March 2010
COMMUNITY NEWS
Spirit Fish Celebration
Sunday, March 21st is spring and
World Water Day! Come celebrate
outside!
The Spirit Fish project is coming up on Sunday, March
21st. See and experience our local waterways full of life,
playful art and music.
The Spirit Fish Project is an art and watershed
awareness project by Still Moon Arts Society with
the support of BC Arts Council, City of Burnaby and
numerous community partners. We want to connect
communities to how water gets from our back yards
through streams and rivers to the ocean. Water is the
circulatory system of the earth and we want to celebrate
it and all living creatures’ dependence on it.
1:00 pm: Fishy Bike Parade following the path of Still
Creek and the Central Valley Green Way. Decorate
yourself and your bike like a fish and meet on the bike
path below Renfrew Skytrain Station in Vancouver.
Join the fish bikes swimming east along the Central
Valley Greenway
2:00 pm–4:30 pm: Art, music, boat rides, spirit fish
boats, tea and snacks next to Still Creek on the bike trail
under the Kensington overpass just west of the Sperling
Skytrain station
3:15 pm: Special Spirit Fish live music and dance
performance and Prayers for the Water ritual
Check the website http://stillmoon.org/ for workshop
details and new videos.
See Tamara Unroe’s striking “Fishy business” sculpture at local Spirit Fish celebrations.
Photo by Carmen Rosen
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in many cultures and in ancient
times. Today, labyrinths are used
in health, spiritual and education
centres as well as public places
and are recognized for their role in
triggering wellness.
The Renfrew Ravine Labyrinth fits
snugly into a little park. Its paths
are fairly narrow and are worn
down by seven years of walking.
As you walk, you hear Still Creek
burbling in the ravine and local
songbirds. This labyrinth was
conceived as a community project Artist Carmen Rosen mists mosaics
by community developer Terry at a recent workshop.
Tayler and artist Carmen Rosen, of
the Still Moon Arts Society. Local Continued on page 3
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designed a template to add
112 lunations in 28 sections to
complete the Renfrew Ravine
Labyrinth.
The pebble mosaics are being
created in a nearby backyard.
When completed, the arcs will be
placed around the circumference
of the labyrinth. This should
make a smooth interface with
the surrounding paths and grass.
Over half of the pieces are made,
but if you want to try your hand
at making pebble mosaics, please
join us. Many hands of all ages
are welcome! The mosaic
workshops happen most
weekend afternoons until April
The Renfrew Ravine Labyrinth on a Sunday.
4th, behind 4270 Atlin (at 27th
Avenue). Call Paddy at
schools, residents and organizations On the last Sunday afternoon of
604-451-5570 or drop by.
participated in building the labyrinth every month, from around 2:00
from river rocks and mosaic. The to 4:00 pm, people meet at the
We plan to install the mosaics
labyrinth is in the 11-cycle Chartres labyrinth to talk, walk and get
in time for an April 22nd Earth
pattern―the centre rosette mosaic, together. A labyrinth steward from
Day opening and celebration.
laid in August 2003, includes shards Still Moon Arts Society attends. Here
We welcome community
of stone from the same quarry as the are notes from previous Sundays:
involvement to help with the
stone in Chartres Cathedral, France.
installation and we also plan
“Young guy on bike. Stops to ask
to work with Windermere
Who uses the labyrinth what I was doing. Said he comes
Leadership students.
Our local labyrinth is used in many often to use labyrinth.”
ways. Every fall, the Renfrew Ravine
The Renfrew Ravine
Moon Festival parade stops there on “Guy with baby carriage―Trung.
Labyrinth is a unique, local
the way from Slocan Park to Renfrew Said he likes labyrinth―his kids
Park. Other times, people walk the
labyrinth to mark personal or natural
cycles and occasions, such as holidays,
especially like it. Said “thanks” for
tending it.”
resource. To learn more about
the labyrinth, visit the blog at
http://renfrewravinelabyrinth. See-Rite
solstices, birthdays or deaths. Many
people walk to refocus on goals or
to alleviate stress. Some people use
“A group of high school kids―said
they helped make the labyrinth and
have helped clean up the ravine.”
wordpress.com/. We look forward
to seeing you at the Earth Day
event in April and, of course, at
Optometry
the increasingly popular Renfrew
the labyrinth to figure out a problem.
Ravine Moon Festival next
And, of course, children love running “Woman walking dog. Chris, from
October! In the meantime, enjoy
around the paths and make up many condos on 29th Avenue. Said she
the labyrinth any time.
labyrinth games. People visit the came often with sons, now grown.
labyrinth alone or in groups. Once, She loves walking by.” Welcome Po Ang Mga Filipino
the Renfrew Community Centre
Nordic Pole Walking Club even tried “Two families from Atlin Street came
Paddy Fahrni is the labyrinth Tel: 604.451.7483
steward with the Still Moon Arts
walking the labyrinth! by and helped weed the gardens.
Society.
Thanks!”
Join the
mosiac
lunation
project If you have a problem, why worry one more day.
In the traditional Look no further.
Chartres Psychic reader telss you the present & future, helps in all
labyrinth problems - Love, Marriage, Health, Business. Restores your
luck. Removes evil influences and calls enemies by name.
pattern, the Don’t fail to see this gifted reader today and be
labyrinth path rid of your problems tomorrow. She has
has an outer helped people with all problems
ring of moon
shapes called
The Renfrew Ravine Labyrinth is
“lunations.”
patterned after the labyrinth found
Artist Carmen
in the famous Chartres Cathedral,
Rosen has
France.
