On this week's episode of the #RisingYouth Podcast, Terrence Taylor, host of the Changing The Narrative Podcast, speak with Andy Tran, Spandhana Gade and Shwetha Sivakumar, the youths behind TOHacks. This organization's mission is to empower and inspire more youths to pursue careers in STEAM by providing them with opportunities, news related to the fields and exciting events like their yearly hackathon. 

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Dans l'épisode de cette semaine du podcast #JeunesEnAction, Terrence Taylor, l'animateur du podcast Changing The Narrative, s'entretient avec Andy Tran, Spandhana Gade et Shwetha Sivakumar, les jeunes à l'origine de TOHacks.La mission de cette organisation est de donner aux jeunes les moyens et l'inspiration nécessaires pour poursuivre une carrière au sein de STEAM en leur offrant des opportunités, des nouvelles et des événements innovants comme leur hackathon annuel. 

On this week’s episode of Arts Salvatore speaks with Kassandra Helibron of Mentoring the Stars a Youth-Led Tutoring and Mentorship program. This program is focused on developing an individual approach to helping improve the learning and daily lives of the children they work with. This organization is entirely digital where staff work remotely to provide support to Children going through virtual education in British Columbia

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In this conversation Brett Cox and Wolfgang talk about a workshop series and mural making process on the theme of decolonization. We speak about how colonization impacts relationships, “allyship” with Indigenous communities, youth led programming, and some of the challenges with social enterprise projects.

This workshop series and mural was a collaboration with Press Start (https://arcadepressstartpsc.wordpress.com/home/), Montreal Indigenous Community Network (http://reseaumtlnetwork.com/), Canadian Roots Exchange (https://canadianroots.ca/), and Concordia University’s Office of Community Engagement, and was partially funded by #RisingYouth.

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In this week's episode of the #RisingYouth Salvatore talks with Topaza Yu about her project Uke of Tope. This project helps provide children with safe-space to cultivate their musical talents with the Ukelele. These Children end up growing exponentially as they become more comfortable with their surroundings allowing them to make mistakes and grow at their own pace. We also talk about the Student Wellness initiative towards community health (S.W.I.T.C.H.) where we take a deep dive into cultural humility.

For more information regarding our programs please visit https://www.risingyouth.ca/

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In this week’s episode of RisingYouth Podcast Jade Roberts is back and is speaking to a wonderful youth based out of Winnipeg. Meet Danika Duncan and they project Elder Tea Celebration. This program ran by both Danika and her sibling focuses on improving the relationship between the youth of indigenous background and elders in their respective communities. This week’s focus is on intergenerational change through connection for more information regarding grants and other programs please visit: www.risingyouth.ca

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In this episode Wolfgang speaks with Jenny Ge who co-developed the Innovate & Inspire Youth Leadership Workshop in partnership with the Working Women Community Centre located in Toronto Canada. Jenny talks about elements of leadership, perseverance, failure, support, the debate over whether leaders are “born” or if leadership can be taught, and how asking for help from Rising Youth was instrumental in the project’s success.

To learn more about Working Women Community Centre please visit https://www.workingwomencc.org/

To find out more information about how you can apply to Rising Youth go to https://www.risingyouth.ca/

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On this week’s episode of the #RIsingYouth Podcast Salvatore speaks with Shelby Maunder about their project Junior Roller Derby a junior team for female-identified folk in Whitehorse Yukon. Tune in this week as they discuss how its more than just a roller derby team shes creating but a group of up and coming strong female-identified individuals and how they are paving the way to make safe spaces for themselves.

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On this week's episode we continue our COVID-19 coverage with 2 graduate law students Allyse Cruise and Courtenay Catlin grantees for the YXE Community Response for Kids. Join us as we discuss the struggle between social responsibility and duty to the community and the leaders that influenced them along the way. For more information about grants and other programs please visit us at https://www.risingyouth.ca/

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This episode of CYC Podcast/#RisingYouth, Wolfgang talks with Mo Phùng from Oceans Week HFX about why the oceans matter, climate justice, activism, and confronting racism, misogyny, and homophobia in environmental movements.

To learn more about Oceans Week HFX please visit:

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In this week's episode of #RisingYouth Podcast, we interview Fawzan Hussain about their project 3D printing COVID-19 Mitigation Products. Fawzan is a Senior high school student in British Columbia working with RisingYouth and Thinkering to develop these life-saving products. https://www.fawzan.ca/ 

For more information about grants and how you can help make a change in your community visit https://www.risingyouth.ca/ for more information! 

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