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Celebrate
10 Years of giving back
T
he Victoria Leadership Awards
began with a common vision
and the energy and enthusiasm
of a number of dedicated individuals
and organizations.
In 2004, a small group of community leaders – Sheila Sheldon Collyer,
Martin Segger, Alison Ducharme,
Faye Wightman, Dennis Truss, Chris
Fraser and Kate Mansell – gathered
at the University of Victoria to work
on a new initiative to honour and
celebrate the region’s top volunteer
leaders. From this initial meeting, the
Victoria Leadership Awards was born.
Hosted and led by Leadership
Victoria in partnership with UVic and
Harbourside Rotary Club, the three
founding organizations worked together to develop a successful model
of collaborative community leadership celebration that has grown from
strength to strength since the very
first gala event in 2005.
That first awards ceremony was
held as a luncheon event at the Delta
Ocean Pointe Hotel. The ceremony
continued in that format and location
until 2009 when the event moved to
the late afternoon and a larger venue
in the Empress Hotel’s Crystal Ballroom. New categories of recognition
and achievement have been added
and new partners have joined us,
further strengthening the core values
of collaboration and partnership.
In 2006, a new award recognizing
youth leaders was created by Vancity
and in 2008, our partnership with
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Rotary expanded from the original
partner of Harbourside Rotary Club
to encompass the Rotary Clubs of
Greater Victoria. The Victoria Foundation became a full partner in 2009
with a new award for organizations
building community capacity. In
2010, Leadership Victoria added an
honourary award for alumni of their
signature community leadership development program who continue to
serve their community.
In 2012, we welcomed the United
Way of Greater Victoria as a full
partner with a brand new award
for collaboration and partnership,
and Royal Roads University with
a named award for coaching and
mentoring. In 2014 we host the event
at the biggest venue yet, the Crystal
Garden, which will allow even more
people to join the celebration!
Leadership Victoria’s mission is
to develop, support, and celebrate
leaders who are passionately engaged
in building a vibrant community.
From the very beginning, the Victoria
Leadership Awards has proven to be
the ideal platform for a truly collaborative, community-based celebration.
All event proceeds support Leadership Victoria’s mission and mandate
to develop the current and next
generation of community leaders.
Each year, a steering committee of
representatives of the partners and
named award sponsors leads the
organization of the special ceremony
as a collective volunteer effort.
As we reach our milestone 10th
anniversary in 2014, there is much
to be proud of – looking back we
tip our hat to the incredible recipients and nominees who continue to
work passionately on behalf of our
community. Looking forward to the
next decade of community leadership
success, we are excited to continue
to provide the platform for a truly
collaborative celebration of our region’s best, brightest and most caring
citizens.
Since 2005 we have honoured 58
individual leaders, including nine
exemplary
Lifetime
“We are proud to
Achievement
provide the platform
Award recipfor a collaborative
ients and five
celebration of
outstanding
our region’s best,
organizations. One of
brightest and most
the greatest
caring citizens.”
values of
celebrating
leadership is that it creates an inspirational “ripple in the pond” effect;
leading by example inspires others to
take up positions of community leadership. Over the coming decade, the
next generation of community leaders
will continue to be inspired by and
build upon the accomplishments of
those who walked the path before.
We are proud to have recognised and
celebrated those leaders during the
first incredible decade of the Victoria
Leadership Awards.
Inside
2014 VLA Nominees............ 5
Youth Award......................... 8
Alex Campbell...................... 9
Fiona Hyslop...................... 11
Ted and Helen Hughes..... 12
Mel Cooper.......................... 14
Bob Harman....................... 16
Jane Heffelfinger............... 17
Naz Rayani.......................... 18
Coaching & Mentoring..... 23
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Boys & Girls Clubs Extends
Congratulations
to the Partners of the Victoria Leadership Awards
on 10 Years of Celebrating & Inspiring Leadership
It takes a dedicated team
working together to
overcome challenges and
barriers.
For over 50 years the
team at Boys & Girls Club
Services of Greater
Victoria has been a
leader in providing
excellence in child,
youth and family care.
Our programs build the
foundation for
tomorrow’s community
leaders.
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Youth & Family Services
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Literacy & Numeracy Programs
Youth Justice Services
Outdoor Education
Youth Leadership
Summer Camps
Parenting Support
Transitional Housing
Government House welcomes award recipients
W
hile the Victoria Leadership Awards have enjoyed
the patronage of the Lieutenant Governors of British Columbia
since their inception in 2005, for the
first time last year, the winners enjoyed a reception and tea at Government House.
The awards winners return in 2014
to the Rockland residence of Lt. Gov.
Judith Guichon, who like her predecessors Hon. Iona Campagnolo and
Hon. Stephen Point, recognizes the
value of strong leadership in developing strong communities. “It fits
right in with the four programs of my
term,” Her Honour says.
During their term, each Lieutenant
Governor has the opportunity to
develop unique programs and initiatives, often provincial in scope, that
highlight his or her interests and
background. Because Lt. Gov. Guichon comes from a background of
land stewardship, music and the arts,
and community activism, her programs are focused in these areas.
Under her Stewards of the Future
program, for example, Her Honour
will promote a holistic approach to
land use and management, with the
understanding that each citizen is a
steward of the future. Quoting Dr.
Charles E. Kellogg’s introduction to
his 1938 discussion of Soil and Society, “Do civilizations fail because the
soil fails to produce – or does the soil
fail only when the people living on it
no longer know how to manage their
civilization?” Lt. Gov. Guichon asks.
“That really gives me pause.”
Believing that strong leaders build
strong communities, Her Honour will
also pursue a program of Leadership,
working to instill a sense of duty in
all British Columbians to become
leaders and mentor youth.
Of particular value is encouraging
the principles of leadership among
young people, Her Honour says,
noting that she would like to see students have more exposure to leaders
at a younger age, inspiring them to
a lifetime passion for community in-
Victoria Hospice thanks its volunteer leaders —
our Boards of Directors for the Society and Foundation
— who work to ensure our community continues to
have access to quality palliative and end-of-life care.
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Eileen Harper, board president
Brian Bolton, vice president
Rob Gareau, treasurer
Jayn Tyson, past president
Mark Appleton
Rosemary Armour
Eric Charman
Steve Clark
Terry Dyer
Tony Joe
Peter Malcolm
Chris Mills
Zahra Rayani
Richard L. H. Walker
Colin Weavers
Merrie-Ellen Wilcox
Victoria Hospice provides end-of-life care to more than 400 people every day.
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volvement. “I think it’s so crucial that
our young people are encouraged.”
Programs such as the Victoria Leadership Awards recognize both those
who have given
a lifetime of
community
service, and
young people already
working hard
to make their
community a
better place.
“They are
such wonderful
role models
and they just
open up the
Lt. Gov. Judith Guichon
possibilities
when young people can hear their
stories,” the Lieutenant Governor
reflects.
“Congratulations to Leadership
Victoria on the last 10 years and
I expect the next 10 will be even
more exciting!”
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The Victoria Leadership Awards
showcase the distinguished
accomplishments of everyday
heroes, recognized for their
community leadership, service
and achievement.
• Leadership Victoria Lifetime
Achievement Award honours
outstanding long-term service
in community leadership roles
such as philanthropy, innovation,
mentoring and career achievement.
• University of Victoria
Community Leadership Award
acknowledges outstanding
leadership in linking UVic and
the community for greater public
benefit.
• Rotary Community Leadership
Award recognizes community
leaders who meet the Rotary test
of the highest levels of ethical
behaviour and community
leadership benefit.
• Vancity Youth Award
recognizes a young leader
between the ages of 20 and 30
who demonstrates community
leadership in one or more of
the following areas: people –
building wealth with those who
need it most; planet – sustaining
our environment; and places –
promoting community growth
and change.
• Leadership Victoria Alumni
Award recognizes a graduate of the
Leadership Victoria program who
continues to demonstrate outstanding
leadership and service in the Victoria
community.
