Philanthropy

by Laura Finney 20 graduating students from Aurora, Newmarket, East Gwillimbury and Georgina honoured   [button size='' style='' text='READ FULL ARTICLE' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://www.yorkregion.com/community-story/8579467-magna-s-neighbourhood-network-awards-recognize-students-for-volunteer-work/' color='' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='' margin='']...

11 May, 2018

By Mark Pavilons The importance of volunteering hasn’t gone unnoticed. In fact, it’s celebrated. Marking the 10th Give Back Awards, this year’s winners donated almost 6,000 hours of community service in their four years of high school. The Give Back Awards, led by Neighbourhood Network, were showcased by Magna International, during...

09 May, 2018

Interview with Allison More & Kyle Radke for The Breakdown talking about 62nd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.   [audio mp3="http://joankelleywalker.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/04-09-18-The-Breakdown-Allison-Dore-Kyle-Radke-Joan-Kelley-Walker.mp3"][/audio]...

17 April, 2018

DAUPHINE MAGAZINE INTERVIEW   You have described your current lifestyle as very different from your childhood in small-town Saskatchewan, is there anything you’ve brought with you from Wilcox— maybe a family heirloom or sentimental object that reminds you of your roots, or is important to you today? I’m...

27 March, 2018

Strategic plan a priority for King Food Bank in 2018 By Carol Ann Trabert In the early days of King Township Food Bank (2004), a week of groceries in the form of preboxed food was of- fered along with $10 per person to help with milk and...

26 February, 2018

Joan Kelley Walker This year at the Toronto International Boat Show, Mercy Ships Canada will give visitors the chance to buy a boat through a digital experience. Technically, visitors won’t be buying a boat, but rather a ship—Mercy Ships. Mercy Ships operates the world’s largest volunteer-run floating...

15 January, 2018

Boys and girls dream about him. Parents want to be like him. We all love him and he is one of the warmest people I’ve ever interviewed on a red carpet. Of course, I am talking about the man himself, Jolly Old Saint Nick, Santa...

20 December, 2017