"I promise to do my best." With those words every young woman in the Guiding movement embarks on a lifelong character-building exercise, which includes a respect and appreciation for the natural environment.
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Fund to honour intrepid spirit
Friends and family of the late Megan Newton have set up a fund at the Victoria Foundation to create a theatre award in her honour. Megan had been the operations manager for Intrepid Theatre at the time of her death from cancer earlier this month.
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Province Provides $3 Million in New Funding for Aboriginal Student Awards
June 25, 2012 – A new aboriginal post-secondary action plan announced by the Province of British Columbia includes $3 million in additional funding for the…
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Don’t give up on your dreams
The story of how the Victoria Foundation’s youngest fund holder and his mother turned huge challenges into something positive for their community.
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O’Leary Talk Returns Dividends to Foundation
Canadian investor and TV host Kevin O'Leary talked about television, his mother, and finance without fear at a lunch event in Victoria where part of the ticket sales were donated to the Victoria Foundation.
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Introducing Digital Empathy
Its founders are calling it a social network with a social conscience.
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The Victoria Foundation welcomes Rasool Rayani, owner and operator of the Victoria-based Peoples Pharmacy group, to its Board of Directors.
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Diverse bursaries linked through values
The value of education is universal. That fact is evident in the variety of bursaries available to Royal Roads University students through the Victoria Foundation.
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22 Post-Secondary Students Receive Premier’s Scholarships For Study Abroad
Victoria, B.C., June 5, 2012 – Premier’s scholarships valued at $6,000 to $10,000 for study abroad have been awarded to 22 B.C. students, the Irving K. Barber British Columbia Scholarship Society announced today. A total of $148,000 was awarded to the B.C. public post-secondary students. This year’s recipients will go to a variety of countries to study topics such as anthropology, human kinetics, fine arts and international relations (see list of recipients).
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