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Spring Is Here
Lovely days of March are coming our
way; the days of spring are here. The
sky is blue and clear, and the warm
COMMUNITY NEWS sunny days are near. The nests of
The mission of this non-profit publication is birds in trees, flowers and bees, aren’t
to provide the residents, businesses and they such a spring soul cleanser? Yes
organizations of Renfrew/Collingwood with a they are―and it’s much simpler than
medium for community communication. we may think. Cleansing our soul
in the spring simply means giving
Paul Reid: staff writer, layout and distribution coordinator
our attention to what is occurring
Julie Cheng: editorial coordinator
Lisa Symons: sales coordinator within us; like diving high into
our intellectual mind and thinking
Contributors: Robert Allen, Ricardo Cerna, how we can fly. We could discover
Larissa Duff-Grant, Paddy Fahrni, Jennifer Gray- emptiness or world-weariness arising
Grant, Adam Potvin, Paul Reid, Carmen Rosen, from our busy lives. Or perhaps we
Raagni Sharma, Mark Smith, Lisa Symons, Helen
feel overwhelmed with ideas of how
Yeung
to manage our lives. Here in our
We want to hear Renfrew-Collingwood neighbourhood
we can see the spring is already here,
from you! and we can concentrate our attention
Yes, You! Send comments, community events, to our soul’s preparation.
press releases, etc. by regular post, fax or e-mail.
Criticisms and/or suggestions for improving the Art and message by
paper are welcomed and encouraged.
Ricardo Cerna (GERILU)
We welcome appropriate, unsolicited edi-
torial submissions if accompanied by the author’s
real name, address and telephone number. The
author should retain the original as we cannot
return submissions without prior agreement nor
does submission guarantee publication. We
reserve the right to make editorial changes.
The Renfrew/Collingwood Community News
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an initiative of the Collingwood Neighbourhood
House (CNH). Founded in 1985 CNH’s mission
is to provide leadership, programs, services Food for Families Program
and support to community building initiatives in
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in need to participate in a
You Can Find the RC Community nutritional food bank and
community kitchen.
News @:
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Eating Out in RC by Paul Reid
Community Lunch great and lengthy conversations at
5288 Joyce Street, Vancouver the community lunch.
(at Collingwood
Neighbourhood House) One of those great conversations was
604.435.0323 with Najia Elacel, the cooking guru
Every Tuesday and Thursday at noon behind the community lunch. She
Eat In, Take Out started the position at CNH seven
March menu and more details: page 14 months ago. Although Najia won`t
take all the credit, we know that it
is her outstanding cooking abilities
Greetings food fans. Allow me to that has had the community lunch
tell you about the delicious lunches growing in popularity, now often
that you can get at Collingwood reaching its capacity. This success
Neighbourhood House (CNH) as has recently lead to her being invited
part of their community lunch. to cook for the Friday lunch at
Offered every Tuesday and Najia (left) with volunteers Nancy Avila and Barry Londry.
Renfrew Park Community Centre.
Thursday, starting at 12 noon, the
community lunch offers complete Her secrets? Najia remembers is layed out for you in advance,” says baby! Najia plans to visit her family
healthy lunches at affordable prices: cooking since she was eight years Najia. “Now I have a dream to open in Marrakech this summer, her first
$4.50 for seniors, $5.50 for adults old. “My mother used to make us my own restaurant one day, a place time back since her twins were born.
and $3.00 for students. cook for ourselves if we were hungry. where I can have my friends and In any spare time, Najia enjoys all
I also often cooked for my family. happy people around.” Najia also things creative, including painting,
On this occasion, I enjoyed With five brothers, two sisters, dreams of helping children in some cooking, fashion design and interior
mushroom barley soup, breaded my parents, my grandparents and way. decorating.
fish with tartar sauce, salad, coffee myself, that was about 14 people,”
and marble brownies for dessert. said Najia. Shortly after coming to Speaking of children, Najia has twin As for any other secrets, Najia does
For such a nutritious and delicious Canada from Marrakech, Morocco, boys, aged seven. She remembers say that the secret from The Secret
all-inclusive lunch, for only $5.50 in 1997, Najia began working in having an ultrasound test and (the movie) does indeed work. Also,
(including tax), it is no wonder restaurants. This included some fine feeling relieved to find out she was she says, “I like to be happy. You
that the community lunch has dining restaurants, experience which having twins and not a two-headed need to do that for yourself.”
become so popular. Listen to some has not been lost on the community
of these entrees for the month of lunch. “I sometimes like to bring
March: veal with minty fig and fancy food to people who cannot
orange marmalade on quinoa; cod necessarily afford it. Of course, I
fish and prawns in coconut curry have to stay on budget too,” she says.
sauce on rice; shrimp pie; chicken
and spinach stromboli (a type of Najia makes her own menus with
Italian-American turnover). To see many recipes of her own creation.
the complete menu, full of such a “I try to make the meals healthy
delicious variety of foods, you can and also use seasonal vegetables,
visit page 14. which helps to keep costs down and
creates variety.” Najia is also careful
not to make the dishes too spicy as
many of the regulars are seniors.
“Sometimes, if there is a spicy sauce,
it will be available in a side dish.”
Najia has been happy with the
experience with the community
lunch and she appreciates the
volunteers who help her prepare the
meals. She also loves to see people
happy and grateful for the lunch
All lunches are available to go, so she has created; any constructive
it is convenient if you are on the criticism is welcome too. “That’s the
run. What I enjoy, though, is the goal, to learn as we go.”
opportunity to sit and eat at the
same table with others: catching up Now, Najia is so thankful to be in
with those who I know and meeting Canada, experiencing a new culture
new people as well. I have met many where one can build their own
interesting people and had some dreams. “In Morocco, your entire life
The following is a paid advertisement by
Adrian Dix, MLA for Vancouver/Kingsway
6 March 2010 Dear Neighbours,
The legislature resumes its
Bright Ideas Moving Forward spring session this month
with the release of the
in Renfrew-Collingwood by Jennifer Gray-Grant government’s 2010 Budget.
I am always happy to hear
your feedback on provincial
matters and look forward to
What’s better than a great idea? hearing your reactions to
Hundreds of great ideas! All the government’s plans for
with an eye to improving life in the coming year.
Renfrew-Collingwood.
