo and Best Buy Canada Donate Chromebooks to BGC Canada to Assist with Remote Learning

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Team members from BGC East Scarborough accept donations of Lenovo 100e Chromebooks from Best Buy Canada’s Geek Squad Agents. TORONTO, ON (June 30, 2020) – This week Lenovo, in partnership with Best Buy Canada, delivered 650 100E Chromebooks to Boys and ...

A thoughtful Canada Day

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We have compiled information and resources to help inform your Canada Day celebrations and actions towards Reconciliation. Land acknowledgement If you want to know whose land we are on, check out this web-based app that uses GIS technology to assist users in ...

Truth & Reconciliation

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Welcome to our Truth & Reconciliation page BGC Canada is committed to building knowledge and awareness about Reconciliation. We work to create meaningful connections with Indigenous communities and organizations with the goal of providing equitable, ...

Digging out

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

Charities are too vital to fail

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By Owen Charters (CEO, BGC Canada) and Peter Dinsdale (CEO, YMCA Canada). *originally published in The Hill Times Charitable organizations in Canada have always been front-line workers, helping the country’s most vulnerable populations. Our role in the ...

Recycling, and other ways to count the days

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The latest message from Owen Charters, President & CEO, BGC Canada (April 17). Full transcript below. The daily routines are the way we mark time. I now count the weeks by when I have to roll out the garbage and recycling bins to the curb. This is a ...

goeasy, Ltd. Donates to BGCs Emergency Relief Fund

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goeasy, Ltd. has donated $150,000 to a COVID-19 emergency relief fund that will support Boys and Girls Clubs across Canada. By repurposing this year’s planned funding to emergency relief, goeasy is helping Clubs provide the most critical and essential services in ...