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Having knowledgeable professionals on staff always reflects well on a business. Considering the wideranging skill-sets of an experienced administrative professional, the value of that assistant to the success of an organization is often crucial. For more than 70 years, the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) has been helping office professionals reach their career goals through education, community building and leadership development. The Canadian District is made up of three divisions with a total of 27 chapters and over 1200 members. Chartered in March 2003, the Grand River Chapter serves Stratford, Cambridge, Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, and the surrounding areas. Over 100 members represent administrative assistants from all sectors including manufacturing, technology, insurance, non-profit, legal, local Universities, and regional offices. Monthly chapter meetings are offered on the second Tuesday of the month in Cambridge, allowing members to interact with a supportive network of colleagues. Various seminars and conferences are presented each year with guest speakers and round table discussions to encourage best practices and new skill-sets. Through ongoing educational programs, promoting excellence and life long learning, members learn to work in partnership with their executives, becoming effective team members who are willing to step up and deliver. Members gain experience in leadership and organizational skills through participation in chapter activities such as public speaking, project management, strategic planning and event planning. Mentorship programs help professionals to work smarter not harder. Interactive websites provide access to a variety of personal and professional development resources, while also allowing IAAP professionals to connect and network with peers across the county and around the world. “Everyone who attends an IAAP event comes out with something,” says Susan Chandy, President of the Grand River Chapter. “It is a very supportive and nurturing environment. As you get involved, you will grow and learn by building relationships with other people who do the same job as you but

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in a different capacity.” For business owners, the IAAP membership is a great way to help employees be the best they can be when it comes to keeping operations running smoothly and placing your company at the top of its game. The resources provided help assistants to meet the challenges and needs facing companies in today’s market. “Businesses that are successful invest in their employees,” adds Chandy. “Companies benefit when everyone is on the same page; developing stronger employees is a win-win for everyone.” One-year memberships are available to professional members, students who are enrolled in a business education program, or as an associate membership for a firm or educational institution. IAAP also offers certification programs, which are

recognized as the industry standard of proficiency. The Certified Administrative Professional® (CAP) designation and the Office Management (OM) rating help administrative professionals advance their career. The professional certification also shows employers, clients and associates they are committed to the company. Today’s business world requires employees who stay ahead of the curve and the IAAP Grand River Chapter is a community that can help administrative professionals thrive in a modern office culture. The Grand River Chapter is always growing and looking for new members. The chapter invites you to enhance your leadership skills and creative abilities while growing personally and professionally. For more information on becoming an IAAP member visit www.iaap-grandriver.org

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Where are jobs heading in Guelph? There has been a shift in the economy that has begun following the last global recession. Chief economists are Lloyd Longfield saying we are not in an economic cycle, since recovery is President not fitting some of the established patterns that defined previous cycles. In North America, business is doing more with less people as “efficiency” is the major driver in operations. Since the start of 2013, the Guelph employment numbers have continued to show a declining labour force. Unemployment is up 800 people in the past year, and employment has declined by 6,900. The result is the labour force has declined now by 6,100. (ref: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/lfss03l-eng.htm) New to our local economy is an influx of people choosing Guelph as a retirement community, adding to retirements that are naturally occurring. With this trend towards retirements we will be looking increasingly at arts and culture businesses, health and wellness, and businesses that support our aging population. Although this trend is becoming somewhat pronounced in Guelph, it is appearing in other communities that see the labour force dropping and population aging. This trend is not unexpected. In fact it has been anticipated for many years. The Guelph Chamber of Commerce has two committees working on these challenges by bringing together the business community and our partners in government, education, and community benefit organizations. The Workforce Development Committee has identified the major elements in our workforce “Closing the Gap” strategy. The Industrial Committee is looking at the need for efficiency management as well as the need to match skills with positions they are having trouble filling. Manufacturers play a key role in our community development as a major employment sector, and these jobs are becoming increasingly technical. The Guelph Chamber of Commerce has within its membership 880 busiCREATE POSSIBILITIES FOR YOUR nesses, and growing. Within Guelph CAREER WITH THE CERTIFIED we now have better information on MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT 2573 of the 3600 businesses located DESIGNATION here. The Guelph Chamber is working To register for our free events and to meet the needs of the Guelph busiinformation sessions, please visit http://forms.cma-ontario.org/infosessions ness community through our collaborative network, and provide connecTo learn more about the CMA designation contact: tions to education, and those working on supporting our labour supply. Dana Gies, MBA, CPA, CMA dgies@cmaontario.org Understanding both the labour supply www.becomeacma.com and skills demand, and the changes on both sides of this equation is a key to developing a successful community made up of successful businesses in the new economy. If you can help us with this important work, we can use your expertise. © 2013 Certiﬁed Management Accountants of Ontario. All rights reserved. ®/™ Registered Trade-Marks/Trade-Marks are owned by The Society of Management Accountants of Canada. Used under licence.

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Ten Years ago Kitchener was in a mess. They had built out most of their available new industrial lands, and the historic manufacturing core had closed down. Downtown was quiet, and was perceived by most residents as a dangerous place to go. The city faced a stark choice: either to invest or face the inevitability of continued decline. Fortunately for them (and for us) they made the politically courageous choice to build an Economic Development Investment Fund (EDIF), a $110 million commitment to “catalyst projects” that strengthened the whole city by focusing urban development in their downtown. And ten years later the decision is paying off in spades. Have a look at these stats from the report cited above: • Downtown properties near EDIF investments are valued over $30 million in excess of expected assessment growth. There are 1,569 jobs that can be directly linked to EDIF investments including high tech jobs, as well as jobs in manufacturing and education. • Since 2004, the population in downtown neighbourhoods increased by 1,718 residents, including 482 urban core residents, mostly in Kaufman Lofts–a project that proceeded as a direct result of EDIF investments.”

• As of 2012, the city has spent $97.8 million, and partner investments have reached $232.9 million, representing $2.38 in additional funding by partners per $1 spent by the city. • Since 2004, the construction value of building permits in downtown neighbourhoods has reached $752 million, while Communitech alone has seen $333 million in equity investments to date.

