New Opportunities for Innovative Student Engagement
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