NEWS ITEMS

2010:

• BCTF Social Justice Newsletter – Summer 2010 click here to read article
• Alberta Injury Control Issue – July 2010  click here to read article
• Canadian Executive Quarterly – September/October 2010 click here to read article

• BLUE WAVE is conducting Events and Presentations to various schools across British Columbia and Alberta. Discussions are in process for the initiation of BLUE WAVE activities in both Quebec and Ontario.  More updates on that exciting news to follow.

• BLUE WAVE Receives a $5000 Grant Award

  Grade 10 students of schools across Canada each choose a charity and participate in the annual Youth & Philanthropic Initiative Program (YPI) run by the Toscan Casale Foundation.  A group of 4 students at the Sands high school in Delta, BC, chose BLUE WAVE as their charity, doing a presentation to their peers at school, competing against other groups with their chosen charities … they won with the BLUE WAVE entry!! Charities are not allowed to approach schools or students with regard to the YPI program … the students themselves investigate a list of registered charities and make their own choices of which one they want to champion.  Students from 3 schools in the Lower Mainland, BC, selected BLUE WAVE this year. 

• 4Refuel Canada Ltd Recognized for Commitment to BLUE WAVE

  The Canadian Franchise Association (CFA) announced the winners of its 2010 CFA Recognition Awards on May 3, 2010. The awards were presented during a gala awards presentation dinner at the 19th annual CFA National Convention in Mont Tremblant, Quebec.

2009:

• BLUE WAVE Newspaper Article, Langley, BC

  Click link to read - READ ARTICLE IN LANGLEY PAPER

• BLUE WAVE Newspaper Article, Edmonton, AB

  Click link to read -  READ ARTICLE IN GRANT MACEWAN COLLEGE PAPER

• BLUE WAVE WINS AN AWARD!

  The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Edmonton Region, awarded their 2009 Business Award to BLUE WAVE Foundation.  This CMHA award is for a business or an individual working within the Edmonton region business community who has made an exceptional contribution toward the support of resilience, recovery and quality of life of persons with mental health issues, and the encouragement of pro-active mental health for clients and associates. 
  
  CMHA also commended BLUE WAVE on their long-term goal to establish BLUE WAVE CENTRES – safe help and support centres for youth in major regional centres with in-house counselling.

2008:

• SHAW TV Interview, Edmonton

  (Click on live link below to view the interview)

• November 14  - Video Shoot Reunion, Vancouver

  On Friday evening, BLUE WAVE held a reunion function at the Sandman Hotel on Davie Street, Vancouver, BC.  The reunion was with the young people who participated in the BLUE WAVE video shoot at end July in Vancouver. 

      The group celebrated the making of the website main page movie video as well as viewing all of   their own individual interviews placed into video clips in the Media Centre section of the website.

Because the July video shoot ran over 2 full days, some of these young people were actually meeting one another for the first time.  It was just great to see the synergy amongst them.  They all grasped, with keen excitement, the fact that they were amongst the FIRST, "Riding The BLUE WAVE" ... and they felt like founding members of the BLUE WAVE Movement.  All were keen to stay involved and stay in touch with BLUE WAVE, wanting to help out in any way they could.

BLUE WAVE presented each one with a BLUE WAVE hoodie (blue, of course!), a BLUE WAVE toque, and a gift DVD copy of the movie video.  Below is a group photo of the Team ... a great memento - with many more to come!