Author Archives: Christopher

Suggestions on how to video story catch

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Priceless insights from Kirk Schwartz, expert from Media Net, on elements that will make your video recording work.

Introducing CSI at Arbutus Global Middle School

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The creator and facilitator of Community School Interviews sets up a CSI Series at Arbutus Global Middle School. Creating an anticipation for the epiphanies that will occur during the time working in this series, helps students realize that something special

Anne-Marie Daniel at Arbutus Global Middle School (2013)

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Anne-Marie Daniel is a mother, an artisan , a mediator, a facilitator and a researcher. As a mediator she was responsible for the first five human rights cases in Vermont. In 2000 she moved to the Isle of Skye, Scotland

What’s Gone Well Today in an elevator

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An early moment in the Traveler In Your Own Town training…. engaging with a stranger, in this case, in an elevator. Here’s the full story: ‘I looked through the glass doors of a building and saw a man about to

Abebe Teklu : social activist, professor

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Remarkable stories from an activist from Ethiopia who escaped captivity and eventually made his way to Canada, becoming the first African-Canadian blind person known to have completed a PhD at any of British Columbia’s universities. Here he shares reflections on

Slowing down creates business opportunities

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Counterintuitive… business benefits from slowing down, being handpowered

Jason Heinrich at Lansdowne Middle School ( 2011)

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Jason Heinrich, Engineer, adventurer, volunteer Jason Heinrich, a junior engineer at DEC Engineering, has traveled a windy path back to Victoria after working and volunteering in Uganda, Rwanda and Abbotsford. As a student, Jason won many academic awards such as

Ann Baird – building a home for 500 years

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A thought leader in COB construction shares the many benefits of building their home. It’s attracted world-wide attention. For the latest info checkout their blog This was recorded before a Community School Interview in 2009

Accelerate Tectoria – early signs of success

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The Accelerate Tectoria mission is simple: To increase the number of successful technology companies that start and grow in the Greater Victoria area. Here are some early signs that a business idea may succeed. To view others talking about technology

Hurrah For Love!

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Upon hearing of sister’s engagement congratulations begin to be collected. The two to be married first met in kindergarten in Japan and have been friends since then.