Author Archive
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Barry Receives Local Volunteerism Award
EPIC is happy to announce that Barry Waldman is the recipient of the third annual Harvey Webber Memorial Award.
The award was presented at the United Way of Cape Breton Annual General Meeting, held at Membertou on April 15, 2008.
The honour is awarded to individuals who 1) have a history of community volunteer […]
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Dan Christmas receives national recognition
Dan Christmas, Chairman and Director of Planning for the EPIC Board of Directors and Senior Adviser to the Chief and Council of Membertou First Nations, is the winner of the National Excellence in Aboriginal Leadership Award for contributions at a regional level. This is one of two awards given by the National Aboriginal Financial Officers […]
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Peer tutoring in Eskasoni
In the fall of 2007, EPIC began a partnership with the Eskasoni First Nations School District to bring Youth Peer-style math tutoring to the students of Eskasoni.
With funding from the Eskasoni School Board, teacher and former Vice-Principal of Eskasoni High School, Newell Johnson—who has been tutoring students after school on a volunteer basis […]
No Comments » - Posted in Education, Partner Agency, Youth Peer, Mentoring, Tutoring, First Nations, At-risk Learners, Youth by nancy
Monday, December 10th, 2007
Parents PEACE hosts Mother-Daughter Night
On November 6, Blair Hill, Facilitator for EPIC’s Parents PEACE Program, brought together women—mainly mothers and their teenage daughters—to participate a workshop on Teen Sexuality.
Cathy Penney from the Cape Breton Centre for Sexual Health was the evening’s presenter.
Twelve adults and fifteen teens attended the candid talk and lively discussion that followed.
A […]
No Comments » - Posted in Workshops, Parents PEACE, Social-Emotional Learning, At-risk Learners, Youth by nancy
Friday, October 19th, 2007
EPIC wins
The news is just in—
EPIC has won the Donner Foundation Award for Excellence in Delivery of Social Services in the Child Care Category division.
Barry Waldman was in Toronto today to receive this recognition for EPIC’s Youth Peer and Parents PEACE Programs. The award comes with a $5,000 cash prize.
More soon on this national […]
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Recent Press
On August 13, 2007, The Cape Breton Post published an article about EPIC, Barry and the Donner Foundation award nomination.
Below is the photo and text of the article by Chris Shannon, CB Post reporter:
Society founded by North Sydney man is a finalist for a national award
North Sydney — A non-profit society that assists young, motivated […]
No Comments » - Posted in Awards/Recognition, Youth Peer, Press, Private Foundations, Partner Agency, Youth, Tutoring, Mentoring, Barry by nancy
Friday, July 6th, 2007
EPIC named as finalist for national award
We are very proud to announce that EPIC has been recognized as a finalist for the 10th annual Donner Canadian Foundation Awards for Excellence in the Delivery of Social Services!
Youth Peer and the Parents PEACE programs are short-listed along with two other programs for a $5,000 Donner Canadian Foundation Award for Excellence in the […]
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Monday, June 25th, 2007
EPIC Blog
Welcome to EPIC’s new website.
As Communication’s Director for EPIC, I will be maintaining the site and doing the majority of the blog posts. As of this posting, the site is still very much under construction. My intention is to have it all updated before the new school year begins in September.
EPIC has never had […]
