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Vaccines 411 – What You Need To know?

  Vaccination is one of the most effective ways to protect our families, communities and ourselves against COVID-19. Evidence indicates that vaccines are effective at preventing serious outcomes, such as severe illness, hospitalization and death due to COVID-19. The vaccines are designed to protect you and health Canada has approved the use of Pfizer- BioNTech…

Dating is the Game | A new post by Lorrie Morales

  When we were in our 20’s, many of us envisioned the excitement of finding true love, meeting the right person and spending our lives planning a future together, but now that we are seniors; much of that anticipation has been lived. The majority of seniors have loved, travelled, had a career, had children, are…

Moving Choices | A new post by Lorrie Morales

  When I was caregiving for my parents, a few years ago now, we started the search for an ideal senior home. A few of my siblings and I helped mom and dad on their quest and needless to say, we found many different types of housing. Some were too expensive. In some cases, the…

The Fundamentals of Budgeting with Tayo Elnathan CPA, CMA

Tayo Elnathan is the Executive Director of LCCMedia Foundation. In addition to that, she is an accountant. Every month, she hosts a workshop on financial literacy. Her next workshop is on the 28th of August 2021 and it is focussed on financial literacy and the fundamentals of budgeting for kids ages 8-15. Adults are welcome…

Post Pandemic Ideas for Living | A new post by Lorrie Morales

  Before the word “COVID” became a household name, a friend and I had organized a Senior group in our community. She was tired of spending Friday evenings at home and I was looking for a challenge and thought I would help her out. Together we developed a calendar of events ranging from bird watching…

Vaccines – All You Need To Know | Vaccine Improvement Campaign Day 8

  LCCMedia Foundation is involved in a 40Day Campaign to improve vaccine literacy amongst bipoc people in Edmonton. The campaign which started July 19th 2021 will end on Friday September 10th. You can follow the campaign here, here, here and here. Vaccination is one of the most effective ways to protect our families, communities and…

My History | A new post by Lorrie Morales

This has got to be my best from Lorrie Morales. She writes with wisdom when she concludes that the ‘beauty of our history is that it lives on through our stories’. My world momentarily stopped reading that. I want my grand children to think of me as a story teller and a lover of God….

Financial Literacy with Tayo Elnathan | Your New Business Best Friend

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step – Lao Tzu Tayo Elnathan is a CPA, CMA with A5 Taxservices.com was at the Taylor University yesterday to deliver a lecture on the importance of needing an accountant. The lecture was organised by Canadian Imperial Advantage and Canadian Imperial College. The hour long…

Nothing is Impossible with Mrs Moji Taiwo

Mrs. Moji Taiwo joined us last night on the Seniors Lit Show to talk about life after the pandemic, what the pandemic was like for her and much more. It is always refreshing talking with Mrs Taiwo. She is a lively sage whose generosity with her time is one we deeply appreciate. She did say…

Vaccine Literacy Campaign with LCCMediaFoundation and Canada Home Care Group

LCCMedia Foundation is pleased to announce its first community workshop designated to answer all your questions pertaining vaccines, second doses, effects of the vaccine and so on. The Community Forum will be hosted by the Canada Home Care Group. The Foundation will host three workshops in total. The workshops will be interpreted into Shona. Somali…