Celebrating Diversity – June 8 to 14

Posted on June 8, 2009 by kfarbridge

June 10 – Dia De Portugal (Portugal) – The Portuguese celebrate their poet-historian Luis de Camoes who wrote “The Lusiads”, a book about the history of Portugal in poetry. Parades, writing contests and dances are held.
June 11 – King Kamehameha Day (Hawaii) – A national state holiday to honour the first ruler of the United [...]

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Calling All Developers

Posted on June 8, 2009 by kfarbridge

The Government of Canada launched a new sustainable community initiative at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Annual Conference.
 “Equilibrium Communities Initiative will provide financial, technical and promotional assistance to neighbourhood development projects across the country chosen through a national competition.  A call for project submissions will be issued by the end of June inviting developers, with their [...]

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Promoting the value of sport

Posted on June 8, 2009 by kfarbridge

A particularly inspiring presentation at Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference was by True Sport.  This is a national movement to encourage the development of sports across Canada.  The organization is delivering a holistic message to promoting sports in communities across Canada.  It recognizes the opportunities for improving health and well-being, putting children and youth on a positive life course, [...]

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