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Cover: iStock F a l l 2 0 1 4 I V a n c o u v e r F o u n d a t i o n l p a g e 3 Fall 2014 Volume 7 Number 1 VANCOUVER FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE Kevin McCort, PRESIDENT AND CEO Mark Ely, VP GRANTS AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES Diane Fulton, VP INVESTMENTS AND CIO William Hallett, VP FINANCE AND OPERATIONS Craig Hikida, VP DEVELOPMENT AND DONOR SERVICES VANCOUVER FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Gordon MacDougall, Chair Jason McLean, Vice Chair The Honourable Robert Bauman, Chief Justice Kevin Bent Tom Bradley Tung Chan Anna Fung Ida Goodreau The Honourable Christopher Hinkson, Chief Justice Paul Lacerte Miranda Lam Brandt C. Louie Sarah Morgan-Silvester Lisa Pankratz Barry Rivelis Malik Talib PUBLISHER Kevin McCort PROJECT MANAGER Tyler Davis EDITOR Tiffany Sloan ART DIRECTOR Scott Laurie CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Dorothy Bartoszewski, Carol Crenna, Christine Faron Chan, Andrew Findlay, Wendy Goldsmith, Valerie McTavish, Mikelle Saskamoose, Robin Schroffel, Lena Sin, Barb Sligl, Genevieve Taylor, Corey Van't Haaff, Doug Ward CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS & ILLUSTRATORS Claudette Carracedo, Vincent L. Chan, Tiffany Cooper, Jaime Kowal, Kim Mallory, Edward McCrea, Dominic Schaefer, Sara Tyson EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR Rick Thibert PRODUCTION MANAGER/STUDIO Kristina Borys IMAGING Mandy Lau, Laura Michaels VF Magazine is published once a year by Vancouver Foundation Suite 200 – 475 West Georgia Street, Vancouver BC V6B 4M9 Tel: 604.688.2204 Email: info@vancouverfoundation.ca www.vancouverfoundation.ca Charitable Registration No. 119281640RR0001 CHAIRMAN, CEO Peter Legge, O.B.C., LL.D (HON) PRESIDENT Samantha Legge, MBA Vancouver Foundation magazine is produced by Canada Wide Media Limited for Vancouver Foundation. Send change of address notices and undeliverable Canadian addresses to: 200 – 475 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 4M9. Publications Mail Agreement No. 40065475. Advertising Policy: Vancouver Foundation will not be responsible for the claims of, nor does it provide endorsement for, the advertisers, products or services advertised in Vancouver Foundation magazine. 2.7 fully grown trees 26,653 litres of water 8 million BTUs energy 252.66 kg solid waste 722.58 kg greenhouse gases Vancouver Foundation is printed on paper containing 10% post-consumer recycled content. Thanks to green choices, this issue of Vancouver Foundation saved the following resources: Environmental impact estimates were made using the Environmental Paper Network Calculator. FSC ® is not responsible for any calculations on saving resources by choosing this paper. PAGE 22 PAGE 6 PAGE 28 I N Y O U R C O M M U N I T Y 4 Grants at a Glance By Mikelle Sasakamoose 9 Let's Get Cooking By Robin Schroffel 12 Trial by Fire By Carol Crenna 16 One Good Lawyer By Christine Faron Chan 21 Freshwater Passion By Dorothy Bartoszewski 22 Artful Giving By Lena Sin 25 A Recipe for Self-Esteem By Corey Van't Haaff 26 Senior and Social By Doug Ward 31 Is Your Will Still Effective? By Genevieve Taylor C O V E R S T O R I E S 6 Reaching $1 Billion Vancouver Foundation is reaching milestones – and setting new ones By Valerie McTavish 14 New Insight Blind psychology expert Collin van Uchelen deconstructs the process of connecting to one another By Barb Sligl 18 Save the Sob Story Vancouver Foundation's Youth Advisory Circle conceives a new ending to an "age out" tale By Wendy Goldsmith 28 Real-Life Opera Spoken-word artist Shane Koyczan's life story puts bullying centre stage in Vancouver Opera's newest production By Andrew Findlay PAGE 16