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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

Review: Danny Collins, The Movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AndERTFMYd4 Second chances are rare to have, but when given, it's basically the universe telling you to get your life together and own up to...

Danish Homestay: Attending School + Trip to Aalborg

Over the past few days I've gotten the chance to attend some classes here at Støvring Gymnasium and have definitely come to realize the...

YYC Festivals: Volunteer Opportunities

{Source} As Calgarians impatiently wait for the snow to clear up (permanently), the city can then officially welcome the start of festival season! This time...

Stanley Cup Playoffs: The Race For Eight

As many of us know, the Stanley Cup playoffs are just around the corner! Hockey fans around the world are getting ready for 2...

Weekly Pinterest Top 10 (#10)

{Original Image} This is it! The moment I have been waiting for! The 10th instalment of this series. You have no idea how truly beautiful...

A History of Unusual Trends

Large, Powdered Wigs In 17th century Europe kings, nobility and aristocrats could be recognized by their large, powdered wigs. This trend began when King Louis XII...

Meet Albertan YouTuber Brendon Whatley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbX8M-iPJhE YouTube is one of my favourite websites to date. You can find so many cool things there. You can learn how to Tibetan throat...

Danish Homestay: First Half of Family Stay

Since meeting and staying with my host family for the past three days, I have learned much more about the values of the Danish...

YouTuber of YYC: Gerald Hopkins

So over spring break, fellow blogger Tasha Hou and I decided to take a look at some YouTube channels. During our search we stumbled...

What to see in YYC: Weekend Preview April 10-12, 2015

With unexpectedly and unpredictable benign weather set for this weekend, it is the perfect time to get to explore Calgary and the events it...

Youth of YYC: Anonymous, 17

”I just want everyone to have hope. It might not be the same as The Shawshank Redemption, but I've escaped death so many times....

Listening to music while studying

I have never been much of a multi-tasker. I always thought by listening to music while studying I would not work as efficiently. However,...

Danish Homestay: Last Day in Copenhagen

As you have probably noticed in my past posts, I am not staying with a Danish family yet and am just spending time in...

Danish Homestay: Second Day in Copenhagen

After a very jet lagged first day, a full day of travel with a great night's sleep was so wonderful. Our day began at...

Danish Homestay: A Day in Copenhagen

As I mentioned in my last post, I am participating in a Danish Homestay program as a part of a program offered by Western...

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