New Opportunities for Innovative Student Engagement
It really felt like it was a perfect summer day. It was warm outside and there was nothing but sunshine and blue skies stretching out as far as the eye could see. But actually it’s October and it was one of those tricky throwback days in early fall, when you find yourself suddenly back in class or work and looking Continue reading Our First Community Walk of the Year!
Every couple of weeks we send out a Project Update from NOISE but we know that there are a lot of other people and organizations interested in the work we do… so we’ve decided to start posting our updates on our blog! Project Catch Up A lot of time and energy has been devoted to preparing for OMG: Private Pain Continue reading We’ve Been Busy!
What do I think about, when thinking about NOISE? It is loud, colourful, fun and much more. NOISE is not just a word or a couple of words, or even an organization or project title. It is much more than that for me. It is a feeling, an impression, an expression of words and thoughts. I am in College Continue reading NOISE and My Impression
Even though our pod hasn’t chosen a name yet (though some contenders right now are “team consensus”, “pod-alicious, oh my pod! , team shinee, and more), we’re already talking about concepts and issues that are important to us. Today’s pod asked what a social action project meant, and to try to explain it, we created a diagram that displayed our Continue reading Understanding the Complexity of Community
“There is no education that is just for earning a living; it is also for living a life” W.E.B. Dubois (1973, p. 84). On Saturday, September 28 our grade 12 youth fellows enjoyed a trip to downtown Toronto to visit the Ontario Universities Fair and check out post secondary education options. Why is Post Secondary Education (PSE) such an important Continue reading Yes – Post-Secondary Education is Possible!