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Welcome to Workplace Centre, where ethics and spirituality are alive and well.
Join us for monthly breakfast and lunch meetings, conveniently located in downtown Vancouver...
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Workplace Centre convenes conversations that deepen Spirit and Ethics in the workplace, and promotes their practical application in business and everyday life.
We hold two meetings each month: Ethics for Breakfast, on the second Wednesday, and the Spirit at Work Luncheon, on the third Thursday of the month.
All meetings are open to the public. They are about 75 minutes long, presentation-and-discussion format, with speakers/topics that will help you keep ethics and spirituality alive in your work.
Please see our events below. Join us at an upcoming meeting. Or contact us at info@workplacecentre.org -or- 604-685-6560 for more information.
Thanks for your interest!
Workplace Centre
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Our September Events:
Ethics for Breakfast
Wed, Sept 8th: Cultivating Wisdom in our Professional World:
Is ethical conflict inevitable?
with Daniel Vokey, Associate Professor,
Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia
(Location Note: meeting at BC Hydro Building)
Spirit at Work Lunch
Thurs, Sept 16th: Letting Spirit Lead:
Does faith follow or come first?
with Melba Burns, Writer and Leader of
Creative Writing Groups
To RSVP, click here (please indicate which event)
More information below...
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September 2010
Ethics for Breakfast presents
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 Wednesday, September 8, 2010
7:15 - 8:30 am
Cultivating Wisdom in our Professional World: Is Ethical Conflict Inevitable?
with Daniel Vokey, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, UBC
How well do you accept those who don’t share
your moral point of view?
As a pluralistic, liberal democracy, Canada represents a wide range of ethical viewpoints. However, many of these are incompatible. Every day, at work and at home, we make ethical judgments based on our own assumptions and moral traditions, whether they’re political, cultural, philosophical, spiritual or religious.
With such a complex mix of outlooks and contrasting foundational thought, is it any wonder that people clash in professional settings? Is it inevitable? If individuals or groups are devoted to a particular value such as justice or sustainability... [Read more]
click here to RSVP or call: 604-685-6560
DATE: Wednesday, September 8th -- 7:15-8:30 am
LOCATION: BC HYDRO Building
333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver
2nd Floor Auditorium
Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby
COST: Members - $7.00 Non-Members - $10.00
- muffins, tea and coffee included
- RSVP requested (if possible)
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About Our Speaker:
Daniel Vokey is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia. He investigates the theory and practice of teaching professional ethics for educators, how philosophy contributes to educational research, and how the teachings and practices of the world’s wisdom traditions can transform initiatives in higher education.
In his work, Daniel draws on his academic background in religious studies and the philosophy of education, his professional experience facilitating wilderness-based leadership development programs for Outward Bound, and his ongoing training in Shambhala Buddhism... [Read more]
click here to RSVP or call: 604-685-6560
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June 2010
Ethics for Breakfast presents
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 Wednesday, June 9, 2010
7:15 - 8:30 am
Ethics and
Universal
Health Care:
How do we manage
climbing costs?
Open Forum -- with facilitator Sue Drinnan,
and numerous other Health Care Professionals
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How can we improve our health care system?
We know that we can't maintain today's healthcare system and expenditures as is, so something has to give. But what?
- What ethical questions need to be addressed when prioritising competing values?
- Where does accountability for one's own health (& chosen risks) come into play?
- What role do private providers play in our public system?
- What changes are needed to balance budget limitations with the responsibility
of providing the best coverage to all citizens?
In a shift from our regular format, we will host an Open Forum Discussion on the challenges facing Canada's health care system, and where we need to go from here.
Among the participants will be a number of seasoned healthcare professionals, so don't miss your chance to bring your questions, perspectives and ideas as we begin to address this vital issue. And, if you have expertise in this area, please contact us to discuss incorporating your knowledge in this discussion.
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DATE: Wednesday, June 9th -- 7:15-8:30 am
LOCATION
CHANGE: 1500 West Georgia St., Suite 975
Corner of Cardero/Georgia (the building with the waterfall)
Parking is best on Alberni St.