• Victoria Foundation Community
Leadership Award recognizes
an organization that is building
community capacity and achieving
positive change.
• United Way of Greater Victoria
Award for Collaboration and
Partnership recognizes an individual
leader in a non-profit organization
who is building community capacity
by creating partnerships and
collaboration.
• Royal Roads University
Leadership Excellence through
Coaching and Mentoring Award
recognizes long-term and outstanding
service in community leadership roles
that specifically focus on coaching
and/or mentoring.
Fine Workmanship
Highest Standard
of Project
Management
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The 2014 VLA nominees
United Way of
Greater Victoria
Award for
Collaboration
and Partnership
Frances Litman
Philippe Lucas
Peggy Wilmot
Heidi Barlow-Lee
Kelly Greenwell Colleen Hobson
Rotary Community
Leadership Award
Fran Hobbis
Gordy Dodd
Cindy Moyer
Mavis DeGirolamo
Vancity Youth Award
Linley Faulkner Sarah Rose Robert
Yasmin Rampuri
Royal Roads University
Leadership Excellence through
Coaching and Mentoring Award
Tanya Sterling
Al Kemp
Christopher Aubrey
Ingrid Bergmann
Tammy Dewar
Victoria Foundation
Community Leadership Award
The Cridge Centre for the Family
Leadership Victoria
Lifetime Achievement Award
Mickey and Donna Hajash University of Victoria
Community Leadership Award
Helene Cazes
Bill Anderson
Marie Zarowny
Donna Greschner
Leadership Victoria
Alumni Award
This year’s
award winners will
be announced at a
Feb. 26 reception at the
Crystal Garden
Congratulations
on 10 years of Leadership
in our Communities!
Gary Holman MLA
John Horgan MLA
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VICTORIA – BEACON HILL
Carole James MLA
Maurine Karagianis MLA
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250-391-2801
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VANCITY YOUTH AWARD
Here’s to the next generation of leaders!
W
hether in business,
the non-profit world
or the community
as a whole, a group or organization’s continued strength
depends upon its ability to
maintain interest, enthusiasm
and ideas.
As one generation gives
way to the next, new leaders
2013 Vancity Youth Award
emerge, and it’s these inspirawinner Rupinder Prihar
tional young people the Victowith Vancity’s Chris Tilden.
ria Leadership Awards honour
with the Vancity Youth Award.
The award recognizes young leaders between the ages of
20 and 30 who demonstrate community leadership in the
areas of: people – building wealth with those who need it
most; planet – sustaining our environment; and places –
promoting community growth and change.
For Vancity, involvement with the
Victoria Leadership Awards was a
“Developing
natural. “Developing and building
and building
community leadership strongly fits
in with Vancity’s vision to redefine
community
wealth in a way that furthers the
leadership
financial, social and environmental
strongly
well-being of our members and their
communities,” explains Chris Tilden,
fits in with
manager of Vancity’s Mount Tolmie
Vancity’s
Community Branch. “The Awards,
vision.”
and our overall support of an organization like Leadership Victoria,
builds stronger communities by celebrating the leaders
that are so passionate in making Victoria a more vibrant
community.”
Encouraging values of collaboration, stewardship and
community impact at an earlier age means youth can more
effectively and authentically influence change and reach
their peers. “Investing in our youth is imperative,” Tilden
says, explaining that disconnect among youth can lead to
apathy and disengagement.
“Capturing and including their opinions only helps develop a more holistic view of the issues facing our communities.”
The diversity of young people’s perspectives and passions
is evident in the wide range of the VLA’s Vancity Youth
Award recipients.
Robin Irving was the awards’ inaugural youth recipient
as the manager of communications and Youth Advisory
Council Coordinator for the Queen Alexandra Foundation
for Children, in addition to being a volunteer with the Terry
Fox Foundation and a Camp Goodtimes counsellor.
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Many more amazing young
people would follow in Robin’s footsteps, from University
of Victoria political science
grad Ashley Leaslip (2007),
recognized for her efforts at
home and abroad in support
of refugee rights and HIV/
AIDS prevention, to Roselynn
Verwoord (2008), recognized
for her passion for education,
equality and social justice,
along with volunteer efforts
with the Victoria Native Friendship Centre, Women in Need Society, Canadian Red Cross,
Big Brothers Big Sisters, Mines Action Canada and others.
Youth advocate – and now Leadership Victoria Vice-President – Ivan Watson (2009) was the driving force behind
the United Way’s youth initiatives locally and nationally,
including founding the youth council and writing the
national youth strategy, while Katie Shaw (2010) brought
a special focus on youth engagement, capacity-building
initiatives and collaborative community development to her
work with BC Healthy Communities and LifeCycles Project
Society’s YouthCore.
Jill Doucette (2011) was recognized as a leader in business sustainability and innovation, Leanna Hill (2012),
Volunteer Victoria’s youth program co-ordinator, for helping B.C. youth fulfill their
leadership potential and
develop essential skills, and
Rupinder Prihar (2013),
a UVic Political Science
graduate and research analyst with the BC Ministry
of Health. Rupinder was
a UVic model United Nations Club member, a primary school healthy eating
educator with LifeCycles,
a founding member of the
United Way’s young adult
group United Now and as
a member of the United
2009 Youth Award winner Ivan Watson,
Way’s Board of Directors,
with Lorena Alvarez.
continues to provide a
strong youth voice to community issues.
“These are the leaders of tomorrow and working together
we can see the positive impact youth can and do have, and
inspire others to become more active in making our communities a better place,” Tilden says.
2011 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Alex Campbell
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without hearing the
name Alex Campbell Sr., the
Victoria Leadership Awards’
2011 Lifetime Achievement
recipient.
Co-founder of Thrifty
Foods, Alex Campbell entered the grocery industry in
1956. After becoming district
manager for Shop Easy stores
in Vancouver, he branched
out with Ernie Skinner in 1977, opening the first Thrifty
Foods store in Fairfield.
Before being sold to Sobeys, Thrifty Foods grew to 20
stores employing a staff of 3,700, and throughout the
years, reflected Campbell’s personal values of citizenship
and philanthropy.
While Alex
In addition to Thrifty Foods’ sponCampbell
sorship of local events and initiatives, thousands have benefited from
passed away
Sendial, which has volunteers shop
in 2011, his
for food and arrange for delivery to
legacy lives
housebound seniors, and numerous
on throughout
community groups continue to enjoy
a thankful
the company’s support through its
community.
Smile Card fundraising program.
In the community, Campbell chaired
the BC Cancer Foundation’s Inspire the World capital
campaign and his leadership of the foundation’s Advisory
Council helped raise $2 million annually to support cancer research on Vancouver Island.
Accolades for Campbell included National Entrepreneur
of the Year for Service Excellence, Pacific Retail Entrepreneur of the Year and the Food Industry Association of
Canada’s Knight of the Golden Pencil. In 1999, Campbell received the Order of BC and in 2000, Royal Roads
University awarded him an Honourary Doctor of Laws.
He received an honourary degree from the University of
Victoria and UVic’s Peter B. Gustavson School of Business
acknowledged his achievements with the Distinguished
Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
While Alex Campbell said of his beginnings in the grocery business that it was “about the best job a kid could
get back then,” his inspiring leadership turned that job
into a life rich in community service and philanthropy.
While Campbell passed away in October 2011, his legacy lives on in many corners of a thankful community.
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2006 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Fiona Hyslop
A Lifetime
of Quiet Influence
W
hen Fiona Hyslop received the
Leadership Victoria Lifetime
Achievement Award in 2006,
her biography in the event program described her as: “a modest yet distinguished
leader; a community advocate and
generous philanthropist who has led and
supports a variety of community causes;
with a lifetime of quiet influence.”
Eight years on, her influence is felt
Fiona Hyslop receives her
strongly by the many individuals and
Leadership Victoria Lifetime
Achievement Award in 2006.
organizations who continue to be touched
by her kindness, generosity and support.