Those are some eye-popping numbers for a city not much bigger than Guelph, and it makes me wonder whether there are lessons for us. How did it all happen? How did they make the case for a tax levy dedicated to downtown of some $9 million a year? As the report says,“EDIF provided the city with a mechanism to address both urban development opportunities and the need to realign economic development tactics to better support the changing needs of manufacturers.” Translation: Kitchener got smart and read the writing on the wall. The future was (and is) in tech, education and healthcare; they saw an opportunity to grab postsecondary expansion projects, to repurpose factors into innovation hubs, and to fill the historic city centre with places to live. They invested to attract people. They built parking. They partnered, they leveraged, and they beautified. But none of it would have happened if not for the political leadership to make the case to the good people of Kitchener that prosperity required investment. It required dedicated funds and a larger vision than a project here and a project there. And that required courage. In Downtown Guelph we have

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some exciting developments on their way–and even more opportunities that have yet to be fully figured out. The private sector is leading the way, building a range of new living units from luxury to entry level and everything in between. But it is my belief that it will take a leap as bold as Kitchener’s to ramp up the intensification in employment and living spaces we need and want once the more complicated and multidimensional building sites come into play. The city owns much of the developable land in the core and has the opportunity to bring those assets to the table, but it will take more than that to get us where we need to go. It will take commitment and courage with a winning communications strategy to illustrate the benefits of investment in our urban setting. It may be a contest between investors and holders–between people that understand that our shared prosperity requires economic development in strategic areas versus people that can’t get past the sticker price. My own elevator pitch and cocktail party line on the role of Downtown Guelph in our common better future goes like this: we’re not everything, we’re not the only thing; but we’re something, and we’re an important thing. To put it another way, a specific investment here brings a general good to the wider city; it pays dividends everywhere. Understanding that a comprehensive strategy will bring a significant rise in assessment values and that public investment is leveraged and comes back to us many times over is key.

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Publisher’s message Welcome to our latest issue of Business Venture. This year marks 120 years of caring and support to local children and youth by Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington. View the special feature section inside our centre pages, which highlights the programs and amazing work the organization does for families in our community. Thank you to the advertisers who have shown their support to F&CS by contributing to this issue. We are happy to be able to share with our readers the celebration of such an important organization. With the holiday season approaching, let’s remember our charitable organizations and their need for donations and volunteers during this busy time (and all year ‘round). As seasonal events begin, so do many functions that support our ‘not for profits’. The recent Taste of Guelph event featured on our cover is an example of just one of the many fundraisers that help to make our community strong. There are many independent businesses that operate throughout Guelph and area. Each neighbourhood has its own unique special-

ty shops, restaurants and service related businesses. This is the busiest time of year for many of them. When doing your holiday shopping please support these businesses that are so important to the economy of our city. The downtown Holiday Open House is an opportunity to shop at the businesses that are offering various in-store promotions, specials or discounts to customers. This year the Open House falls on Friday, November 15 to Sunday, November 17, which coincides with the Santa Clause Parade. Visit the downtown website for details at www.downtownguelph.com. If online shopping is more your style–consider GiveBackVillage.ca which supports local charities while promoting products and services from local businesses. Our next issue of Business Venture will be published on December 4, and will be combined with our winter Activity and Events Guide. Plus, watch for our Citywide Christmas Guide coming to your door in mid November. Mike Baker, publisher Venture Guelph Publications Ltd.

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U of G receives $ 106,733.02 for energy saving audits The University of Guelph is strongly committed to reducing its electricity consumption and increasing energy efficiency. As well as being a stakeholder in the City of Guelph Community Energy Plan, the university has formed its own Community Energy Plan as a management and planning tool for guiding energy based retrofits. Working together as a community and communicating directly with the utility makes a big difference in enacting change and promoting large-scale energy conservation. In the fall of 2012, the need for a campus-wide electricity, gas and water audit was identified in order to move towards fulfilling the university’s commitment to their Community Energy Plan and campus sustainability pledge. MCW Custom Energy Solutions Ltd. was engaged to move forward with the university audit. In total 123 buildings were investigated for efficiencies that would generate operating cost savings by decreasing the Guelph campus’s overall utility consumption. The top potential energy savings retrofits identified by the audit include chiller improvements, more lighting upgrades, Building Automation System (BAS) upgrades and programming, HVAC systems and the move towards demand response. If the entire audit was to be converted under the saveONenergy Retrofit Program and all the recommendations were to move forward it would

result in substantial MW savings for both the campus as well as the City of Guelph, and make a significant impact towards their respective Community Energy Plans. In June of 2013, Guelph Hydro Electric Systems Inc. presented the University of Guelph with the greatest customer incentive, $106,733.02, they have ever granted under the saveONenergy Audit Funding initiative. Understanding the importance of these audits can be found in the culture of conservation that has been created at the student and faculty level, but still requires reinforcement as 4,000 new firstyear students arrive in September. Students at the University of Guelph feel so strongly about the necessity for energy conservation that they voted to enter a funding partnership with the university administration. Each undergraduate student pays $10 per semester, and graduates $6.75 per semester, over the duration of their academic life. Each dollar paid by students is matched one-to-one by the university and directed solely at energy conservation projects. The goal is to effect change in energy use patterns through education and behavioral modification.

