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a resource for assistants around the globe, published since 2013 by international trainer Shelagh Donnelly
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A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: St. Pancras International in London, England. I first travelled through this station after making our way through the Chunnel from Paris Gare du Nord. I’ve been struck by its architectural beauty – it’s Victorian Gothic – each time since then. Have you begun to plan travel again?
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A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: “Plastic Beachgoers” is a series of lifelike sculptures artist Caitlin Doherty made with plastics removed from Canadian shorelines. The exhibition, currently at Vancouver’s Kits Beach, is part of a Canadian “Protect Paradise” campaign undertaken with Ocean Wise and Corona. It’s designed to raise awareness and encourage people to behave differently when it comes to plastics.
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A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: In Vancouver, we have what’s known as a Green Streets program. Individuals partner with the city to beautify and care for street corner gardens and traffic calming spots such as roundabouts. Most of the gardens come partially established with drought-tolerant plants and some evergreens, and the volunteers top them up – sometimes with giveaway plants. The look and feel varies from one garden to another and this rose comes from a garden situated on what I call “Pretty Corner” for the three beautiful beds planted on two adjacent street corner.
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