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YOUTH ARE AWESOME

Youth Are Awesome, commonly referred to as YAA, is a blog written by youth for youth. YAA provides the youth of Calgary a place to amplify their voices and perspectives on what is happening around them. Youth Are Awesome is a program of Youth Central.

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Yearly Archives: 2015

What are YOU more than?

To end off the year, Bishop Carroll's Mental Wellness committee did a project on labels. We asked various people to finish the sentence "There's more...

2 Must-See Summer 2015 Movies

Don't know what to do this weekend? Hit up the movie theatre with your friends to see these awesome features you won't regret!   image source Inside Out made...

Faking It: How Positivity Culture Fails

The most lethal sort of ideological cocktail I've seen is the often contrived mixture of a positive attitude with fake optimism, shaken vehemently and rimmed...

Introducing YAA’s New Media Editor, Danielle Leong

Au Revoir, Arrivederci, Namaste, Auf Wiedersehen, 안녕히 가세요.  No matter which way you say it, I have finally reached the end of my term as Junior Editor with Youth...

Leaving A Mark

Rocks... because they take forever until they begin to break down. Names... because they belong to you, and only you. Some like to write names on...

The pain and gain of learning languages

(Original Image) "A different language is a different vision of life." - Federico Fellini I am multilingual. Growing up here in Canada, I learned English as well as...

Revolutionary Beauty Product for a Better and Younger Look

{Source} With so many beauty products on the market, how do we select which one to use? We are wasting so much money experimenting with...

A tribute to Hitchbot, the robot with wanderlust

If you ask most women or young girls nowadays whether they feel safe walking alone at night, the answer will often be No. Females often find...

What to see in YYC: Weekend Preview August 7 – August 9, 2015

Forecast:   {Source} Are your calenders empty for the weekend? Fill em up with some of the events listed below! 1. Lust For Youth What: Copenhagen’s LUST FOR YOUTH will be...

Meet & Greets: Brilliant or Bad Idea?

Source If you’ve ever been in my position, you’ve probably found yourself eyeing pictures of your favorite artists and thinking to yourself, “If only I...

The lottery’s perfect system

At the beginning of the summer, I went to a debate camp where we talked a lot about some of the most common logical...

Video of the Day: Harry Baker – Slam Poetry Champion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxGWGohIXiw Witty poet, Harry Baker, makes his TED Talk debut in Exeter, Devon, England. After winning the 2012 Poetry Slam World Cup in Paris, he has...

Self Worth & Letting Go

Source In my fifteen years of life, I’ve definitely had some amazing experiences and well, some not so great experiences. As with most people, I...

A beginner’s guide to podcasts

I have something to admit. I think I'm addicted to podcasts. Sure, I've been a casual listener for a few years now, but since picking up...

A Different Perspective On Instagram

The above photo was taken by me two days ago at Maligne Lake during a little family adventure. During this trip, I posted many...

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