4th Annual Seniors’ Health & Wellness Fair
In 2008, Renfrew-Collingwood I would like to invite all seniors and their families to
was one of the neighbourhoods attend an entertaining and informative event in the
involved in the City of Vancouver’s Renfrew-Collingwood Seniors’ Health and Wellness
visioning process. Although people Fair. This event will take place at the Renfrew Park
who participated in the visioning Community Centre on Wednesday March 31st,
2010. Doors will open at 10 am. There will be over 20
process appreciated the chance exhibitors providing participants information on issues
to get involved in planning their such as heart health and stroke prevention, arthritis,
neighbourhood, some also saw a diabetes and more. In addition to the wide range of
need to localize the process so that exhibitor booths, we will also have entertainment from
the Renfrew Chinese Seniors group and Hawaiian
they could focus on the unique
dancers. All registered participants will also receive a gift
community strengths and needs Participants joining in café-style conversations came up with fantastic bag and a free lunch. Register soon by calling my office
they saw around them. ideas to make Renfrew-Collingwood a better place to live. Priorities are to at 604-660-0314 or by calling Renfrew Park Community
Centre, Cheryl Palidda at 604-257-8390. We had a full
strengthen social connections and increase safety. Photo by Youth Media
“People wanted to discuss crowd last year, so be sure to register early!
and create our own vision of
Security Walkabout at Nanaimo Station
Renfrew-Collingwood, and what with a local facilitator who led most interested in working in the
they’d like to see happening here, them through World Café-style areas of social connections and At the end of January I was pleased to join a group
rather than simply respond to the discussions to spark ideas for safety issues right away. of local block watch captains on a evening walkabout
City’s set template,” Collingwood improving and enhancing life in the near the Nanaimo SkyTrain station to take a look at
some ongoing security issues in the area. Since the
Neighbourhood House (CNH) neighbourhood. Now, the organizing committee
tour, I have followed up with both TransLink and with
executive director Paula Carr said. has contracted with a coordinator transit Security to find solution to some of the problems
Fantastic ideas for neighbourhood to follow up on the ideas-gathering identified. I’d like to recognize the ongoing efforts of our
So CNH, Renfrew Park Community projects and events flowed in: a events. Local resident Karen Kreis local block watch captains and other volunteers in the
Centre, Evergreen Community yearly masquerade ball, pocket will be working with the committee block watch program who work year-round on their own
time to keep our neighbourhoods safe for everybody.
Health Centre, the City and farmer markets, bake-offs, walking and with residents over the next
several residents got together to tours through the Renfrew Ravine, few months to contact participants If you have any non-emergency security concerns in
discuss a different process, which improved landscaping to increase who expressed an interest in your neighbourhood feel free to contact my office; I am
they dubbed an Ideas Gathering. security, bikes available through becoming involved with social always happy to take a look and work together with
This organizing committee the Skytrain station, cross-age connections and safety issues. She our neighbours, the police, and the City to keep our
community safe and secure. If you are in an emergency
believed that by involving more storytelling groups and shared will connect participants with, situation always call 911.
community members in the backyard gardening spaces, to where possible, existing groups, or
process, it would deepen and name a few. determine if there is a large enough Apply Now for Neighbourhood Small Grants –
broaden local involvement in group interested in forming a Deadline March 31st
improving the quality of life in The organizing committee looked committee to focus on a particular
Among my highlights of 2009 were the wonderful block
the neighbourhood. It would also at all the ideas that had been raised issue or event. parties that I was invited to attend throughout the
provide opportunities for local at the gathering and identified six summer months. Block parties are a great opportunity to
leadership growth. main themes: social connections, Participants in one or both of the get to know your neighbours and have some fun in the
safety, mobility, awareness, events may receive a call from sunshine. Best of all, you can receive a small amount of
Karen; or, if you are interested in funding from the City of Vancouver to help put on your
To generate interest in this development and amenities.
block party. Through the Neighbourhood Small Grants
community planning process, contacting Karen, please leave a Program, you can apply for and receive from $50-
the group organized a series of To look closer at these six themes, message for her at CNH at $500 of funding for your event. Beyond block parties,
conversations in local coffee shops, organizers held a “Spring Ahead” 604-435-0323. Neighbourhood Small Grants can be put towards
parks and homes prior to the event last spring. Once again, community gardens, roadside planters, mural painting
supplies, or anything other ideas you have to brighten
event, which was held in November participants were invited to engage
up our community!
2008. Small groups met to chat in café-style conversations. Using a
informally about specific issues and “dotmocracy” activity, participants Next month, there will be an The deadline to apply for a 2010 Neighbourhood
ideas that were important to them. examined these themes and article in the Renfrew-Collingwood Small Grant is March 31st. To apply, pick up a form at
ideas for their neighbourhood Community News focusing on Collingwood Neighbourhood House at 5288 Joyce St.
(the corner of Joyce and Euclid) or call 604-435-0323 for
Then, more than 100 enthusiastic to prioritize which ones to move the other four thematic areas of
more information.
residents, many of them forward first. “So we were able to interest: mobility, awareness,
youth, attended the November see the priorities of the people in development and amenities. If you have any questions, suggestions, or comments
gathering, which was held at the room,” Carr said. on provincial or community issues, please feel free to
CNH. Participants rotated contact me at my Constituency Office at 604-660-0314,
send me an email at adrian.dix.mla@leg.bc.ca or visit
around the gymnasium, sitting at The Spring Ahead event established my website at adriandix.ca.