Over the years Victoria Foundation,
and I think that’s really the key to it. I know that it still
Need Crisis and Information Line, Pacific Opera Victoria,
drives me. My grandmother was involved with various
Minerva Foundation, Victoria Business and Professional
non-profits in her time, and it was this atmosphere in
Women’s Club, Leadership Victoria and many others have the house of knowing what is right. They instilled in us a
benefited from her tireless energy and boundless enthusiphilosophy that we’re here to try to help others. It’s a very
asm for the causes she believes in.
basic principle. It just feels very normal.”
“I’m just a small part of it,” she says humbly. “We’re forAnd what has the lifetime award meant to her persontunate in Victoria to attract so many talented and caring
ally? “I think what it has helped me do is to focus in on
people. Generosity is not just about money; it’s time and
what the community needs,” she says. “I’ve got to know
expertise and many other resources. It’s a mix of a lot of
the various award winners. That’s one of the nice things;
things.”
we’re not competing, but there’s a lot you
Fiona believes in mentoring others to help them achieve
can learn from others who think the same
“I’m always
their best. With deep roots in the community (she is
way and have the same values.”
thinking:
descended from two pioneer Victoria families) she knows
Fiona’s positive attitude and youthful
what can I
and loves Victoria well and is never afraid to stand up
energy are infectious qualities. Her advice
and make her voice heard. “Much to the distress of my
to others: “When people say, ‘What’s your
do to change
friends,” she says, laughing. “My problem is that I’m alsecret?’ I say, ‘I smile a lot! When you’re
things?”
ways thinking, ‘What can I do to change things?’ There’s
walking downtown – have you tried it?
– Fiona
never been a feeling of obligation. It’s just when the situQuite often people will smile back.’”
Hyslop
ation presents itself it feels very natural to do something
Fiona sees a bright future for the Victoria
about it.”
Leadership Awards and its host partner
Asked about her approach to leadership, Fiona emLeadership Victoria; both have been close to her heart
phasized the collaborative nature of the role: “It’s all the
for many years. “To me this is one of the most important
people I’ve met. Both the people who can affect change,
messages I want to get across: Leadership Victoria is an
but also the people who can benefit from change. You can organization that stands for excellence. I like the idea that
learn an awful lot from them too.”
the Victoria Leadership Awards are the channel through
She also believes strongly in the power of discussion.
which the partner organizations band together so that
“I’m a great believer in brainstorming, because we all have each award is not only at the partner level it is also at the
different experiences and backgrounds. I think a true lead- community level. It’s a true collaborative approach with
er can listen, summarise and quite often put into words
our partners.”
what somebody may be thinking.”
And when asked about how winning the lifetime
Early on, it was her family that set the stage for commuachievement award in 2006 has influenced her since then,
nity service. “I would say that I’ve inherited a social conshe says smiling, “It’s inspired me to keep doing things.
science from my maternal grandparents and my parents
You can’t give up once you get the award.”
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2009 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Ted & Helen
Hughes:
Lifetime commitment
to leadership
L
ike many of the Victoria Leadership
Awards’ past Lifetime Achievement
recipients, Ted and Helen Hughes
continue to actively pursue the passions
that have made them true community
leaders.
The Hughes, joint recipients of the
2009 VLA Lifetime Achievement Award,
moved to Victoria in 1980, when Helen
Victoria Leadership Awards 2009 Lifetime Achievement recipients Ted and Helen
spent 10 years with the Office of the
Hughes, here with Kate Mansell, continue to dedicate themselves to the community.
Ombudsman and the BC Council of Human Rights. Prior to her arrival in Victoria,
and has volunteered in a variety of health care initiaHelen served on Saskatoon city council and received the tives, including as chair of the Juan de Fuca Hospitals
Order of Canada for her work with Saskatoon’s Aborig- and chair of the CNIB capital fundraising drive. For
inal communities during that time.
his many efforts, Ted also holds an Order of Canada,
Continuing her civic efforts on the West Coast, with a
honourary degrees from the University of Saskatchewan
platform that highlighted the needs of children and fam- and Royal Roads University and the 2012 Queen Elizailies, Helen served 18 years on Victoria city council, and beth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
is well-known for her strong history of volunteerism.
Together the couple has also been honoured with
“High on the list of her volunteer interests and accom- honourary degrees from the University of Victoria and
plishments is the annual
the Victoria Foundation’s Generosity of Spirit Award,
Souper Bowls of Hope,
among their many recognitions.
a
fundraiser
initiated
by
“We do things because we believe in them,” says
When opportunities
Helen in 1997 with the
Helen, whose Souper Bowls of Hope continues to
present themselves, I
Victoria Youth Empowthrive today. “When opportunities present themselves, I
think the main thing is
erment Society to assist
think the main thing is that you think about the positive
at-risk youth and support things you can do for your community and you jump in
that you think about the
empowerment through
with both feet.”
positive things you can
educational
and
recreAnd, if opportunities don’t immediately present themdo for your community
ational activities,” wrote
selves, “you might want to seek them out,” she adds,
and you jump in with
the Victoria Leadership
noting that once people make their interests or concerns
both feet.”
Awards in announcing
known, often others will join in.
the Hughes’ award.
Co-operation and collaboration between the Capital
– Helen Hughes
No less passionate
Region’s community organizations, businesses and
about community
many volunteers is instrumental as we strive to build a
leadership, Ted Hughes spent his career working as a
vibrant city that works for all its residents.
lawyer, judge and deputy attorney general for B.C. Ted
“Our community would not be as rich as it is without
is also a former Conflict of Interest Commissioner for
volunteers,” Helen notes. “I’m a very strong believer in
the province, a chief federal treaty negotiator and chair
volunteerism and it’s extremely important that people
of numerous commissions of inquiry, including a nearly volunteer.”
two-year-long inquiry recently concluded for the ManiAt the same time, “more and more corporations are
toba government.
understanding they have a responsibility to the future
Also an active volunteer, Ted has been the co-chair of
to be fuller (community partners). We can all help each
the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness,
other.”
“
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2005 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Mel Cooper:
A lifetime of giving back
H
ere in Victoria, the name
Mel Cooper is synonymous
with community, volunteerism and philanthropy.
As a child growing up in Newfoundland, the philosophy was ingrained early for Mel, the inaugural
recipient of the Leadership Victoria
Lifetime Achievement Award.
In 2002, in a special publication
commemorating the 25th anniversary of Santas Anonymous, which
Cooper supported through his
C-FAX 1070 radio station, he noted
that despite the hard times his
small, tight-knit community might
have experienced, the needs of others were always top of mind.
Mel and Carmella Cooper at the 2005 Victoria Leadership Awards, when Mel
“That’s a really good lesson. It’s
amazing how people will say, ‘I don’t received the inaugural Leadership Victoria Lifetime Achievement Award.
have much, but many people have
less.’”
Club of British Columbia awarded Mel the prestigious
Moving to the West Coast, Mel was involved in the
and coveted ‘Golden Heart Achievement Award,’ they
CKNW Orphans Fund, then upon buying C-FAX and
noted that Mel had dedicated the last 35 years of his
moving to Victoria in 1977, he jumped at the opportulife to giving and supporting others. He has given of
nity to support local children
himself and his radio stations in such great measure
in need through Santas Anon- that his personal honours include the Order of Canada,
When I look at the
ymous. Though Mel sold
the Order of B.C., the Queen’s Jubilee Medal, Honoulist of names of nomthe station several years ago,
rary Citizen of Victoria, B.C. Broadcaster of the Year
Santas continues to help local and B.C. Broadcast Citizen of the Year.”
inees over the years
children in need year-round.
Yet despite the many achievements earned through his
there are so many who
Mel also continues to lend
56-year broadcasting career, Mel remains characteristihave given a lifetime
his extensive talents to local
cally humble in discussing these recognitions, and the
of leadership to the
organizations working hard
impact he has had on the community.
community.”
to make Victoria and British
To be recognized as the very first recipient of the
Columbia a welcoming place
Lifetime Achievement Award was a huge honour, made
– Mel Cooper
for all who live here. He has
all the more special given that he was one of the four
served as chair of the TELUS
founders of Leadership Victoria, the well-known busiCommunity Board since 2007 and is an Honourary
nessman and community volunteer says.
