Challenge Team Report By Advisor John Wong Mount Hua or Huashan in Chinese, is one of the five sacred mountains of China. The original trail was built and used by Taoist monks over 1000 years ago. Now, it is a major 4-star tourist destination for locals and foreigners alike. Mount Hua consists of five peaks […]
By: Adrian Chow I remember taking a history course at the Vancouver’s University of British Columbia and one thing that stuck out to me was the definition of culture. Culture is not only the norms and traditions of a group of people, but it is also a way of life and a way of thinking […]
By Nicole Lobo Apart from the Grouse Grind in Vancouver, I am not much of a hiker, so the climb up Mt. Hua was quite the adventure. The original plan was to climb to only the West Peak which has the most beautiful view but I also ended up making it to the South Peak; […]
Written By Jeremy Tam. Vancouver is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, with quick access to the outdoors. It is only a 20 minute drive from downtown to reach the north shore mountains. On weekends and even after work many city dwellers flock to the mountains for fun, fitness, and just de-stressing. […]
By: Stephanie Chan Leadership Training Presentation Presentation Rehearsals: The iProj group is diligently working on group presentations for a leadership training program for the local Scouts in Shilong. Practically every weekend we find the presenters rehearsing, re-drafting and re-structuring their presentations towards perfection. We will be sharing our Canadian methods of running personal development, leadership, […]
For our international service project in May 2012, we will be working with a children village (兒童村 – one of the eight main ones in China) near the City of Xian. The children village has close to 90 children living there. The buildings were donated by some American companies such as Amway, etc. Our contact in China […]
By: Aaron D’Souza Students are faced with innumerable distractions nowadays. The attention span of people in general seems to be getting shorter with the stimulation of senses that comes from having the internet at our fingertips. Focusing on doing one thing at a time has become a great challenge, and especially to students who want […]
The winner of our October 2011 PERSIST Award is Elizabeth Leung. Liz joined our Rover Scout Group about four years ago, when she was only 16 years old. Liz is reliable, hardworking, and always eager to help. She is currently the project manager of the Young Rovers portfolio. This month, she single-handedly published a research […]
This weekend five of our Rovers will be attending the BC Rover Moot (a camp open to 18-26 year olds and their advisors) which will have close to 50 people in attendance. We are going to present a workshop on personal development plans (shortened to PDP’s) and mentoring. This has been core to our Rover […]
From the perspective of a first time meeting chair Written by: Stephanie Chan “What is a meeting chair?” The typical answers would be that the meeting chair is the person you see standing up front who generally runs the meeting and introduces the next presenter on the stage. True, but that is a boring […]