JB Canada news letter issue 1

JB Canada Newsletter A Message From The Editor By: Ellie Saunders (CISV Calgary)

Welcome to the first ever JB Canada newsletter. This is the first issue of the newsletter after electing our new EH team for 2016-2017. One of the concerns expressed at NBM was that it was hard to connect with other chapters and that we were lacking communication.

To combat this issue I thought it would be good to start a JB newsletter with different articles to help us as JB Canada stay connected as well as staying connected to JB international.

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New Years Resolutions By: Stephanie Oulette (CISV USA)

For the past eight years I have made and kept New Year's resolutions. What started as a challenge ("there's no way you can do it!") on December 31st, 2008 developed into what I now consider a lifestyle. Each year of my life, beginning in 2009, has been defined by the resolution I set for myself going into it.

Setting New Year's resolutions has been a challenge I have loved giving myself.

It has caused me to look into the future, to set goals, to become creative, and to outdo no one but myself. A New Year's resolution is me against myself, a chance for me to do better and be better, to say "why not?!" to say "what about THIS!" and 365 days later to proudly exclaim "I did it again!" Keeping eight years worth of resolutions is something I have never met another person to have successfully done. I love getting the chance to share with someone my journey of resolutions, I love hearing about people's resolutions, whether they accomplished them, and why or why not, and I love encouraging I'm always open to suggestions for the upcoming year, and I get excited brainstorming and coming up with new challenges. Each DAY is an opportunity to say "no more THIS" or "I want to get better at THAT" or "I need to incorporate THIS into my everyday life!" Are you interested in setting a resolution for yourself? Are you curious about my struggles and successes over the last eight years? Looking for ideas, accountability, or answers? Shoot me an email and we can talk about it! I would love to be part of your journey!

Steph (steph.cisv@gmail.com)

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New NJR By: Jonathan Haggarty (CISV London)

Let me introduce my self. My name is Jon, and I'm the new junior NJR of CISV Canada. This upcoming year is going to be a great year for CISV Canada especially the JB. At NBM in Saskatoon we voted to create regional positions that will help spark new connection between regions and give the chapters a larger voice on voting matters. Santana and I are very excited for what this year brings, we have lots great ideas that we will share with you in due time. We are currently working to get the 2017 EH Team settled into their roles, and establishing a cross-country connection between all the chapters. This next year is going to be the most lit year for JB Canada and we can’t wait to get in touch with all of you and hear what we can do for you and your chapter to take CISV Canada to a whole new level in 2017.

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Message From Our Development Committee Chairs By: Tahara Briggs (CISV Fredericton)

Hey JB Canada! Tahara here to talk about the Development Committee for the year of 20162017. For this upcoming year myself, as well as Troy from CISV Ottawa, were elected to be the Development Committee Chairs. We are very excited to be part of this awesome committee and create some awesome projects for this year. Right now we are still collecting all the contact information for all the local development committee coordinators so we can hold our first meeting, however we are looking for project ideas from all JBers in CISV Canada. We want to hear from you! So if you are interested in getting more involved or have any ideas please feel free to email us at dcc.ca.cisv@gmail.com. We will also be providing updates via our Facebook page so be sure to like our page called DCC Canada- CISV (Our current picture is Troy and myself riding a bike so look out for us!).

If you have any questions, concerns, or just want to talk to us feel free to email us at dcc.ca.cisv@gmail.com !

Lots of love Tahara & Troy T²

Peace Bus Asa Ford (CISV Halifax) Interested in seeing more of our country? Apply for PeaceBus! PeaceBus is a 5 week trip across the country where participants get to participate in activities with every chapter across the country and do great service projects in different cities. If you are interested in going on this amazing trip submit your application by visiting:

http://c2cpeacebus.org 4

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Keep In Mind J

Sign up for peace bus 2017. For more information visit: http://c2cpeacebus.org or contact jbpeacebus.ca.cisv@gmail.com

Any ideas and/or expectations for our new national positions: regional representatives please email the NJRs at njr.ca.cisv@gmail.com

IJB team had their first meeting on December 19th Highlights of the meeting/just a great video: https://youtu.be/m5yCO

CISV Ottawa 14+ Winter camp is happening right now!

Stay tuned for updates in upcoming newsletters.

Follow our JBCC Instagram: @jbcancommunications Twitter: @jbcancommsquad

AJBM Save the date April 12th- 16th Guatemala city 2017

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Do you have any ideas for national projects??

Let our Development Committee Chairs know! dcc.ca.cisv@gmail.com

If you would like to contribute to upcoming newsletters, please email: cisvcommsquad@gmail. com

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