by mvboronowski | Jul 21, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
What are the first words that jump into your mind when you think of a collaboration between Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, NASA and the World Bank? If you’re like me, the first few words that entered your mind aren’t publishable on such a mild-mannered blog, and the...
by mvboronowski | Jul 20, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
It goes without saying that I’m no fan of Mr. Sun. Wait. It really doesn’t. If you’re not a frequenter of this blog, you probably don’t know that – when I choose my enemies – I don’t mess around with supervillains, nation...
by mvboronowski | Jul 19, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Over the weekend Jim and I went canoe camping with a group of friends, which included an 18 month old. Summers over the past 5 years for us have been centered on weddings so it isn’t surprising that there are an increasing number of infants and toddlers in our...
by mvboronowski | Jul 18, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories, Business & Entrepreneurship
Last Thursday – July 14, 2011 – I attended a fun, professional and meaningful event put on by the Sauder Africa Initiative. In addition to a supercool silent auction (I hope that I get the lantern and/or hiking poles I bid on…) and a snappy jazz trio...
by mvboronowski | Jul 15, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
Poverty accounts for huge costs on our society. And not just the ones incurred by the massive losses suffered by our human capital because of all our wasted talent. There are financial costs, too. Big ones. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives just released a...
by mvboronowski | Jul 14, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories
This little ditty is courtesy of Darren Barefoot’s facebook wall (thanks Darren!). Kinda puts all our “first world problems” in perspective. Short, punchy and ironic. I love...
