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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

Frank Gehry: a Canadian Mastermind

While I was in New York last week, I saw an interesting looking building. It was as though the surface of the building had...

Real Life Drama Productions

High school itself is one overly exaggerated drama production that no one really ever wants to star in, but there are some highlights to...

Travelling Bucket List & Exciting Announcement

It can be hard spending spring break at home while photos of your friends in different countries pop up on your Facebook feed. Even...

Stay happy project!

Everyone has days where they want to curl up in their bed, maybe do nothing or they are sad. I have put together a list...

Top 4 Childhood Cartoons

No matter how old we grow to be, cartoons will always bring a smile to our faces, and send the rush of nostalgia through...

Album Review: Sleeping With Sirens – Madness

American rock group Sleeping With Sirens recently released their fourth studio, Madness. I've always appreciated how SWS tends to change up their sound a...

What to see in YYC: Weekend Preview March 27-29, 2015

I'm not sure what the weather has been up to... But! lucky for you there's events coming up that will let you forget about the...

Love Yourself

Yeah, yeah, you probably think this is another one of those motivational speeches that I'm going to talk about in this post. But my...

5 TV Shows You Should Watch

  The Big Bang Theory follows the lives of Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper, two physicists working at Caltech as well as their friends, Penny, Howard, Raj,...

Mainstream, Honours or I.B. High School Classes?

{Source} The transition from junior high to high school is a roller coaster of a ride. With the pressure to make the best academic decisions,...

5 Reasons Why You Should Read Harry Potter

Harry Potter has always been one of my favorite books and it got me thinking about the reasons why I started reading it in the...

What is Common Magic?

(Original Image) "It's always the chance word, unthinking  gesture that unlocks the face before you.  Reveals the intricate countries  deep within the eyes. The hidden  ...

Youth of YYC: Hawley, 18

"I deal with clinical anxiety, so I have a fear of just being on stage. If there's not a direct path for me to...

6 Exchange Trips to Satisfy Your Wanderlust

Late last spring I found myself in desperate need for some change. Although the school year was ending soon, I was feeling depleted. It...

Types of people in High School

There are many different people in high school who fill the hallways with a wondrous variety of personalities. However, these unique people fall into...

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