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Avenue Magazine Wants your Opinion!
Avenue Magazine, which is a glossy magazine that covers issues, insights, arts and culture, food and outdoor life, wants Edmontonians to nominate someone they know who has made “significant positive change” in their own lives for their “Life Re-imagined” contest. Five … Continue reading
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Recap Monday: Rural Youth Leadership Day
Welcome to your Recap Monday! Over the weekend, Renee headed down to Lethbridge to lead the Rural Youth Leadership Day with Lorinda, our coordinator extraordinaire. Renee came back exhausted but full of exuberance and pleasure over how engaged and energetic … Continue reading
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Feature Wednesday: Womanspace
Hello everyone. There was no Friday MashUp or Recap Monday last/this week because of the long weekend so we’re back today with a Feature Wednesday. Leave a comment on what you think of these features or if you’re bored and … Continue reading
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Friday MashUp: News that Caught our Attention
Hey everyone! So we at the JHC are switching up the blog posts a bit and applying a little style to our writing. Instead of posting random news articles and making commentary on it throughout the week, we’re just going … Continue reading
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Announcement: Rural Youth Leadership Day!
I grew up in a rural community in Alberta and upon feeling like I needed to escape that world to spread my wings, I experienced major culture shock when I moved to the city. The culture shock surrounded a number … Continue reading
Respect Cultural Rights in Education Please!
The recent news that the Alberta Teachers Association had Frances Widdowson keynote the Greater Edmonton Teachers Convention on February 26th, 2010 brings up concerns over the message the ATA might be sending about their policies regarding the Aboriginal students. Ms … Continue reading
Art "work" towards elimination of Poverty and Homelessness
Anyone who knows us know the John Humphrey Centre’s Global Youth Assembly usually incorporates urban arts as a form of free expression for at-risk youth. We throw a big hip-hop summit but also feature workshops on the urban arts–whether it’s … Continue reading
Storytelling Narratives: What's Yours?
How many people know this? The City of Edmonton has a rather nifty site called: “Edmonton Stories“. The purpose of the site, in its own words: To build awareness of our city, we’re uncovering the essence of Edmonton through the … Continue reading
Recap: Human Rights Cafe Dialogue #2
On Sunday February 07, we had our second Human Rights Cafe Dialogue at Three Bananas. We had a fairly good turn out and an even better discussion. The cafe was really supposed to be a discussion of the book Dead … Continue reading
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Aboriginal Rights gain traction in Red Deer
As a partner on the Common Ground Initiative led by the Alberta Native Friendship Centres’ Association, we are proud to see progress being made in Red Deer to signing a formal agreement between the muncipality and the Aboriginal Community. It’s the … Continue reading
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