Weekly News Recap: November 6, 2020

Weekly News Recap: November 6, 2020

Bow Valley College announced that Dr. Misheck Mwaba has been appointed to the role of President and CEO, effective November 2, 2020. Photo: Bow Valley College

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VITREO FUNDRAISING ASK ANYTHING ZOOM CHATS

Join us for a reprise of our Fundraising Ask Anything Zoom events. We started Season 1 with a general conversation among friends and colleagues last April. These events proved immensely popular and we ended up doing eight in total. On October 16, we launched the new season with our session titled: Pandemic +7: The Check-in. Earlier today, we did our second session: The Giving Season: The Digital Edition. We will be concluding the second season with a drop-in video call on December 18. You can connect and ask questions of your peers and the ViTreo team. Don’t see a topic that interests or is relevant to you? Don’t worry, join us anyway…we are calling them Ask Anything events for a reason. See you online! Register here

  • OCT 16 - Pandemic +7: The Check-in. Past Event
  • NOV 6 - The Giving Season: The Digital Edition.
  • DEC 18 - *Budgeting in a 65% World.

SOME GOOD NEWS

  • Wind Orchestra members mentor middle-school band in rare virtual partnership (ULethbridge) LETHBRIDGE STORY What a great partnership! "When times are tough people often turn to the comfort of their favourite music, movie, or creative hobby to keep them distracted. So, what is an ensemble musician to do when they can no longer do what they love most? The University of Lethbridge Wind Orchestra asked that question when COVID restrictions meant they’d no longer be able to practice together in-person."
  • Elusive bear cub caught attempting Canada-U.S. border crossing in northern B.C. (CBC) CANADIAN STORY I feel you little cub. I miss travel too! "Officers at the Canada-U.S. Border between Stewart, B.C. and Hyder, Alaska had cause to paws [recently], as an unusual visitor was caught attempting to cross. According to a social media post from the Canada Border Services Agency, a small female black bear cub 'sought entry for essential reasons, but had no travel documents.'"
  • VIDEO: Alberta hunter shoots video of 'awesome' grizzly encounter (CBC) EDSON STORY This video is as stunning as it is majestic. #powerful "Justin Giesbrecht was jumping out of his truck to follow some deer into the bush when he saw a mother grizzly bear with three cubs about 150 yards away. 'As soon as you see cubs, you don't mess around,' said Giesbrecht [...]."

