Business Mission of Happiness & the New American City

A Business Mission of Happiness

Web company Integritive seeks to blur lines between work/life balance

What happens when a web development and branding company make its mission "to love and have fun?" Read More

Two Unlikely 'Schmoes' Rally Community to $500K Park Refresh

'We were excited; they got excited,' says champion

John Eby and a neighbour Dan Klare were two of the most unlikely "schmoes," as John calls them, to drive any major community effort, but that's what they've done over the past nine years, turning a potholed, falling apart park into a revamped space where people of all ages aren't afraid to hang out, play and keep active. Read More

The Appreciative Inquiry Culture Change Underway at Schlegel Villages

A social model of senior's living from a resident's perspective

In the two years Dorothy Simpson has lived in the Village of Riverside Glen in Guelph, she's witnessed a variety of enhancements to life in the village that can be directly attributed to a culture change underway within the entire Schlegel Villages organization. Read More

What We're Thinking

Igniting Strengths to Invent the New American City

Imagine the New American City. What do you see? What are people doing? What are you doing? Who is with you? How does it feel? Take time now to jot down a few notes in answer to these questions.

We all have a vision of this city, this metropolis. This vision will come from what we see we'd like to see more of, and sometimes from a call to make good of something bad. Each vision held by each person will be different, depending on where we stand, our aspirations, our gifts, and our relationships.
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How Stories Are Working

Stories Help Shift Perceptions of Long-Term Care

OMNI news program recognizes and inspires home's staff, administrator says

A scrapbook of OMNIway stories formed part of Country Terrace's presentation at a South West Community Care Access (CCAC) event June 1 on dispelling long-term care myths.

Administrator Karen Dann says the collection of stories from the news program, combined with another scrapbook of photos taken by staff around the Komoka home, helped to show how active residents are, how they participate in their care, and the things that they enjoy. Read More

Advocacy Blog

The Evolution of Elder Care through a Storyteller's Eyes

Looking at aging through a devoted caregiver's legacy

I'm a storyteller, by nature. I always have been.

My connection to the world of long-term care goes back almost as long as I can remember. My mother had the heart of an angel whose natural leanings were to care for people, young and old.

When I was a child, she would take me along as she volunteered to provide home-care in small homes along the dusty streets of the tiny Alberta town we called home. Read More

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