by suzukiwebmaster | Apr 1, 2020 | Developing Resilience, Personal Reflections
by Diana Ellis When I was growing up, the utterance from my father of the phrase “when I was a boy…” usually at the dinner table, inevitably resulted in a combination of interest and eyeball-rolling, depending on how many times we had heard the story before. Now...
by suzukiwebmaster | Mar 11, 2018 | Meetings and Events, Rules of Engagement
Our world has become a more dangerous and unstable place. Civil security and stability have long been menaced by wars, military and territorial ambitions, and strong political and economic disparities. Within the last few decades new and increasingly menacing threats...
by suzukiwebmaster | Mar 1, 2017 | Advocacy
by Julia Smith Blue Sky Ranch, Merritt, B.C. Seems like everyone is selling “local, sustainable, ethical” meat these days. It’s big business and even companies like Walmart and McDonald’s are cashing in on consumer demand for products that are...
by suzukiwebmaster | Jul 7, 2016 | Developing Resilience, Our Changing World
by Stan Hirst The Suzuki Elders’ Educational and Community Engagement Working Group have identified food security as one of several focuses for its ongoing educational programme. Two salons on the subject have been held in recent months (summarized at this link...
by suzukiwebmaster | Jun 8, 2016 | Developing Resilience, Seeking Clarity
April 18, 2018. Fifteen elders from the North Shore ElderCollege Society and the Suzuki Elders sat around paper-strewn tables in the Capilano Library, North Vancouver, and considered a topic of great importance to elders and to everyone else. How secure is our...
