Jun 8, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Amplify
As hard as it is for me to believe, once upon a time, I was 18 years old. In the house I grew up in, when you turned 18, it was a big deal, and we had a ritual that my dad insisted we follow. We had to open an RRSP. Yes, you’ve read that right – our right of passage...
May 4, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Amplify
1986 was one of those years that we tend to either remember fondly or want to forget. And what a year it was! If you close your eyes and think all the way back to then, you can probably hear Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colours” playing in the background on the radio. Imagine...
Apr 21, 2023 | Stories that Inspire
On April 20th, 2023, Ryan was awarded the Friend of CAGP Award by the Canadian Association of Gift Planners, alongside Calvin Fong of the Vancouver Community Foundation We’ve posted Ryan’s words of gratitude here for those in our CAGP Family who...
Apr 6, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Empower
I’ve been writing this newsletter for almost a decade now. Sometimes the stories flow quickly, sometimes not so much. This month, the story walked into my office and told itself! One of the lovely things about having moved our office in the last few months is the...
Mar 8, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Inspire
Hello readers, it’s Ryan’s colleague Sarah here, taking over this month’s blog to honour International Women’s Day! I want to share a story about an incredibly resilient woman that left an imprint on my soul. It’s also a tale about the...
Feb 7, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Enrich
A few weeks ago I was talking to my retired friend Adrian over breakfast. Adrian’s my kind of person – a chronic saver. He’s done pretty well for himself over the years, and saved up quite the retirement pool of money. Adrian’s always been a low-lifestyle kind of guy,...
Jan 16, 2023 | Blog, Stories that Inspire
A new year is always a time of change and reflection. I’ve been pondering this a lot in the new year, as we launch our new newsletter format, and get ready to move our office in a few weeks to a new location. One of my favourite stories is that of Alfred Nobel...
Dec 7, 2022 | Blog, Stories that Empower
I grew up in a very small farming town – small enough that even though my parents had lived there for over twenty years, we were still “new” in town. One of the running jokes was that when I was in grade ten, every member of the student’s council had one of two last...
Nov 9, 2022 | Blog, Stories that Amplify
I was blessed to have grown up with a field in my backyard. This month, I’m sharing a wonderful and unique farming case we worked on over the last while that had one perplexing problem: how do we leave a gift to a charity that doesn’t yet exist? Our family...
Oct 6, 2022 | Blog, Stories that Empower
Important fall reminder: Now is the best time to make your in-kind gifts of securities for 2022, and to move your RRIF funds if you are changing institutions or advisors. Contact Ryan if you have any questions! September was a remarkably tragic month in Canada by any...
