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Discussions on Youth: Keeping up Daily Motivation

By Mariska Tanuarto Finding direction and purpose in life is not as easy as we were conditioned to believe when growing up, especially when faced with the ever-present stresses of young adulthood that can obstruct our ability to find motivation. Richard Wong’s Discussion on Youth: Keeping Up Daily Motivation lecture was particularly relevant to many […]

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My Final Year as a Rover – Karen Tse

This year, another one of our rovers graduates from the crew: our Vice President and Department Head of Fundraising, Karen! Below you will find a short (but sweet) wrap up of Karen’s time as a rover of the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group.     

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My Final Year as a Rover – Gwendolyn Tian

2018 marks an important year for some of our rovers. Some may consider it a year of growth or fun but for some of us, it’s a time where we look back at our times in the crew. This year, Gwendolyn Tian graduates from our crew. Below you can read Gwen’s thoughts on how the […]

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Time Management: How to Kill Time

When we’re loaded with a long list of tasks, it feels as if 24 hours is never enough. We catch ourselves saying, “there are too many things to do, but not enough time”.  Keep in mind that there are people who have less time on their hands and more to do, yet they are are […]

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Standing Out from the Stack of Resumes

Written by: Henry Chow & Sandra Lee Last month, our crew hosted the latest event from our crew’s “Career Series” – a lineup of various information and networking sessions, directed at youth trying to break into the job market. Each of these events has provided a wealth of knowledge to all attendees; this session dealing […]

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3 Important Things Scouting Taught Me

Written by: Nick Pham On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, my mother decided to sign me up for the Scouting program. At that time, all she thought about was to provide an environment for me to connect with other kids of my age. I was hesitant at first, but now I couldn’t possibly thank her enough […]

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Why Some of Us Don’t Have One True Calling

Almost all of us have been asked the question: “What do you want to be when you grow up”. Some of us can give quick answers such as doctor, painter, consultant, but a lot of us are stuck on this popular question. The reasons for being stumped can be as simple as not knowing what […]

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How Scouting Helped My Public Speaking Skills

As someone who is new to Scouting in Canada, our new rover, Nick Pham, shares his personal experiences on how Scouting has helped him with his public speaking skills!  Whenever I tell somebody that I am a Scout, they usually have the impression that I must be only good at camping skills and survival techniques. […]

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How Our Rovers Learn by Doing

By Dylan Book In the 180th Pacific Coast Scout Group, we claim to develop leaders and managers by providing real world experiences and projects that teach us. This is a bit abstract, so we thought we might use a recent example to better illustrate this. A real challenge our Crew has faced was the consistent […]

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Rover of the Month: Samuel Ng

“Building pyramids was a walk in the park in comparison to the development of semiconductor devices within the last half century,” ..the professor proclaimed at a quantum mechanics lecture one morning. I looked up from my computer screen, eyes widened. Now the whole class was awake. My name is Samuel. I have just graduated from […]