Baltic Avenue to Boardwalk – McRally Meets Koi

Koi Music and Culture This week we caught up with Aziz Kapasi, Co-owner of Koi, a local restaurant and music lounge. Koi fosters a forward-thinking environment that inspires and supports local art, music and culture. There’s always something going on in the evening at Koi such as open mic night, jazz or hip hop night, improv or comedy. There’s plenty …

Baltic Avenue to Boardwalk – McRally meets Kaffeeklatsch

Kaffeeklatsch We were honoured to have the opportunity to catch up with Jessica McCarrel, Owner and Operator of Kaffeeklatsch, a local popup espresso and brew bar in the CommunityWise Resource Centre at 223 12th Avenue SW. We wanted to get some insight from Jessica on the topic of “community” and what it means to her. A strong sense of community …

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, New Fish

Culture Based on my experience working in large corporations, there is a major cultural flaw in North America regarding how managers view their new staff. Hiring managers (you) view them as a problem. Maybe I should clarify – it’s not the new staff that are the problems. It’s the fact that they don’t know “anything”. Which brings me to the …