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After months of organization, Brantford Youth Pride held its first ever Coffee House for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* and queer (LGBTQ) youth and allies aged 13-21 on Friday, June 13th… Continue reading "Brantford’s First Youth LGBTQ Coffee House (Laura Dawson, @Lauraithink)"
Do you know what it’s like to struggle to get a job in your field, after having been to college or university and incurring tens of thousands of dollars in… Continue reading "Why the Youth Jobs Crisis Should Matter to Everyone (Alex Felsky, @AlexFelsky)"
In January of 2009, I stepped through the doorway of a rather unspectacular building on Colborne Street, not really knowing what I was doing or why. There had to be… Continue reading "Five Years of Youth Mentorship by Becca Vandekemp (@beccavdk)"
Readers of The Brant Advocate may remember my 2 part story on why and how people should become more involved in their community. I really enjoyed writing those pieces, but… Continue reading "2014 ~ Do Something! by Marc Laferriere (@MarcLaferriere)"
When I got on a coach bus to head to Flint, Michigan for a weekend of basketball, I had no idea that I was in for a bit of a… Continue reading "My Weekend in Flint by Ryan Jamula (@RyanJamula)"
Cambrie’s Little Boxes is in our fourth year of raising funds for Cancer Charities and we have already been hard at work gathering Christmas and every day cards from our… Continue reading "Cambrie’s Little Boxes (Debbie Daggett)"
Do you remember how excited you were when you got your first box of Crayola crayons? It was a rainbow of colours with each crayon lovingly wrapped in paper, perfectly… Continue reading "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Crayons by Angee Turnbull"
The small crimson flower pinned to our left lapels signal Remembrance Day is approaching. The seemingly unanimous meaning behind the symbol is the remembrance of fallen soldiers, but the significance… Continue reading "Remember The Poppy (Karly Rath)"
We all remember waking up the morning of Friday, June 21, and seeing the pictures of the floods in southern Alberta. Videos of houses being swept down the Bow River in… Continue reading "Alberta After The Flood by Dillon Giancola (@Sputnik_News)"
Okay. So, by now you’ve figured out that a lot of my philosophy comes from pretty odd places. I once wrote a blog post on some biblical wisdom I had… Continue reading "The Transformers are Invading by Alex Bouman (@Alex_Bouman)"