by suzukiwebmaster | Sep 17, 2018 | Personal Reflections
by Jill Schroder Serene solitude supports… sublime silky silence sustains… I love the soft sibilance of these sounds, which still satisfy me as I bask in the afterglow of my annual camping trip with women friends. This year we were way away from it all, and it was...
by suzukiwebmaster | Jun 11, 2018 | Developing Resilience, Our Changing World, Personal Reflections, Seeking Clarity
by Jill Schroder What about Enlightenment? Pretty potent topic, eh? Steven Pinker, tackles it big time! Check out this recent TED talk based on his book Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress. Good news, perhaps startling to many of...
by suzukiwebmaster | May 22, 2018 | Developing Resilience, Personal Reflections
by Lillian Ireland and Rob Dramer This country’s beautiful and fragile human tapestry is interwoven with strands of every ethnicity imaginable. What a privilege to live in a country where, for the most part, our relationships exist within frameworks of respect,...
by suzukiwebmaster | Apr 15, 2018 | Advocacy, Developing Resilience, Rules of Engagement, Seeking Clarity
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau and Premiers Notley and Horgan: Re: Your meeting on Sunday regarding Kinder-Morgan Pipeline: This morning we woke up to the news that the herd of BC/Washington Woodland Caribou is now down to three females and close to...
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...