LE CONCOURS D'ART ORATOIRE DU CONSEIL SCOLAIRE RÉGIONAL DE BLUEWATER returns to the Bluewater District School Board Education Centre in Chesley on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Le Concours is an annual French public speaking event for Bluewater District School Board students in grades 4 through 12 studying French as a Second Language (FSL), and is conducted jointly by Bluewater Chapters of Canadian Parents for French and Bluewater District School Board. This year, the competition is divided into the grade levels of 4 – 6, 7 – 8 and 11 – 12, with students speaking in the categories of Core, Extended and
The Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at Georgian College, together with the Social Enterprise Network of Central Ontario, is hosting Owen Sound Changemaker Days at the Owen Sound Campus on Wednesday, March 23 from 10 a.m. to noon.
The free professional development events include "Localized Coffee Conversations" and an introductory social enterprise and changemaking workshop.
The event will appeal most to Grey-Bruce non-profit organizations and their stakeholders who are developing or are already operating a social enterprise. Participants will enjoy fresh local coffee, great conversation and networking, followed by specialized workshops.
Social enterprises address the most pressing problems faced by societies by employing scalable, self-sustaining and innovative unique social business models. These business models address the "triple
Residents of Lee Manor, a long-term care facility in Owen Sound, have their sights set on a world record. On March 16th Lee Manor joined more than 700 other facilities and hospitals from around the world in an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest simultaneous tea party.
The "Global Tea Party" is part of the annual Nutrition and Hydration Week celebration which highlights nutrition and hydration as an important part of quality care in health and social care settings.
According to the British Nutrition Foundation, adequate hydration is crucial to physical and mental well-being, and older people are vulnerable to dehydration due to physiological changes in the ageing process. Age-related changes include a reduced sensation of thirst, and this may be more pronounced in those with...
Is your organization, program or business working towards and/or is interested in building a food-secure Grey Bruce? If yes, the Food Security Action Group wants to connect with you!
The Food Security Action Group (FSAG) seeks to identify sustainable best practices and community-based food security initiatives across Bruce and Grey Counties. In doing so, the FSAG is striving to help increase access to local foods, reduce food waste, and enhance local economic development. The FSAG is one piece of the Poverty Task Force Framework, which is a network of service agencies in Bruce and Grey Counties that work together to create a proactive approach to poverty reduction and eventual elimination in our communities.
The FSAG is working towards creating an inventory of all of the food-related organizations, programs and businesses within Grey Bruce that are and/or are interested in connecting and collaborating with partners within the local food system. By creating more connections between local producers and food businesses and community food organizations, the FSAG is hoping to build food-security in Bruce and Grey Counties. Food gleaning, connecting people in need of quality food that would otherwise go to waste, is an example of an
Again this year our neighbours are Freezin for a Reason. The local Polar Plunge, organized by the Owen Sound Police to raise money for the Torch Run for local Special Olympians, will start at 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 19 at Bayshore Community Centre. Be there in good time to enjoy all the fun – it's not like they are going to stay in all day!
This year it won't be a hole cut in the ice - participants will be running in from the shoreline north of the Bayshore. Bob Wallace of 92.3 The Dock will be leading his Dock Ducks in taking the plunge yet again. Like most teams, Bob says they'll be dressed up in crazy costumes, but he is not revealing any details other than...
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