tables (each with its own theme) that, as a group, participants were
RENFREW COLLINGWOOD COMMUNITY NEWS March 2010 7
Get Involved in Renfrew/Collingwood
Monday, March 1. Crossing Colombia: On Two Wheels from the Renfrew Park Collingwood
Equator to the Ocean. Italian Cultural Centre, 3075 Slocan at Grandview
Highway, 7:30 pm. Free. Vancouver Skiers’ member Lucy Kenward is back
Community Neighbourhood
by popular demand! This intrepid cyclist recently completed a solo bicycle Centre House
trip across South America. From Tierra del Fuego National Park at the 2929 East 22 Avenue at Renfrew 5288 Joyce Street at Euclid
southernmost tip of Argentina, she pedalled nearly 20,000 kilometres north Phone 604.257.8388 Phone: 604-435-0323
along the spine of the Andes to Tayrona National Park on Colombia’s Atlantic Web page: www.renfrewcc.com
coast. This presentation is the sequel to her earlier slideshow of photos and Pre-registration required for all programs. Sundays, Mar 7, 14, 21, 28
stories from Argentina to Peru. Lucy will take you through Ecuador and Badminton 19+, 10:00 am–12:00 noon
Colombia. Stop in the vibrant colonial cities of Cuenca and Cartagena, visit Fri Mar 5 Wushu, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
the colourful indigenous market in Otavalo, climb into the high-elevation Drumming for Health and Wellness (45+yrs)
páramo beneath the Avenue of the Volcanoes and plunge hundreds of metres 11:00-12:00pm FREE Mondays, Mar 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
into the steep-sided Cañon de Chicamocha. Along the way, you’ll meet a wide Seniors’ Yoga Drop-in, 9:30 - 10:30 am
variety of local people, sample typical and unusual foods and celebrate the Sat 6-Mar 20 Music, Movement & More, 11:00 am - 12:00
New Year—all without leaving your chair! Basic E-mail in Chinese noon
1:30-3:00pm $10/person Inner Dance Movement, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
3:15-4:45pm $10/person Seniors’ Wellness Group, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Saturday, March 6. International Women’s Day Conference:
Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities: Progress for All – Women as Children’s Basketball, 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Sat Mar 6 Jazzercise, 6:00–7:00 pm
Leaders. On UBC campus. Come celebrate, share and learn with women
Income Tax for Newcomers Volleyball, 8:15–10:00 pm
from all walks of life on this internationally recognized day. Speakers and
Learn how to fill out your own income tax form
interactive sessions, including media pioneer and respected Shushma Datt as
1:30-3:00pm FREE Tuesdays, Mar 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
keynote speaker. Presented by the Canadian Women Voters Conference. More
Parent & Tots, 10:00 - 11:45 am
information at womenvoters.ca.
Sat Mar 7 Jazzercise, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Renfrew Ravine Nature Walk Ballet, 2:00 - 2:40 pm
March 7–19. Spirit Fish art workshops. Create your own fish lantern,
1:00-3:00pm $2/person or $5/family Hatha Yoga, 6:45 - 8:15 pm
make a fishy costume or decorate your bike for the fishy bike parade to
happen on March 21. Workshop locations include Renfrew Community Fri Mar 12 Wednesdays, Mar 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Centre (2929 East 22nd Avenue) and Windermere School (3155 East 27th Aromatherapy (45+yrs) Adult & Seniors’ Chinese Cultural Dance, 9:30
Avenue). More information at stillmoon.org. 11:00-12:00pm FREE - 11:00 am
Community Living Room Opening Events Parent & Toddler Dance, 10:00 - 10:50 am
Saturday, March 27. “Acquarelli e poesie di Casacalenda: For The Paralympics Games Baby’s First Dance, 11:00 - 11:50 pm
Watercolours and poetry from Casacalenda” Opening Ceremony. Please phone Renfrew for more information Seniors Strength and Stretch, 11:00 am–12:00
Il Museo at the Italian Cultural Centre, 12:15 pm. Artist Loreta Giannetti and Schedule of events and times. FREE noon
poet Tina Biello present their works inspired by their hometown in Molise. Pilates, 12:05–1:05 pm
Il Museo is the first museum and archive devoted to the history of the Italian- Wed Mar 17 Seniors Gentle Fit Chair Exercise, 1:00–2:00 pm
Canadian community in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. Check out St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon Children’s Floor Hockey, 3:45 - 6:50 pm
italianculturalcentre.ca for volunteer opportunities. 12:00-2:30pm $6/person Chinese Classical Dance for Children, 4:00 -
5:00 pm
Tuesday, March 30. Neighbourhood Small Grants deadline to Fri Mar 19 Jazzercise, 6:00 pm–7:00 pm
apply. If you ever wanted to hold a block party, start a community garden, Spring Garden Tips (45+yrs) Drop-in Soccer (Adult), 7:15–8:45 pm
create a public mural or any other an idea that will bring neighbours 11:00-12:00pm FREE Drop-in Badminton (Adult), 8:45–10:00 pm
together, you can apply for $50 to $500 to improve your neighbourhood.
The grants are funded by the Vancouver Foundation and administered in Sat Mar 20 Thursdays, Mar 4, 11, 18, 25
our neighbourhood through the Collingwood Neighbourhood House. Pick up Income Tax for Newcomers Seniors Yoga Drop in, 9:30–10:30 am
an application form at the Collingwood Neighbourhood House, 5288 Joyce Learn how to fill out your own income tax form Parents and Tots, 10:00–11:45 am
Street at Euclid or contact Sheri Parke at phone 604-435-0323 extension 239 12:30-2:30pm FREE Seniors Coffee, 10:30 am–12:00 noon
or email sparke01@shaw.ca. Social Welfare Jazzercise, 12:00 noon–1:00 pm
1:30-3:00pm FREE Hatha Yoga, 6:45–8:15 pm
English Practice for Parents at Grenfell School. Monday and Friday Drop-in Badminton (Adult), 7:00–8:30 pm
mornings, 9-10:30 am. The Thu Mar 25 Drop-in Soccer (Adult), 8:30–10:00 pm
UBC Learning Exchange is Spice Party (19+yrs)
Freeway Mini running ESL conversation
classes for parents and
7:00-8:30pm FREE Fridays, Mar 5, 12, 19, 26
Seniors T’ai Chi, 9:30–10:30 am
Fri Mar 26 48 Forms T’ai Chi, 10:45 - 11:45 am
Storage grandparents of children at
Grenfell School (at Rupert Alzheimer (45+yrs) Seniors Strength and Stretch, 11:30 am–12:30 pm
and Wellington). The classes 11:00-12:00pm FREE
5’ x 8’ x 8’ high storage locker are small and friendly. They Saturdays, Mar 6, 13, 20, 27
March, April, May are about everyday topics, like Mon Mar 29 Jazzercise, 10:00–11:00 am
shopping, travel or health. All West Coast Express Tour Visual Arts 8 years+, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
2:00-8:00pm $75/person
3 months Special levels of learners are welcome.
