TO THE RESCUE – AME BC’s Mineral Exploration Magazine features Team Miracle

TMTEAM MIRACLE is raising the profile of mine rescue competitions – and mine safety practice. The team, which includes The Refinery’s Moira van den Akker and Angelica Tellez have been invited to participate in a demo at BC Mining week in Vancouver from April 28 to May 4, 2013.

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Leadership Voices – Lori Triolo, Great Performances of Leadership

LVThe second in Lori Triolo’s Leadership Voices series is called “Great Performances of Leadership”. Join us in discussion once you have reviewed the video.

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The Refinery Leadership Partners announces Structural Changes

homeSept 11, 2012 – Vancouver, Canada
The Refinery Leadership Partners Inc. announces key changes to their leadership roles in order to facilitate and manage the accelerated growth of the company. The company saw strong growth in 2011, then doubled in size during the 2012 fiscal year.

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Learning to play with Children’s Blocks by Jenny T.A. Nguyen

I believe that every person should be accepted as a unique individual, regardless of their colour, size, age, orientation, lifestyle, culture, education or any other differential that is but only one small aspect of their person.

Yet, the same courtesy is often hard to extend to myself.

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Tad’s Story by Mark Frein

When I announced a couple of weeks ago that we would be doing a piece of work with a major international natural beauty product retailer, it sparked some curiousity in our office. We have a pretty diverse set of clients, but beauty and health retail was a new industry for us.

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Big Shifts in Small Acts of Grace by Valerie Nishi

I’ve noticed recently, how seemingly small gestures can create big change.

It was Friday night and my family was too pooped to cook. My partner, 12 year old daughter and mom-in-law popped down to a new and happening Italian Bistro in our ‘hood in Calgary.

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