Director and Special Advisor to the David Foster FounAnd because the award came from an organization
dation.
created to encourage and mentor new leaders, recogIn presenting the 2005 Lifetime Achievement award,
nition of his decades of efforts in that respect were
the Victoria Leadership Awards committee noted that,
particularly appreciated.
“Mel Cooper is a consummate volunteer and commu“I was definitely pleased, thrilled and surprised,” he
nity leader as well as a popular speaker on leadership
says. “When I look at the list of names of nominees
and personal success. His business achievements have
over the years, there are so many who have given a
earned him significant recognition. When the Variety
lifetime of leadership to the community.”
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Sibylle Artz
& Dr. Bonnie
Leadbeater,
Bob Harman
2008 University of
Victoria Community
Leadership Award
Sibylle Artz, Professor in UVic’s School
of Child and Youth
Care, and Dr. Bonnie
Leadbeater, psychology
professor and then-director of UVic’s Centre for
Youth and Society and
Co-director of the BC
Child and Youth Health
Research Network, shared the
Victoria Leadership Awards’ UVic honour in 2008.
Having researched and published extensively in areas such as
aggression and violence, family homelessness, and girls’ use
of violence, Sibylle was chosen as Academic of the Year by the
Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC, and
was selected in 2000 as one of B.C.’s 50 most important current intellectuals for her contributions to violence prevention
research. In 2004, she received the Award of Distinction for
Research from the McCreary Youth Foundation of Vancouver.
Through Bonnie’s leadership, UVic researchers and community partners have worked
together to improve the
well-being of young people.
Individually, she’s taken
the lead in developing and
evaluating the WITS Programs for the prevention
of peer victimization in
elementary schools, and is
a long-time member of the
Rock Solid Foundation
board. Bonnie is currently
director of the 10-year
Victoria Healthy Youth
Survey research.
In 2013,
the Victoria
Leadership
Awards recognized Bob
Harman for
his Lifetime
Achievement
as a community leader.
For more
than 50
years, Bob
has served
as a passionate champion and
ambassador
for Boys & Girls Club Services of Greater Victoria
and received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his tireless enthusiasm, generosity
and dedicated community service.
Born and raised in Victoria, Bob practiced law
for 30 years, retiring in 1991 to focus on the
interests close to his heart, including the Boys &
Girls Clubs and the Vancouver Island Retriever
Club. First joining the Boys & Girls Clubs board
from 1962 to 1975, he returned in 1979 and
continues serving to this day; in 1991 he was
also instrumental in establishing the Boys & Girls
Club Services of Greater Victoria Foundation.
Upon receiving the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
Medal, Bob reflected on his father’s advice many
years earlier: You will have much greater impact
if you focus your efforts and supports in one or
two areas rather than scattering your energies on
many different pursuits.
Victoria Leadership Awards Honourees
2005
UVic: Marge Reistma-Street
& Nigel Livingston
Rotary: Bob Beckett
& Barbara Smith
Lifetime: Mel Cooper
2006
UVic: David Leeming
& Rebecca Grant
Rotary: Michael Kovacs
& Hajimohammed Charania
Lifetime: Fiona Hyslop
Vancity Youth Award:
Robin Irving
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2007
UVic: Glenn Gallins
& Ian MacPherson
Rotary: The late Roger Colwill
& Terry Farmer
Lifetime: Ron Lou-Poy
Vancity Youth Award:
Ashley Heaslip
2008
UVic: Sibylle Artz
& Bonnie Leadbeater
Rotary: Bob Skene
& Mabel Jean Rawlins
Lifetime: The late Jane
Heffelfinger
Vancity Youth Award:
Roselynn Verwoord
2009
UVic: Elaine Gallagher
& Bud Hall
Rotary: Trudi Brown
& Bea Holland
Lifetime: Ted & Helen Hughes
Vancity Youth Award: Ivan Watson
Victoria Foundation Community Award:
Victoria Native Friendship Centre
2008 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Victoria
Cool Aid
Society,
Jane Heffelfinger
2013 Victoria
Foundation
Community
Leadership
Award
Through
such varied
programs as supportive housing, community
health and dental services, emergency shelter, mental health and
employment services, and the Downtown Community Centre,
the Victoria Cool Aid Society has been building homes, lives and
community in the Capital Region since 1968. Cool Aid provides
assistance to more than 10,000 individuals every year, focusing
its services on adults who are homeless or in need of help.
The society’s primary mission is, in partnership with others, to
end homelessness in Greater Victoria by 2018, while improving
client quality of life.
With her lifelong passion for
the performing
arts – a passion
complemented
by an outstanding commitment
to volunteer
leadership –
the late Jane
Heffelfinger was
a natural choice
for the 2008
Victoria Leadership Awards’
Lifetime
Achievement
honour.
“The epitome of a fundraising dynamo, she
is a tireless volunteer who has raised millions
of dollars for charity,” the VLA noted in its
presentation.
Jane lent her considerable talents to Pacific
Opera Victoria, the Victoria Commonwealth
Games, the Lester B. Pearson College of the
Pacific and the TELUS Community Board, in
addition to chairing the Greater Victoria Hospitals Foundation’s Better Together $12 million
campaign.
“Her leadership and volunteer fundraising
brought new standards to Canadian opera and
meant Pacific Opera Victoria recorded close to
30 years of financial stability, something few
arts organizations achieve.”
In honour of these and other achievements,
Jane was appointed an Honourary Citizen of
Victoria and was a recipient of the Order of
British Columbia.
Her “volunteerism, advocacy and unwavering
commitment have helped make Greater Victoria a thriving and vibrant community.”
Dianne de
Champlain,
2013 Royal
Roads Leadership
Excellence
through Coaching
and Mentoring
Award
Adult educator and lifelong
learner Dianne
de Champlain developed a mentorship certification program
and facilitated training for mentors and mentees, in addition to
leading hundreds of educational sessions on topics of leadership,
communication and public speaking. As Education Coordinator
at Victoria Women’s Transition House, Dianne used innovative
approaches to assist women who have experienced abuse to
envision a new future. As Volunteer Program Coordinator she has
mentored more than 300 volunteers, in addition to participating on several boards and committees, coordinating the Victoria
Community Response Network, and initiating many projects
supporting individual and community development.
2010
UVic: David Burns
Rotary: Charlayne Thornton-Joe
Lifetime: Rev. Tom Oshiro
Vancity Youth Award: Katie Shaw
Victoria Foundation Community
Award: Victoria Women’s Sexual
Assault Centre
Leadership Victoria Alumni:
Laura Walsh
2011
UVic: Bernie Pauly
& Michael Prince
Rotary: Sandra Richardson
Lifetime: The late Alex Campbell
Vancity Youth Award: Jill Doucette
Victoria Foundation Community
Award: Volunteer Victoria
Leadership Victoria Alumni:
Rick Anthony
2012
UVic: Dr. Mary Ellen Purkis
& Dr. Andrew Weaver
Rotary: Chris Causton & Bruce Williams
Lifetime: Naz Rayani
Vancity Youth Award: Leanna Hill
Victoria Foundation Community Award:
Pacific Centre Family Services Association
Leadership Victoria Alumni: Jeannette Hughes
United Way Partnerships & Collaborations:
Kathy Stinson
Royal Roads University – Coaching:
Sherry Leblanc
2013
UVic: David Lai & Ana Maria Peredo
Rotary: Colin Smith & Gordon Harper
Lifetime: Robert Harman
Vancity Youth Award: Rupinder Prihar
Victoria Foundation Community Award:
Victoria Cool Aid Society
Leadership Victoria Alumni: Shawn Steele
United Way Partnerships & Collaborations:
Mitzi Dean
Royal Roads University – Coaching:
Dianne de Champlain
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2012 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Naz Rayani:
Tireless community champion for crosscultural understanding & philanthropy
F
or pharmacist and philanthropist Naz Rayani,
business has allowed him the opportunity to help
people here at home, but also support those half a
world away.