For more information, phone Seniors’ Wellness Group
Only $177.00 Mark at 604-408-5183, Wed Mar 31 Mondays except holidays
(includes tax) or come to room B101 on Health and Wellness Fair 1:00 –3:00 pm, Drop-in fee $2.00
Monday or Friday at 9 am. Visit display booths from various health Times may vary with program.
agencies. Light Lunch provided. Pre-registration Pick up schedule at reception desk.
3555 E.5th Ave, required. For more information please call
(corner of Skeena St., East Vancouver)
10:00-3:00pm FREE Jo-Anne at 604-435-0323
8 March 2010 RENFREW COLLINGWOOD COMMUNITY NEWS
Celebrate Food— English Practice for Parents Is a
From Field to Table! Success at Grenfell by Mark Smith
March is National Nutrition Month and this Monday at 9:15 am, and room interact. Becoming proficient in
year’s theme is “From Field to Table” B101 at Grenfell School is full of a language is just like learning to
swim. You can’t learn from books or
conversation. Packets of flavoured
by Helen Yeung, RD lectures―you have to jump in and
choices and provides personalized green tea have provided the material
do it. Topics range from shopping
feedback on the total intake of for an unplanned vocabulary lesson, to travel, discussions can be about
Dietitians of Canada invites
Canadians to celebrate food—right energy (calories) and essential as parents figure out the meanings anything from what to say when you
from where it is grown and harvested nutrients and compares this to what of “mint,” “ginger,” “cinnamon” and get on the bus to favourite vacation
is recommended for age, gender, other ingredients. John, a volunteer destinations.
all the way to delicious and healthy
food on our tables. Here are some and activity level. It also determines
leading the lesson, is trying to A parent, Ivy, says she has become
great tips that will give you good body mass index (BMI) and provides
information to help achieve and draw a mint leaf on the blackboard, more confident in speaking English
reason to cheer. prompting laughter as everyone through attending the classes; “I
maintain a healthy weight.
2. Let’s Make a Meal makes tea. Another “English Practice learned many new words and made
1. In your community—Get some new friends.”
involved with local community Don’t let meal planning be a chore. for Parents” lesson at
gardens to grow fresh fruits, “Let’s Make a Meal!” shows how Grenfell is underway.
vegetables and herbs. Work with your different meal choices can add up to
local school board to create ways to a healthy day and gives tools for easy On Monday and
showcase local foods either in the menu planning. Friday mornings,
3. Recipe Analyzer parents and
classroom or in the school cafeterias.
Gives feedback and practical grandparents drop
Ask your grocery store to carry more
examples of how recipes can be off their children at
local foods.
modified to enhance some nutrients Grenfell school then
2. At the farm or farmers gather to practice
market—Learn from a farmer; enjoy and to control other nutrients.
their English in free,
foods in season locally; take your kids friendly conversation
to the market and let them choose a Helen Yeung is a dietitian with
classes. These
new food item each month. the Evergreen Community Health
classes are part of a
3. In the grocery store— Centre’s Infant/Child/Youth Program.
larger program that
Remember that many nutrient-rich is run by the UBC Parents enjoy practising their everyday English in the
foods like fresh fruits, vegetables Edamame Learning Exchange, conversation class at Grenfell School.
and meats do not require nutrition in partnership with
labels. If you want to know the Hummus Dip the Vancouver Board The volunteer facilitator of the
nutrient content of foods that don’t of Education with funding from the class, John, says he is also learning
have nutrition labels, check out This perfect snacking food is high in BC Ministry of Education, to help from the classes; “Since I started
www.EATracker.ca. fibre, so it’s healthy, and versatile too. parents who are new to Canada play volunteering, I’ve become interested
4. At home—Plant a garden in your Serve with veggies, crackers, pita, a fuller part in their local school in learning a second language
anything that can be dipped. You can communities. Similar classes run at myself so I’m taking Mandarin
backyard; preserve the fresh taste
also spread hummus on sandwiches to two other East Vancouver elementary lessons. Being a beginner in another
and nutrients of the local harvest by
add a little extra flavour. schools, and sessions at two more language helps me appreciate the
canning or freezing items; get the schools are being planned.
kids involved in preparing food for difficulties newcomers to Canada
the family. Last month’s article in 1/4 cup chopped red onion can face.”
The learners in these classes have
RCC News announced the new web 2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
many different levels of confidence There are a variety of ages and
site, www.bettertogetherbc.ca. 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
and ability in English. Some are cultures represented in the class―
5. At your table—Talk with your 1/2 tsp cumin
newly arrived in Canada and some parents from Russia, Vietnam, China
family about food traditions from the 1/2 tsp salt have been here for three or four
3 tbsp olive oil and Sri Lanka, to name a few. At the
past. Talk about ways that we can years. All want to improve their moment, you might see a couple of
all be gentler to the earth, to help it 3 garlic cloves English skills. The volunteers who preschool children in the classroom,
keep producing food for families for 2 tbsp water lead the classes are trained by the too. Free childcare is being
centuries to come. 1 tbsp rice vinegar UBC Learning Exchange. Most organized and will be available soon,
1 1/2 cups of frozen shelled edamame volunteers have never led classes allowing more parents to participate.
Finally, check out www.dietitians.ca/ (green soybeans) before; their most important
eatwell for links to reliable nutrition 3 tbsp tahini (sesame paste) qualification is their openness If you are interested in volunteering
to sharing their knowledge and as a class facilitator, would like to
information.
