This June, Building Caring Communities (BCC) hosted its third discussion around the key conditions of resilience, but this time it was our autonomy orientation stars who joined us. We asked the group if they like the name or if they …
Liam’s Story
Liam is an interesting and complex man. He has strong likes and dislikes and is not afraid to use his voice which sometimes lead others to misunderstand his good intentions. Most people don’t know that Liam is a passionate and …
Exploring Interpersonal Skills: Boundaries, Trust & Holding Space
This past April, Building Caring Communities (BCC) hosted its second discussion around a key determinant to resilience: interpersonal skills. (Read our first determinant discussion on positive outlook) Our working definition of interpersonal skills being: The skills and dispositions that help …
Community Connecting: Sometimes it’s as “Simple” as Timing
Daryl is a brilliant visual artist who loves to bowl, works at a pizza shop, volunteers with Quest Food Exchange, and collects pop can tabs to fundraise for Spina Bifida. He also goes swimming at Killarney Community Centre a few …
Wrestling: Passion to Podcast
David L has an extensive knowledge of pro wrestling and a real gift for the gab. In the past months he’s developed these into a podcast series covering the big leagues and Vancouver’s own Elite Championship Wrestling League. He’s becoming …
A Positive Outlook
The rain was torrential, our meeting was last minute and I wondered if anyone was going to show. Community Connectors are used to this feeling – we rarely pick the people we work with up at their homes because we …