by Vantage Point | Sep 13, 2021 | Blog
Cultivating a Space to Grow All Blogs I’ve never met a metaphor about growth or the garden that I didn’t love (let that be a warning: plant puns ahead). That speaks to my personality, which is at times a bit sentimental, generally optimistic, and in search of...
by Vantage Point | Aug 30, 2021 | Blog
All Roads Lead to Bridges All Blogs I was always a curious and studious kid. I liked to read and imagine things and have fond memories of rainy days in Richmond: my dad building a fire, lying on the floor on a big cushion reading while my family watched tv, looking up...
by Vantage Point | Aug 9, 2021 | Blog
Navigating the Not-For-Profit Sector with a Tandem Bike All Blogs Earlier this summer, my partner and I went on a cycling trip through Ktunaxa territory. This involved a great deal of logistics coordination to do the route-planning, campsite-booking,...
by Vantage Point | Jul 12, 2021 | Blog
The Road to Consulting is Paved with Sticky Notes All Blogs Like most children growing up on the Canadian prairie in the 1980s, I always dreamed of being a planning consultant in the not-for-profit sector. Kidding, of course. This is the kind of work that people tend...
by Vantage Point | Jun 21, 2021 | Blog
Path to People All Blogs When I was nearing the end of my high school career and was deciding which path I was going to take for post-secondary, I narrowed down the decision to two choices. I was either going to pursue my love of writing by going to journalism school...
by Vantage Point | May 25, 2021 | Blog
Rowan's Blog All Blogs “Disabling” Communications I love communications because when we create spaces for dialogue and share our visions, missions, goals, passions – whether they are individual or organizational – the very fabric of our societies begins to...
by Vantage Point | May 17, 2021 | Blog
Welcome, Lynn Moran, Interim Executive Director! All Blogs Vantage Point is pleased to introduce Lynn Moran as interim Executive Director while a search begins for a new, permanent Executive Director. Lynn has more than 30 years of experience in the not-for-profit...
by Vantage Point | May 7, 2021 | Blog
Thank you, Alison All Blogs “As the eternal optimist, I seek change as a process of improvement and getting to better places. I believe that change refreshes, allows new perspectives, challenges outdated thinking.” – Alison Brewin, Change: My Takeaways as an Executive...
by Vantage Point | Apr 30, 2021 | Blog
Welcome to the New Vantage Point Website! All Blogs After months of planning, we are excited to announce the launch of our new website! Our goal for this platform is to provide a fresh, clean user interface and an improved navigation system which allows visitors and...
by Vantage Point | Apr 26, 2021 | Blog
Shagun's Blog All Blogs I come from a culture where relationships thrive on reciprocity and human connections create a collective identity and a sense of belonging. For me, when I arrived in Canada, this innate need to look for something similar found its satiation in...