Place oil, cumin, cilantro, salt, red experience of Vancouver and of the attend class, or know of someone
onion and garlic in a food processor or English language. who might like to attend, please
Tools for eating well
The 2010 National Nutrition Month blender and pulse until coarsely sliced. contact Mark Smith, ESL Program
Add edamame, tahini, lemon juice, The classes focus on conversation
Campaign is supported by interactive Coordinator, at 604-408-5183
using everyday English. Parents
web-based features at www. water and rice vinegar and process for or mark.smith@ubc.ca. For
say they appreciate practising the
dietitians.ca/eatwell, including: one minute. Serve with your favourite more information about the UBC
“real English” that they hear in
1. EATracker dipping food and enjoy. Learning Exchange, visit www.
their daily life. Classes maximize
EATracker assesses your food —Lisa Symons the time learners have to talk and learningexchange.ubc.ca.
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Support our local
The Citizens’ Summit Involvement Review in 2001, with
recommendations that attempted
A new city engagement initiative
advertisers to tackle the engagement
challenge. While the City has made
by Robert Allen
strides in the right direction, it
is evident that there is a great
Last July, the City of Vancouver’s very effective, productive and desire by most to step further into
Special Standing Committee of long-standing. In some of the a more dialogic, democratic and
Council on City Services and more contentious areas, however, participatory model of governance.
Budgets unanimously passed like land use planning and
a motion made by Councillor zoning, many of the processes Now that the Olympics are
Andrea Reimer that recommends have not met the expectations finished and we’ve been given
Council ask the city manager of participants, the wishes back our city, work has already
to facilitate a series of citizens’ of Council nor the hopes of begun on the Citizens Summit.
summits. These summits will communities for real inclusion City Hall is asking for our input in
tie in with ongoing public and meaningful engagement. shaping this project and defining
consultation and engagement civic engagement. Did you hear
reviews and be appropriately The Citizens’ Summit is a that? City Hall is listening! And
funded, well resourced and, most new kick at an old can they want your help! Come to the
importantly, highly inclusive and Vancouver City Council in Renfrew/Collingwood Citizens’
shaped by you and me and lots of the mid-90s, at around the Summit Brainstorm and help
other citizens. time that the much-heralded, shape the way we help shape
neighbourhood-friendly CityPlan our city.
This initiative responds to program got off the ground, was
frustrations voiced by residents engaged in a city-wide evaluation Renfrew/Collingwood Citizens’
and city employees alike called “Better City Government.” Summit Brainstorm
concerning the barriers to This was an analysis of all the Tuesday, March 9, 2010
good dialogue between us and City’s policies and programs, 7:00–9:00 pm
our structures of governance. in all departments, and Collingwood Neighbourhood
Of course many relationships a search for competency, House
between residents or local synergy and efficacy. Out of 5288 Joyce Street
organizations and the City are this snapshot came a Public (Program Room Upstairs)
RENFREW COLLINGWOOD COMMUNITY NEWS March 2010 11
Reaching Out for Guys’ Health at the youth clinic, clear Guys Health Research” wrap-up
themes started to emerge. celebration, contact Derek Roelofsen,
Why don’t guys take advantage invited! Food, drink and Male youth emphasized that Public Health Nurse at Evergreen
of the many free services offered more info on youth clinic “first impressions matter” Youth Health Clinic at Derek.
at youth clinics? services and the research and that it’s important to Roelofsen@vch.ca or call
recommendations will be build a relationship of trust 604-872-2511.
Armed with the slogan, “Keep Mr. provided. and ease with young men from the
Happy Healthy,” Vancouver Coastal first time they enter the clinic. Employment Insurance
Health’s Youth Clinic at Evergreen Youth clinics offer a variety of free Special Benefits for the
Community Health Centre teamed up services to youth under the age of Another finding was that some young
25, including testing for sexually
Self-Employed
with researchers from the University men prefer to attend the youth clinic
of British Columbia to tackle this transmitted infections (STIs), with their girlfriend as a couple Under the Fairness for the Self-
question. counselling services and information instead of attending alone. On a Employed Act, self-employed Canadians
on birth control options. Over the broader level and to invite on-going can now take advantage of EI special
Through focus groups, youth panel years, staff at Evergreen Youth feedback from youth, Evergreen may benefits.
discussions, literature reviews Clinic and other youth clinics across create a youth advisory committee
and one-on-one interviews, the Vancouver noticed that the majority or deepen relationships with existing Subject to the final approval of
researchers uncovered valuable of youth using the services were youth advisors in the community. regulations, the self-employed will
female. This was troubling because be able to voluntarily opt into the EI
insights about how health services
program effective January 31, 2010, and
can better serve young men in the the responsibility for STIs and sexual Getting regular testing for STIs
those who register on or before April 1,
community. health is obviously not exclusive is essential to maintaining good 2010, will be able to collect benefits as
to females. For every female tested sexual health. If you are a guy who is early as January 1, 2011. Special benefits
Now the researchers are ready to positive for an STI, there is a good sexually active and want more info provided to self-employed individuals
share their findings with you. They chance there’s a male who will or need health checkups or services, will mirror those currently available to
are launching the Evergreen Guys also test positive. Young men also come in to Evergreen Youth Clinic salaried employees under EI.
Research Project: Improving Young experience higher risk of suicide (3425 Crowley Drive) on Tuesdays
Men’s Health Care document and and injury, which makes counselling from 3:30–6:00 pm or Fridays from For information, contact Service Canada
services an important part of youth toll-free at 1 800 O-Canada (1-800-622-
celebrating the successes of this 2:00–4:30 pm. Also visit our website
6232; or consult the Service Canada
community-based research project at clinics. for more information www.12pee.
website (http://www.servicecanada.
a release party on Wednesday, April ca or join our Facebook page under gc.ca/eng/sc/ei/self_employed_workers.
7th, 5:00–8:00 pm at Collingwood As researchers spoke with young men “Keep Mr Happy Healthy.” For more shtml) or visit a local Service Canada
Neighbourhood House. And you are and women about their experiences info on the “Keep Mr Happy Healthy Centre.
