During our money talk on the One Eight Zero Podcast, we covered various financial topics, from purchase decision-making, budgeting, and investing, to side hustles and managing a YouTube account. Maybe because I was too excited about all of the insightful tips being given, I wasn’t paying enough attention when we discussed the topic of self-investment. […]
Following the murder of George Floyd that came with massive civic support via protests in Canada and the US, we as Scouters (or caregivers, parents, or older siblings) are left with wondering how we might addres the topic of racism with our youth. How would we even start? What’s too much information? What if they’re […]
By Brian Asin During the last leg of our trip in Taipei, we were hosted at the National Taiwanese Scout Headquarters. Our presenters, Eli Chan, Victor Chan, Kevin Heung, Dylan Book, and Scouter David Yuan once again shared our Rover Crew’s youth development strategy, our accomplishments and our future aspirations at a second open forum […]
By Brian Asin & Sandra Lee On May 8th, we visited MingDao High School in Taichung to further educate ourselves about school-based Scouting in Taiwan. As soon as we opened the bus doors, the junior high-school Scouts greeted us with welcoming enthusiasm. These Scouts were obviously very proud of their program and didn’t hesitate to share their stories […]
As a sequel to our previous blog post about Caelan’s first impressions, we had the chance to talk to Shiyu about what she thinks of her time so far as a New Rover Scout. Hi Shiyu, thanks for letting me speak with you. Let’s start off with something easy. What made you decide to reach […]
By Sandra Lee The snow is back! THE SEASON IS NOT OVER YET! What a beautiful winter we had this time, so we must take advantage! Our two departments, Training & Scout Group Support, thus hosted a snowshoe fun run for a light outdoor adventure up Brockton Point in Mount Seymour to prepare our Rovers […]
Continuing to shine the spotlight on some of the Rovers, today I would like to feature one of our newest members, Caelan Huesing, as she shares a bit about her background and what initially attracted her to the program in the first place. Let’s talk a bit about yourself first. Well, this is my first […]
By Brian Asin Vancouver has been recognized time and time again as a green city. We have a ton of sustainable development initiatives and waste reduction policies under our belt. The heaps of trash left in the campgrounds after the annual Pemberton Music Festival, however, show a side of the ‘green city’ that we aren’t […]
Nearly 60,000 registrants cleaned 2,000+ shorelines across Canada in 2015, removing almost 180,000 kg of litter from more than 3,000 km of shoreline. — Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup As a new member of our Rover Scout Group, Tina Liao was tasked to manage our annual Shoreline Cleanup Project to learn about 2 major aspects of […]
By Brian Asin A class of Rover Scouts got together early Saturday morning at the Hastings Branch of the Vancouver Public Library to participate in a Public Speaking Workshop. The event was organized by Barton Lui, and facilitated by some of our very talented and insightful Scouters. Everyone got their first go at public speaking […]