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— Silken Laumann, Canadian Olympian, Speaker and Author (Child’s Play: Rediscovering the Joy of Play in Our Families and Communities)
Key Concepts defining the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education
The key concepts that define the goals of the Dalai Lama Center are: one, the promotion of human values; and two, the promotion of a sense of oneness within humanity. These two ideas serve to promote peace among different communities within one nation, within one world. And they will be particularly useful in shaping the long-term goals of the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education in Vancouver, Canada."

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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Submitted by Charles Holmes on January 8, 2007 - 12:16am.
Engaging Canadians in a National Dialogue on Canadian Foreign Policy

In between the breaks and around the dinner tables at Connecting for Change, an idea was seeded that has grown into a full-scale national initiative. Shauna Sylvester, with the support of The Simons Foundation and the advice of over a dozen Connecting for Change participants, has designed a three-year non-partisan citizen's dialogue on Canada's foreign policy. The aim of the initiative is to engage Canadians in creating a new narrative for Canadian foreign policy - one that will secure Canada's position as a global leader in fostering the conditions for long-term peace.

Submitted by Charles Holmes on January 7, 2007 - 10:42pm.
Pivot Legal Society and Mountain Equipment Coop Exploring A Joint Venture
During an animated discussion about the alignment of corporate mandates and social engagement, Mountain Equipment Coop CEO Peter Robinson and Pivot Legal Society Executive Director John Richardson recognized a distinctive way their businesses could intersect, to serve their shared value in making a difference for those in need.

The basic idea was roughly sketched out on a piece of paper that that John shared with Peter of a blanket. Not just any blanket, a blanket inscribed with plain-English statements of the laws and services relevant to people in housing crisis or living on the street, a blanket that would be distributed to the homeless. The blanket was Pivot's vision for a practical and educational tool in the campaign against homelessness-a core constituency of John's organization.
Submitted by Charles Holmes on January 4, 2007 - 10:03am.