COST: Members - $7.00 Non-Members - $10.00
- muffins, tea and coffee included
- RSVP requested (if possible)
click here to RSVP or call: 604-685-6560
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About Our Facilitator:
Sue Drinnan is a Certified Executive Coach and facilitator, and was a national leader in healthcare research for nine years.
In 2003, she founded Insight Leadership Development, a management consultancy firm specializing in workplace climate and top leadership talent development. In her work, she supports successful senior leaders and their teams to work even more effectively together.
Sue uses evidence-based tools and training in areas such as conflict resolution, emotional and social intelligence, creating mentoring/coaching cultures, change management, and working with personality type differences. For more information, see www.insightleadershipdevelopment.com.
click here to RSVP or call: 604-685-6560
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Spirit at Work presents
 Thursday, June 17, 2010
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Spirit and the Recession:
What helped you
get through it?
A Conversation Salon facilitated by Gregg Taylor
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How has Spirit "supported you" over the last year and a half?
Salons are “conversational and conceptual jazz,” says Eric Utne, founding editor of The Utne Reader -- and we at the Workplace Centre for Spiritual and Ethical Development agree. Therefore, we’ve decided to host a salon this month to hear your stories about: How has Spirit helped you weather the recession?
Did you find new work? Did you take much-needed time off? Did you get propelled to create something new, or are you still pulling yourself out of it? Have you felt more alienated from, or closer to, your spiritual inspiration during tough times?
Spirit shows up in many ways -- from compassion, intuition and creativity to completion and cooperation. And we're wondering what's happened for you.
Career coach Gregg Taylor will convene this engaging session to invite talk that amuses, challenges, amazes and inspires. Please join us; we’d love to have you contribute and see what wisdom we can generate together.
click here to RSVP -or- phone: 604-685-6560
Date: Thursday, June 17, 2010 -- 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Location: Main Floor, Conference Rooms, Terasen Building,
1111 W. Georgia St. (at Thurlow), Vancouver
Cost: Without lunch: $10
With lunch: non-members - $20; members - $15
Lunch: Catered sandwiches, salad, tea and coffee
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About our Facilitator:
Gregg Taylor is a Career Coach and President of Transitions Career & Business Consultants Inc.
Gregg has over 18 years' experience as a career & employment counsellor, consultant and coach. Through his Vancouver-based company, Gregg and his team of coaches provide career testing, career coaching and career transition & outplacement services. Their monthly, government-funded career exploration program, The Transitions Program, is now in its 15th successful year of operation.
Through his extensive work in this field, Gregg has seen and studied the many challenges that people face during job loss, career changes and the search for work, and has developed tools, strategies and resources to help people get back on track.
Gregg is a Certified Human Resource Professional through the Human Resources Management Association of BC, and is President of ENET Society, BC's Education, Training and Networking group for Career Practitioners. Gregg writes a weekly "Career Coach" column for Vancouver area community newspapers, and has been featured on CBC Radio's "Almanac" and in the Vancouver Province and National Post. He is also a featured speaker at various career events throughout the year. For more, read his blog at www.thecareerpeople.ca.
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May 2010
Ethics for Breakfast presents
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 Wednesday, May 12, 2010
7:15 - 8:30 am
Ethics and Health Care:
Patient
Empowerment
and Healing
with Dr. Nelie Johnson, MD, Family Physician and Quantum Healer
"I want to help people move out of fear to feeling empowered to contribute to their own healing." - Nelie Johnson
“Why do people get sick? How can they heal?” These were questions Dr. Nelie Johnson, a practicing family physician in Maple Ridge, near Vancouver B.C., since 1982, began asking herself some 20 years ago, early in her career. Despite the many strengths of Western Medicine, it did not offer enough answers and Dr. Johnson sought for them elsewhere...
This morning's talk/discussion will explore the impact of thoughts, beliefs and emotions on health ("the quantum factor"), and an expanded model of disease that creates potential for better patient outcomes and healing.
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DATE: Wednesday, May 12th -- 7:15-8:30 am
LOCATION
CHANGE: 1500 West Georgia St., Suite 975
Corner of Cardero/Georgia (the building with the waterfall)
Parking is best on Alberni St.
