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Jun. 18, 2021 7:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
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Jul. 01, 2021
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Jul. 02, 2021 7:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Please join us on Friday, July 2nd for our club meeting. 7:15-7:30 Social chat | 7:30 Meeting officially starts Guest Speaker: Stephen Pearl The Role of Speculative Fiction as a Cautionary Medium and Vehicle for Social Analysis. A look into how Science fiction and fantasy can both explore upcoming realities, such as resource depletion and the consequences of climate change and warn against these looming problems while addressing social issues from a unique perspective with a view to suggesting possible solutions. |
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Jul. 16, 2021 7:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Please join us on Friday, July 2nd for our club meeting. 7:15-7:30 Social chat | 7:30 Meeting officially starts The Athletic Mind Cortnee White, a lifelong athlete played it all growing up, but eventually excelled in softball. She went on to play 4 years in college, and then ventured into competitive bodybuilding and women's tackle football. While in the process of becoming a therapist, she worked as a personal trainer and occassional coach. |
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Jul. 22, 2021 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Join Rotary Cambridge and Cambridge Toastmasters for this exciting open house event. Register for free; https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/160821008967 |
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Jul. 30, 2021 7:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Please join us on Friday, July 16 for our club meeting. 7:15-7:30 Social chat | 7:30 Meeting officially starts Unlocking Digital Leadership: In order for us to go above and beyond the table stakes, and sustain performance in a future where everyone has upped their game, we need to understand the underpinnings and drivers of the post-pandemic world, and rethink our competitive advantage; Leadership. In this most requested keynote, Tanvir takes the audience through the latest drivers that are levelling the playing field, tech commoditization through AI and growing number of distractions for leaders. He then takes you through how we as leaders need to re-think our approach in this new world. Learn the biases and mindset shifts that need to take place, why the leadership of tomorrow is built on impact and influence, and how we can find balance in a constantly changing, fast moving world. Tanvir Bhangoo is a recognized thought leader and an international speaker and consultant on digital transformations through leadership and culture. A former tech executive, member of Forbes Tech Council, and a college football player, prior to TBX Digital, Tanvir was the VP of Tech at Freshii and Director at RBI (3G Capital – Burger King, Tim Hortons, Popeyes). He is currently working on his upcoming book, set to be released Fall, 2021 Tanvir’s talks combine the teachings and frameworks that he’s learnt, researched, and actioned across the 3 pillars of leadership, technology, and sports. He also produces a weekly top rated podcast where he interviews top level executives and former athletes (NFL, MLB, Olympians, and others) who’ve made big plays at large organizations. |
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Aug. 06, 2021 7:15 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
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Aug. 07, 2021 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Join us on August 7th for ribs! Hespeler Memorial Arena, 640 Ellis Road, Cambridge. |
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Aug. 20, 2021 7:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
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Sep. 17, 2021 7:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Please join us on Friday, July 16 for our club meeting. 7:15-7:30 Social chat | 7:30 Meeting officially starts Denis Longchamps, PhD, Executive Director of the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Pandemic Recovery and the Community Denis Longchamps is the Executive Director and Chief Curator since August 2018. He was from 2013 to 2018, the Artistic Director and Chief Curator at the Art Gallery of Burlington. Longchamps received his PhD in art history in 2009 from Concordia University where he was the administrator of the Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art from 2006 to 2011. He taught art and craft history at Concordia University, York University and at Dawson College. He contributed essays, articles and reviews to magazines and journals such as Espace-Sculpture, Ceramics Monthly, and Ceramics Art and Perception. Curatorial projects include the touring exhibition Naked Craft (a collaboration between Canada & Scotland, 2015-2017), and On Collecting Clay and Glass (CCGG, 2020-2021). He was the publisher and managing editor of Cahiers métiers d’art: Craft Journal(2006-2016). In 2020, Craft Ontario recognized his work in the craft sector with the John and Barbara Mather Award for Lifetime Achievement. |
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Oct. 15, 2021 7:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Our guest speaker, Victor Santiago from Famil & Children's Services Waterloo Region Victor Santiago is a Venezuelan Canadian who came to Canada at the age of 3. He studied biology at the University of Guelph as well as Public Relations at Conestoga College. He has worked at the Public Health Agency of Canada as well as in the Netherlands for an animal genetics company, where he specialized in cross-cultural communications. Currently he is the Community Engagement & Family Recruitment Worker for Family & Children’s Services of the Waterloo Region. His role focuses on establishing positive relationships between the agency and the local community with a focus on bringing in a caring diverse pool of volunteers & care providers to the agency.
Facts about the agency
Mandate
A non-profit community agency Responsible to strengthen and support families in our community Legislated under the Child, Youth & Family Services Act (as well as a federal Act) to keep children, ages 0-18, safe from abuse and neglect Services for youth 18-21
Role in our community
A focus on preventative services Addressing over-representations in care Family First Approach Ensure legislated standards are met Work with families in the least intrusive manner possible
Statistics
7,526 Calls related to Child Protection concerns 1,987 Investigations 211 Children in care (Yearly Average) 138 Kinship Service homes (Yearly Average) 93 Foster homes (Yearly Average) 30% of youth (Ontario Average) in care identify as 2SLGBTQIA |
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Oct. 29, 2021 7:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
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Nov. 05, 2021 7:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
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Nov. 19, 2021 7:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
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Dec. 03, 2021 7:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Our guest speaker: O'neil Edwards, Executive Director, Nutrition for Learning O’neil Edwards BA, MBA, is an award-winning education and non-profit professional who has two decades of senior leadership as a Global Education administrator for non-profits, secondary schools, and post-secondary institutions. During his over twenty dedicated years of leadership, O’neil has been instrumental in guiding planning processes in supporting the development of innovative programs and services that promote access, diversity, and inclusion. O’neil has had the privilege of living and working in many different countries, bringing unique insights to his work. Building on a passion for developing people’s potential. O’neil continues to be part of programs that bring real social change. O’neil has extensive experience with DEI (Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion) and previously worked with Pathways to Education Canada and Ryerson University. O’neil works closely with the Nutrition for Learning Board, staff, and volunteers to develop internal and external relationships to expand the organizational capacity to ensure the overall well being of students and their ability to learn by ensuring that every student can attend school well nourished.
Nutrition for Learning is in 90% in of the schools in Kitchener Waterloo Region Top 5 Nutrition for Learning snacks 1. Granola Bars 11,0000 Bars are sent to the schools each week 2. Yogurt Tubes 16, 000 per week 3. Cheese Strings 19,000 per week 4. Multigrain Cereal 12,900 per week 5. Apples 13, 5000 per week
· 102 School ordered nutritious snacks the first week of school · Total weight of our first week order was two and a half tons of healthy nutritious snacks. · Our Pop-Up community programming during the summer served 500 hundred community members daily. · Number of Nutrition for Learning super fantastic staff – 9
Region of Waterloo Public Health Report
“One in five children will not eat breakfast today” -according to Breakfast Clubs of Canada
Nutritious food helps kids learn. Research shows that students have trouble learning when they are hungry at school. They are better able to focus and learn if they eat nutritious meals and snacks. Ontario Ministry of Children, Community Services and Social Services
Teachers – Volunteers – Administrators see the impact in the classroom daily
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