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number of items to consider when looking at inherited assets. • Avoid impulse purchases - while it may be tempting to splurge on a holiday or some other large expenditure, take the time to consider the impact of such a cost on your retirement. • Be responsible - pay off mortgage debts and credit cards before spending monies on expensive items such as cars and cottages. Organize yourself for a debt and interest free retirement. • Make tax effective investments - consider using the Tax Free Savings Account or topping up Retirement Savings Plans • Consider life and health insurance plans as a way to protect assets for both your lifetime

and for your beneficiaries. • Inheritance monies may make it possible to leave a financial legacy for your family or favourite charity. Review this opportunity with your financial planner to ensure it can be done within the framework of your own finances. With this significant amount of assets coming their way the boomers are faced with huge financial considerations. Ensure you take the time to carefully consider the financial and tax implications of your decisions to guarantee a comfortable retirement. John M. Moran BA., EPC., ICIA, Lyon Financial Services Inc. jmoran@lyonfinancial.ca 519-766-0001

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Panel discusses co-operatives as a business model The Guelph Co-op Network recently hosted a free public event entitled “Co-operative Businesses–are they the better way?” with a discussion panel featuring Mauril Bélanger, Liberal MP and Cooperative Advocate; Rose Gage, CEO, Ag Energy Co-operative Ltd.; Terry Ackerman, President, Canadian Lamb Producers Cooperative; JJ McMurtry, Professor, York University; and Eric Fishleigh, National Young Co-operators. As a way to celebrate National Co-op Week, the goal of the event was to answer questions about the co-operative business model as it applies to a variety of sectors. The panel was a great success with lively discussion and questions from the audience. MP Mauril Belanger challenged co-op members to be more assertive and promote “our triple bottom line” advantage because it serves “human need not human greed”. Youth representative Eric Fishleigh stressed that youth today are concerned about the “values” a business projects and that co-ops were an attractive alternative for them. Terry Ackerman and Rose Gage cited numerous examples of

how co-operative businesses can compete with the best of them. JJ McMurtry cited research done in Quebec and duplicated in Alberta and BC that the survival rate of co-op business was twice that of privately owned enterprises. “The ICA–International Co-operative Alliance’s Blueprint for a Co-operative Decade was discussed in some detail,” said Peter Cameron, Co-operative Development Manager, Ontario Cooperative Association. “It marks the beginning of a worldwide campaign to take the co-operative way of doing business to a new level. By 2020 the aim is for the co-operative form of business to become the fastest growing form of enterprise, the model preferred by people and the acknowledged leader in economic, social and environmental sustainability. It is an ambitious goal!” The Honourable Judy Sgro, Member of Parliament for York West and Liberal Industry, Small Business and Tourism Critic, along with the Honourable Mauril Bélanger, Member of Parliament for Ottawa--Vanier and Liberal Advocate for Co-operatives, are determined to push for co-operatives to have an official

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Lifestyles Bringing education to life–High School Summer Program in Italy supplied by the Wellington Catholic District School Board High school students from Wellington Catholic District School Board and Upper Grand District School Board participated in an international learning opportunity in Italy and gained credits while immersed in the Italian culture. This educational experience was sponsored by The Hamilton Dante Centre for Italian Language and Culture and also involved students from Waterloo, Niagara, St. Catharines, Hamilton, Burlington, Milton, and Oakville. This intensive summer program is designed to enrich students’ academic lives by providing an exciting educational environment and an interesting international experience. One of the most important and engaging aspects of this program is that the learning is not limited to the classroom. The locations themselves become a “living textbook” where students shed their ethnocentric views and see the world from another cultural perspective. Excursions included day visits to famous cities such as Pompeii, Assisi, Pisa, Verona, Padua as well as overnight stays in Rome, Florence, Venice, Ortona, Chieti and Sulmona. When students were in class, they attended local high schools and study halls in the Abruzzo Region of Italy. The classroom learning, enhanced with co-curricular excursions throughout Italy, allowed students to experience the great diversity of Italian landscapes, arts, culture and history. Many evenings were spent attending outdoor

concerts and performances, playing soccer with locals, or walking together through the magical cities while enjoying a gelato or two. And while students were able to enjoy free time, 24-hour supervision was provided by personnel accompanying the group. The credit programs offered while in Italy included: Italian, English, Classical Civilizations and Hospitality and Tourism. All courses were taught by Ontario certified teachers from four different school boards and have credit value in all Ontario Schools–Catholic and Public. From art and history to shopping and culinary delights, these students were able to discover the language and culture of one of the world’s most loved travel destinations, Italy! If you’re interested in additional information about the 2014 summer program, please contact Philip Di Nucci at pdinucci@wellingtoncdsb.ca or go to www.italianculture.ca/ “It was an amazing, once in a life time experience and I would never take it back! ” - Grade 11 student, St. James “The people I've had the opportunity to meet were absolutely wonderful and the friendships I made will last a life time!” - Student, Bishop Macdonell

Health, Arts & Trends City of Guelph Remembrance Day Nov.11 Parade 9:00am,doors open 10:00am,ceremonies commence at 10:20 - 11:30am. Sleeman Centre,50 Woolwich St. McCrae House activities Water St., guelph.ca/museum

Woodlawn Memorial Park Annual Remembrance Day service to be held at 10:45am at theVeterans area,below the Canadian flag,rear,center of the cemetery.Audio enhanced,chairs will be provided. www.woodlawnmemorialpark.ca

Wellington County Museum and Archives With the passing of the last World War I veteran in Canada in 2010, the task of remembering all of the fallen soldiers now rest with us all. To commemorate their contributions and the nurses who perished during the war,three hundred and

seventeen memorials will be displayed on the front lawn at Wellington County Museum and Archives throughout the month of November. The Wellington County Museum and Archives Wellington Road #18 between Fergus and Elora.