COST: Members - $7.00 Non-Members - $10.00
- muffins, tea and coffee included
- RSVP requested (if possible)
click here to RSVP or call: 604-685-6560
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About Our Speaker:
Dr. Nelie Johnson,MD (BSc (Hon Biochem) 1971, MD (UBC 1976)
After over 30 years of medical practice and more than a dozen years of training and experience in several healing modalities, Dr. Nelie Johnson now focuses her work on supporting and guiding people to bring out their inner healer – to access, express and release the emotions and thoughts that are at the root of their disease or ‘dis-ease’... [Read more]
(For more on Dr. Johnson's work, see www.keystototalhealing.com)
click here to RSVP or call: 604-685-6560
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Spirit at Work presents
Thursday, May 20, 2010 -- 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Meditation & the Mind:
The Latest Advances in Neuroscience
with Victor Chan,
Founding Director and Trustee,
Vancouver’s Dalai Lama Centre for Peace and Education
How and where do science and spirituality link inside us?
Fitness gyms might exercise our bodies, but what about mental gyms to exercise our minds? That's one of the purposes of meditation. While people have meditated for centuries, only in recent decades have researchers understood how such practices influence the brain and neural pathways. So how does meditation alter our brain function?... [Read more]
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Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010 -- 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Location: Main Floor, Conference Rooms, Terasen Building,
1111 W. Georgia St. (at Thurlow), Vancouver
Cost: Without lunch: $10
With lunch: non-members - $20; members - $15
Lunch: Catered sandwiches, salad, tea and coffee
click here to RSVP -or- phone: 604-685-6560
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About our Speaker:
Victor Chan is a Trustee and Founding Director of the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education. He is also a board member of the Canadian Research Institute of Spirituality and Healing, based at UBC, and has been a member of the Clinton Global Initiative for the past four years.
With the Dalai Lama, Victor co-wrote Wisdom of Forgiveness: Intimate Conversations and Journeys (Riverhead Books) in 2005. He chaired the organizing committee for the Dalai Lama’s visit to Vancouver in 2004. And in September 2009, the Dalai Lama Center hosted the Vancouver Peace Summit... [Read more]
(For more on the Dalai Lama Center, please see: http://dalailamacenter.org)
click here to RSVP -or- phone: 604-685-6560
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April 2010
Ethics for Breakfast presents
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 Wednesday, April 14, 2010
7:15 - 8:30 am
The Ethics of Real Estate:
Are professional standards enough?
with Kim Spencer, Manager, Professional Standards Department,
Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver
What recourse do you have against
inappropriate conduct by a REALTOR®?*
Whether it’s facing the challenge of a multiple-offer bidding war or dealing with difficult negotiations, local REALTORS® frequently face ethical challenges. But thankfully, the public can voice related complaints and seek resolutions through an official body: the professional standards department of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver... [Read more]
* REALTORS® are Canadian licensed real estate agents who belong to a real estate board and are subject to both the board’s code of ethics and the Real Estate Services Act. Real estate agents who do not join a real estate board are subject solely to the Act.
click here to RSVP or call: 604-685-6560
DATE: Wednesday, April 14th -- 7:15-8:30 am
LOCATION
CHANGE: 1500 West Georgia St., Suite 975
Corner of Cardero/Georgia (the building with the waterfall)
Parking is best on Alberni St.
COST: Members - $7.00 Non-Members - $10.00
- muffins, tea and coffee included
- RSVP requested (if possible)
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About Our Speaker:
Kim Spencer, known as the “Ethics Guy®”, manages the Professional Standards Department of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver. His mission is to raise professional standards by promoting and nurturing ethical conduct, fair business dealings and exemplary cooperation between members. Kim has 30 years of experience in the real estate industry... [Read more]
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Spirit at Work presents
 Thursday, April 15, 2010
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
The Spirit of Authentic Dialogue:
Stories change lives
with Dene Rossouw,
Narrative Coach and Facilitator
Do the stories you tell about yourself reflect the true you?