The 2012 Victoria Leadership Award Lifetime Achievement recipient has long been a tireless champion of
community advocacy, cross-cultural understanding and
inspirational philanthropy in Greater Victoria, both as a
successful local businessman
and distinguished community
Throughout the
leader.
Naz opened his first pharyears, Naz has been
macy in Nairobi, Kenya in
a tireless advocate
1972, but immigrated to
for those working to
Canada two years later. He
improve living conpurchased the small, independitions in developing
dent Cadboro Bay Pharmacy in1991, providing him
countries.”
greater opportunity to invest
– Naz Rayani
in the community and participate in fundraising activities.
A second location followed in 2003 in the University
of Victoria’s Student Union Building and in 2011, after
recovering from a life-threatening illness, Naz, with his
family, acquired the People’s Pharmacy locations at
Shelbourne Plaza, Fairfield Plaza and Fairfield Road at
Moss Street.
Throughout the years, Naz, appointed a Member of
the Order of Canadian 2006, has been a tireless advocate for those working to improve living conditions in
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developing countries. The main focus for his time and
energy has been the World Partnership Walk, held in
Victoria on the last Sunday in May. Naz helped bring
the Partnership Walk to Victoria 26 years ago to increase public awareness about global poverty and help
raise funds to support economic development programs
by the Aga Khan Foundation Canada.
As testimony to his determination to promote and
expand the reach of the walk, a record $250,000 was
raised in sponsor donations in 2010, and Naz personally raised more than $60,000.
A devout Ismaili Muslim and well-known spokesperson in Victoria, Naz has also worked to break down
barriers among people of different faiths. For many
years he has conducted regular tours of the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Centre (Mosque) in Burnaby to encourage community understanding and the acceptance of
others, and has worked to broaden community support
for the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at
UVic. Also eager to learn about other faiths, Naz has
been involved with St. George’s Parish and the United
Church in Cadboro Bay.
“I am deeply humbled,” Naz said upon receiving the
Lifetime Achievement Award. “I have always derived
solace, peace and contentment from my faith. It has
sustained my efforts as a businessman, fundraiser and
father, and it guides my philanthropic and charitable
endeavours in our community. Thank you Leadership
Victoria for this great honour and for all the wonderful
work that you do.”
Leaders help United Way
strengthen community
G
reater Victoria is a highly desirable place to live, work and
conduct business. We are proud
to have several distinguished learning
institutions that create and connect
leaders, young and old. Like Leadership
Victoria, United Way believes mentoring
and inspiring new community ambassadors helps strengthen the capacity and
The UnitedNow! Council provides opportunities for young people to volunteer, have
fun and work together for positive change.
TOGETHER
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invest a few hours of your time or
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conditions for those in need.
The importance and complexity of
the issues we face today require leaders
and collaborators from a wide array of
life experiences, backgrounds and cultures. Our goals are to find solutions
that address underlying issues, help
influence public attitudes about local
systems and policies, and to ensure
ongoing support for the vital network
of social services in Greater Victoria.
We are humbled by the trust the
community places in our leadership.
We are also honoured to work with so
many volunteers and donors who contribute time and money to this noble
work. It takes a community working
together to bring about the long-term
changes that are necessary. To learn
how you can help lead the way, call
250-385-6708 or visit uwgv.ca
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Since 1937, United Way has been
working with local communities to
support people in need. Together, with
an amazing group of volunteers, we
have raised more than $140 million,
funds which have been invested into
neighbourhoods from Victoria to
Sooke to Sidney.
Today, United Way continues to dedicate its best efforts towards three priorities: helping kids be all they can be;
supporting people as they move from
poverty to possibility; and encouraging
individuals and families to live well in
strong communities. We know that by
achieving improvements in these areas,
we help strengthen the social and economic prosperity of the region.
We believe everyone can be an agent
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The 2013 Victoria Leadership Award winners, with Lt. Gov. Judith Guichon.
Leadership Victoria and the Victoria Leadership Awards:
Leading and Celebrating by Example
“The people who emerge as the leaders of a community
reflect that community’s soul.”
-- John Shields, former Chair,
Leadership Victoria, commenting on the inaugural
Victoria Leadership Awards in 2005.
A
t Leadership Victoria we are preparing the next
generation of community leaders and in doing
so we are building on the powerful legacy contributions of those who have
come before us.
The Victoria Leadership
Through dedication
Awards gala is a uniquely comand collaboration we
pelling and inspirational event
can accomplish anythat honours those who have
thing, especially for
shaped and guided the comthe betterment of the
munity we are now. At Leadership Victoria, as one of the
community and all its
three founding partners and
members.”
lead organization for hosting
– Joann Connolly
the event, the awards are very
2012 Leadership Victoria graduate
close to our heart and to our
mission.
What is Leadership Victoria all about? We are a
community-based, voluntary organization committed
to developing, supporting, recognizing and honouring
outstanding community leaders. Since our formation
in 2000, we have been proud to serve as the dynamic
and central hub for community leadership throughout Greater Victoria. Over that same period, we have
graduated 256 leaders from our signature nine-month
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experiential community leadership program who
work collaboratively to resolve the complex challenges
facing our city. These graduates have completed 53
diverse community action projects that leave a tangible legacy in our community. Dozens of unique and
inspired projects have successfully tackled a variety of
themes and pressing issues in our community, including: addressing issues of stigma, isolation and poverty;
physical upgrades to our parks, urban neighbourhoods
and community infrastructure; environmental education and awareness; and increased capacity of local
organizations to work together across sectors.
Kate Mansell, long-time Chair of the Victoria Leadership Awards Steering Committee, has reflected on the
event’s guiding values: “Our founders believed that if
the community did not acknowledge and recognise its
leaders, how could those leaders provide role models
to inspire others to step up and get involved in making
our community an even richer and more vibrant place
to live.”
At Leadership Victoria, we believe the community’s future is in our hands. Because community leadership can
be taught, learned and celebrated, as a community we
are accountable for developing leaders and ensuring the
current generation passes on its skills and wisdom to
promising new leaders. The Victoria Leadership Awards
connects and inspires generations of leaders. Our community faces many challenges. Experienced, confident
leaders are required more than ever to tackle those challenges head on. Leadership Victoria’s successes speak
loudly – 14 years of hands-on, tangible community
legacies and an engaged network of active community
leaders putting their skills to work every day.
Ivan Watson, Director of Communications for the
VLAs since 2010, is also an alumnus of Leadership
Victoria’s signature program and past recipient of the
Vancity Youth Award. “The awards are very special to
me, particularly as a young professional living and
working in Victoria. From youth to lifetime achievement, the VLAs are distinguished by honouring the full
spectrum of practical experience and community wisdom. I feel deeply that ability comes with responsibility to serve. Each year I am inspired and humbled by
the talents and achievements of our incredibly diverse
nominees and recipients.”
Building upon our organizational values of collaboration, stewardship and community impact, Leadership Victoria’s vision for the community is simply
this: a vibrant community well served by a network of
capable engaged community leaders. Each year at the
awards, the entire community is given the opportunity
to gather and celebrate capable, engaged, and passionate individuals who lead by example.
Beginning at the very first ceremony in 2005, we
created the Leadership Victoria Lifetime Achievement
Award, which has been generously sponsored by Il Terrazzo Ristorante every year since, and has proven itself
as our region’s top award honour for individuals who
have demonstrated decades of community caring and
leadership. The list of distinguished honourees from
diverse backgrounds, who are proudly profiled in a
special section of this magazine, is a strong testament
to the quality of Victoria’s top leaders who graciously
and inspirationally, set the stage for others to lead and
to thrive. In 2010, we inaugurated a brand new honorary award – the Leadership Victoria Alumni Award
– recognizing a graduate of the Leadership Victoria
program who continues to demonstrate outstanding
leadership and service in the Victoria community. Recipients since then: Laura Walsh (2010), Rick Anthony
(2011), the late Jeannette Hughes (2012) and Shawn
Steele (2013) exemplify the values of a strong commitment to life-long community service. Our alumni
have and continue to shape the quality of life in our
community.