TOP TEN STORIES OF THE WEEK

  1. Bow Valley Colleges new President and CEO (Bow Valley College) CALGARY STORY Congrats to all. ViTreo is proud to be working with Bow Valley College. "Bow Valley College is pleased to announce that Dr. Misheck Mwaba has been appointed to the role of President and CEO [...]. Dr. Mwaba has held the role of Vice President, Academic at the College since 2017."
  1. Philanthropist Jenny Belzberg talks about the past and future of the Banff Centre at theatre reopening (Calgary Herald) BANFF STORY What a beautiful gift to us all. Thank you to Jenny and the entire Belzberg Family. ViTreo is proud to be working with the Banff Centre. "Jenny Belzberg likes to tell the story of the Parisian violinist who was given a residency at the Banff Centre. 'I said to her ‘Why are you here? You could go anywhere in Europe,’' says Belzberg [...]. 'And she said: ‘Because Banff is the best in the world.'' RELATED: Renovated Banff Centre theatre gets cash infusion and new name
  1. Remembrance Day ceremonies to be streamed online as cities ask people to stay home (CBC) CANADIAN STORY It does not matter how we remember; what is important is that we do. "People are being asked to commemorate Remembrance Day at home [...] as COVID-19 cases across the province continue to rise. The city of Vancouver will host a modified version of the annual Remembrance Day ceremony at Victory Square, which will be live-streamed. The square will be closed to the public, and there will be no parade or screens for viewing the ceremony at the site." RELATED: Vancouver Poppy Fund predicting donations will be down tens of thousands of dollars due to pandemic
  1. Canada’s 50 Best Executives 2020: They led their companies through COVID-19 and built a better country in the process (Globe and Mail) CANADIAN STORY Indeed they have. Congrats to all but a special shout out to our friend and colleague, Tania Little, Chief Development & Partnerships Officer at Food Banks Canada. "For raising more than a $100 million when Canadians need it most." #WellDeserved.
  1. Avenue Magazine reveals Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40 for 2020 (Global News) CALGARY STORY Another great list. Congrats to all but a special shout out to Meg Wilcox, Assistant Professor, Journalism and Broadcast Media Studies at Mount Royal University. I have had the privilege of working with Meg on her quest to establish a Podcasting Center of Excellence at MRU. "Calgarians in a wide range of fields are being recognized for their contributions to the city in Avenue Magazine’s 2020 list of the Top 40 Under 40. The annual list is comprised of Calgarians who excel in their work and are instrumental in shaping and promoting the city in business, the arts, community building and the non-profit sector."
  1. Carleton Launches New Platform to Mobilize Knowledge in the Philanthropic and Nonprofit Sector (Carleton University) CANADIAN STORY Brilliant! Nice work Carleton! We have needed just such a resource for far too long. #NowWeHaveIt "Carleton University’s master and graduate diploma programs in Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership (PNL) have launched PANL Perspectives, a new platform to mobilize knowledge in the philanthropic and non-profit sector."
  1. Former Alberta MP Don Mazankowski, Companion of Order of Canada, dies at 85 (Edmonton Journal) CANADIAN STORY Mr. Mazankowski, I had the pleasure of working with you when I worked at the University of Alberta where you helped in so many ways not least of which was co-chairing the UofA's first comprehensive capital campaign. RIP. We will not see your like again. "Former Alberta member of Parliament Don Mazankowski is being remembered as a man who reached the heights of political power and influence in Ottawa while staying true to his rural roots and being kind to those who disagreed with him. Mazankowski, who was named a Companion of the Order of Canada in 2013 for a lifetime of public service, died Tuesday night. He was 85."
  1. Max Ward, bush pilot turned Canadian aviation pioneer, has died (CBC) CANADIAN STORY I fondly remember flying Wardair. RIP Mr. Ward. We will not see your like again. "Canadian aviation pioneer Max Ward died Monday [...]. He was 98. Ward was born in Edmonton in 1921. He served as a flight instructor with the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War before becoming a bush pilot. In 1953, he founded Wardair in Yellowknife. By 1989, the airline would become the third-largest airline in Canada. Ward sold the airline to Canadian Airlines that year."
  1. Hundreds of coal mining jobs to end as TransAlta switches to natural gas (CBC) ALBERTA STORY "TransAlta will end operations at Highvale thermal coal mine by the end of 2021 as it switches to natural gas at all of its coal-fired plants in Canada. The announcement brings with it hundreds of job losses and comes four years earlier than TransAlta originally planned."
  1. Salvation Army hiring paid red kettle bell ringers to help meet donation goal (KRDO) #PandemicImpacts "Doug Hanson, a captain with the Salvation Army, says red kettle bell ringers will play a crucial role in helping them meet their half-million-dollar goal; especially during the pandemic. The Salvation Army Colorado Springs Corps is hosting a job fair in hopes to recruit bell ringers for its 75 red kettle locations."

SEVEN LIFE AND CAREER HACKS

  1. How Inuit Parents Teach Kids To Control Their Anger (NPR) We could all use more of this. #EspeciallyMe
  1. To better track your productivity, focus on your bandwidth (Fast Company) #6 hit me right between the eyes.
  1. 9,000-Year-Old Burial of Female Hunter Upends Beliefs About Prehistoric Gender Roles (Gizmodo) I am not the least bit surprised.
  1. Slow simmering dinners from baked beans to braised pork not just for weekends now (CBC) The gift of time. #PandemicSilverLinings
  1. Online Fundraising: 8 Ways to Create A Donation Page That Converts (Firespring) How many calls to action do you have?
  1. How octopuses taste with their tentacles (Chemical & Engineering News) I firmly believe that these amazing creatures are way more sentient than we think. Oh, and if you have not watched "My Octopus Teacher", I highly recommend you do.
  1. Everything you know about so-called 'gophers' in Alberta is probably wrong (CBC) CANADIAN STORY So, are they squirrels or are they gophers?

TOP THREE GIFTS OF THE WEEK

  1. THE SCOOP | Massey Hall Receives $5 million Donation From The Slaight Family Foundation (Ludwig Van Toronto) TORONTO STORY Beautiful. "[The] Slaight Family Foundation has donated $5 million to the seven-year-long Massey Hall Revitalization project. The donation tops up the original $5 million donated by the Slaight Family Foundation in 2017, marking a total of $10 million. In appreciation, the Massey Hall stage was named the Allan Slaight Stage and a plaque installed bearing his name in the front lobby."
  1. Billionaire Robert F Smith Announces $50 Million Donation Towards STEM Students At HBCUs (Celebrity Net Worth) "[Billionaire Robert F. Smith] recently announced a personal gift of $50 million [...] towards STEM students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (known as HBCUs)."
  1. Sussex composer with dementia receives £1 million donation (The Argus) This is a beautiful gift and it gives us hope that, even in decline, wonder awaits. "Sir Tom Hunter, Scotland’s first ever billionaire, has made a £1 million charity donation, inspired by composer and pianist, Paul Harvey. Paul Harvey, from Buxted in Sussex, improvised the piece after being given just four notes to play by his son."

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