Leaders seldom get to see how much "corporate cholesterol" has clogged communication within their organization. A lack of clarity negatively impacts employees and customers, and adds unnecessary real costs and stress to the workplace. Do you know where you fit in this workplace process? What can you do to express yourself authentically and experience better outcomes?... [Read more]
click here to RSVP -or- phone: 604-685-6560
Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010 -- 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Location: Main Floor, Conference Rooms, Terasen Building,
1111 W. Georgia St. (at Thurlow), Vancouver
Cost: Without lunch: $10
With lunch: non-members - $20; members - $15
Lunch: Catered sandwiches, salad, tea and coffee
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About our Speaker:
Dene Rossouw has 20 years of facilitation and consulting experience in communications, and is the 2010 president of the Vancouver chapter of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers.
He has recently served as communications advisor for the chief justices and judges in the Chief’s Office of the Nova Scotia Law Courts. Previously, he was assistant divisional manager, senior communications consultant, and production manager in the Public Relations division of Old Mutual International in South Africa. ... [Read more] (Also see www.authenticdialogue.com).
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March 2010
Ethics for Breakfast presents
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 Wednesday, March 10, 2010
7:15 - 8:30 am
Rich or Poor:
Do circumstances change our ethics?
with Floyd Murphy, Businessman and Financial Planner, CFP, CLU, CHFC
Do people in flophouses and those in penthouses
live by the same ethical code?
When Floyd Murphy arrived in Vancouver in 1968, at the age of 20, he had no money, job, family or other support. From his single room in the Regal Hotel on Granville Street, he knew only alcoholics, drug addicts, "working women" and other troubled individuals.
Since then, he has established a successful business, travelled the world, and no longer has to worry about how to pay the bills. But today, he finds parallels between his old and new life: Has the ethical behaviour of his acquaintances changed that dramatically?
Join Floyd as he shares his compelling personal and work stories, and challenges common misperceptions about success and morality. Just because you have money, does that mean you are ethical?
click here to RSVP or call: 604-685-6560
DATE: Wednesday, March 10th -- 7:15-8:30 am
LOCATION
CHANGE: 1500 West Georgia St., Suite 975
Corner of Cardero/Georgia (the building with the waterfall)
Parking is best on Alberni St.
COST: Members - $7.00 Non-Members - $10.00
- muffins, tea and coffee included
- RSVP requested (if possible)
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About Our Speaker:
Floyd Murphy is a Vancouver chartered financial consultant and certified financial planner. He and his wife Gloria own and operate five insurance companies. He is a founding member and president of the Nakamun Group and has an extensive background in the financial and retirement industries, estate planning and risk management.
Floyd served on the national board of the Life Underwriters Association of Canada (now Advocis) for nine years, including a year as chair and CEO... [Read more]
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Spirit at Work presents
 Thursday, March 18, 2010
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Vancouver's Post-Olympic Social Plan: No more short-term charity
with Michael McCarthy,
Ethics in Action Winner, Author and Intentional Traveller
Are charity and random acts of kindness enough to foster long-term social change? ...Is there a better way?
The world has discovered Vancouver, thanks to the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. However, when our global visitors leave, the city’s urgent social issues will remain: homelessness, drug addiction, limited mental health services and inadequate housing for the poor.
What will our response be? Will Vancouver continue to apply short-term fixes like food banks, shelters, welfare and "random acts of kindness" as public policy? Has an attitude of short-term "charity" towards the disadvantaged stifled effective, lasting change?
Join Michael as he describes his civic and spiritual vision of "intentionality": a compassionate, long-term plan that identifies and tackles our most urgent and systemic problems.
click here to RSVP -or- phone: 604-685-6560
Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010 – 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Location: Main Floor, Conference Rooms, Terasen Building,
1111 W. Georgia St. (at Thurlow), Vancouver
Cost: Without lunch: $10
With lunch: non-members - $20; members - $15
Lunch: Catered sandwiches, salad, tea and coffee
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About our Speaker:
Michael McCarthy is a journalist, freelance writer and media professional with 20 years' experience in radio, newspapers (including the Vancouver Courier), books, magazines and online publications. Focused on ways to make the world a better place, he has written extensively about homelessness, poverty, micro-entrepreneurship, housing, global warming and saving the environment.
Michael was founder and editor of Spare Change, a newspaper for Vancouver's homeless that sold one million copies. He also travels to third-world countries to fund grassroots aid projects and practise micro-philanthropy... [Read more]
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January 2010
Ethics for Breakfast presents
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 Wednesday, January 13, 2010
7:15 - 8:30 am
2010 Winter Olympics:
When ethics,
spending and
civil liberties collide
with David Eby, Executive Director, B.C. Civil Liberties Association
Have authorities suppressed free speech,
personal rights & opposition to the Olympics?
