New Opportunities for Innovative Student Engagement
Fall is quickly upon us and the NOISE project is moving into full swing. The pods composed of Emery Collegiate students and York students have begun their group meetings. There is something about having the youth from Emery present that breathes new energy into the project.
Check out the In My Own Eyes project, a “partnership between the Ontario Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs and Harbourfront Centre. This project gives Aboriginal youth a chance to share their stories with people across the province. They also learn the role photography can play in storytelling and social change.” Visit the In My Own Eyes website, and read below for more information. Continue reading In My Own Eyes – Aboriginal Youth Storytelling
North American countries that have been built on immigration, such as Canada, have managed to remain havens for newcomers despite recent economic troubles. Research published by Statistics Canada revealed that a total of 248,748 people immigrated to Canada in 2011. Canada has managed to weather the recent financial crisis slightly better than our American counterparts, but economic immigration has accounted Continue reading Part 1: Newcomer Youth & The Cultural Transition
“’You can’t come outside like that no more. You messin’ up the whole look of the building,’ he told me with a screw face. I just stood there looking back at him for some seconds. I was just learning how to translate the Black American version of English and their slang. ‘What is it that you are talking about?’ I Continue reading Far From Home, Far From The Usual: Newcomer Youth & The Cultural Transition
The ACT for Youth project has identified the ways in which the relentless stigmatization of the Jane/Finch community is a form of violence. We have also identified that youth reject depictions of their community as troubled, with a recognition that this community is multidimensional and complex. Youth also describe a keen – and often unfulfilled – desire to learn and Continue reading Living in Our World: Exploring the Truths in Our Community
One thing I’ve learnt this long weekend is that you are only young once. We’ll have our entire lives to be mature and responsible and save! Now, I’m not saying go out and blow all your money or be completely irresponsible. In fact, I don’t mean that at all. I simply mean – have fun. Whether your fun means going Continue reading You’re Only Young Once