What's New

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.

07Apr

We are recruiting 3 volunteer event assistants for Harambecouver 2022!!

Volunteer Community Event Assistant x 3 Positions: Harambecouver We are looking for an energetic and dynamic individual to play an active role in the success of the 2022 Harambecouver event. We encourage applications from senior high school students, university students and community members who are looking to gain experience in...

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08Jan

GLNS Purchased Items for Homeless

Donations of Cold Weather Clothing Wanted We bought these items and we are distributing for the winter weather that the homeless people, especially those sleeping on streets, can use, we made tuques, and we bought some socks from the dollar store. This is for our outreach team.

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08Jan

Poppin’ Footwear for Africa

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.

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08Jan

Church Minister Does the Unthinkable

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.

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17Dec

Race-Based Data Engagement Concert

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...

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06Dec

IDAOBC Family Cultural Dance and Storytelling Festival 2021

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...

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08Nov

Teaching Black History in Schools

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...

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10Oct

Covid-19 Update October 2021

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...

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10Oct

We have outlined plans and policies in place related to current public health orders and restrictions Covid-19

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...

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10Oct

Policies, procedures, and practices processes in place to support and promote fair remuneration, equitable employment, safe and respectful workplaces/activities places

(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,...

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10Oct

Improving Engagement

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,...

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10Oct

Showing and demonstrating Respect in the Workplace, projects, Programs, and Events include

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. ...

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10Oct

Determine Respect in the Workplace

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...

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10Oct

Our MOTO to our employees/volunteers/contractors

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...

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10Oct

Diversity and Inclusion at Work

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...

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10Oct

Responsibility to build and maintain a respectful workplace, programs, Projects, Activities, and Events

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...

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10Oct

Promoting diversity in the workplace, programs, Projects, Activities, and Events

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,...

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10Oct

Updates to our Code of Conduct

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...

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