With glossy new sports venues and millions of dollars' worth of ads and merchandising, Vancouver looks poised to make the 2010 Winter Olympic Games a global success. But as the city prepares to host this mega-event, are Canada's democratic traditions and ethics under threat? How do Olympic spending and initiatives relate to free expression, free assembly and democratic rights?
Join us as David Eby addresses the ethical implications of hosting the 2010 Olympic Games... [Read more]
click here to RSVP or call: 604-685-6560
DATE: Wednesday, January 13th -- 7:15-8:30 am
LOCATION 1500 West Georgia St., Suite 975 -- Meet in building lobby
CHANGE: Corner of Cardero/Georgia (the building with the waterfall)
Parking is best on Alberni St.
COST: Members - $7.00 Non-Members - $10.00
(muffins, tea and coffee included)
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About Our Speaker:
David Eby is Executive Director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and an adjunct Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia. He also serves as President of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, a research associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and was one of ten members of the Vancouver Mayor's Homeless Emergency Action Team, which opened 400 temporary shelter beds last winter... [Read more]
(For more on David, also see www.bccla.org and davideby.blogspot.com.)
click here to RSVP or call: 604-685-6560
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Spirit at Work presents
 Thursday, January 21, 2010
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
A Workplace
of Peace:
Create one with joy
with Ted Kuntz,
Author and Psychotherapist
Find out why a focus on "world peace" isn’t working...
In our desire to create world peace, we focus most of our efforts and attention on the global arena: the Middle East, Iraq, Afghanistan -- anywhere with war or conflict. But what if peace begins with each of us, at home, in the workplace, and in our communities? Are you ready to embrace the powerful affirmation: "Peace begins with me," and learn practical strategies for how to create that? ...[Read more]
click here to RSVP -or- phone: 604-685-6560
Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010 – 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Location: Main Floor, Conference Rooms, Terasen Building,
1111 W. Georgia St. (at Thurlow), Vancouver
Cost: Without lunch: $10
With lunch: non-members - $20; members - $15
Lunch: Catered sandwiches, salad, tea and coffee
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About our Speaker:
Ted Kuntz is a psychotherapist in private practice in Vancouver and author of the Canadian bestseller, Peace Begins With Me. Ted has a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology and more than 25 years of clinical experience. He is the former Director of Counseling Services with SHARE Family and Community Services Society, and was an instructor in Child, Family, and Community Studies at Douglas Community College. ...[Read more]
You can also find out more about Ted & his work at www.peacebeginswithme.ca.
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December 2009
Ethics for Breakfast presents
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
7:15 - 8:30 am
Ethics of Water Conservation: Why we need change
with Hans Schreier, Expert in International Water Resources Management and Professor, Faculty of Land & Food Systems,WestWater Research Unit, UBC
Canada is one of the highest users of domestic water in the world. How long can this last?
Canadians seem to believe that we have unlimited water supplies. Most people don’t want to meter their water consumption and won’t pay an appropriate price for its use. At the same time, consumers gladly spend money on bottled water while their community drinking water remains of high quality and is mostly safe. How ethical is our use of water?
Join water management expert Hans Schreier as he outlines why we urgently need a water conservation ethic. He’ll offer water conservation tips and answer questions such as... [Read more]
click here to RSVP or call: 604-685-6560
DATE: Wednesday, December 9th -- 7:15-8:30 am
LOCATION: BC Hydro Building
333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver
2nd Floor Auditorium
Check-in at Security Desk (Main floor lobby)
COST: Members - $7.00 Non-Members - $10.00
(muffins, tea and coffee included)
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About Our Speaker:
Hans Schreier is a Professor in the Faculty of Land & Food Systems and the Institute for Resources and Environment at UBC's WestWater Research Unit. His specialty fields include the land-use impact on water and climate change, and he recently spent four years as co-leader of the Watershed Strategy Program at Canada’s National Centre of Excellence on Clean Water.
