Maureen Eykelenboom’s passion for helping those in need in countries served by the Canadian Forces was immediately evident at our May 1st meeting. She upholds and promotes the values that her son, Cpl. Andrew “Boomer” Eykelenboom, held so high before he was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2006. Her presentation sparkled with humour, showing …
Nancy Klinger is not an ordinary dog owner—she takes her dog to movies, shopping centres, and on buses. She makes sure that Bruce gets as much human interaction as he can and is comfortable in just about any situation so that he can do his job well when the time comes to go to work.…
David Salzano, Senior Compliance Officer with the BC Securities Commission, delivered a strong message to all members who attended the March meeting: know yourself and know your advisor. He offered a list of fraud warning signs and suggested that doing your own research (into the advisor and the offering) was key. “If you don’t understand…
Our February 2013 speaker, Lori Amdam from Vancouver Island Health Authority, had attendees’ rapt attention as she described the differences between delirium and dementia. In her comparison of the two “Ds”, she illustrated how distinctly different the two are by highlighting the key difference: time. Delirium is a sudden change in cognition, function and behaviour,…
The graphic videos and photographs that accompanied Sgt. Toby Hinton’s presentation at the January 2013 meeting had many members covering their eyes. Striking images, many from his Odd Squad Productions, portrayed the trauma that drugs have on the physical appearance of the addicts that Toby meets daily on his beat through Vancouver’s Down Town East…
Sergeant Toby Hinton — beat cop, producer/director, judo instructor, lecturer and co-founder of Odd Squad Productions (OSP) will be speaker at the first meeting of the new year on Tuesday 2 January. His work on the Vancouver Police Department’s (VPD) Drug Education and Enforcement Team as well as leadership in OSP, a non-profit charitable organization…