Special deals? Discounts? Youth Week? A shopaholic you are? You’ll enjoy this one. Youth Week is expanding it’s footprint by benefiting YOU on your allowance! From April 22 – 26th during Youth Week, many retailers at Market Mall are introducing a variety of different savings for youth aged 13 to 19! Let’s get going, here they are: Apparel …
So you’ve got all these blog posts and news coverage to give you a look at the fair in previous years, but are you prepared for the opportunities this event is going to throw at you? I hope so. 🙂 While this year the City of Calgary’s Youth Employment Center will be hosting the 15th Annual Summer Youth Hiring…
Whether you’re a self-proclaimed tree-hugger or just looking to try something new – come down to Green Youth Gathering 2013! WHO: For Calgary youth, run by Youth Central’s TD Earth Ambassadors! Get inspired by youth social entrepreneurs from SimplySolar, get involved with the Nature Conservancy, and get dirty with the Calgary Horticultural Society (hurhurhur). WHAT: a beautiful…
Last month, I wrote a post about Genecure’s “Gene Research for a Week” program. After just finishing spring break, I think it’s time to chronicle my journey in the labs of the UofC… With a notebook in one hand, a pen in the other, and an open mind I studied genetics in the C. elegans…
“This day is dedicated to young volunteers like us! Woot woot!” Now now, what is this thing you speak of? – What began in America as National Youth Service Day in the United States, Global Youth Service day is set on April 26 to 28th this year. The objective is simple; celebrating the youth around you…
Grab your camera! And get involved in the 2013 Mayor’s Environment Expo. We are inviting Junior and High School students (Grades 7-12) to showcase their photography talent. The photography contest encourages students to consider the environmental community that surrounds them and to take action to protect it. Tell your story through your…
April 20th-27th is coming your way. This is an important week for all of you to mark on your calendars because it’s…YOUTH WEEK 2013. What is Youth Week? Youth Week is a week of free or reasonably cheap events dedicated to youth all around the Calgary. The point of these events is to celebrate and…
Man, we have lots of forces battling against Poverty right now. Remember the Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness that I mentioned in both the Security or Poverty and Hunger Dinner articles? Did you read Sheliza’s poem on homelessness? What about Lily’s take on Seniors in Poverty? Okay, I know that’s a bit much of a…
Have you ever spent a week living with 120-something other people? That was me before spring break, at Encounters With Canada. Encounters is a program that brings together youth from all across Canada to live under the same roof (between the same teal and orange walls) for a week, in the cute little city of…
As you may (or may not) know, Youth Week in Calgary is approaching!!! April 20th to 27th is Calgary’s Youth Week for 2013! Many of you have probably heard about it already. Others may be wondering what the heck I’m talking about. Youth Week is an initiative to get youth involved and engagement in the…
Last week, I was lucky enough to be in China for a Model United Nations conference. What is Model United Nations? Model United Nations, or MUN, is a simulation where participants in a conference are given a country and debate world issues, very much like the modern United Nations today. There are numerous of them…
Almost two years ago, in May of 2011, I decided to try something new. I emailed Youth Central to inquire about how one could sign up to blog for Youth Are Awesome. I figured this would be a good opportunity to develop my skills and have some fun doing it. More than 50 blogs later,…
It’s that time of the year where people are deciding what to do during the summer. Should you get a job? Or catch up on the latest drama? Often times, students will lean towards summer school to catch up or get ahead in school. Many universities will offer programs for high school students. These courses…
It’s almost the middle of March, and student’s are finding themselves buried in the mountain of tests and assignments that never fails to show up just before Spring Break. It is therefore perfectly understandable that as high school students, there is probably nothing that you would want more that than to throw away your pens and…
“17,500 Calgarians are living below the current ‘living wage’..” “1 in 3 Children are under poverty in Alberta’s First Nations’ communities….” “Poverty affects 1 in 5 children under the age of 15 in Calgary..” Statistics on a report matter; yet so does your hands-on experience of eating what can be often deemed “third-world food” by…