Yesterday’s news - government mandated closure of overnight camps in Ontario - is a painful reality. Countless children will miss a summer as campers, CITS and staff, and an untold number of hours of meeting, planning, and preparing will be pushed back a year.
May 8th was Alex’s last day with us at the Brain, after a decade with us. As Alex put it, “I have spent most of my adult working life at CB!”. I cannot imagine the last decade without Alex. I am having trouble imagining CB without Alex moving forward.
COVID-19 has flipped our world upside down. An often-over-looked impact of COVID is how it negatively affects our mental health and wellbeing.
Vivian from our UX team & former Brainer Susie have worked hard to ease the search for mental health resources. They have created a website, takecare19, which is all about supporting and de-stigmatizing mental health with accessible and inclusive resources.
Please join us in congratulating Rob in being awarded the Ontario Camping Association (OCA) Dorothy Walter Award (Awarded for providing outstanding service over a period of time to the camp community).
Andrea Croft is a leader in the tech community. Susie from our Development team attended Andrea's talk on Designing for Digital Health - here is what she learned.
We celebrated I “heart” camp day in our office this week. We played some games, chatted as a team, and had cake too. We also wrote down how camp affects us. Here are some of our thoughts;
A few Brainers have reached important milestones with CampBrain. Come celebrate Jeff, Mayuran, and Ali reaching 10 years with us, Brad's 15th year, and Charlotte and Arvind's 5th years!
It's been a great winter break, but its time to get back to work and hit the ground running leading up to the Summer season.
We've completely overhauled our self-serve portal so it's easier than ever for you to learn.
With the holidays right around the corner, many of our staff will be taking some time off this December. We will always have enough people in the office to support you during the holidays, but there will be a few adjustments to our regular support hours.