The International Certificate

Artistic students in the Calgary Board of Education district have had the opportunity to obtain a Fine and Performing Arts Certificate since 2006, but now the CBE is recognizing the global citizens of the student population with its International Certificate. In order to obtain this certificate, students must fulfill three globally-themed modules, components of which…

Gleeky Choreography

I know many of us are depressed by the fact that the last new episode of Glee until April will be airing tonight.  Excited for the episode, not excited for the ridiculously long and unecessary hiatus. Luckily, I have found something to sustain us all.  Who needs Glee when you can watch this instead: [youtube…

Quick Follow Up: Santa Shuffle

This past weekend, Calgary’s Santa Shuffle went on, regardless of the blizzard from the night before! About 400 Calgarians participated in the event, despite the strong winds that day.  Not only was the weather just windy=, but it was also cold, icy, and generally miserable (can you sense my dislike of the cold?!).  Props to those of you who went…

Celebrate with a Conscience

We recently posted about the U of C’s Fairly Traded Market Day and a few of us were able to attend last weekend. We were able to find awesome holiday gifts for friends and family, and for surprisingly reasonable prices, too. Just because the Market is over doesn’t mean you can’t still buy fair-trade goods for…

Fun Run? Elf Walk? Santa Shuffle!

That’s right, the Santa Shuffle Fun Run & Elf Walk is here!           This Saturday (or tomorrow!), December the 5th, 10:00am, at Eau Claire Market, you can run 5km or walk 1km around Prince’s Island Park to benefit those in need of the Salvation Army’s Services.  This annual event is held…

KATIMAVIK

Have you ever wanted to travel across Canada, learn about its history and culture, and help contribute to sustainable development in Canada?  Have you ever wanted to learn Canada’s other official language?  If you are between the ages of 17 and 21, Katimavik is a great way to do that.  Katimavik is one of Canada’s…

Think it, Say it, Do it!

Last week, on November 18th, the 2009 YMCA Calgary Peace Medals were awarded to eight very worthy recipients, and I got to attend. I was one of four students representing my school for our nomination for the award.  We were amoung 39 outstanding nominees, in eight categories. The YMCA Peace Medals give a chance to…

What goes around, comes around.

I am a junior facilitator with the Minds in Motion All Girls [science] Club and volunteer each Saturday at the U of C and help with their activities.  So far this fall, we have created aliens, Saturn-mobiles, discussed the science of zombies and eaten candy. 😀 This past weekend, we went to the TELUS World of Science along…

Kongregate

Are you a game developer or interested in becoming one?  Or do you just have some time to kill?  Whatever the reason, I have something you might be interested in.  Kongregate is a gaming website dedicated in hosting free games for anyone interested, but more importantly, it supports game developers by holding weekly, monthly and…

Painting a Brighter Future for Sick Kids

Many of us know about the Ronald McDonald House up by the Alberta Children’s Hospital. The charity was first established in 1973 by Philadelphia Eagles player Fred Hill and his wife Fran when their daughter, Kimberly Hill, was diagnosised with lymphatic leukemia. They hoped to purchase and renovate a house near the hospital for the family, and partenered…