First baking venture: Fernfest

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Taking a passion for baking to the Fern Fest… with great confidence and success!

Confidence to follow your dreams ( Arbutus 2013)

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Fresh thoughts in response to the question, “Where do you get the confidence to follow your dreams?”

Overcoming obstacles

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A campaigner for The Land Conservancy shares some key considerations when we run into obstacles..

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

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