For almost three decades, Hans has taught training courses in water resources management in 17 countries. He has received numerous related awards, including the 2004 Science in Action Award from the United Nations... [Read more]
"Hans Schreier has spent a career making a difference in the lives of Canadians and people around the world. ...[His] contribution to water issues is too great to ever be measured." Dr. Mark Servos, Scientific Director, Canadian Water Network
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November 2009
Ethics for Breakfast presents
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
7:15 - 8:30 am
Mediation & HR: The Ethics of Confidentiality
with Laura Reid, CRC, CHRP, Mediator and Partner, Arlyn Reid (HR firm)
Do you know confidential information
that puts you in moral conflict?
As any whistleblower knows, going public with confidential business information can have huge implications, from arrests to lawsuits. Whether it’s revealing corporate wrongdoing or excessive overspending, it takes courage to speak out about company secrets. Join Laura Reid as she discusses what social and business expectations we hold around the issue of confidentiality and how this affects the choices we make... [Read more]
click here to RSVP or call: 604-685-6560
DATE: THURSDAY, November 12th -- 7:15-8:30 am
LOCATION: BC Hydro Building
333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver
2nd Floor Auditorium
Check-in at Security Desk (Main floor lobby)
COST: Members - $7.00 Non-Members - $10.00
(muffins, tea and coffee included)
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About Our Speaker:
Laura Reid is a mediator, senior management consultant, Senior HR Advisor and Partner of the HR firm Arlyn Reid, where she provides human resources, mediation and training services to organizations. Laura has worked in law firms since 1979, most recently as HR Manager at McCarthy Tetrault. Besides a business administration degree, she has received mediation training through the Justice Institute of B.C... [Read more] (Also see www.arlynreid.net)
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Spirit at Work presents
 Thursday, November 19, 2009
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Spirit and
Health Care:
Inspiring hope
and resiliency
with Rev. Don Hill,
Critical Care Chaplain,
St. Paul’s Hospital
Have you developed the art of healthy selfishness?
From Florence Nightingale to Mother Teresa, selfless devotion to healing others has remained an ideal for quality health care. Swallow one's suffering. Give tirelessly. Make the patient's physical comfort supreme. But what about the spirit of a sick one: How well are our hospitals and institutions tending to that? And amidst today's hospital cutbacks and long patient waiting lists, caregiver burnout has become a serious concern. How well are we truly caring for ourselves, while we care for others?... [Read more]
click here to RSVP -or- phone: 604-685-6560
Date: Thursday, November 19th, 2009 – 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Location: Main Floor, Conference Rooms, Terasen Building,
1111 W. Georgia St. (at Thurlow), Vancouver
Cost: Without lunch: $10
With lunch: non-members - $20; members - $15
Lunch: Catered sandwiches, salad, tea and coffee
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About our Speaker:
Reverend Donald Hill, M.Div., M.Th, RMFT, is the chaplain in Critical Care at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. He is also a family therapist at the Vancouver Christian Counselling Centre and an interim minister at Brentwood Presbyterian Church in Burnaby. Previously, Don has held numerous positions in counseling, family therapy and spiritual care... [Read more]
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October 2009
Ethics for Breakfast presents
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
7:15 - 8:30 am
Ethics and
Happiness
with Charles Montgomery,
Award-winning Journalist, Photographer and Author of The Shark God (aka The Last Heathen, winner of two book awards)
Ours is one of the most beautiful, vibrant, and livable cities in the world. Why aren’t we happy? -Sad City, Vancouver Magazine, 09/08
A groundbreaking study last year found that despite our glorious mountains and ocean, mild weather, good health and Olympic future, Vancouverites are just not as happy as people in St. John or Winnipeg.
So what makes a "happy city," and an ethical one? Is it wealth, new condos, waterfront views and faster transportation? Is it kindness and seeking a common good? How much do family, knowing our neighbours and meaningful work matter?
