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Grieving in an online world

January 24th, 2013 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Grieving in an online world)

Online grieving, whether on Facebook or other social media, is becoming the new normal…but does it actually help?

After the campus shootings in the U.S. at Virginia Tech in 2007 and Northern Illinois University in 2008, hundreds of affected students turned to social media websites to share their grief and search for solace. A study of these students found that their online activities neither helped nor harmed their long-term psychological health.

The study gave a first-of-its-kind portrait of student reactions to shootings on their campuses. It also documented both the online and off-line activities they engaged in to memorialize and recover from these events. (more…)

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New way to support Columbian Centre

January 15th, 2013 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on New way to support Columbian Centre)

 Did You Know?

If you shop at the Soap Exchange at Country Club Centre and mention that you support the Columbian Centre, Barry & Shirley Reid, owners of the Soap Exchange, will donate 10% of your dollar value to the Columbian Centre .

Encourage your family and friends to shop at the Soap Exchange and mention that you support  our society.

Violence against women is a men’s issue too

December 6th, 2012 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Violence against women is a men’s issue too)

Men and women attending a workshop about gender-based violence emerge with a focus on working together for change

Jackson Katz is a social theorist, educator, anti-sexism activist and a major advocate of the ‘bystander approach’ to gender violence and bullying prevention. Instead of focusing on women as victims and men as perpetrators of harassment, abuse or violence, the bystander approach concentrates on the role of peers in schools, groups, teams, workplaces and other social units.  [source: Wikipedia] (more…)

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Expanding the heart of Hospice in Nanaimo

November 29th, 2012 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Expanding the heart of Hospice in Nanaimo)

Dying, caregiving and grieving are three of life’s greatest challenges, and the Community Hospice is ready to help

Nanaimo Community Hospice has been serving the community for over 30 years, and was Canada’s first community-based nonprofit charitable Hospice. The organization believes that the dying should  experience dignity and peace, their caregivers should get the help they need, and their friends and family should be supported in their grief. (more…)

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West coast poets and authors get their close-up

November 22nd, 2012 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on West coast poets and authors get their close-up)

A new book capturing the images of some of the west coast’s most admired authors and poets has been launched

A new book called 111 West Coast Literary Portraits features rare portraits of emerging, mid-career and well-known writers who have lived in British Columbia, accompanied by excerpts of their writing. Photographers Barry Peterson and Blaise Enright began photographing writers in 1998, travelling the Coast and Gulf Islands seeking the famous and infamous. They took pictures of writers in their personal spaces, intimate portraits of B.C.’s best, most honoured, as well as emerging, literary talent. (more…)

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The great house concert tour of 2013 on its way

November 22nd, 2012 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (0 Comments)

If you’d like to invite Eric Harper to bring his award-winning music into your home, you can join his house concert tour

Award-winning guitarist Eric Harper has plans for 2013—and you could be a part of those plans. He says: “I’d love to do a House Concert Tour but I’m in need of House Concert hosts. Basically, someone who’s willing to host a concert in their living room just for the sake of having live music in their home. If you, or anyone you know, would be interested in hosting a House Concert* please let me know. I want to start the tour in January 2013. But all the planning has to start now.” (more…)

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