This year, YVC Calgary decided to celebrate YVC Day with a kaleidoscope of butterflies! But first off… What is YVC? The Youth Volunteer Corps (or YVC) program began in 1987 as a summer service program for Kansas City youth in the US. Over the years, it has evolved into an international network of over 30…
An original free verse poem composed in a stream-of-consciousness style of writing. ________ Fantasy a faraway, unfathomable dream, endless in distant, clouded visions hoping to piece together Fragments of a past unsatisfied, longing to spontaneously create realities of apparent glory, perceived prosperity False landscapes of ostensible fulfillment, imagining ends unbeknownst to our inaction, trying…
If you don’t know who Jayde Vincent is, she is a Calgary-based TikTok influencer. She gained a whopping 1.2M followers in just 6 months!! Her career was based on dancing, as she is very passionate about it. Her mother, Emily Vincent, owned a dance school when she was growing up and Jayde was taught that…
6,926 positive COVID-19 cases in Alberta. 141 families grieving for the loss of their loved ones from this deadly virus in our province. 77 days since I last opened my locker and sat in a classroom. 12 weeks since I last hugged my grandma. The list goes on…
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an entirely new set of challenges to collectives and individuals internationally. Many of us are only able to peak into the lives of others via one dimensional social media posts or what they feel comfortable telling us on calls. And while seeing others can be uplifting the worry that you’re…
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. I am proud to announce our March blogger of the month… Alex Dong! If you’re a regular blog reader, I think you’d recognize that name as one of our very own Jr. Editors! Alex has been blogging with us since 2018 and became a Jr. Editor the following…
For the 2019-2020 year, I joined a program called Junior Achievement (JA). Specifically, I joined the Company Program. Essentially, it takes a group of teens together, and you have to create an entire company and product from scratch. This is my experience in the program, as a first-timer into JA. What is Junior Achievement? Junior…
The pink shirt anti-bullying movement started in 2007 after a grade nine student from a small town in Nova Scotia was bullied for wearing a pink t-shirt to school. As a show of support and acceptance, two of his classmates purchased 50 pink tank tops and handed them out to male classmates the next day.…
Journalism is a career path I can be quite scared of, yet I can’t look away from it entirely. There is something heroic about writing stories. Since those stories are meant to be factual, there’s a guarantee that a number of people will be caused to think and reflect on the world we live in. Before…
I am honoured to introduce our newest blogger of the month, Donel Kadima! Since joining YAA, Donel has written numerous eye-opening and unique posts that I strongly suggest you check out! A grade 10 student at Ernest Manning high school, Donel is a girl of many talents! Not only a writer with Youth Are Awesome,…
Escape rooms or locked rooms whichever name you prefer to give them is a fun way to test to see how smart your team, friend group, family etc. is. I love doing them because I get this rush of adrenaline as my friends and I try to gather the clues and figure out how to…
Over the spring break, I had the opportunity to travel to Japan with my school. I would like to share with you my top three highlights of the trip. We stayed in Tokyo for three nights, Yokohama for one night, Hakone for one night, Fuji Area for one night, and Kyoto for two nights for…
Earth Day Everyday.
Want to positively impact the lives of youth in Calgary? On Sunday, May 5, 2019 help BMO promote the Kids Help Phone by participating in a five-kilometer walk. Are you up for the challenge? You can either register, donate, fundraise or do all three. At the event, you will unite with thousands of Calgarians in…
Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting with Thanusha Veeraperumal, the blogger of the month for February 2019. Thanusha is a grade 12 student at Lester B. Pearson High School. She joined Youth Are Awesome (YAA) in August of 2018, and has already contributed much to the blog. What resonated with me throughout our ‘interview’…