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Who knew that a social activist in the healthcare system was just an ordinary guy with an interest in clowning and medicine.  You know the movie with Robin Williams?  Dr Adams will be Keynoting in Toronto at the Holistic World Expo (www.holisticworld.org) in March.  A link from that announcement takes us to his website.  It's not his fame that brings about change -  it's his actions.  And yours.  Social change - as we also prescribe with The Accelerator - begins with our intentions.  Funny how we change ourselves in the process!

Patch's Prescription: 10 Everyday Actions

Prescriptive Inspiration

1. Pick up all the trash in an area in your hometown; be its guardian. Tell others about it. 2. Be friendly to everyone at all times; experiment outrageously. 3. Offer a shoulder or foot rub in any environment. 4. Always speak up for justice, no matter how much it costs. 5. Go once a week on a "house call" to a nursing home to cheer people up as a friend. 6. Turn off your TV and become interesting. Perform yourself. 7. Consider being silly in public. Sing out loud. Wear funny stuff. 8. Find ways to need a whole lot less money; share beyond belief. 9. Have potlucks frequently, with neighbors, co-workers, strangers. Work toward living in extended families. 10. Take your vacations in your own hometown and spend the money working on projects there that help build community. Source: Are you ready to build a more holistic business?  If you are a woman already in business in northern Ontario, and are committed to growth and research, ask for an Accelerator application form.  Call 807 625 0328 or maggiem@paro.ca.  Join 38 other women from the Region and Thunder Bay - some specializing in Holistic medicine -  in your pursuit of a sustainable livelihood!

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Please pass this valuable information on to your membership. 

 Join us at the Northwestern Ontario Tourism Development Conference.  Your business will benefit from this valuable information.    Cost $35.  Receive great discounts on your hotel and airfare. 

 The roster of international speakers on marketing, tourism and developing your business is incredible.

 You can register online at www.northofsuperior.org

Agenda and program available online

 Dawn Larsen, Coordinator

 NorthWestern Ontario Tourism Marketing Conference 

 phone:  807-345-6733  email:  tourismconference@tbaytel.net

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Key note for Shaping Public Policy The Women's Agenda Forum Vancouver

In September 2002 noted economist Armine Yalnizyan received the first ever Economic Justice Award to embark on a three-year research program, beginning with a special focus on Canada's medicare system. The award is providing an important opportunity for Ms. Yalnizyan to explore two themes: universality and the role of the nation state. This work, focussed on the financing of public health care, is being published through the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

Ms. Yalnizyan has a long history working with others to put the public into public policy. As a economist, she has focussed on the economic fundamentals that change people's lives. Her ability to offer fiscal and economic analysis as well as achievable strategies for action has earned her wide respect as a researcher, communicator and teacher.

Ms. Yalnizyan worked at the Social Planning Council of Metropolitan Toronto from 1987 to 1997. She has been co-chair of the Economy and Employment Committee of the National Action Committee on the Status of Woman. She is the founding member of the Progressive Economics Forum, co-chair of the Ontario Alternative Budget, board member of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and a greateful member of the United Church of Canada.

In 1998 she authoured a ground-breaking report, The Great Divide, the politics of the growing gap between rich and poor in the 1990s. To download a copy of this report, go to our Publications Page.

Ms. Yalnizyan deeply believes in the power of informed public discourse.

This page will highlight the work that Armine Yalnizyan is doing as she continues her important work on policy issues related to public health care.

On May 20, 2003 Ms. Yalnizyan gave a speech "Will Community Voices Shape Public Choices?

On January 26, 2004 Ms. Yalnizyan and Trish Hennessy penned an Opinion  Editorial for the Toronto Star.  Fixing Health Care: We need a dose of Dr. Phil.

On February 3, 2005, Ms. Yalnizian authored Ten Years of Federal Budgets: Double Whammy for Women for the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action.  The report, first ever analysis of federal budgets on Canadian women, shows that Federal fiscal choices have done little to improve most women's economic security over the last 10 years.

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7 early March events…and 7 is a magical number ;-)

 1.  Northern Woman Bake, Barter and Craft Sale . 1- 4 pm. Sat. March 4^th.

 2. Canto concert. Sunday, March 5^th. 2PM Lakehead Unitarian Fellowship - Admission $15 / $10 students & seniors / kids under 12 free

 3. Rauna Kuokkanen “Contemporary Sami women - Changes, Continuities and Challenges in a Northern Indigenous Community.”   Monday, March 6, 2006     7 p.m.   ATAC 1006, Lakehead University

4.  Thunder Bay Child Care Action Network and The Ontario Coalition for Better Childcare present  "What Now? What is happening with our National Child Care System?"  Coffee and Conversation with  Jane D. Brown (Communication and Outreach Co-ordinator with OCBCC)

Tuesday March 7^th, 2006      7:00 p.m. till 9:00 p.m.   Schoolhouse Playcare Centre   627 Grey Street

For more information please call  Brenda Budge @622 - 6910

5.   NWO Women's Centre and the Greek goddesses at the Apollo will be holding an evening of celebration on Wednesday, March 8th at the Apollo Restaurant in honour of International Women's Day.  Call if you would like to book stage time (345-7802, or Colleen at 343-8879), or just show up to listen or partake in impromptu performance. 

Anytime after 7 pm ...           

6.  Colouring Books Sisterhood Book Club meeting. Wed. March 8^th. 7 p.m. @ NWB. Gonzalez & Daughter Trucking Co.  

7.  An Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism Workshop. This anti-oppression, anti-racism workshop is part of the Radical Roots Project, an initiative funded by Status of Women Canada and the NWO Women’s Centre to help women develop or improve an understanding of oppression and social justice issues.

Free of charge. Everyone welcome.

 Location: Northern Woman’s Bookstore, 65 S. Court St. Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 Time: 7 – 9 pm .

 To register, please contact the NWO Women’s Centre: 345-7802, 184 Camelot St .     radicalroots@tbaytel.net

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Action for Neighbourhood Change
FINDING FUNDING
FOR NON-PROFITS WORKSHOP

Presenter:  Corinne Kowalchuk

When  Tuesday, March 21st, 2006  Time  2:30-4:30   Where 500 Simpson Street, ANC Office  

Who    ANC Supporters and Volunteers

Program

1. Overview
2. Funding opportunities
a. The language
b. Cultivating opportunities
c. Key resources/agencies
d. Best Practices
3. Data Management
4. Research
5. Sample proposals
6. Questions

Please confirm by Friday March 17, 2006 at 626-1765 if you plan to attend.

Jodi Carlson, Project Manager, Action for Neighbourhood Change
500 Simpson Street Thunder Bay, ON  P7C3J4 Phone:  807.626.1766 Fax:  807.626.1768 
jcarlson@unitedway-tbay.on.ca  www.anccommunity.ca

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To gain a better understanding of the Northwestern Ontario tourism industry's marketing strategies, Lakehead University has produced an industry survey. This survey seeks to identify the industry's perceptions and understanding of their market segments and their current marketing and promotion strategies.

This survey will help the tourism industry in Northwestern Ontario identify where marketing efforts are currently directed. This baseline data must be identified before the industry's marketing efforts can be evaluated.

Your assistance in collecting this data will be greatly appreciated and your business will be entered in a draw to win a $100.00 gift certificate to a Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce member of your choice!

Please click on the link to access the survey online.  www.insitefulsurveys.com/survey.asp?SI=993568711300

Thank you so much for your assistance in gathering this industry research.

Sincerely,

Gwyneth Carlson

Lakehead University The Centre for Parks, Recreation & Tourism Research