Join us as Charles shares insights he’s gained from research for his upcoming book, Happy City... He'll also talk about "Home for the Games," a project that connects rental accommodation during the Olympics with raising funds for Vancouver's most vulnerable citizens... [Read more]
click here to RSVP or call: 604-685-6560
DATE: Wednesday, October 14th -- 7:15-8:30 am
LOCATION: BC Hydro Building
333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver
2nd Floor Auditorium
Check-in at Security Desk (Main floor lobby)
COST: Members - $7.00 Non-Members - $10.00
(muffins, tea and coffee included)
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About Our Speaker:
Charles Montgomery is an award-winning author, journalist and photographer who tells stories about people, cities, science and myth. His next book, Happy City, will look at how urban planners are using the emerging science of happiness to fix broken cities around the world. His research has taken him to cities as diverse as Kabul, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Portland and Mexico City.
Charles' first book, The Last Heathen, was published in Canada to enthusiastic praise (and several awards), and re-published internationally as The Shark God. He has also written award-winning articles for... [Read more]
Charles is also one of the moving spirits behind Home for the Games, a collective of Vancouver-area residents who want to help the city’s homeless...[Read more] (and see http://homeforthegames.com).
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Spirit at Work presents
 Thursday, October 15th, 2009
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Inspired Leadership:
Exploring possibilities for the decade ahead
with Isabelle St-Jean, author of Living Forward, Giving Back, Life & Business
coach, and Owner of Inspired Momentum
What qualities of leadership can you embrace in your daily life to help create a truly inspired future?
Whether in our personal or professional lives, most of us tap into our inner leader when making decisions and value choices, or relating to others. We don’t need a formal leadership role at work to take on this responsibility. But what does the spirit of leadership call us to do? And how can we answer our own unique call of the heart and bring it to fruition?
In a lively and interactive presentation, Isabelle will explore these and other questions. She'll elaborate on what qualities you will find in three types of leadership: authentic, nature-centred and facilitative... [Read more]
click here to RSVP -or- phone: 604-685-6560
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009 – 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Location: Main Floor, Conference Rooms, Terasen Building,
1111 W. Georgia St. (at Thurlow), Vancouver
Cost: Without lunch: $10
With lunch: non-members - $20; members - $15
Lunch: Catered sandwiches, salad, tea and coffee
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About our Speaker:
Isabelle St-Jean is a life and business coach, speaker, facilitator, author, and the owner of Inspired Momentum Development. She helps people to navigate life transitions, including career changes, retirement and business start-ups. She also speaks and facilitates seminars on leadership and human potential development, in the context of purposeful and audacious living.
Author of Living Forward, Giving Back: A Practical Guide to Fulfillment in Midlife and Beyond, and contributing editor for two award-winning anthologies: Audacious Aging, and Einstein’s Business: Engaging Soul, Imagination and Excellence in the Workplace... [Read more]
(For more information on Isabelle, also see www.inspiredmomentum.com)
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September 2009
Ethics for Breakfast presents
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 Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
7:15 - 8:30 am
Ethics,
Carbon & Politics in B.C.
with James Tansey, President and Co-founder, Offsetters,
a leading carbon offset organization in Vancouver, and Executive Director,
Centre for Sustainability and Social Innovation, UBC
Are you tracking and reducing your climate impact?
What ethical and political challenges lie ahead in B.C., with only three months to go before the United Nations conference on climate change in Copenhagen?
Join James Tansey as he steers us through the climate change debate, both locally and globally, and discusses how each of us can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. He’ll provide leading insights gleaned from his role as president and co-founder of Offsetters, a Vancouver-based organization that helps individuals and companies understand, reduce, track, and offset their climate impact... [Read more]
click here to RSVP or call: 604-685-6560
DATE: Wednesday, September 9th -- 7:15-8:30 am
LOCATION: BC Hydro Building
333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver
2nd Floor Auditorium
Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby
COST: Members - $7.00 Non-Members - $10.00
(muffins, tea and coffee included)
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About Our Speaker:
James Tansey co-founded the carbon offset organization, Offsetters, in 2005 and is currently its President. He is also the Executive Director of the Centre for Sustainability and Social Innovation at UBC, and an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business. He has taught MBA, MSc and EMBA courses, executive education, and undergraduate programs in the United Kingdom and Canada... [Read more]
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Spirit at Work presents
 Thursday, September 17th, 2009
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Mindfulness: Finding Peace
in Paradox
with Catherine Hajnal, PhD, Founder, Eight Branches Consulting, and former Assistant Professor of Business, Carleton University
How much time do you spend thinking
about the past or the future?
