http://civicfootprint.net/blog Make your Civic Footprint as large as possible through giving, volunteering and participating. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:59:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="211" caption="Canadian Tire Money"][/caption] Anyone that lives in Canada, knows of (and maybe uses) Canadian Tire money. Alongside hockey and maple syrup, Canadian Tire Money is a classic Canadian tradition, that is a nationally recognized rewards program - yet I know few people that actually redeem their CTM ... http://civicfootprint.net/blog/2010/03/canadian-tire-money-more-than-a-rewards-program/ Recently as we were creating and publishing new CivicFootprint TV videos, we unearthed one of our favourite Timeraiser videos.  Produced by Meg Wilcox, Nina Soboczynski and Radka Zitkova for Capital News Online, the video is from the 2nd Ottawa Timeraiser last November.  It perfectly captures the vibe (I've heard the description "trendy ... http://civicfootprint.net/blog/2010/03/footage-from-the-2nd-ottawa-timeraiser/ On this past snowy/rainy Saturday, a group of our great volunteers hit the most vibrant neighbourhoods in Toronto on our annual Neighbourhood Day to help promote and spread the word about the upcoming 7th Toronto Timeraiser: happening Saturday March 20th in the Distillery District. Our volunteers met for brunch at Free Times Cafe ... http://civicfootprint.net/blog/2010/03/timeraiser-fever-spreads-through-the-hoods-of-toronto/ Anil and I attended ChangeCampTO, held Tuesday Feb 16th at the Toronto Public Library in the Bram & Bluma Appel Salon room. I'm so glad we went. Mark Kuznicki, ChangeCamp founder, Ryan Coleman and all the volunteers put together a really interactive, fast paced event. During our roundtable discussion, we talked through the idea ... http://civicfootprint.net/blog/2010/02/notes-on-changecampto/ I remember when Marvin Gaye’s dad shot him dead. It was April 1st, 1984, I was 10 years old and was very upset by what happened. Although Marvin’s dad was suffering from a long bout of mental illness and drug abuse, he had a history of dishing out verbal and physical ... http://civicfootprint.net/blog/2010/02/mercy-mercy-me/ Prom is a one of those momentous events in high school that you never forget. It's a right of passage for every teenage girl to find the perfect dress and act out the Cinderella story for one special night. One organization is turning the fairytale Cinderella into a reality for ... http://civicfootprint.net/blog/2010/02/a-real-cinderella-story/ I've been watching a lot of TED talks lately. For those who are unfamiliar with it, TED, or Technology Entertainment Design, is a non-profit organization that spreads good ideas through conferences, their video site and the annual TED prize, given to individuals with “One Wish to Change the World.” The TED talks, ... http://civicfootprint.net/blog/2010/02/learning-from-ideas/ Sure, Jamie has Fifteen, but Toronto has the YMCA. The Culinary Skills Training Program at the YMCA sounds pretty fantastic, and some of the pictures from this article are drool-inducing.  The Torontoist recently featured a story on the Basic Culinary Skills Training program. In it, Kaori Furue describes a tour of the new location at ... http://civicfootprint.net/blog/2010/02/step-aside-jamie-oliver/ Eli Malinsky (Centre for Social Innovation) and I had coffee recently. Before we got down to business, we started talking about our favourite television shows. We quickly found out that we both appreciate HBO's the Wire. Omar is Eli's favourite character. Freeman is mine. Here is what I like about Freeman's character: Episode after ... http://civicfootprint.net/blog/2010/02/hbos-the-wire-great-writing-amazing-character-development/ His students know him as Mr Laidlaw. I know him as Mike. Mike Laidlaw is a good friend from highschool. He's always been passionate about theatre and the arts. Mike followed that passion through university, where he majored in drama, and is now the head of the Drama Department of Lawrence Park Collegiate in ... http://civicfootprint.net/blog/2010/02/i-live-here-lawrence-park-collegiate-and-mia-kirshner/