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Girls aged 14-22 speaking up for girls' rights and social justice!

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Hope.

In my Global History 12 class, we have been studying the Rwandan Genocide. I had heard of the genocide before taking this course, but had never known the reason behind it. I was...

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The World Before Whom

The moment I got tickets to the HotDocs Festival I knew that I wanted to watch Nisha Pahuja

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Malawi's Gets First Female President

My society class had a discussion about the importance of female politicians and why female voices are needed during policy making. My teacher brought up this article about Joyce...

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Combating Hunger at School

In 2011, there were over 1,082,000 client vists to all GTA food banks. (dailybread.ca) I am currently a co-op student in a Grade 10 Food and Nutrition class at my school....

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Local Media Reports on Youth Initiative

Clarington This Week (a local newspaper) was present at the "Overcoming Obstacles and Challenges" event with Mariatu Kamara, which was a student-driven intiative I created and...

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Overcoming Obstacles and Challenges - Photo Collection

Myself and my friends took a lot of great photos during the event. I've posted the ones with the best quality here. Hope you enjoy them! The event took a lot of time to plan and I...

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The Bigger Picture

The event is over. Classes have resumed. Now what? Does the energy disappear? How do I keep this going? Maybe the students won't take action and Mariatu's message meant nothing....

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Never Underestimate the Power of the Student Voice

WOW! What a crazy day! I'm sitting hear blogging and reflecting about my "Overcoming Obstacles and Challenges" event after many months of hard work and preparation. It's hard to...

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Follow up about the conference

This past October I had the amazing opportunity to travel to London, England and have an open dialogue with all the CEOs and Directors of Plan International. I was a part of a...

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Flash mob group photo

This is our flashmob group

juntos.podemos considering starting a girls' club? check this out! http://blog.becauseiamagirl.ca/how-to-start-a-because-i-am-a-girl-club-at-your-school/

05/11/2012 - 17:18 1 comment-

juntos.podemos Interesting article. This comes up a lot at GSB meetings. http://www.vancouversun.com/touch/technology/story.html?id=6547923i

05/06/2012 - 20:40 0 comments-

juntos.podemos love the new module about careers!! and thanks for including the section about SMART goals and interview techniques! very helpful

05/02/2012 - 22:17 1 comment-

juntos.podemos interesting http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/altmuslimah/post/is-the-real-war-on-women-in-the-middle-east/2012/04/30/gIQAsuikrT_blog.html

05/02/2012 - 09:37 0 comments-

juntos.podemos had a great chat with my principal today. he told me that my school now provides disadvantaged students lunch everyday! so proud!

04/25/2012 - 19:45 5 comments-