This is “What’s New” with Great Lakes Networking Society of BC. Read about our events, important information on how we approach ant-racism, celebrating Elder’s, raising youth and children to learn and grow in their cultures.
Previous Next Teacher Brian Lee of St Georges Secondary Generously donated these sweet kicks to be shipped to Africa for some deserving children and men.
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8TSmqDK/ Watch This! Systemic racism is at the root of the problem. Colonization in the earliest form has taught people that we are different. We are not different. We have been taught that race matters, colour matters, differences matter. It is time to unlearn these differences.
http://greatlakessociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Live-3.mp4 Saturday, December 18th, 2021 UBC Robson Square800 Robson Street Important information you need to know about Race-Based data collection in British Columbia. Data Survey Form The B.C Government is committed to tackling systemic racism in public sector policies, programs, and services. Data is needed to better understand how Government policies, programs and services...
Mama Kombii Nanjalah and Stephen Lytton were invited to join the Igbo Development Association of BC for their Family Cultural Dance and Storytelling Festival at the Aria Convention Centre in Surrey, BC. The evening started with speeches from prominent leaders of the African Community including President Emmanuel Ihejirika from the...
As part of our educational goals, GLNS has joined Elementary Schools to facilitate learning Black History. Kombii Nanjalah has been instrumental in spearheading this initiative making sure to accurately retell the history of Black Pioneers, Slavery, and the history of People of African Descent around the World. Pictured: Waverely Elementary School students...
OPEN CALL FOR TALENT
Globally, efforts have focused on taking measures to contain the outbreak and prevent further spread. An official global travel advisory and pandemic COVID-19 travel health notice are in effect, we ask citizens to avoid non-essential travel outside Canada until further notice. Risk to Canadians - COVID-19 is a serious health...
Globally, efforts have focused on taking measures to contain the outbreak and prevent further spread. An official global travel advisory and pandemic COVID-19 travel health notice are in effect, we ask citizens to avoid non-essential travel outside Canada until further notice. Risk to Canadians - COVID-19 is a serious health...
(including human resource and management practices related to our projects/activities/events). Our annual and other projects/programs, activities and events involve working with individuals or materials from communities outside our own, particularly those that have been historically underserved, and we have in place the steps taken to collaborate with these communities,...
At GLNS engagement is key factor that promotes higher performances efforts, greater returns, and lower turnover. We explore the components of successful engagement initiatives, identifying strategies that creates stronger engagement in teams, and Capacity/Team building. Counteracting Unconscious Bias - There is no such thing at GLNS as a workplace,...
Treating others with courtesy, politeness, and kindness. Listening to what others have to say before expressing our viewpoints, never speaking over, or interrupting others, listening, and stopping to formulate rebuttals and responses in the mind when there is need to focus on listening to others. Use others' ideas to change or improve. ...
Respect can be heard in a person's tone of voice, in their nonverbal communication, body language and in how they address. It can be observed by co-worker or supervisor listening and asking questions to make sure they understand the point of view. We are judged, respected by the way our...
Create a safer space/environment and always treat people in a respectful the way we would want to be treated. Recognize that, like you, coworkers, reports, and superiors have rights, opinions, wishes, experiences, competence, and they make mistakes, which are simply lessons to be learned. They have similar concerns and...
The management of diversity and inclusion has evolved from a focus on compliance to a strategic-level effort with a demonstrated positive impact on an organization's performance. In the current business climate, we strive for both diversity and inclusion, achieving intended business results, which provide the proof that diversity and...
The responsibilities are shared by everyone in the BC Public Service, others, and that is where GLNS focuses. At Great Lakes Networking Society of B.C we have in place policies, procedures and statements regarding Workplace, Programs, Projects, Activities, and Events behaviours and conducts which require all employees, volunteers, and...
Helps promote diversity at our Workplace, Programs, Projects, Activities, and Events, focusing on the Cross-cultural communication which is an invaluable skill. We believe that today, more than ever, we are likely to interact professionally with people from different cultural backgrounds. Mutual respect is especially important in the workplace, programs, Projects,...
We Promote a Respectful Workplace, programs, Projects, Activities, and Events... by defining and Communicating expectations. Our Leadership team is the example. We provide employees/volunteers with regular training, to be respectful and communicate appropriately. We provide plans to address accessibility and safety of engagement, including but not limited to physical...
August 27th on Hastings St. We organized and met to provide pancakes and mandazi to those in need of a good feed. Thank you to our volunteers and sponsors for making this all possible. Dr. Charles Quist-Adade and a volunteer assistant to hand out pancakes and mandazi.
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How Non-Indigenous Activists Support Indigenous People by Educating themselves and others. This is the focus of Great Lakes Networking Society of BC, working with Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Organizations, and educational Institutes to educate other Non-Indigenous peoples, through Dialogue, Conferences and Workshops, organized by the Indigenous peoples who seat on our Board as Bord members. It’s difficult...