This year, we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of
the Victoria Leadership Awards, and next year, Leadership Victoria will reach a significant milestone of our
own – 15 years of developing community leadership
capacity in Greater Victoria. Now that both Leadership
Victoria and the VLAs can count our years together in
double-digits, we can look back with pride at our combined and growing legacies, and look forward with
excitement and anticipation to building on the strong
foundation of developing and celebrating community
leadership that we have built together throughout our
region.
Learn more about Leadership Victoria and the Victoria Leadership Awards at: www.leadershipvictoria.ca
Looking
Ahead
In 2010, the Leadership
Victoria board set a series
of goals to 2015:
o
1. Establish Leadership Victoria as a sustainable social
enterprise.
2. Grow the organization substantively in order to
increase its capacity to deliver more widely on our
mission.
3. Achieve its vision by building a comprehensive
portfolio of activities and programs that adequately
address all three cornerstones of the Leadership Victoria mission: Develop leaders through training and
engagement programs that enhance skills, knowledge,
awareness, and confidence; support leaders in their
continued individual growth, progress within their
organizations, and progressive engagement within the
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community; and honour leaders to demonstrate the
of Grea
value to the community of effective leadership.
4. Deliver Leadership Victoria’s suite of programs and
build capacity through partnerships and collaboration
with other organizations across all sectors.
5. Expand its role and capacity as conveners on community leadership issues.
Leadership Victoria Values
Collaboration: We model cross-sectoral engagement
with business, government, and community partners.
Stewardship: We believe in the long-term process of
community building and are committed to building leadership capacity to achieve that end.
Community Impact: We are in business to make a
difference – leadership development benefits individuals
with skills and confidence, the organization in which
they work or serve with capacity, and the community
which they serve and live with promise.
Mission and Vision
Mission: To develop, support and celebrate leaders
who are passionately engaged in building a vibrant
community.
Vision for the Community: A vibrant community
well-served by a network of capable, engaged community
leaders.
Vision for the Organization: With deep roots in the
community and an active network of champions and
friends, Leadership Victoria is the pre-eminent community leadership development organization in the Capital
Regional District and a resource for and facilitator of
community growth and development.
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council wants
to
and quite franklywent on to say spaces.
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to approve
reflected in the
on February
he was not prepared
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.
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that
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property
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wife, before
and
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ing building was d.
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25 owned by of Sooke but stipupoint unoccupie noth- April Ingham, awoke
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night
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easements
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Britt Santows
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95 spaces
public the
into, so the live in the main ances
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ing left to go
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son the hotel.
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grant any parking spoke out
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boat launch.
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necessity
mornfor
the
is
them
John Brohman should be
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protect the
Calvin telling
l around parking trailers to park
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hotel
February to
and
he said.
ured home height of the hotel. Mechanica
and said the
ing hours of
shafts for trucks Coast Road when the
of the house,” Fire Rescue manufact
how many rooms
restricted in
t and elevator
6, in the middle
Sooke
along West
relation to
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full.
snap, the
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can book in
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also assisted
Island’s cold
A couple of
ts parking lot Kevin Pearson felt they
were not
station Services call. “The fire
and it could
parking spaces.
height adjustmen
the
Otter Point Fire
Councillor
‘no vacancy’
have control
about a with through the roof minutes, too late, Jeff plans and
a variance
“I’ve never seen
received a call
be made and
the hotel would
by givsaid.
said have been
lost had to
they were was
Council autho- over the parking and
there yet,” he
fire. At 12:43, a fire at when we arrived,”
said. His son Calvin surf permit issued.
about bashing
to parking on
of the DVP
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g: his
them access
called to attend Road. Chief Steve Sorensen,
this
were taken
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col- everythin
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of Sooke property of Prestige, shortcuts to fix them
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of District
and more.
for the design
be seen as disposition
and we are trying
They were there which lapsing and no one
ing, art work
Amendment
interests of the
DPA could
by
assets.
both Jeff and the public boat launch. The
and protect the
10 minutes,
Milne.
district
going in.
However,
(Presof the
of Sooke,” said
put them
apprereflect the existing
time the registered
“We need to
The occupant
they taxpayers recommended discusApril are deeply
was issued to
home
on notice that
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boat launch.
to
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with Prestige
Pearson said.
sions take place
16-year-old Calvin were all material. With
was fully engulfed
need parking,”
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the Shared
parking issues.
McCrea, was
for the hotel.
who, according Calvin safe in their
flames. John
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parking spaces
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getting from
themes we’re
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it
have
people is they Price said. “You can’t have
.”
speaker mode,” doesn’t count as hands-free
fine twice in
your hand, that
hit with the $167
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of
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the
the first six days
from the Victoriaa variety
talking about
police Sgt.
drivers in
Last week, officers
they helped Saanich
their moms a Department caught distractedunmarked cars and
John Price issue
being in
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of ways, including
Transit buses.
ticket.
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,
on
road
s
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being passenger
counterparts
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nt’s Traffic
consistent
would radio their
with the departme two moms the bus
displaying behaviour
if they saw drivers
Safety Unit, caught
with B.C.’s dis- with distracted driving.
a vehicle people
not complying
bus, you’re in
legislation while
and looking down
“Being on the
tracted driving in the vehicle.
you to be in …
said Const. Kristina
their child was each kid read aren’t suspecting
is much easier,”
great – in
The officer had to their parent, into a vehicleVicPD’s traffic unit. “It was
drivers
Greffard with
nine distracted
the ticket aloud
stop as an
hours we had
matter of two
using the roadside ty for all.
seatbelt tickets.”
people know
out (and) fivetrying to be creative to let
educational opportuni
was
to everybody
transit thing
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“The
“Our message
said.
we
means hands- we’re out there,” she
successful, so
there is: hands-free
was relatively
telling when we’re
for us and it
free. … It’s really watch as people new look at that again in the future.”
distracted drivyou
might
ts plan to target
stationary and
B.C.
n,” Price said.
Both departmen an average 91 deaths on
approach an intersectiocauses of sericiting
leading
ers all month, attributed to distracted driving. …
“It is one of the
year
right thing
each
crashes.”
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crack- roads
said.
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Victoria are
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Police in Greater
dangerous driving cell- but it’s a significant the line with the proliferati
the
on
we’re
along
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with a month-lon the wheel. In the first five of smartphones was a shift
24-7.
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Heart disease
know
Doman didn’t
said Carolyn Thomas,
Cafe at
killer of women,
with her.
annual Cardiac
with what she
who hosts the Victoria.
It started in 1999
of
n and bouts
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thought was indigestio
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A heart attack
she
with a cold. The feeling increasingly
a lecture, where
Thomas leads
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and she started
visited numerous
Science
shares her experience
it was
fatigued. She
WomenHeart
one telling her
gained from the Symposium at the
doctors, each
about, attributing
and Leadership Clinic. She said the
nothing to worryaging. She was in her
Mayo
to
heart disease
her ailments
symptoms of
men are
50’s at the time.
for women and it is
“I was
and
Tightness in her her
very different
in
to
chest, joint pains
thinking, if you
common for doctors
swollen
shoulders and
misdiagnose women. of
heart
(a
but
have
cent
per
followed,
40
feet
“Up to
visits
a
repeated doctor but pain
attack), you die.” women experiencing
have
yielded nothing and a
- Mohinder Doman heart attack don’t
n
all,” Thomas
relief medicatio to rest.
chest pains at
what
recommendation
different than
a
said. “It’s quite
movies, where
“There was one was at home and I
falls
…I
we see in Hollywood
could
their chest and
particular day
Doman said. “I
person clutches was able to walk and
was just so ill,” there was no point
Thomas
and
down.”
move
had
attack.