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3419 Kingsway
The team at Collingwood
Phone: 604-569-3419
Physiotherapy and Wellness
Opening their doors in Renfrew/Collingwood this past Keane Leung graduated with a bachelor of science
October, Graeme Muir, Keane Leung and Reema in physical therapy in 2002 from McGill University. A
Vikash of Collingwood Physiotherapy and Wellness member of the Sport Physiotherapy and Orthopaedic
are a team of health professionals dedicated to client Divisions of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association,
satisfaction and positive health outcomes. Local Keane stays fit by running, biking, hiking, skiing and
residents themselves, they offer physiotherapy and gardening.
registered massage therapy services for people of all
ages and levels of fitness. One of the first faces you will see when you visit
Collingwood Physiotherapy and Wellness is that of
Whether a person has a work injury (resulting in a WCB Reema Vikash, office manager. She brings 10 years of
claim), auto injury (ICBC), sports injury or chronic pain, combined experience in health care management
the team has the facilities and the training to help get and customer service to the team. Reema enjoys
that person back to a healthier, more productive life. going out for walks, gardening and spending time with
They welcome the community and are able to serve her friends and family.
clients in Cantonese, Mandarin, Hindi, Punjabi and
English. Graeme Muir, a registered massage therapist,
uses deep tissue, stretching and Swedish massage
The team members pride themselves in delivering techniques to help decrease pain and dysfunction
the highest quality health and rehab services. They in the body. He enjoys using a holistic approach
participate in continuing education in order to better and offers highly relaxing yet deep and therapeutic
serve their clients with the latest medical techniques. treatments. Graeme is a passionate skateboarder and
These include the use of active rehabilitation program, loves to ride his bike. He is a yoga enthusiast and has
ultrasound, TENS, hydrotherapy, moist heat and muscle been practising for over 10 years.
stimulation. They ensure that their patients receive the
most comprehensive care possible to recover right
and return to function faster.
CBIA Updates
l Collingwood Days - Saturday, May 29, 2010: Once Survey. Completed surveys are required by Thursday,
again the Collingwood BIA in partnership with the April 1, 2010. A Collingwood BIA board member and/
Collingwood Community Policing Centre and the or staff, or one of the Collingwood Guardians will
Collingwood Neighbourhood House will coordinate this be by to pick up your completed survey. Feel free
year’s event at Carleton Elementary School. Activities to contact the CBIA at 604.639.4403 if you require
will begin with a pancake breakfast, followed by additional information or if you’d like us to stop by to
a parade, and ground activities. The International pick the completed survey up prior to April 1st.
Marketplace will take on a new theme - Make It, l Chinese New Year & 2010 Torch Relay: Thank you to
Bake It, or Grow It! This will give us an opportunity to everyone who participated in the Chinese New Year’s
showcase the talents of the community. Application Lion Dance on Saturday, February 20th. The Lion
forms for the International Marketplace, Food Vendors Dance is a special way to welcome the Chinese New
and Parade can be found on the Collingwood Days Year and to bring blessings to participating businesses.
website at www.collingwooddays.com or on the CBIA Our continued thanks go out to the community for
website at www.shopcollingwood.ca. For additional your support and participation of the 2010 Torch Relay
information please call the Collingwood BIA at on Thursday, February 11th. Over 700 local school
604.639.4403 or email us at info@shopcollingwood.ca. children participated in this wonderful community
l Collingwood BIA Renewal Survey: By now all celebration alongside business representatives and
Collingwood Commercial Businesses should have residents.
received a copy of the Collingwood BIA Renewal
*This page is sponsored by the Collingwood Business Improvement Association
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Rainy Day Reading at the
Storytime at
RENFREW LIBRARY
2969 East 22nd Avenue Vancouver BC 604-257-8705 your local
Reviews by Anne Kyler library
Renfrew Branch Library
Among the Mad:
Renfrew Branch
Aunt Dimity Slays thought. Read about the way sisters East 22nd and Renfrew
the Dragon by Nancy A Maisie Dobbs communicate, defend, provoke and Phone: 604-257-8705
Atherton Novel by Jacqueline end each other’s sentences, both
Aunt Dimity is dead, Winspear helping and competing with each All storytime programs are free and drop-
but communicates Christmas Eve, 1931. other, never completely alone with in. Children must be with caregivers.
by “writing” in her Maisie, psychologist life’s problems.
journal to Lori. You and investigator, sees a Babytime. Wednesdays, 11:15–
might expect something boring and man reach into his pocket and just 11:45 am. Rhymes, songs, bounces,
IraqiGirl : Diary
predictable to come out of a sleepy knows a suicide is about to happen. fingerplays and stories for babies, their
of a Teenage Girl parents and caregivers. Recommended
English village called Finch, but this She didn’t “know” it would be an in Iraq by Hadia ages: Newborns to 18 months.
year a spectacular Summer Faire is explosion. The next day her name is [pseud] March 17–May 26.
organized. A dead body was not part in a letter to the Home Security office July 2004. Hadia
of the original plan. Lori (with help which threatens to massacre many, is 15 years old, Toddler Storytime. Wednesdays,
from Aunt Dimity) takes the lead in a if demands are not met. What is 10:15–10:45 am. Rhymes, songs,
lives in Mosul
serious hunt. going on? fingerplays and simple stories for
Iraq, during the toddlers, their parents and caregivers.
US occupation of Recommended ages: 18 months to 3
Monster 1959 by 55 Most Common Iraq. Bombing is a daily affair, years old. March 17–May 26.