Staying healthy during flu season by Anna Bartolomucci It’s a good time of year to be reminded of interesting influenza facts! Influenza is a respiratory disease that spreads easily and quickly from person to person through the air by coughing or sneezing. This highly contagious disease is caused by a virus that often changes every year. People who suffer from influenza often have high fever, chills, and headache, dry cough, abdominal pain and muscle aches. Individuals may be sick for several days to a week or more. Workplace and school absenteeism increases considerably. The impact on employees and employers is significant. In Canada, it is estimated that 10 to 20 percent of the population becomes infected with the influenza virus each year. 1.5 million days of absenteeism are reported. Up to 20,000 flu-related hospitalizations are reported in a given year, and although most people recover completely, as many as 4,000 Canadians, mostly seniors, die every year from pneumonia or serious complications of flu. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) recommends that people at high risk be immunized with the influenza vaccine annually. These include

adults (including pregnant women) and children with a variety of underlying chronic health conditions, people of any age who reside in nursing homes and chronic care facilities, people 65 years of age and greater, children 6 to 59 months of age, healthy pregnant women, and aboriginal peoples. Although the flu vaccine is highly recommended in high-risk categories, healthy persons aged 5 to 64 years who do not have contraindications to influenza vaccine (as well as front line workers) are also encouraged to receive influenza vaccine even if they are not in one of the recommended recipient groups. In addition to a healthy diet, regular exercise, adequate sleep, disinfecting frequently used surfaces, coughing in your sleeve, disposing tissues properly, good hand washing, and staying at home if you are ill, the flu shot can also help to prevent getting the flu. Get a flu shot and help to protect yourself and others. Anna Bartolomucci at WellServe Health Care Management, a division of Wellpoint Health Corp. 519-837-3896 Ext. 17

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Children and Youth in Care Although most of the children and youth Family & Children’s Services Guelph and Wellington (F&CS) work with are able to remain at home while families get help to parent them safely, in some situations, children may need to be removed from their home. At the end of 2012-2013, 207 children and youth were in the care of Family & Children’s Services; 140 of them were living with caring and committed foster families.

Youth Engagement f the 207 children and youth who were in the care of F&CS last year, 62 of these were youth in their late teens. It is important for youth to have a voice in how the services that are provided impact them. Youth in care are often actively involved in exciting projects and events both at the agency and provincially. Through a Photo Voice project youth have the opportunity to creatively speak about their experiences of life in care and their hopes and dreams for the future. Their projects can be viewed on display in the lobby of the agency office on Eramosa Road. Youth also attend conferences with other youth in care provincially, nationally, and internationally. They have been active advocates to the provincial government in supporting changes to the child welfare system for youth in care and participated in the provincial Youth Leaving Care Hearings in 2012. All the submissions from youth around the province have been gathered and can be viewed in the report entitled My Real Life Book at www.provincialadvocate.on.ca.

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Support parents in your community arenting may be the most important job in the world, but it can also be of the most difficult. It can become an overwhelming task when parents have little support from family, friends, or the community; when parents are very young and are not prepared for the responsibility; or when they do not know what to do when their child misbehaves. Struggles with poverty,a mental health problem,a legacy of domestic violence,or a drug or alcohol abuse problem may also make it more difficult for parents to keep their children safe.

health services, in and out patient psychiatric, behaviour management services and supports for parents with autistic children.Without supports and services, families are not receiving the help they need before a situation or issue becomes a crisis. Many abusive adults have the capacity to change their behaviour with help, counselling, support and resources. Child abuse and family crisis are community problems. If someone you know is struggling with parenting, Substance Abuse In the most recent Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child offer them care and support. Help families from reaching a Abuse and Neglect (2010), it was reported that in 38 percent of state of crisis by referring struggling parents in need of substantiated child maltreatment investigations the primary support to F&CS. Poverty “As the community has been able to recognize these caregiver had alcohol or drug abuse issues. More than 12 percent of Ontario’s families live below the difficulties and treat or deal with them, child care within the Every day, Children’s Aid Societies work with community poverty line. Ontario remains Canada’s“child poverty”capital family has improved,”says Daniel Moore, Executive Director partners to find the best match between the needs of with almost 412,000 children and youth living in impoverfor Family & Children’s Services. families and children and local services. In Ontario there is a ished conditions.The reliance on social services has increased significant deficiency of youth addiction services, mental by 60 percent since the economic crisis began in 2008.

Mental Health Twenty-seven percent of the substantiated child maltreatment investigations in Canada reported that the primary caregiver had mental health issues. More than 21 percent of adult Ontarians will be diagnosed with mental health issues such as schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder and anxiety disorders in their lifetime.

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Purple Ribbon Campaign ctober is child abuse prevention month in Ontario. Every October a purple ribbon campaign runs to raise public awareness on community members’ responsibility to protect children and how to report suspected neglect or abuse. The campaign theme is that child protection is everyone’s business. All Ontarians have an ongoing, legal obligation to directly and promptly contact their local Children’s Aid if they suspect a child is or may be in need of protection. In addition, every person who performs professional or official duties with respect to children is subject to a penalty if they fail to report information related to a child they suspect is or may be abused or neglected. (Child and Family Services Act s.72) It is the responsibility of F&CS to keep children safe when their families are unable to. Family is the most important thing to a child. Families are experts about their own experiences and must be involved in all planning and decision making about their child. In over 90% of cases where Children’s Aid must become involved, work is done with the family and the child stays at home. Abused children do not always show obvious warning signs of abuse or neglect, but sometimes there are subtle indicators.

Volunteers In an organization that was entirely run by volunteers over a century ago, today volunteers still play an important part in the day-to-day lives of children involved with F&CS. More than 160 active volunteers give nearly 10,000 hours of time per year, helping at least 75 children and 25 parents with weekly one-to-one support. Volunteers work with children, youth, single adults, parents and foster parents in a variety of programs. Parent Aides provide long-term, one-to-one support to parents who are experiencing a variety of challenges in their families.Through weekly support,volunteers help parents to develop skills such as household and child management,financial and time organization, employment and housing searches,and help to arrange medical and counselling appointments.

Special Friends give emotional support to children who are in need of female or male role models. Mentors teach basic life and social skills, provide tutoring, and encourage participation in recreational sports and programs offered in the community. Other volunteers donate time as program leaders, drivers, tutors, youth group leaders, or childcare providers for foster parents. Opportunities are also available in funddevelopment, community outreach and special projects. F&CS welcomes all volunteers who are interested in building safe and loving environments for children and youth. Opportunities are available to fit all time commitments, whether a few hours per week or month, or more frequently.

