Welcome, Honourable Ken Hughes

Mount Temple with the bow river

BCF Board Chair Fiona Jones is pleased to welcome the Honourable Ken Hughes to the Board of Directors of the Bow Valley’s community foundation.

Ken is an entrepreneur and community leader. Elected at age 34 to the House of Commons of Canada, he served as Chair of the Aboriginal Affairs Committee, and was Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister. Ken was the first Chair of the Board of Alberta Health Services, creating Canada’s largest health delivery service, leading through early years of development. In 2012, Hughes was elected to the Legislature of Alberta, appointed Minister of Energy, and led the creation of the Alberta Energy Regulator. Subsequently, as Minister of Municipal Affairs, he led the resolution of Disaster Recovery Assistance claims for nearly 10,000 Albertan families recovering from the floods of 2013. In September 2014, he returned to private life.

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Canmore Library’s 2023 Endowment Campaign

The 2023 fundraising campaign for the Canmore Public Library’s Endowment Fund is running this November and December and has the theme “Our Community, Our Library”.

A number of Canmore residents have stepped forward to serve as Library Champions for the campaign. Their backgrounds and interests are diverse, but they share a love of the Canmore Public Library.

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Moving Mountains: What Have We Learned?

Moving Mountains is moving towards the end. As we prepare to present a final report on the Initiative, we caught up with Katrina Donald, Moving Mountains’ Developmental Evaluator, to understand what we’ve learned and how we can all continue to learn.

As the principal consultant at ever-so-curious, Katrina Donald believes that listening and sensemaking practices bring us into community, reveal pathways forward, encourage and embolden us, and allow for greater impact. Her approach is relational and developmental; she works in partnership with people and organizations to co-design inclusive, collaborative and relevant evaluation strategies and organizational design.

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5 Questions with: YWCA Banff’s Rae Roberts on Housing

As part of a series looking at housing and affordability in the Bow Valley, we have spoken with community activist Cindy Chiperzak as well as Canmore Community Housing’s Rob Murray.

Now, we’re connecting with Banff YWCA’s Director of Residential Projects Rae Roberts. With a background in advocacy work and a degree in women’s studies, Roberts is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the YWCA Social Enterprise, the Affordable Housing Programs and the overall facility. She is passionate about supporting Bow Valley people and continuously works to improve access to housing solutions and supportive programming.

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