David Maine Medicinal Herbs by her school bus is hit, both sides
What happens if you Heather Boon shoot, tanks demolish buildings, Family Storytime. Mondays, 3:30–4:00
experiment with Ginko, garlic, echinacea, pm. Stories, songs, fingerplays and
dead bodies pile up on the streets,
radiation on a tropical feverfew, horse rhymes for the whole family. Program
rockets the windows and walls out will include stories for older children
island? You get a forty- chestnut, red clover of your home, day after day, year to share with their younger siblings.
foot creature named K. … here is a wealth of after year. Your family life goes on, Recommended ages: approximately
Covered in fur and feathers, gifted information about herbal uses, what babies are born, relatives are killed. 2 to 7 years old. March 15–May 17.
with butterfly wings and the mental is substantiated by research, what are This is a blog, a web log, an online
capacity of a goldfish K knows when the symptoms of over-use and what Mandarin Storytime. Certain
interactive diary that reached many
he’s hungry, and he knows to follow are the recommended doses, written Saturdays, 11:00–11:30 am. For children
people around the world during a 2 to 7 years. March 6, 13, 27; April 3, 17,
the drumbeats that lead him, every by a University of Toronto Faculty of very violent time. The book ends 24; May 8, 15
time, to the tree where a woman is Pharmacy professor. in 2007. If you Google “Iraqigirl”
offered as a sacrifice. This time it you can read her current thoughts ****
is the wife of the guide for visiting You Were in ESL English, about studying to
group of American hunters, who Always Mom’s Game On! Spring Break Gaming for
be a pharmacist, when there is no
capture K, and take him back to New Favorite: Sisters Tweens and Teens. Monday, March 8,
electricity for lights. Her family 2:30–4:30 pm. Play video games at the
York. in Conversation story continues. library! Show off your skills on PS2 or
Throughout Their Nintendo Wii. Learn to play if it’s your
Jump by Tim Maleeny Lives by Deborah very first time! Choose from Rock Band,
When the most hated Tannen “Never judge a book by its movie.” Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros., and
landlord in San Francisco Wow, having a sister –J. W. Eagen more. It’s free, it’s fun, it’s open to all
takes an unexpected is much more complicated than I teens and tweens.
jump off the
roof of his Collingwood Library
building, turns 2985 Kingsway at Rupert
out there are a lot of people Phone: 604-665-3953
who might have pushed
Family Storytime for 18 months–
him. Sam, an ex-cop,
5 years. (Same program for both family
lives in the same building times each week)
and becomes intrigued Tuesdays at 7:30 pm, March 2–April 13
with the mystery, as well And
as becoming one of the Thursdays at 10:30 am, March 4–
suspects. April 15
Babytime for Infants–18 months.
Fridays at 10:30am, March 5–April 16
14 March 2010 RENFREW COLLINGWOOD COMMUNITY NEWS
This page is sponsored by the Collingwood Neighbourhood House
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This page is sponsored by the Renfrew Park Community Centre
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Renfrew-Collingwood’s Olympic Cheering On the Olympic Torch
Legacy: Increased Use of Rapid
Public Transit by Adam Potvin
The Olympics sparked a tremendous increase in public transit
ridership. Hopefully, this becomes one of the Olympic’s lasting
legacies on the city.
Let’s face it, the Renfrew- diagonal highway that is Kingsway
Collingwood neighbourhood to race into the city’s core. So, the
was not one of the hot spots for city cut down on greenhouse gases
foreign travellers to visit during from rising into the atmosphere and
the 2010 Olympics. Nor did the saw some of that traffic rise onto the
neighbourhood host any Olympic Skytrain platforms.
venues, like Killarney’s training
venue. But the neighbourhood Vancouver prepared for the expected
did play an important role in Olympic transit rush. First off, the
the Olympics as a public transit city added 48 more Skytrain cars to
connector, acting as a gateway into the Expo and Millenium lines. This
the downtown core, with many covered some of the expected delays
riders coming in from Surrey, New that riders anticipated during the Hundreds of people, including Mayor
Westminster and Burnaby. The Olympics. As well, Skytrain hours Gregor Robertson (above left), turned
neighbourhood has always played were extended. With an estimated out to see the Olympic torch relay come
this role within the city, and is well 520, 000 attendees for the 2010 through Renfrew-Collngwood.
poised to continue that role beyond Olympic Games, the Lower Mainland,
Photos by Larissa Duff-Grant
the Olympics, with increased volume, particularly Vancouver, was extremely
intensity and responsibility. crowded. Renfrew-Collingwood saw
lots of foot traffic, waiting for the
The Renfrew-Collingwood trains at the five Skytrain stops on the
neighbourhood saw minimal traffic two lines.
hardships during the Olympics,
Eddie Tang, Renfrew
with only a total of two kilometres What the Olympics taught us is
Park Community
Photo from Renfrew Park Community Centre
along the Grandview Highway that it makes sense to take public
being designated as a 24-hour No transit, as opposed to driving your Association Board
Stopping route. This is probably not car. Away from the frustrations of member, shows
a shocking statistic, considering the traffic, you will most likely save time his Olympic Torch
neighbourhood is mainly residential and you’re helping the environment. to some of the
and does not contain much The Olympics was a gateway into children in Renfrew’s
concentrated commercial zoning. taking public transit, the same way Preschool. Eddie
the city uses Renfrew-Collingwood ran on Friday, Feb.
What is somewhat surprising is how as a gateway into the city. Let’s take 12th along 1st
Kingsway was completely free of any advantage of it. Avenue near Slocan.
traffic rezoning throughout all of Congratulations,
Renfrew-Collingwood, unlike other Adam Potvin is a grade 11 student Eddie!
major streets, like Cambie, Broadway at Vancouver Technical High School.
and Hastings, that did have He plays soccer and hockey, works
designated Olympic lanes. Why? A at McDonald’s and volunteers in the
guess is that the Expo Skytrain line community. Creating imaginary cities
made it so convenient to come in as a child, Adam has always had an
from Burnaby, New Westminster and uncanny (and frankly bizarre) interest
Surrey that people avoided using the in urban planning. Photo by Raagni Sharma
Torchbearer Harry Pering shows the Olympic torch to the children at
Grenfell afterschool care, which his daughter, Victoria, pictured on his
right, attends. Harry ran in Cranbrook on January 22.