Work in the County

Working with Indiginous Leaders

F&CS has an office in Elora to serve families and children in Centre, East and North Wellington. Partnerships with other organizations such as the OPP, hospitals, Centre Wellington Resource Centre, and Family Health teams are extremely important in providing collaborative services to families and children. Its work in the county has a specific focus on the unique needs and circumstances that arise for people who live rurally. F&CS also has a special relationship with the Mennonite community where it works with community leaders to ensure the work is culturally responsive.

The child welfare sector has a special responsibility to understand the historical context of Aboriginal issues in relation to its work given the terrible legacy of residential schools, the ‘sixties scoop’, and the current disproportionate number of Aboriginal children in the care of the state. F&CS has worked hard to educate staff and ensure services are culturally relevant. One of the main ways this is done is through a strong relationship with some key Indiginous leaders in the community.Those leaders continue to help guide the work of F&CS and ensure that the service is responsive. Among other things, F&CS looks to those leaders to run talking circles and healing circles in working with Aboriginal families and children.

It is important to realize that the presence of any one indicator does not mean that a child has been abused. Children will usually exhibit a number of indicators. It is not your responsibility to determine if a child is being abused. Call to report known or suspected signs. Visit www.useyourvoice.ca for information on the signs of abuse.

What happens when you call Your call is received by a child welfare professional who has been trained to listen to your concerns and ask questions before deciding how urgent the situation is and what type of intervention is needed. Children’s Aid professionals use comprehensive guidelines to determine the risk in each situation and then determine the kind of support and service needed to keep children safe in situations involving maltreatment. If a child is in imminent danger, a child protection worker will respond immediately, 24/7, 365 days per year.

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“I have always been personally and professionally inspired by the commitment of F&CS to keep families together and their willingness to work outside of silos to do so. Their success at protecting children from harm and what that means is most poignantly heard in the stories told by the children and families they have helped. The work of F&CS is foundational to community well-being.”

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Mayor Karen Farbridge

adoptive homes The Wellington County House of Industry and Refuge officially opened its doors on December 17, 1877 to the poor and homeless in the community; until the turn of the century, approximately 25% of the inmates of the House were children. This provincially funded relief institute is now the oldest known state supported poor house in Canada that is still standing. Today it is home to the Wellington County Museum and Archives.

“Our focus is on the well being of all students. In that regard, Family & Children’s Services has been a long time strategic partner in our mission to support young people. Our collective work has often been the tipping point in creating a hopeful future for many students in our community.”

140 of F&CS children are living with families through adoption, foster or kin

adoptions finalized

“The Upper Grand District School Board has a formalized Collaborative Agreement with Family & Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington. We work together on issues such as the education of Crown Ward children and youth through initiatives such as the Central West Champion Team, policies (higher educational achievement is a joint goal) and programs such as Shared Services activities and joint symposiums. F&CS and the school board benefit from the ongoing dialogue and communication, which characterize this Partnership.”

of these are youth, 18 and over –

12 of these continue to live with their foster families, 47 children living with kin

Martha Rogers Director of Education, Upper Grand District School Board

Don Drone Director of Education & CEO Wellington Catholic District School Board

“Congratulations to Family and Children Services of Guelph and Wellington County on your 120th Anniversary. You have a legacy of building strong families with a focus on investing in our most precious resource, our children and youth. The Guelph Police Service is proud to partner with you daily and look forward to a prosperous future.” Bryan M. Larkin, Chief of Police, Guelph Police Service

Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington celebrates 120 years in the community

This year marks 120 years of caring and support to local children and youth by Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington.

The first Children’s Aid Society

The Children’s Aid Society of

The Society’s first children’s

1912 - 60 Children’s Aid Soci-

1927 - As it became accepted

1945 - Foster care began to

1960 - A pilot initiative was

1970 - A new Permanency Plan- 1984 - The Children’s Aid Soci-

was created out of the Toronto

Guelph and Wellington was

shelter was located at 1 Water-

eties came together to form an

that most parents held the ca-

emerge in response to beliefs

launched focusing on a vision

ning movement was intro-

Humane Society in 1891.

created as a volunteer run soci- loo Avenue, and ran from 1897

association that would work in

pacity to learn, change and de-

that a substitute family was a

Within four years,

ety with a budget of $34.61. At

to 1911.The Society paid $2

partnership with the provincial

29 more organizations had

the time, the newly founded

per month for a room and an

been created across the

Guelph Humane Society was

additional $1.50 per week to

province including societies in

beginning to recognize that

the Matron for the boarding of

Peterborough, Guelph

the protection and care of chil-

each child until a foster home

welfare system.

and Ottawa.

dren had become their primary could be found. function, and the two Societies

The non-profit agency provides services to families to ensure

or neglect.

Last year across Ontario, Chil-

Children’s Services relocated to dren’s Aid investigated 83,000

for improved support and coun- duced which focused primarily

Services of Guelph and

the newly renovated space at

referrals from concerned com-

velop, temporary wardship was more appropriate place than

seling for struggling families.

Wellington County (F&CS).The

275 Eramosa Road, providing

munity members, teachers, and

government and

introduced and the separation

an institution for a child to

The new services offered help in care, or having those children

new name reflected a growing

better accessibility for clients

neighbours. Of those investiga-

the community to develop a

of children and parents was no

build character and receive

parent-child conflicts, marital

in care returned home or

awareness of the child welfare

and more efficient delivery of

tions, 26,234 families received

standard and consistent child

longer permanent.

positive influence.

problems, minor mental

adopted as soon as possible.

agency’s role with

services.The non-profit agency services.

