Head to Art Central’s Studio C this month to check out Echoing the Youth Experience, a mixed-media exhibit which features newcomer youth art. The project provided an opportunity for immigrant youth to gather and benefit from one another’s artistic expressions. The Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS) put together the pieces from their youth art project,…
I have a bike, I have a river, and I have some time. What should I do with all three? Volunteer at the Bow River Flow Festival, or bike around the Bow? I did both at the second annual Bow River Flow Festival, promoting self-powered transportation, environmental art, and celebratory music occurring alongside Memorial Drive. Not so…
Our generation today is blessed with many technological advances… or should I say technological distractions? And one of our favourite distractions? Video games – from MMORPGs (Massive Multi Player Role Playing Games) to the individual gaming platforms that every teen seems to own nowadays. But what do XBox 360, PlayStation 3, and the Wii have…
Two weeks ago, my very last meeting for the summer Youth Volunteer Corps steering committee ended! With our very small group of no more than 3-4 volunteers meeting at a time, this year’s summer YVC meetings were dedicated to organizing a major project for next year’s YVC’s steering committee, Empty Bowls 2010/2011. Empty Bowls is a project…
LOMO A.K.A. Ленинградское оптико-механическое объединение A.K.A. Leningrad Optics & Mechanics Amalgamation also can be referred to as lomography
Celebrate youth culture on Saturday, Sept. 4 at the FUSE Young Culture Festival. This free outdoor celebration at Shaw Millennium Park includes original art, music, dance and skateboarding. There’s more than $1,000 in prizes to be won in breakdancing and skateboarding competitions (free registration between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.). The event is put on…
Third Day at Vancouver – Second/Third Beach
This is Part 2 of the Awesome Youth in Profile: Erica Ho, Unstoppable Believer. Part 1 can be read here. YAA: Provide some advice, about life in general or about high school or about discovery of one’s self. Erica: One of the most regretful experiences of my life so far was not doing something. So my advice…
This incredible triple threat performer allows the creative genius of art, music and life to influence and guide her wholehearted passions for the fine arts to incredible heights. However, this doesn’t prevent this realistic dreamer from compulsively volunteering her time to many things, be it animals, people (young and old) or the environment. I’m extremely proud…
GlobalFest 2010 will be an explosive fireworks festival that will bring different countries together to compete against each other to produce a huge and spectacular display of fireworks! Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain will compete this year to try to produce the grandest choreographed display of fireworks, with an extra element- the compulsory musical piece,…
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Second day of our trip. The first thing we saw in the morning was rain. There are still about 500km more to go until we arrive in Vancouver. Finally, we arrived in Vancouver.
The cancer community has stayed strong these past few weeks as news of Ashley Kirilow’s fraud case was all over news stands. It’s been about a year now since I met Ashley and talked with her during which I believed to be an agonizing time for her, one she was going through almost alone. A…