Entrepreneurship is a loaded word. I prefer to think of it as confidence. Confidence that you have a skill or a product that people will value. This belief in yourself can come early in life, or at a major event in your life, such as immigration. However, you come to it, being an entrepreneur, if you choose that path, is the most scary, insecure, wild and life-affirming ... Continue Reading
Port Credit Bricks in 1891
Thomas Nightingale opened his brick yard in Port Credit in 1891. Port Credit bricks were used extensively for building in the area. In those days, the brick business was labour-intensive. A shortage of labour around 1900 resulted in a large influx of European immigrant labourers, many of them Italians, who were recruited to work at the brick yard. ... Continue Reading
Parental Anxiety at an All Time High
Parental Anxiety is at an all time high and with parenting styles changing, mothers and fathers together need to find a graceful and peaceful way to raise healthy children. Parents need to know it's a healthy option to set up boundaries while fostering love, self-esteem and respect. According to Dr. Robin Berman, psychiatrist at UCLA Hospital, children need to know there ... Continue Reading
Ecosource Growing a Green Community
Ecosource is an innovative Ontario-based organization that empowers the community to become more environmentally responsible through creative public education. Our work began in Mississauga in 1979 and has expanded throughout the Region of Peel and beyond to promote waste reduction, urban agriculture, sustainability education, nature connection, and youth leadership. We ... Continue Reading
Help Your Children Transition into Life After Graduation
While the summer should be a time of bonding, saying final goodbyes to high school friends, it was suddenly "stolen" from our youth and wasted in isolation. How Parents Can Help Transition Young Adults Into the New Chapter of Life After Graduation. None of us know exactly how to cope with the fallout from this unprecedented situation. It has been even more stressful ... Continue Reading