Children living at the shelter

disorders, alcoholism, social

The growing number of

children and their families.

continues to care about the

Locally, F&CS received 3265

1930 - There were over 800

on Clark Street were moved to

maladjustment caused by

children in care with extensive

well-being and safety of chil-

calls from people concerned

1924 - The League of Nations

children residing in shelters

a more intimate family setting

health problems, unmarried

emotional and behavioural

dren and helps families provide about the safety of a child. Of

on keeping children out of

1910 - A new shelter was built

drew up a Children’s Charter of

throughout the province. Dur-

at 106 Essex Street, which was

parent situations, aging and fi-

challenges meant having

caring and safe environments

those calls F&CS did 1791 in-

on Clark Street. In the first year

Rights, which stated,“that no

ing the 30’s it was common for

run by an experienced foster

nancial difficulties.

permanency plans for long-

for their children.

vestigations and worked with

Protection of Children was

of operation the shelter

child shall be deprived of his

children to be separated from

mother.

housed 78 children–37

own parent and his own

their homes, not because they

from the city and 31 from

home because of economic

were in need of protection but

1958 - With a growing staff of 11

alternative for those who

the county.

reasons alone.”

rather in need of food and shel-

workers and an Executive Direc-

needed it.

more, a receiving home or shel-

became one.

term foster care or placement in group homes as an

2012 Eramosa Road

760 families through on-going support. With the support of partner

ter must be provided for the

ter. By the end of World War Two, tor, the Agency moved

agencies, nurturing neighbour-

temporary care of children ap-

shelters were gradually phased

hoods, and neighbourhood

prehended under its authority

1893-2013

In 2012 the offices of Family &

ety became Family & Children’s

tion of Cruelty to and Better

In 1893 the Act for the Preven-

that children are protected written, stipulating that for from physical and every town of 10,000 people or emotional abuse

Mural of Hope

1940’s campaign

Promoli Building–55 Delhi

until homes could be found.

the office from Douglas Street to

out and replaced by small group the old nurse’s residence at or receiving homes.

55 Delhi Street.

groups, 95% of the children F&CS work with remain in their own homes.

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Heart Gallery

Children First Fund Family & Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington County is responsible for ensuring the safety and well-being of children and youth.This involves ensuring that children experience stability and are cared for in homes by adults who love them.

All children need their own family–regardless of age, whether they’re on their own, with siblings or have complex life challenges.When children and youth are cared for in families where they feel loved and connected, they have a much better chance of being all they were meant to be. Research indicates they have a better chance of graduating from high school, going on to post-secondary education or fulfilling employment. “In Guelph, we have more than 100 children and youth in need of a permanent family,”says Sheila Markle, Children’s Services Director of Family & Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington County. Launched in partnership with The Adoption Council of Canada, the Heart Gallery is a travelling photographic exhibit created to attract potential parents who will commit to adopting children and youth waiting in foster care. Using the power of photography, pictures of waiting children and youth are taken to capture their individuality.The pictures are then displayed in the Heart Gallery at public locations in the community to raise awareness about the children who need to find forever homes and to obtain support to meet those needs.

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he Children First Fund has been established to provide financial assistance to important programs, which are not currently funded through the Ministry of Children and Youth Services. These programs assist the Agency’s five-year strategic directions of Prevention and Early Help, Leadership for Change and Service Excellence through Organizational Effectiveness in support of the organization’s mission to work together with children, youth, their families and the community for the safety and well-being of children and youth.

The Enrichment Program helps to open the doors of opportunity for children, youth and young adults to attain their full potential by providing access to inspiring opportunities and skill building experiences which are outside the Ministry’s funding mandate.

Prevention & Early Help Program

F&CS recognizes the importance of working with vulnerable families in Guelph and Wellington County not requiring formal child protection services. Working collaboratively with other organizations the Prevention & Early Help Program provides supports to families to Education Support Program assist them in managing difficulties that Children anticipate with joy and excitehave already emerged. ment the celebration of their birthdays. A United Way Guelph Wellington For youth in care, each birthday also Dufferin grant of $50,000 to the brings them a growing sense of worry. Prevention and Early Help Program will Each year they are one step closer to support building accessible networks, something they cannot control and which resources and supports in vulnerable they feel ill prepared to confront - moving communities. out of home before they turn 18, and Permanency Pilot Partnerships being cut off of all Ministry funded supWhen children have forever families to live port on their 21st birthday. with who love them and care about them, For many children and young adults they have the greatest chance of being all who have been affected by abuse and neglect, obtaining an education can be a they are meant to be. Permanency initiatives include Family difficult task.This Program assists youth in foster care with post secondary tuition to Finding–a model that focuses on locating the school of their choice, or provides the family members who have been disconnected from one another. It is used with tools and supplies associated with an children in care to locate family members apprenticeship. In 2012, tuition support was provided to who can establish life-long connections eight youth in care pursuing post second- for children and youth needing permaary education and several awards, scholar- nence. It is also used to locate family members who can support parents in ships or bursaries were granted. F&CS ensuring the long-term safety, well-being anticipates having at least 12 youth and permanence of their children. attending programs during the coming Last year 38 children were referred to school year. Family Finding and 1076 family members Enrichment Program were identified. F&CS encourages all children to hold a dream for their future and to reach for it.

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Handel Messiah Sing-a-long December 22 at 3:00pm St. George’s Anglican Church

George Frideric Handel was a Governor and a major benefactor of the Founding Hospital in Britain, London’s first home for abandoned children. During his life the Composer’s benefit Messiah concerts raised thousands of pounds for the hospital (1749-1759), with annual fundraising performances continuing for another twenty years after his death. Thought to be unsuitable for concert hall performances, his work became acceptable and overwhelmingly supported when performed in a chapel for the benefit of charity. This December, Family & Children Services of Guelph and Wellington County and the Guelph Chamber Choir will present the Handel Messiah Sing-a-long, with conductor Gerald Neufeld. The event is sponsored by BMO Nesbitt Burns and Newton Eastwood Dietrich Wealth Advisory Group. Donations will be accepted in lieu of tickets to support the Children First Fund, where money raised will provide support to important programs, which are not funded through the Ministry of Children and Youth Services. Enjoy this opportunity to experience your favourite sections of this mastery work with family and friends.The F&CS Heart Gallery will also be on exhibit to raise awareness of children and youth who are in need of potential adoptive families. For more information call 519-824-2410.

• The most commonly used words from the community consultation on our new Strategic Plan.

How to help As a caring community member, there are many ways you can assist the children, youth and families involved with Family and Children’s Services.

