2012 ConocoPhillips Youth of Distinction Award nominees
We (at Youth Central) received an astounding 267 nominations for the ConocoPhillips Youth of Distinction Awards this year, more than doubling last year’s number!
Calgary high school basketball playoffs recap
The final leg of the basketball season for all high schools in Calgary wrapped up last week. If you hadn’t guessed, I play Junior Varsity ball at Western Canada, so I’ll give you a quick summation of how it went down in the Division I playoffs. (: So basically, all teams are eligible for a…
WISEST summer research program
Looking for a productive and fun way to spend summer this year? The University of Alberta offers its W.I.S.E.S.T. (Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science, and Technology) Summer Research program. This program exposes Grade 11 students to first-hand research experience at the University of Alberta as paid research assistants, and although the title of the program fails to mention…
The issue we should be focusing on: Stopping the explotation of child soldiers
Kony 2012 has the whole world in a flurry- going viral with over 1.2 million hits in two days, trending on Twitter and filling status updates on Facebook.
Have your say about Calgary Transit
Calgary Transit is asking all Calgarians what they think of CT’s service, which includes everything from the location of the future lines to fare prices. The RouteAhead public consultation project will be asking Calgarians what they think of transit over the next 10 months. The first stage of the consultation will be gathering feedback from…
Video of the Day: Thinking outside the box, a new sort of instruction manual
Bit of a waste of paper, but still a great novelty idea. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XtZKVnTVSNc