TRAINING THURSDAY: Stress Management
On this week’s Training Thursday, Kerry and Jordan first discuss the successful ICBA Open golf tournament, which raised $30,000 for apprentice bursaries, and then ICBA Training’s latest featured course. The Wellness Series: Stress Management (Live Online...
ICBA NEWS: ICBA Open Raises $30,000 for Apprentice Bursaries
Woo-hoo! More than $30,000 was raised at the 31st ICBA Open golf tournament last week to support our Building Stronger Futures initiative, which funds bursaries for young folks pursuing a career in the trades. ICBA will provide more than $200,000 in bursaries in 2022....
WELLNESS WEDNESDAY #60: Corey Hirsch and the ICBA Team
For the past several months, Corey Hirsch has been ICBA’s Wellness Ambassador, and we’ve taken him to nearly two dozen speaking gigs across B.C., including many of our amazing members – companies like Jacob Bros, Hall Constructors, Tybo, and Robertson Walls and...
WELLNESS WEDNESDAY #59: We’re In This Together
Each week, ICBA’s Jordan Bateman reflects on what we’ve learned as we participate in ICBA’s Workplace Wellness Program. This program is free for all ICBA members – check out icba.ca/wellness for details. When one’s mental health falters, it’s easy to believe the lies...Follow ICBA on Facebook
Polling, for the first time we can remember, shows the Conservative Party of Canada - Parti conservateur du Canada with a lead among voters under the age of 35. ![]()
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We've long believed the path to engaging younger voters is to give them hope for the future, especially around housing affordability. And that's a big part of Pierre Poilievre's messaging... ![]()
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Polling fluke? Or historic voter shift? What do you think?
FIRST READING: Young people seem to be leaning Tory (possibly for the first time ever)
theprovince.com
Polls keep showing a plurality of under-30 voters backing the Conservatives
WELLNESS WEDNESDAY #61: What’s the Other Person Experiencing?![]()
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Each week, ICBA’s Jordan Bateman reflects on what we’ve learned as we participate in ICBA’s Workplace Wellness Program. This program is free for all ICBA members – check out icba.ca/wellness for details.![]()
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Our Wellness materials this month is looking at Emotional Intelligence, one of the underrated building blocks of mental health. Without knowing how and why we feel the way do, it’s hard to manage our reactions and responses to various challenges.![]()
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Our Communications Manager, Jonathan McGill, has a little sticker in his office that says something along the lines of: “You don’t know what kind of day the person on the other end of the phone is having.” Basically, it’s a reminder that our own pressures and feelings do not exist in a vacuum—other people have stress, emotions and their own challenges.![]()
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We can’t control other people’s words or actions, but we can manage our responses to them. This week’s Toolbox Talk notes that it takes time, understanding and practice to identify our own – and other people’s – emotions, and manage or respond to them in the right way. A few pointers:![]()
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• Give constructive feedback rather than criticism![]()
• Stay calm under pressure![]()
• Help to resolve conflicts between others![]()
• Speak up about important issues![]()
• Genuinely listen to others![]()
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Emotional intelligence isn’t built overnight, and everyone has bad days, but it’s a crucial skill in collaborative workplaces.![]()
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ICBA’s Workplace Wellness Program is helping more than 75 companies and 7,000+ construction professionals better understand mental health. The program is free for ICBA members — see icba.ca/wellness.
Vancouver Hockey Now looks at ICBA Wellness Ambassador Corey Hirsch Official's decision to move on from SportsNet 650 and into full-time mental health advocacy work.![]()
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“I’m no longer a hockey player, I’m a mental health advocate."![]()
- Corey Hirsch
'Hirschy' Leaves Vancouver Canucks Radio for Important Reasons - Vancouver Hockey Now
vancouverhockeynow.com
For many reasons, former goalie Corey Hirsch moves on from his Vancouver Canucks broadcasting gig to promote mental health advocacy full time.
John Horgan's office is spending up 22.8% in a year, reports theBreakernews.![]()
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And Horgan's office now has 100 people on the payroll:![]()
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“Salary costs for executive operations of the Premier’s Office are approximately $2.7 million. In July 2017 under the BC Liberal government, the executive branch had a total of 21 [full-time equivalents] and salary cost of $1.77 million.”
Horgan hires, budget higher: payroll documents show job creation, NDP-style - theBreaker
thebreaker.news
In the 2021 budget, the Office of the Premier was allotted $14.68 million, a whopping $3.34 million increase from a year earlier.
Albertans: the polling seems to indicate that Danielle Smith will be the next Premier... does that fit with what you're seeing and hearing from United Conservative Party of Alberta members?
Bell: Danielle Smith, what her latest poll numbers tell her and us
calgarysun.com
In a first ballot, if the nose count were to be spot-on, Smith would sit at 46.4% — though this is one poll and we've got two months to go.
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More than 2,500 Indigenous workers have helped build the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion. ![]()
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And more than $3.2 billion has been awarded to Indigenous-owned and joint venture businesses firms in more than 4,700 contracts.
energynow.ca
Killing the project would be devastating for many Indigenous communities along the corridor By Joseph Quesnel Follow CEC on Linkedin CEC Linkedin Follow CEC on Facebook CEC Facebook Follow CEC on Twit...Tweet ICBA!
WELLNESS WEDNESDAY #61: What’s the Other Person Experiencing?
Sometimes, it's hard to manage our reactions and responses to various challenges.
But, remember: “You don’t know what kind of day the person on the other end of the phone is having.”
MORE AT https://www.icbaindependent.ca/2022/08/10/wellness-wednesday-61-whats-the-other-person-experiencing/
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