Foster care Foster families provide temporary and permanent homes for children who are unable to live with their own families. Depending on circumstance, children may need foster care for a few days, a few weeks, or sometimes months. Fostering is a rewarding opportunity to make a difference in the life of a child. F&CS is looking for individuals from all backgrounds regardless of marital status, race, religion or sexual orientation, who can welcome a child into their home and provide them with care and support. Homes are needed for children of all ages, from newborns to teens. Foster parents receive ongoing training and support from F&CS and some financial assistance.

Adoption F&CS helps all those involved and interested in the adoption process, where children up to 16 years of age are placed in loving and caring homes,becoming a permanent and legal part of a new family. F&CS has trained staff who provide counselling for pregnant mothers and information for families who wish to adopt children.We also help adopted adults who are looking for information about their birth families and birth families who are requesting information about a child who was placed for adoption.

Regular Adopt and Foster Information Sessions are held at the Eramosa Road location for people interested in learning more.

Make a donation Donations to F&CS Children First Fund are always appreciated and help to support programs that are not provided through funding from the Ontario government. Funds help to provide education support, enrichment programs and support for prevention and early help initiatives. For more information contact Carolyn Tait-Guest, Fund Development Coordinator, at 519-824-2410 ext. 4172.

F&CS, you’ve been protecting our children and youth for 120 years. Thank you! From your friends and partners at the Upper Grand District School Board

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Community Partnerships ince the early 1990’s, Family & Children’s Services programs have ranged to include prevention and early help, family support, protection investigation, residential care and adoption. This level of service is based on the concept that protecting children and youth is a broad community responsibility, one that can best be achieved through a network of formal and informal partnerships. F&CS works closely with many organizations including Community Mental Health Association, the Guelph Community Health Centre,Wellington Catholic District School Board, the Upper Grand District School Board, the Volunteer Centre of Guelph Wellington,Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit, Guelph Police Services,Wellington County, the City of Guelph, Immigrant Services and citizen led neighbourhood groups.

Kindle Communities Kindle Communities Organization is a non-profit corporation formed by F&CS in 2001. It was created to protect F&CS assets, both in real estate and accumulated funds.The organization works to develop and manage properties with partners and community members to serve the needs of at risk children and families. Kindle currently owns the Shelldale Centre and houses in Kitchener and Guelph that operate as foster homes.

The Shelldale Centre

Onward Willow Better Beginnings Better Futures The Onward Willow Better Beginnings, Better Futures Project operates through a management board, a neighbourhood group, and several committees made up of neighbourhood residents and agency partners. Programs are developed in response to the needs of the community with the goal of working together to help build a better life for children and families in the area. Onward Willow Better Beginnings, Better Futures provides early years programs, family support and outreach, children and youth programs, and community development services. The community works at making their programs culturally inclusive by having staff available to speak a variety of languages, and friendship groups that are ethnospecific in order to increase access to information.

Give Yourself Credit Give Yourself Credit is a unique community-based alternative education program where community partners have come together to collaborate in the interest of serving street involved and vulnerable youth. The program offers community based access to education for these youth that is delivered in diverse and creative ways.The environment is relaxed and accepting. Students are able to design their own learning plans and individualized goals with the support of a teacher or youth worker.While this program has education as a primary focus, success at school can have a positive impact on a young person’s self-worth, life skills, and mental and emotional health.

The Shelldale Centre is a former elementary school, which was purchased by F&CS with the assistance of the City of Guelph, partner organizations, and local service clubs. F&CS is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors with a variety of Shelldale is situated within the Onward Willow neighbourhood, an area of Guelph with high rates of poverty. It is also an area where many new immigrant and refugee families backgrounds and a commitment to the well being of children.The settle initially upon arriving in Guelph.Thirty-four different languages have been Board consists of 14 members who are elected annually at our identified in the one kilometre area surrounding Shelldale. annual general meeting. The Shelldale Centre provides offices and space for programs, meetings and activities for ten partner organizations and the local Onward Willow Neighbourhood Group.These 2013-2014 Board of Directors partners provide programs and services in the following areas: • Jan Lord, President • Onward Willow Better Beginnings Better Futures primary prevention programs • Joan Nandlal, Vice President • Child, youth and family recreation • Patricia Widmeyer, Secretary-Treasurer • Prenatal and early childhood programs • Brendan Soye, Past President • Youth programs • Zakir Akram • Parenting support programs • Susan Dickert • Employment counselling • Gabriella Facchini • Violence against women support programs • Curt Hammond • Lesleigh Hunter • Clinical health services • Donna Jaques • Child welfare services • John Livernois • Play therapy programs for physically, mentally, and behaviourally challenged children • Councillor Don McKay • ESL instruction • Susan Mellor • Support programs for recovering alcoholics Heather Grummett,Editorial Coordinator,Venture Guelph Publications Ltd. • Judy Yarmey

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Fitness after 50–helping adults gain energy Taste of Guelph: serving up better and feel stronger by Heather Grummett health care After completing her training as a CanFitPro Certified Personal Trainer, Gail Moore recently opened Fitness after 50 to help older adults engage in an active healthy lifestyle. After working for over 30 years in the printing business, the local business owner knew that a career change would help her become a healthier person and that she could motivate and educate other older adults as well. “Many older adults know that they should be moving more but they often lack the knowledge or the motivation to do so,” says Moore. As a certified Older Adult Fitness Specialist, Moore is able to design programs that motivate older adults to pursue a healthy, happy and balanced lifestyle. She educates her clients on the importance of working at their own level of ability, while guiding them through safe and effective exercise. Programs are designed by assessing any

current health issues, and focus on the client’s functional age verses their chronological age. “You are never too old to be more active,” adds Moore. “Increasing activity can be as simple as increasing the number of steps you take per day.” Realizing that not all older adults are comfortable in a gym setting, the Fitness after 50 programs can take place in your own home, outside at a park, at community centers, or at the Fitness after 50 studio in Moore’s home in Guelph. Oneon-one training and group training with a friend or partner are both available. As people age, active living is more important than ever. Regular exercise boosts energy, manages symptoms of illness or pain, improves balance, and can help to maintain your independence. For a free consultation call 519-827-7170 or visit www.Fitnessafter50.ca for more details.

