If you had the opportunity to learn in advance that one of your genes puts you at risk for a health issue that could change the course of your life, what would you do? Would you rather not know, and continue living as you are? Or would you rather be Read more…
This week, our very own, Fraser Rose will be our HIGI speaker. He'll talk about the Opioid Epidemic. We all know about our Covid-19 epidemic but there's another epidemic many of us are not aware of, our opioid epidemic. I'll discuss what it is and what we might do about it.
This Thursday, October 21th, Stephen Reingold will give a speech entitled “Rethinking Wellbeing”. Most countries measure their well-being using the gross national product. Stephen would like to share with us an alternative mechanism for measuring well-being that considers individual and collective well-being. He has been a long time Toastmaster, past Read more…
This Thursday, October 28th, Skyler Li, a student at McGill University will give a speech entitled “Is mental health overly brought to the table?” There has been massive information in the media talking about mental health and mental disorders such as depression and anxiety. However, it is not merely the Read more…
Our HIGI speaker this week, has self-published a book entitled “Musings of a Madman I Married – Inspiration to Tell Your Story”. She will tell her story about her interest and passion with E.F.T. also known as “Tapping”. An evidence-based self-help therapeutic modality. The presentation's title is: “You are Enough! - Read more…
What makes for an effective leader? What are the key leadership qualities that we should possess? How can we learn from great leaders of the past? Can history teach us about leadership? Kunal Taravade tackles these questions as he describes 3 examples of great leaders in history and their attributes Read more…
Our HIGI speaker this Thursday, is one our student volunteer. She is studying Social Psychology at McMaster University. We have been sharing our knowledge and thoughts about well-being and the way it is measured. You will hear about examples of well-being interventions and factors that regulate their effectiveness.
For this week HIGI, David Irving will give a speech entitled “Mental balance and flexibility in a complex fractional world”. Individually and within our families as our lives develop we are presented to events, some personally solvable and others not. How we handle these events determines our future. To say Read more…
At this week HIGI, Joe Milakovic, also known as “Hollywood Joe”, will give a speech entitled "Inspiration to Tell Your Story”. He will be sharing some personal stories and teaching you how to Tell Your Story. Joe is an international inspirational speaker and active Toastmaster. Passionate about speaking and Read more…
At this week HIGI, Sandy Robb will give a speech entitled “Bridging the Language Gap” Do you ever wish we all spoke the same language? Wouldn’t life be easier if we could always understand each other? Sandy Robb is a Toastmaster, a story teller and a wannabe writer. She will Read more…
Fraser Rose will be our speaker for this week HIGI. He'll be speaking about the four forms of interpersonal relationships: 1 - win-lose; 2 - win-win; 3 - lose-win; 4 - lose-lose. His purpose will be to leave each person with a crystal clear idea of what each is, Read more…
This Thursday Dec 23rd, Chuck Gallozzi will be our guest speaker with a speech entitled “The Gift of a Listening Ear”. He will talk about the importance and value of Active Listening. Chuck is a professional speaker, seminar leader, and coach. Corporations, church groups, teachers, counselors, and caregivers use his more than 400 articles Read more…