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Alberta joins in observing Remembrance Day on November 11…
Alberta Central Offers a helping hand for small businesses…
In a tough COVID-19 period, and winter months getting colder, the homeless in Edmonton gets much needed shelter …
The news in detail with Rayyah Sempala…
1. Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed on November 11, in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty.
It’s also call Poppy Day or Armistice Day to mark the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, back in 1918.
The poppy is used to represent Remembrance Day because they are the flowers which grew on the battlefields after World War One ended.
2. Commitment to Action- West Edmonton Village Community Room is the next opportunity to share your stories, experiences, ideas and feedback with EPS.
The EPS seeks to build, repair, and strengthen relationships to ensure it creates the space to hear directly from community on their experiences with policing, and ideas moving forward. While EPS will be attending community led sessions as invited, they will also be hosting a handful of sessions throughout the city.
Please join Chief Dale McFee and us at one of our sessions. Join the conversation online at www.epsinput.ca
3. The Alberta Central has launched the Big Future Innovation Grant, where Small businesses can apply for a $20,000 grant.
Applications are open until December 9.
To be eligible, you must be an Alberta-based, for-profit small business in operation for a minimum of one year. You must be 18 years of age or older and have 99 or fewer employees on payroll at the time of submission, with the business owner considered an employee. Businesses that are affiliated in any way with Alberta Central, or are non-profits, or whose primary purpose is in competition with Alberta Central, or are under bankruptcy protection or have judicial liens or attachments are not eligible to apply for this grant.
For more information, please go to www.albertacentral.com/bigfuture
4. The Edmonton Convention Centre opens its doors on October 30, 2020, as a 24/7 accommodation space for Edmontonians experiencing homelessness.
Mayor Don Iveson of Edmonton shared on his Facebook page, “I’m glad our work and advocacy efforts have paid off and we’re able to take this important step in our plan to end homelessness”.
5. Our weekly Diversity TV messaging, Coronavirus Project Cool Times, today will be given in French. Update from the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw on the swelling cases of COVID-19 in Alberta who says Alberta is seeing a large portion of transmissions.
Protect those around you. If you’re sick with even mild symptoms, isolate in a separate room, use a different bathroom and bedroom if possible. Wear a mask and disinfect surfaces after using them. Don’t share meals. Don’t leave the house, even if your symptoms are mild.
For more information, please go to COVID-19 updates at www.alberta.ca/COVID19
6. Diversity Profile for the week: “…I like rural medicine (bush medicine)…”
She came to Canada in 2010, moved to Alberta in 2014, and in 2018, she founded the United Medical Clinic in Calgary. She’s been practicing medicine for 14 years.
Meet the passionate Dr. Unati Makiwane, AC Awards 2020 Professional of the Year Nominee! AC Award 2020 Nominees are now released.
For a list of those doing a fantastic job in building our communities, please go to www.diversitymag.ca/ac-award-2020/
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be no formal event but a door-to-door or business-to-business handing out of awards in Edmonton (second week of November), Calgary (end of November), and Red Deer (first week of December), with just family members.
Meet AC Awards Nominee, Community Leader of the Year – Jeanne Lehman (Edmonton).
Jeanne Lehman is the Founder past chair and ED of Black Canadian Women in Action operating as BCW. Founded in 2017 in Edmonton, AB, BCW is a bilingual non-profit organization committed to making a difference in the lives of the minority of black Canadian women living in Western Canada.
As the hub of the minority of Black Canadian women communities, BCW specializes in facilitating the inclusion of Black Canadian women in the Canadian society, relieve poverty, fostering their advancement among decision-making entities, promote diversity and increase their leadership in all sectors of activity.
Jeanne holds a Bachelor of General Law, a Master Degree of Business Law from Paris X Nanterre and a Master Degree in Africa Studies from the University Paris I Sorbonne, as well as a Graduate Diploma in Management from HEC Business School, Montreal.
For a list of all 2020 nominees, please go to https://diversitymag.ca/staging/ac-award-2020/
7. This week, we’re proud to share the works of our fantastic designers by introducing Dress of the Week.
This first one is an eye catching Italian formal dress for any special event such as prom, bride maids, or even for mother’s of the bride, available in different colors at B&P Upscale Boutique in the Northland Village Mall in Calgary.
For more on this fantastic dress, please visit their website at www.belleandposh.com
