Social Changemakers

In this final episode for the quadmester Aurora dives deeper into her passion project about social media as she interviews Dr. Jennifer Mariasine, Psychoeducational consultant who works for the Learning Support Services Team at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. Her role encompasses both the assessment and counselor role at the school level. Aurora and Jennifer discuss social media and its affects on youth.

In this episode we hear Mohammad's and Kyla's thoughts on their projects, the school system and how important it is to dismantle hierarchy between adults and youth.

In this episode Gracie interviews Mary Johnston the co-director of the Nepean Days for Girls chapter. We learn about period poverty and how days for girls helps those in need of menstruation kits and education around the world.

In this episode, Rebecca interviews Mohammad, Gracie, Jack and Adam to hear about their experience in the Open Passion Project model of learning. In it we learn about their projects and how in this model the student really gets to take the lead. If you have ever wondered what it would be like to try giving your students more ownership over their learning, then give this a listen and hear first hand from youth who are in the drivers seat.

It is quadmester 4 and time to reflect. Listen to what Mohammad, Colter and Kyla have been up to for the last 5 weeks.

In this episode Jack, who is taking grade 11 English hosts his first book club. This quad Jack chose to read Willie, an autobiography of Willie O'Ree, the first black hockey player in the NHL. In this book club is Bob Dawson, the first black hockey player at St. Mary's University in 1967, Kate Treacy, teacher, hockey coach and granddaughter of Red Sullivan and Jack's aunt and Rebecca. If you are interested in hockey and social justice, then give this a listen.

In this first episode on season 5 Aurora is back for another quadmester. This quad she is taking the Intro to Anthro, Psych and Soc course. Her passion project is to learn as much as possible about what Social Media and the internet is doing to human behaviour. In this interview she chats with Byron Holland, President and CEO of CIRA, Canadian Internet Registration Authority. If you would like to hear an experts opinion on what is happening with the internet, then give this a listen.

https://www.cira.ca/

In this episode of the Slacktivism podcast Gracie and Owen's substitute Sadie interview Troy and Jonny from The Hockey Guys. The Hockey Guys are a group of young men that play hockey at the University Of Wisconsin - Superior. The Hockey Guys Tik Tok was started as just something fun to do with a bunch of buddies - give it a follow, it is entertaining, cute and very PG. What this group of 10 guys didn't realize would happen, was that they would become Tik Tok sensations. Once they got noticed they realized that they had a platform to make a difference. Now their videos are being used by a children's hospital in California to motivate young patients to complete their rehab. They are constantly getting messages about how they have made people's days. Keep following along with them to see what they do next.

Tik Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@thehockeyguys?lang=en

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/the.hockeyguys/?hl=en

In this episode Gracie and Owen interview Colum and Jack from Modern Action. Modern Action was founded in Pittsburgh, by Colum and Jack who were looking to make online activism more effective. They work with not for profit organizations to create email campaigns and send them messages about the issues that they care about to their own elective officials.

Learn more about them here https://about.modernaction.io/

See two campaigns being lead by R.I.S.E. Youth

Justice for Abdirahman https://modernaction.io/send_cause/justice-for-abdirahman

Childrem's Rights https://modernaction.io/send_cause/childs-rights-in-canada--it-is-time-to-make-the-united-nations-convention-of-the-rights-of-the-child-into-canadian-law

In their third episode of the Slacktivism Podcast Gracie and Owen interview Padme, Amina and Anja and learn about the amazing work that they are doing at Glebe Collegiate Institute. We learn about how this organization got started and how youth are creating local driven projects to fundraise and support their school community. So button up and listen in.