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Vancouver vs. Toronto.. And it’s not hockey!
Hello BOB blog readers! Here is a letter from the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Gardens. Let’s help make them one of the “Great Public Spaces” in Canada! The real competition is a few places in Toronto.. Now we love Toronto.. But we love Vancouver more! And we want to show off one of our gems. So [...]
Holiday Open House Recap
In December we co-hosted a fabulous holiday open house with Tradeworks Training Society. With over 70 guests attending from the agencies and businesses we work with, it was a smashing success! Here are a few highlights: Dafna Ohana of the Job Shop put together some beautiful party platters. She used to work in catering and [...]
January SEP Newsletter
January 2012 Celebrating Our Community Partners In December we held our annual holiday open house in cooperation with Tradeworks. It was a delightful and well-attended event—the perfect place to celebrate our community partners! We honoured employers Impark and Trimpac-Sysco for their outstanding commitment to hiring local inner-city residents and working with BOB to support [...]
For the Kids!
Check out this great community effort to fund raise for the kids at Admiral Seymour Elementary in Strathcona! The 200 block of Union Street is getting together on December 2nd to host a fabulous event including film, music, food and local boutiques. It all starts at Hogan’s Alley Cafe at 6pm. Tickets are only being [...]
Prizewinners!
Thanks very much to everyone who participated in our survey. As most of you know, government funding for employment programs is changing, and unless we can find a way to fund this work, we will no longer be able to offer supported employment services to people that really need the support. Your feedback will help [...]
November SEP Newsletter
“They looked after me, now I can look after them” Jack Johnson* is a maintenance worker at the Lookout who truly appreciates the value of a daytime work schedule and a book of bus tickets. Jack was formerly a hotel banquet manager. As a self-described workaholic, the stressful twelve hour days that went long into [...]
Project Management Volunteers Rock!
PM-Volunteers connects seasoned project managers to not-for-profit agencies to provide quality volunteer project management services. When BOB underwent organizational changes and moved out of our last office, PM-Volunteers Pietro Widmer and Dan Suratos played key roles on our transition team. PM-Volunteers also offers workshops for those in the project management field to further develop their [...]
BOB Welcomes Danielle to the SEP Team!
We are very excited to have Danielle Kottmeier join the SEP team as our new Employment Support Coordinator. She is taking over for Ada Mo-Williams who has had her baby and is happily on maternity leave. Congratulations Danielle! Danielle brings over five years experience supporting persons with disabilities and is passionate about coaching and mentoring [...]
SEP Newsletter: October Edition
EMPLOYER PARTNERSHIPS: PROVIDING SUPPORTIVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE INNER-CITY In this issue we’re celebrating some of our employer partners and the recent hiring they’ve done. Employer partnerships are key to ensuring that opportunities developed as part of a greater process of economic revitalization are inclusive and accessible to inner-city residents. When we partner with employers [...]
Farewell Ada!
It is with mixed feelings that we say farewell to Ada Mo-Williams. Ada has been an Employment Support Coordinator with BOB for over two years. In this position she has played a key role in delivering the Supported Employment Program. Ada is passionate about her career, and has used her skills to make a meaningful [...]