TEDxCalgary – Donna Kennedy Glans – Volunteering: The Next Generation
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012Our Children, Our Future: Getting it Right
Saturday, December 3rd, 2011What are the top three issues for most people in the Calgary-Varsity constituency? This is what I’m hearing: Healthcare, education, and fiscal responsibility. December 1st, I participated in a 300-person dialogue in Calgary hosted by Minister Lukaszuk. Alberta Ed wants to know what educators, and other people who care about education in Alberta, have to say [...]
Building Community Integrity through Volunteering
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011It’s a three-legged stool: Government, Family & Community. Acting together, these three legs of the stool provide stable support for citizens. Last Friday, I was invited to speak at a TEDx conference on volunteering –Volunteering Better—and I’d like to share some of the powerful messages about how all of us strengthen the community—one of these [...]
Community Integrity – Respecting Seniors
Friday, November 11th, 2011A week ago, I formally announced I’m running for the PC nomination in Calgary Varsity. This campaign is a wonderful opportunity to talk to people in this constituency about issues that matter to them. What matters to people in Calgary Varsity? Our community is diverse, and there are lots of different priorities. Yet, one priority [...]
Alberta’s Oilsands: Regeneration as the Aspiration
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011The story-line is familiar: Big Oil wants to produce, transport and market Alberta’s Oilsands at a pace needed to sustain economic yields and Canadians’ quality of life. Environmentalists want to slow down, contain, restrain, even stop, Oilsands activity to sustain the Earth, the ecology and human habitat. Both economists and environmentalists focus on ‘sustainability’ as [...]
EU oil sands ranking disturbs
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011By: Claudia Cattaneo You’d think that the European Union has enough on its hands dealing with the sovereign debt crisis that it doesn’t have the capacity to fire up a new one. Yet the European Commission did just that when it approved this week a green ranking of fuels that singles out Canada’s oil sands [...]
Celebrating Meaningful Labour
Monday, September 5th, 2011It’s Labour Day – a stat holiday when many take a break from work to actually think about what work means to us. In the present economy, if you have a job, that fact alone may be sufficient cause for celebration. Bemoaning a lack of ‘meaningful’ work could be frowned upon. And yet, we all [...]
IHRP Releases Guide “On Disputed Ground” for reviews of mining, oil, gas CSR
Friday, August 26th, 2011From: University of Toronto – Faculty of Law The International Human Rights Program (“IHRP”) at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law is pleased to announce the release of a plain-language guide to assist affected communities to access the Review Process of the Office of the Extractive Sector Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Counsellor for Canada [...]