I
hardly
heart
2008
a doctor because
talk during her
heart attack in
they
in going to see
Thomas had her
many times and
out for a
already been
was 58. She was d crushing
she
me.”
when
always dismissed was in decline.
experience
walk when she was the pain on
Doman’s health standing in the
it
chest pain, but
her
She had difficulty
arm that made
her
of
affected
side
steam
a heart
the left
was
shower and the
she was having
gained weight,
her wonder if
think it was possible
breathing. She and turned down a
attack. She didn’t
runner and lived
constantly tired
because she felt
she was a distance
lifestyle.
wedding invitationhome. She was also as
a healthy, active
, because of
too weak to leave
“I did go to emergencysaid.
bruising easily.
who was a nurse
arm pain,” Thomas
One day, a friend shocked by her the was told by the emergency
visit,
She
it was just acid
made a surprise
she took Doman
reflux
room doctor that
her
physical condition,
thought this acid
who diagnosed
reflux. “I then
can people handle
to see a doctor heart failure.
was brutal. How
with congestive
an angiogram
this?”
She learned throughheart attacks.
staff
multiple
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The city plans in June, as part of
to parking services last summer. The
began
a review that
by a decline in
analysis was spurreduse, a perceived
city-owned parkade
parking availability
on-street
of
on
lack
general reliance
and Victoria’s
parking revenue,
$15.6 million in
issues.
among other
parkades – they’re
“We do have fiveand we want to
t–
very convenien drivers to use it,”
for
make it easier
, Victoria’s
Dwayne Kalynchuk
“Use of our offDaniel Palmer said
so we’re
engineering director.
has declined,
Reporting
street parkades that infrastructure.”
trying to improveents, staff
improvem
levels to
As part of parkademonthly users to higher
use.
for short-term
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on-street
Parkades would
parking) and downtown
6 and 9 p.m.
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to
and
rise
parking would into parkades. Free Sunday
to entice driversremains unaffected.
the Downtown
holiday parking
manager with
advocated for
Ken Kelly, general
Association, has
He said
Business Victoria free parking for years.
ent,
first-hour
improvem
automatic
still use
changes could a good first step.
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place support employees’ initiatives in
other ways.
Volunteer Victoria explains that this
Employer-Supported Volunteerism –
or ESV – is just as the name suggests:
employers supporting their staff to
volunteer their time and skills to serve
their community. Employers may
provide staff with flex time for volunteer activities or plan an annual team
activity in which all staff participate.
ESV might involve recognizing volunteers in a company newsletter, an
adopt-an-agency program, or simply
posting community volunteer opportunities on a staff notice board.
“ESV programs are on the rise, and
an excellent way for businesses to
combine strategic goals with employee development, retention and satisfaction,” Volunteer Victoria explains.
“By being involved, you also help
to strengthen your local community
and demonstrate your leadership as a
‘caring company.’”
In addition to the value such initiatives bring to the community, corporate support for volunteers and local
projects also makes sound business
sense, says Mel Cooper, Chair, TELUS
Victoria Community Board.
At TELUS, for example, beyond
corporate philanthropy, volunteerism
is part of the company culture, and
employees of all levels are encouraged
to give back. The company has built
a reputation on its promise to “give
where we live,” and backs that up
with both financial contributions and
donations of time, knowledge and
expertise from its staff through events
like the annual Day of Giving.
For small, medium and large businesses today, community connections
“are more important than ever,” Mel
says. “Customers now, they certainly
have expectations you will be involved.
“If people have a choice between
companies, they will lean toward
the one they know is involved in the
community.”
Corporate-supported volunteerism
brings additional benefits as well.
From a business perspective, supporting employees’ volunteer activities can provide valuable, cost-effective professional development
opportunities and a chance to learn
new skills, improve staff-retention and
morale.
Externally, such initiatives can
enhance the reputation and public image of businesses, strengthen
relationships with clients and other
stakeholders and help expand your
network, which can lead to increased
business opportunities.
For more information, visit http://
volunteer.ca or Volunteer Victoria at
www.volunteervictoria.bc.ca
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VLA PARTNER:
UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA
Working together
to build better
communities
T
he Victoria Leadership
Awards celebrate the achievements and inspirational
talents of local community heroes
who successfully tackle some of the
most challenging social, cultural
and economic issues of our time.
Downtown Victoria is only a few
kilometres away from the University
of Victoria campus, but the distance
disappears when it comes to the
Nursing professor Elaine Gallagher and
education scholar Budd Hall (2009 Victoria Leadership Award recipients) at a local
home for seniors. Gallagher is a renowned
gerontologist and Hall was founding director
of UVic’s former Office of Community-Based
Research. Photo: Gary McKinstry
24 VICTORIA LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Bernie Pauly (2011 VLA recipient) outside a
downtown Victoria shelter. Photo: Helene Cyr
strong and long-standing connections between university and
community.
As one of the three founding
partners that established the VLA
program 10 years ago, UVic is
proud to honour the local community champions whose contributions inspire and encourage others
to work collaboratively in making
our region and our world a better
place to live.
Through hundreds of research
partnerships, co-op work terms, volunteer opportunities and innovative
learning experiences undertaken by
faculty, staff, students, alumni and
retirees, UVic continuously builds
and strengthens its commitment to
civic engagement.
Mobilizing education for the
benefit of society is a defining
characteristic of the university, and
working together to build bridges
between people and communities
remains an integral element in
UVic’s strategic direction and vision
of the future.
The UVic Community Leadership Awards (up to two each year)
recognize outstanding leadership in
linking the university and the community for greater public benefit.
Recent award recipient Dr. Bernie
Pauly, a registered nurse and tireless
community-based researcher, is one
of the many people at UVic whose
volunteerism and research are deeply rooted in community.
An associate professor in UVic’s
School of Nursing and a researcher
in UVic’s Centre for Addictions Research, Pauly promotes health equity for people affected by homelessness and substance use, and works
with the Greater Victoria Coalition
to End Homelessness. After receiving the award, she explained what
it has meant to her to be able to
put academic knowledge to the service of community needs: “I have an
opportunity to gain perspective on
important community issues from
a slightly different point of view –
from people who are directly living
those experiences, whether it’s on
the street or in other situations, to
people who are providing services. I
think it’s an incredible opportunity
to learn and share knowledge between all of those different groups,
and I think it really informs what
we’re then able to do.”
Leadership Victoria plays a vital
role in our region in identifying
future generations of leaders and
providing them with the practical
experience and inspiring support to
help build successful communities.
Roselynn Verwoord, a VLA 2008
Vancity Youth Award recipient,
exemplifies this shared passion for
civic engagement. A UVic education
alumna and Leadership Victoria
graduate, Verwoord took her skills
as far afield as India to help provide free basic education to street
children aged 6 to 14.
Read more about civic engagement and UVic in the community at
www.uvic.ca/home/about/a-university-of/civic-engagement.
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The Victoria Foundation salutes Leadership Victoria
T
he Victoria Foundation congratulates Leadership
Victoria on the 10 year anniversary of the Victoria
Leadership Awards. We applaud them for their
ongoing work to publicly recognize and celebrate the organizations and individuals that, through their individual
leadership, help to make Victoria such a wonderful place
to live, work, grow and play.
Leadership Victoria and the Victoria Foundation have
enjoyed a long and rich relationship, firmly rooted in a
shared commitment to improving our community. We recognize that a strong capacity for local leadership – both
for today, and for the future – is vitally important to the
ongoing success of our region.
Created in 1936, the Victoria Foundation is focused on
connecting people who care with causes that matter. By
bringing people together, getting
involved in community issues
As the second
and providing philanthropic
oldest community
support for causes and organifoundation in
zations, the Victoria Foundation
Canada, the
works to improve our shared
Victoria Foundation
quality of life now, and for the
has a long history
long term.
As the second oldest comof supporting
munity
foundation in Canada,
and investing in
the
Victoria
Foundation has
communities.
a long history of addressing,
supporting, and investing in
communities. Because the Foundation works closely with
both donors and non-profit organizations, and through
our Vital Signs report, we are in a unique position of
knowledge regarding the most pressing concerns and
needs around us. Year after year, the Foundation provides insightful, effective grant distributions that make an
on-going difference in virtually every aspect of community
life. This expertise is invaluable in ensuring that the grants
made have the highest and most lasting impact.
