{"id":72886,"date":"2021-05-18T11:53:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/?p=72886"},"modified":"2026-04-27T19:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:00:14","slug":"unplug-to-connect-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/unplug-to-connect-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Unplug to Connect 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bgc2021.innermostdigital.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Save-the-Date-2021-UTC-rectangle.png\" alt=\"An announcement for an \u2018Unplug to Connect\u2019 event on Friday, June 4, encouraging people to unplug from stressful connections and plug into wellness-promoting ones.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>On June 4, BGC Canada invites you to unplug from connections that cause stress and plug into connections that promote wellness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Clubs across the country continue to create connections with young people and families, both in-person and virtually. This year, for Unplug to Connect, we want to celebrate those connections.<\/p>\n<p>At BGC, we understand the importance of <strong>intentional<\/strong> connection. On <strong>Friday, June 4<\/strong>, we will highlight Club stories and focus on how they have directly contributed to positive mental health.<\/p>\n<p>Unplug to Connect will be activated locally and nationally!<\/p>\n<h4><strong>NATIONAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Jully Black (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/missjullyblack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@missjullyblack<\/a>) will host an #UnplugToConnect Instagram Live with some of our Youth of the Year winners on <strong>Friday, June 4 @ 7:00 p.m EDT<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Toronto sign, the CN Tower (10 p.m. &#8211; 12 a.m. EDT), and Olympic Stadium in Montreal will be lit up in BGC green! National and Club posts will also be shared across all social media channels throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>A BGC flag raising was scheduled at Toronto City Hall this Friday. With Flags across the country being flown at half-mast to honour the 215 children found buried at the Kamloops Residential School, we have decided to cancel the flag raising out of respect and solidarity.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/UTC-JullyBlack-Twitter.png\" alt=\"An event flyer for an 'Unplug to Connect' Instagram Live event on June 4, 2021, features singer Jully Black and BGC Canada hosting a conversation about youth and intentional connections.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>LOCAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Clubs will post on social media using the #UnplugToConnect hashtag about activities they\u2019ve run in the last year to connect with youth in their communities.<\/p>\n<p>By connecting to community, others, and ourselves, we can continue to create positive connections when we need them the most.<\/p>\n<h4>Supported by<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MM-logo-large-EN.jpg\" width=\"213\" height=\"106\" alt=\"The M&#038;M Food Market logo features the white letters 'M&#038;M' centered inside a rectangle split into orange on the left and blue on the right, with the words 'FOOD MARKET' printed in blue underneath.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 4, BGC Canada invites you to unplug from connections that cause stress and plug into connections that promote wellness. Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Clubs across the country continue to create connections with young people and families, both in-person and virtually. This year, for Unplug to Connect, we want to celebrate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[83,1054,1055,809,272,145],"class_list":["post-72886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bgc-news","tag-clubs","tag-connection","tag-event","tag-jully-black","tag-unplug-to-connect","tag-youth"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72886"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90851,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72886\/revisions\/90851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}