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Living in Our World: Exploring the Truths in Our Community

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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→

Grade Twelve: My Final Year of High School

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This is the best part of my teenage life…and yet it’s so hecticccc!! Don’t get me wrong, this probably is going to be the best part of my teenage life, but it’s just too much stress. I think many of my peers will agree to that as well. I have so much stuff to do and not enough time, can Continue reading Grade Twelve: My Final Year of High School→

Misunderstandings

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My mother raised me in priority neighbourhoods all my life. She never once acknowledged the repercussions that definitely seem to follow. I can remember the day I was moving into Jane and Finch, and we were given a tour of the home by the superintendent.

Finding A Refuge In Priority Neighbourhoods

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What does a city gain from labelling an inner area as a priority? The word ‘priority’ in this case implies that the subjects of discussion are burdens on the city and the country itself. Interestingly enough, the youth that reside in these areas typically do not wish to be defined as priority citizens of the city. Many youth in fact Continue reading Finding A Refuge In Priority Neighbourhoods→