CALGARY INTERNATIONAL CHILDRENʼS FESTIVAL PRESENTS – BLACK VIOLIN Every so often Calgary is visited by amazing musical acts. I’d like to take the time to tell you about Black Violin. Check out the press release from the organizers of the Calgary International Children’s Festival: Young men who mix the brashness and beats of urban hip-hop…
A Message from the Organizers of So You Think You Can Dance…For a Long Time: Challenge your friends and raise money for charity in the ultimate dance competition… We invite all Calgary and area youth or the young at heart to register to become a competitor for So You Think You Can Dance For A…
Hey YAA-Universe, this is Phung-Bot and I’m currently in Washington, DC. I’ve traveled here as part of a cross cultural exchange titled – Volunteerism: United We Stand. There are 100 countries being represented and yours truly is representing Canada. Washington, DC is fantastic! It’s so clean and there is so much to do. I arrived…
I love taking photos and I love taking awkward family photos. Whenever I go through my families photo albums I laugh so hard when looking at a photo and asking “what’s happening” or “why is this happening”. Well I stumbled upon a new website titled Awkward Family Photos. It’s basically a website displaying peoples awkward…
It’s been a couple of weeks since we lasted posted about the Mayor’s Youth Council but we’re back with the MYC Podcast. As a refresher, the Mayor’s Youth Council is the voice of young people in Calgary. This week, the MYC is meeting up with the Mayor to present about some issues that matter to…
Many of us from the YouthAreAwesome crew is involved in fundraising in our community. The best ideas are the simple ones and this next idea is amazing. Servants Anonymous has started a project called Socks for Shelter. They are selling socks and the proceeds from the Socks for Shelter program will provide safe shelter, affordable…
Every now and then we receive some cool research opportunities from the University of Calgary. We try to help out and promote what they’re doing as they’re work is often connected to youth issues. This one passed by our email and relates to how youth connect with counsellor’s. Have a read: Adolescents between the ages of 14 and…
One of my favorite music sites is Pitchfork Media. They are on the forefront of new music and aren’t limited by any one style of music. In one place I learned about Lil Wayne’s new mixtape and read a review about Animal Collective. Each year they release a whole bunch of “best of” lists. They…
Youth Are Awesome was launched in September and we’ve been slowly evolving and gaining an audience. This past month we saw our biggest one day total of 400 hits! From the beginning we’ve had a dedicated group of youth who write and post onto the site. Youth Are Awesome is run entirely by youth volunteers…
The Demonata is a 10 book series that follows multiple characters that are a special form of demon know as demonata. Demonatas are a type of demon that inhabit one of the millions of demon universes and can cross into our world on certain occasions. Demonatas are hideous looking creatures with the intellect and killer instincts of…
Yep, you guessed it! Tibet’s Buddhist leader is coming to visit our beautiful city! The Dalai Lama was born on July 6, 1935 in northeastern Tibet. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, he has been to more than 60 countries, and has won 84 awards and honorary doctorates to recognize the peace and…
The Youth by Youth Cinema (YYC) is open to youth from grades 4 through 12 who have made a film in the past year. Prizes and awards will be given out in three categories – Best Short: High School, Best Short: Elementary/Junior High, and Young Renegade.
Not in the mood to do homework, want to take a break? Or simply bored and looking to pass some time? Well how about taking a quiz, but this is not the typical quiz about ‘How old you really are’ or ‘What the first letter of your crush is’. No, this is ‘The Impossible…
Have you ever lost a camera before? A memory card? A photograph? Well, don’t lose faith. There actually ARE nice people out there who wish to return them to their rightful owners! Found Cameras and Orphan Pictures is a blog that updates every Thursday, posting photos from the cameras or memory cards that people have…