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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

Weekly Pinterest Top 10 (#4)

{Original Image} Huzzah! Let them kingdom rejoice, for I have figured out how to make the pictures non-blurry so you can all enjoy the wonderful...

Most annoying pop songs

I used to be a HUGE fan of pop music until the summer of 2014. Once I was introduced to other genres like rock...

Top 5 childhood books

I am a bookworm, and as a child, I read as many books as I could every single day. In fact I loved some...

Classic rock for the disgruntled modern listener

As I have repeatedly made clear to all of my friends and family, I have vowed nearly absolute hatred for pop music. I can't...

10 cool Japanese words with no English equivalent

With exams coming up, everyone is stressed. So voila! I present to you a list of 10 cool Japanese words that you could read...

New semester resolutions

Let's be honest, when you are in high school and January, the month for exam tsunamis, comes rolling around, you do not have time...

Is cereal a soup or salad?

Have you ever wondered what cereal actually is? You know, I've actually been asking myself that question for a while because if you think...

My top 5 grad dress styles

To the girls who are graduating from high school this year, have you bought your grad dress yet? I myself, have not. I have searched...

#JeSuisCharlie: Cartoonists in Tribute

On January 7th, 2015, the office of one of Paris's more satirical weekly newspapers, Charlie Hebdo,  was intruded by two masked gunmen. They invaded...

Confessions of a Nerd: Undergraduate School Applications

It's that time of the year when for Grade 12 students, it's natural to not only welcome the changes the coming year will bring, but...

Memories of 2014 with The Youth Volunteer Corps

What better way to improve this new year than to offer your hours to community service. My year with the Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC)...

Exam Survival Kit

Final exams are coming up. That sentence just made me shudder. Although this is something we certainly cannot change, we can definitely prepare for it....

What to watch: My Mad Fat Diary

This British "Dramedy", My Mad Fat Diary, follows the teenage years of Rae Earl, a recently released psychiatric hospital patient, as she tries to reconnect...

Would you watch it? The truth behind The Interview

The Internet has been blazoned by the somewhat phenomenon of The Interview starring Seth Rogen and James Franco. The comedic performances have done more than...

YAA Vegges Out: Mushroom Pizza Bites

Whilst procrastinating on all my homework, which had accumulated over the winter holidays, I decided to experiment a little bit with food. On Pinterest,...

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