Guelph Independent Living receives funding Guelph Independent Living (GIL) has received $400,000 from the Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network (WWLHIN) to provide personal support for wait list clients with permanent physical disabilities beginning as soon as October 2013. The funding applies solely to the agency’s extensive Outreach program wait list and is part of the WWLHIN’s targeted four per cent discretionary allotment to front line enhancements in the Community Support Services (CSS) sector for 2013. This announcement staunches a 12-year drought on funding to persons with permanent physical disabilities in Guelph who will see client levels rise significantly by March 2014, with some clients having waited for more than seven

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Over 50 of the area’s finest restaurateurs, caterers, vintners and brewers served up an amazing array of delectables from their menus to raise over $65,000 for The Foundation of Guelph General Hospital and St. Joseph's Health Centre Foundation Guelph at this year’s premiere garden party Taste of Guelph, recently held on the grounds of St. Joseph's Health Centre. Linamar Corporation returned as a presenting sponsor joined by platinum sponsors Royal City Nursery and The Letter M Marketing. Gold sponsors included the Guelph Mercury, Guelph Tribune, Intrigue Media, Magic 106.1/1460 CJOY and Roy-Al Rentals & Party Centre. Under the tents, and in the midst of gorgeous, seasonal décor, close to 600 guests were treated to incredible food, the amazing talents of local musicians and an exciting live auction as a fitting end to a great summer season. “It’s extremely rewarding to see the benefits of such effort and generosity improving the health care capacity of our community,” says Mary DuQuesnay, President and CEO of St. Joseph's Health Centre. “The support of our sponsors, participants, and volunteers is very gratifying and we are so appreciative of their commitment year after year. And we were very glad to see new entrants again this year who added some new high notes to Taste 2013.” St. Joseph's will use the funds raised to help pay for its leading-edge, $2.6 million Adult Day Program Centre which is the only facility of its kind providing essential services for frail seniors, for people with Alzheimer’s Disease, and for survivors of acquired brain injury living in

Guelph and Wellington County. The independence-supporting program offers an environment where men and women can get practical help, understanding, socialization, and structure in their lives. “The 16th annual Taste of Guelph was an outstanding achievement again this year,” says Suzanne Bone, President and CEO, The Foundation of Guelph General Hospital. “The money raised today will give health care in the Guelph region a boost now and will have a great impact for years to come. We are very grateful to everyone who helped make this create another memorable event again this year.” Guelph General Hospital is the region’s hub for comprehensive acute care and emergency medical care for the 180,000 residents of Guelph and Wellington County. The facility’s operating rooms are one of the most complex areas in the hospital and are a priority area for investment this year. Funds raised through Taste of Guelph will be used to enhance the care provided, and to help ensure they are as safe, efficient and patient-friendly as possible. Volunteers Wendy Synnott and Kevin McItrick were presented with this year’s Golden Garlic Awards in recognition of their many contributions to the success of Taste of Guelph over the past decade. Taste of Guelph has raised more than $700,000, shared between the two Foundations. These funds have been used to purchase essential medical equipment to both save and enhance lives. In addition, the money provides resident and patient programs, and research and education projects for acute care and longterm care in Guelph and Wellington County.

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Real Estate New Homes, Residential & Commercial Secured Lines of Credit: What are they good for? by Sandra Lastovic I’ve recently recommended secured lines of credit (or SLOCs) to a few of my clients instead of a mortgage. SLOCs are similar to variable-rate mortgages, as the rate changes depending on the prime rate. However, SLOCs are also unlike variable-rate mortgages because: (1) only the interest is due on the payment date (instead of both the interest and principal); and, (2) they are fully open (which means that they can be paid off at any time without a penalty). Here are a few scenarios where it may be more appropriate to get a SLOC instead of going with a more traditional mortgage: A. A SLOC could be for you if your mortgage is coming up for renewal and you are planning on purchasing a new house, or if you are not sure what your future plans may be SLOCs are an inexpensive way to allow yourself more time to decide what you’d like to do with your home. For instance, if

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Granite Homes raised $8000 in support of KidsAbility Sarmazian Brothers were named the winners of the Granite Homes Supplier of the Year Award at the recent golf tournament in support of the KidsAbility Foundation. (supplied photo)

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Business to Business New Executive Director for Guelph Community Foundation The Board of Directors of the Guelph Community Foundation has recently welcomed a new Executive Director. Former Director of Development and Marketing for the Burlington Art Centre, and Manager, Resource Development for United Way of Peel Region, Chris Willard brings a passion for philanthropy and a background in asset development, business and finance. The Foundation pools the charitable gifts of many donors into permanent, income-earning endowments. “Part of The Foundation’s uniqueness is the range in our grant making. Our unrestricted funds provide us with the most flexibility in responding to community needs,” explained the Foundation’s new Executive Director, Chris Willard. For more information on supporting the Guelph Community Foundation visit www.guelphcf.ca.

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The Ontario Court of Appeal increases fine to $750,000 The Ontario Court of Appeal, in a decision released September 4, 2013, increased a fine from $200,000 to $750,000 after Metron Construction Corp. pled guilty to criminal negligence causing death. Metron Construction was hired to restore concrete balconies on a high-rise apartment building in Toronto. On Christmas Eve 2009, six workers, including the site supervisor, boarded swing stage scaffolding to descend to the ground level. The swing stage was only designed to hold the weight of two workers and as such, had only two harnesses. Tragically, four workers plunged to their death when the scaffolding collapsed. In addition to the record setting fine, the decision is noteworthy because of the Court of Appeal’s comments regarding the appropriate quantum of fine imposed against companies for criminal convictions. The Court of Appeal rejected the trial Judge’s position that a fine could not be imposed that might result in

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