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JUST SCREENS!
The Foundation manages charitable gifts from donors
whose generosity allows us to create permanent, income-earning funds. The proceeds from these funds are
then distributed as grants to charitable organizations on
southern Vancouver Island, and throughout British Columbia and Canada. In doing so, the Victoria Foundation
helps to build the capacity for charitable organizations to
continue their vital work.
Working to maintain our role as a leader in the community, we also look to convene organizations and forge
partnerships to address both short- and long-term issues
of concern. By doing so, we include a ‘more than money’
approach to our work.
Now the sixth largest foundation in Canada, the Victoria
Foundation has more than $200 million in total assets
under management, and in 2013, distributed over $12.3
million in grants, bringing its total grant distribution since
1936 to over $130 million.
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Shared experience benefits
the next generation of leaders
Coaching and mentoring are essential tools
for today’s business and non-profit sectors.
E
ven the most successful community leaders don’t
go it alone. They may have other professionals
they turn to for their expertise or advice, perhaps
they’ve learned along the way from others more experienced, or with different skill-sets than their own. After
all, none of us can be an expert on everything!
Honouring those leaders who go above and beyond
to inspire others, the Victoria Leadership Awards’
Royal Roads University Leadership Excellence through
Coaching and Mentoring Award recognizes long-term,
outstanding service in community leadership roles that
specifically focus
on coaching and/or
mentoring.
In 2012, Sherry Le
• Spend the time to find the right
Blanc became the
mentor, considering things
award’s first recipient,
like your own style of learning.
recognized for her
Rather than choosing someone
two decades of enjust like you, consider someone
trepreneurial and sewho may challenge you and has
nior-level experience
knowledge where you might
coaching individuals,
have some gaps.
groups and teams
across Canada. In
• Be committed – if someone is
presenting the award,
willing to volunteer their time to
the VLA noted that in
help you, respect their time and
addition to a “strong
their work.
professional back• For the mentors, be honest,
ground and sharp
share, and remember you too
intuition,” Le Blanc
started with limited knowledge
received the Internaabout what to do next.
tional Coach Federa• For more information about
tion’s Master Certified
mentoring in B.C., visit
Coach designation,
www.womensenterprise.ca
then one of only 600
or www.mentorshipbc.ca
people world-wide
holding the title.
“Sherry is strongly
committed to the ongoing growth of the coaching profession, actively participating in educational initiatives
that increase public awareness of the goals and benefits
of professional coaching.”
In 2013, the Coaching and Mentoring Award honour
went to Dianne de Champlain, an adult educator who
developed a mentorship certification program, facilitated training for mentors and mentees, and as Education
Coordinator at Victoria Women’s Transition House, used
Mentorship 101
innovative approaches to
assist women who have
experienced abuse
to envision a new
future.
For Royal Roads
University, which
delivers a variety
of programming
related to business and
community leadership,
becoming involved in
the Victoria Leadership
Awards was a
Zoe MacLeod, from Royals Roads’ Centre for
good opportuCoaching and Workplace Innovation
nity to recognize
Photo courtesy Royal Roads
leaders working to
help others succeed, explains Zoe MacLeod, from the
university’s Centre for Coaching and Workplace Innovation.
“We have a very popular executive coaching program,
where we look at ways coaching can benefit not only
executives and business, but also community,” MacLeod
says, explaining that through the program, students find
a non-profit of charitable organization to coach on a
particular area or challenge. “It seemed like a really good
fit.”
While similar in many ways, coaching and mentoring
have some unique differences. Professional coaching,
typically a paid service, helps others awaken to the
possibilities of themselves and build a plan to move
forward, where mentoring is usually a volunteer relationship based on imparting knowledge or experience in a
specific area to someone else.
Both are crucial as we face a wave of retiring Baby
Boomers and a rising generation of young leaders in
business and community. “It’s knowledge transfer and
mobilization,” MacLeod says.
Dawn McCooey, Skills Development Manager at the
Women’s Enterprise Centre, says mentors can be key
to business success. “Mentoring is an opportunity for
any size of business to have exposure to someone who
is experienced, who can share expertise and the stories
from the trenches, and model what a successful business
could be,” McCooey says.
From traditional one-on-one relationships to innovative
initiatives taking advantage of today’s communications
Cont. on p.31
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A
volunteer organization with approximately
1.3 million members in 32,000 clubs around the
world, Rotary aims to encourage and foster the idea
of service as a basis of worthy enterprise.
In the last 10 years, the Rotary Clubs of Greater Victoria
have raised and donated more than $3 million and hundreds of thousands of volunteer hours to support capital
infrastructure, social and health programs and scholarships
in our community? Another $1.1 million has been raised
and dispersed throughout the world to more than 30
nations. For a group of about 450 Victoria-area business,
professional and community leaders from Sidney to Sooke,
that’s a monumental feat worthy of celebration!
Why should you join?
If you want to meet a group of positive business and professional people who are interested in making Victoria and the
world a better place, then visit one of our 10 local clubs. We
have a variety of charities and projects that we support both
financially and with our efforts. The more you get involved,
the more you get out of it. You will grow personally and
develop many new, diverse and interesting friends while we
work together to contribute to the community.
What can you expect at a meeting?
One thing you’ll notice immediately is the welcoming
atmosphere of Rotary. The pre-meeting fellowship is
lively and a great opportunity to get to know some of
your fellow Rotarians. It’s also a chance to mingle with
community and business leaders. We are a mixture of
younger and older members from diverse backgrounds
– an invigorating group with many community connections.
Who is in the #YYJRotary Clubs?
With about 450 members, the Rotary Clubs of Greater
Victoria include a broad range of businesses and professions. We have current and past CEOs and executives of
many well-known organizations as well as small business
owners, professionals and managers.
Get more information by visiting www.yyjrotary.org
Mentoring
Cont. from p.29
technology, mentoring can provide the confidence to pursue career and business goals.
In addition to the “feel-good” element
of helping a fellow business person and
supporting the local community, mentors
benefit in other ways. Research shows that
in teaching something to someone else, the
knowledge becomes ingrained in the teacher
at a deeper level, McCooey notes. Discussing business can generate new ideas, while
also underscoring all the mentor has accomplished in his or her own career, something
we often underestimate. In working with
the mentee, they often realize the myriad
skills they have in fact mastered on the road
to their success. “It reminds them how far
they’ve come,” McCooey explains.
The same can be true for coaches, MacLeod
suggests. “One of the things about being a
coach is that it can also help you see your
own potential, so when you’re coaching
someone else, often you’re coaching yourself
too.”
This emphasis on coaching and mentoring
is indicative of a shift in the way business
and non-profits are operating today, moving
from traditional top-down leadership to a
more collaborative approach. “It’s really interesting to see the shift – we’re in the midst of
transforming how we work,” MacLeod says.
“These are the kinds of tools we’re trying to
teach people in our program...we’re trying to
cultivate that creative confidence to try new
things and take more risks.”
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Thank You!
Award Sponsors:
Movers & Shakers:
• BC Transit
• Il Terrazzo
• Royal Roads University
• TELUS
• Vancity
• University of Victoria
• Orange Frog Studio Inc.
• Freeman Audio Visual Canada
Leadership Promoters:
• Dodd’s Furniture
• Poppies Floral Art
• Viking Air Limited
Legacy Sponsor:
• Island Blue
Media Partners
Hospitality Sponsor:
• Black Press
• CTV Vancouver Island
• Douglas Magazine
• The Fairmont Empress
• Victoria Conference Centre
Table Sponsors:
• Brown Henderson Melbye
• Cool Aid Society
• Coast Capital
• Garth Homer Society
• Investor’s Group
• Peninsula Coop
• People’s Pharmacy
• Royal Bank of Canada
• Victoria Airport Authority
Workshop Sponsors:
• Victoria Conference Centre
• TELUS
• The Fairmont Empress
• GVSCU
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