The family is going to Las Vegas for vacation, and you’re underage so you can’t gamble or party. What do you do now? The instant you walk into your hotel, you hear the slot machines and see the millions of adults gambling. It seems like it’s going to be a long week for you. Well,…
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Premier Alison Redford is starting to announce her wide-ranging plan to crack down on youth smoking, satisfying the promises she made earlier this year in a survey from an anti-smoking group.
Love to play games? Addicted to Facebook? Recently, on Facebook, a new game has been attracting several people across the globe. This game is called “WeTopia“, where you create your own village and help out your neighbors. However, the part that fascinates majority of gamers is the part where the “joy points” you collect throughout the…
Life is full of unexpected twists and turns as people find their place in the world, grow, and have new experiences. Everything and everyone is there for a moment and then is gone, as though every moment is hanging on a single thread as everything else dwindles away around it. It’s hard to hear the…
Do you love to express your opinion? How about winning prizes? On Nov 30, 2011, express your opinion about democracy. Whether you can vote or you’ve been influenced by the election process, this is your time to share your thoughts. Democracy is known as the “voice of the people.” You are a person, and your…
In the past few months, two of my close friends have been diagnosed with different types of cancer at the age of 17. I had always thought that it was something that would never affect people that I knew because up until a few years ago I hadn’t known anyone who had life-changing news or…
I lived in Angola, Africa for four years. I know first-hand that there are so many issues in the world that many of us in North America could not even imagine. Children should have choices, freedom and the ability to choose their own life path. Every bit can make a difference. Western Canada High School’s…
Every day, Youth Are Awesome bloggers are posting on the three things they can do for Calgary as part of the City’s 3 Things project. My Three Things are: 1. Connect with your neighbors. They live beside you anyways. My family decided that we should connect with our neighbors. We have been living beside each…
When I think of Calgary, I think of a four letter word: home. It’s the place that I’ve grown up in, and what better way to give back to my home than to partake in Mayor Nenshi’s “3 Things For Calgary” campaign? My plan is simple. All it takes are simple notions that people will…
Six months from now, Calgary might just experience the best Youth Week its ever had. Why? Because planning has already began with the five Youth Week ambassadors. Our very own Youth Are Awesome Steering Committee as well as the Mayor’s Youth Council are collaborating on this event to make it truly spectacular. That means over…
This summer I volunteered at the Calgary Chinese Community Service Association and we painted murals to go up around the community with the help of many of the children from summer camp. After two months of hard work the murals were finally put up late last month. The aim of these murals is both to…
I’m sure all you have a dream. A dream of changing the world, a dream of becoming famous, a dream that you will never give up on. This is my dream. I love to write poems and songs. Here is a poem that explains my dream. It’s an example of our society- our youth, our…
This summer, I have been working on a video to showcase the amazing youth that volunteer at Youth Central. I have been going to various Youth Volunteer Corps projects and asking youth what motivates them to volunteer with us. Here are their answers! [youtube eIyXdvxBAkI] I’ll be working on a slightly longer version that showcases…
In Canada, consumers spend over $1.6 trillion each year on their purchases. In all of North America, we spend $26.4 trillion per year. That’s a pretty big economy! And to help you(th) navigate it, I’ve put together a short guide and set of resources. This will be a three-part series featuring 7 areas of consumerism.…