International Volunteers Day was established by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly through Resolution 40/212 on 17 December 1985. Since then, governments, the UN system and civil society organizations have successfully joined volunteers around the world to celebrate the Day on 5 December.

In a community where 56% of our citizens volunteer on a regular basis, International Volunteer Day is an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the 280,000 plus volunteers who…

The Rothschild Banking family controls over 150 of the worlds biggest 500 corporations, but do not show up on the Forbes 500 list because they are not incorporated, rather privately owned.

This one family hires primarily based on Family Ties, Racial Ties, and Religious/Philosophical Affiliation (Judaism and/or Zionism).

This family also proclaims to follow the Babylonian Talmud version of Judaism (which makes radical Islam look like chicken feed).

To "Fix Our…

Environment Canada scientists have confirmed results published by researchers from the University of Alberta showing contaminants accumulating in the snow near oilsands operations, an internal federal document has revealed. The original study, led by University of Alberta scientists Erin Kelly and David Schindler, analyzed winter snow and found that contamination levels were "highest near oilsand…

Kaleidoscope Real World Video Shorts Festival & Gala on June 6, 2008.

We were honoured to be invited.

Mark & Jesse are proud to be awarded Best Animation for "Think About It" produced by Kritika Ganapathy, Jesse Lannigan & Mark Lannigan; their claymation video short about the Inequality between women & men in the Canadian workplace.

Thanks to Kaleidoscope, the OCIC, National Film Board of Canada, Oxfam & CIDA

We participated in Womens Human…

Think Twice Before Throwing Away a Banana Peel

How to Grow Burdock

Arctium, Biennial

Early settlers brought Burdock to the U.S. American Indians included this vegetable in their gardens. Today, it can be found growing wild in many parts of the country. Burdock is an edible root, native to Europe, Asia and Japan. Actually, the leaves and tender, young stems are edible, too. Roots can be eaten raw or cooked. Leaves and stems are usually cooked like spinach.…

Leo’s Liberian library

Leo Johnson

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My Interests

I am a fifty-eight year old lady. I am a mother of five and I have eight grandchildren. Through my lifetime I have tried my hand at book publishing and screenplay writing, but I find myself enjoying my new hobby now that the kids are grown of making videos to show work that I have done and extend my obsession with photography in video form.

I first started with a youtube channel under Dorisanne13. On top of doing short commercial videos about my screenplays I have…

Ayden's ride - summer of 2013.

At 14, Ayden admits he could never have gotten this far without the help of doctors, nurses, therapists and organizations who all in some way were supported by the United Way.

Thanks to these organizations Ayden maintains a personal presence, is able to stand tall, on his own, as an individual, and at 14 he wants to give back.

He wants to raise money in the name of the United Way by putting himself through the gruelling ordeal of traversing Canada…