Have you ever stopped and truly listened to your body, mind, and spirit? When you do, what you hear might surprise you. We spend most of our time thinking about the future or revisiting the past. Our bodies respond to these thoughts, often in unhealthy ways. As we focus on thought, we can sometimes miss what is right in front of us, here and now. Yet all we truly have is this present moment.
Join Catherine as she shares how to bring purposeful attention to the present moment at work and in life...[Read more]
click here to RSVP -or- phone: 604-685-6560
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009 – 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Location: Main Floor, Conference Rooms, Terasen Building,
1111 W. Georgia St. (at Thurlow), Vancouver
Cost: Without lunch: $10
With lunch: non-members - $20; members - $15
Lunch: Catered sandwiches, salad, tea and coffee
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About our Speaker:
Catherine Hajnal, PhD, operates her own Vancouver business, Eight Branches Consulting, facilitating and nurturing joyful living in individuals and organizations. She completed her doctorate in industrial engineering and socio-technical systems at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. During her studies, she explored the connection between occupational stress and the design of work, which spawned a passionate interest in creating healthy workplaces.
Catherine is an ASQ certified manager of quality/organizational effectiveness and... [Read more]
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June 2009
Note: Ethics Breakfasts are now on the second Wednesday of each month...
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Ethics for Breakfast presents
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 Wednesday, June 10, 2009
7:15 - 8:30 am
Ethics & the
Conservation
Economy
with Ian Gill, President of Ecotrust Canada
How can we establish new ethical codes of conduct in our economy and society?
Too often, economic development models ignore environmental sustainability and social benefits to communities, particularly First Nations... [Read more]
Join Ian Gill as he discusses ways in our current economic crisis to build an ethical conservation economy based on what people need, and what the environment will sustain.
click here to RSVP -or- phone: 604-685-6560
DATE: Wednesday, June 10th -- 7:15-8:30 am
LOCATION: BC Hydro Building
333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver
Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby
COST: Members - $7.00 Non-Members - $10.00
(muffins, tea and coffee included)
click here to RSVP or call: 604-685-6560
About Our Speaker:
Ian Gill is president and founder of Ecotrust Canada in Vancouver, B.C. and a director of Ecotrust in Portland, Ore. These non-profit organizations promote the emergence of a conservation economy in the coastal temperate rainforests of North America.
Before creating Ecotrust Canada, Ian spent seven years as a television reporter with the CBC, and seven years as a senior reporter/editor with the Vancouver Sun. He is the author of the best-selling book... [Read more] |
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Spirit at Work presents
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 Thursday, June 18th, 2009
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Spirituality and Homelessness
with Judy Graves, Coordinator,
Tenant Assistance Program,
City of Vancouver
Does your spiritual heart reach out to people of all income levels?
Many people view development projects as a valued sign of a city’s progress, revitalization and economic growth. But few consider the impact on the homeless and low-income tenants. Who considers the needs of these urban-dwellers when slick architectural plans are unveiled? And what does a city’s treatment of the homeless reveal about its spiritual health and well-being?
Judy Graves has worked for City Hall on behalf of Vancouver’s homeless for 35 years. But she also sees her position as a spiritual calling. Join us to hear a passionate woman who works hard and cares deeply for people 'on the street'... [Read more]
click here to RSVP -or- phone: 604.685-6560
DATE: Thursday, June 18, 2009 – 12:00 - 1:30 pm
LOCATION: Main Floor, Conference Rooms, Terasen Building,
1111 W. Georgia St. (at Thurlow), Vancouver
Cost: Without lunch: $10
With lunch: non-members - $20; members - $15
Lunch: Catered sandwiches, salad, tea and coffee
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About Our Speaker:
Judy Graves received an honourary Doctorate of Laws from the University of British Columbia in May 2009. This summer, she will act as an expert witness regarding the homeless in a court challenge to the Election Act. In 2008, she received the Reg Robson Award from the BC Civil Liberties Association and an honourary Doctorate of Sacred Letters from Corpus Christi College. She was also the featured speaker (in May 2008) at the national Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast in Ottawa.
Judy has coordinated the City of Vancouver's Tenant Assistance Program since 1974... [Read more]
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