“I Want to Go Home” –Memories of Kamloops Residential School and Joeyaska Ranch New Book by: Mary Jane Joe (Elder Nk’xetko) Today we celebrate the release of Mary Jane Joe’s (Nk’xetko’s) new book Xwist Memin Kin “I Want to Go Home” –Memories of Kamloops Residential School and Joeyaska Ranch published by Tellwell Talent. The youthLEADarts team has had …
Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day across Turtle Island. youthLEADarts is excited to once again share this video with you. It was written, filmed, edited, acted in and produced by youth who participated in our national on-line program this past February. Youth immersed themselves in art activities that explored breaking down stereotypes, encouraged them to …
Take that Kanata! Youth Raise Their Voices for National Indigenous Peoples Day Read More »
Sometimes the differences leaders make are subtle, sometimes sweeping. You can LEAD by doing something as simple as writing and mailing a card, to painting positive messages on rocks and placing them randomly in your community, to organizing an on-line or socially distanced painting party…or go further and organize something as sweeping as a campaign …
Reading and writing poetry are powerful ways to share your voice. April was National Poetry Month, thirty days set aside to celebrate the joy, expressiveness and pure delight of words and how they can capture the human experience. But why confine poetry to just 30 days of celebrations? Poems can be structured or unstructured, curve …
April has been National Poetry Month and while you may not have honed your haikus or penned some quirky quatrains there is still time to celebrate! Thursday, April 29th is Poem in Your Pocket Day, a fantastic way to share your favourite verses! PIYP is an international movement that encourages folks to invite poetry into …
*Note to Our Followers*We are waiting with bated breath for the Final Videos of the Students to be released publically. As soon as we have them, they will be posted!!!! (Today’s Blog is Written by Lori Sherritt-Fleming) “What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles to be sure, but scattered …
(Today’s Blog is written by word-smith Lori Sherritt-Fleming) Shelley MacDonald opened one of this week’s youthLEADarts sessions with words of gratitude. She said, she could really see, in the language of her Mi’kmaq ancestors, that the students were coming alive, ‘mimaju’aq’. Indeed, this week, we have all witnessed students coming alive, coming into the power …
(Today’s Blog- is written by Tina Bye, youthLEADarts Mentoring Team Member) ~~~Mr. B- How We Love Thee…~~~ Mr. Justin Borsato is a phenomenal teacher. I am sure his students would agree with me. I know we, on the LEAD team, sure think so. Roy went so far as today to declare him “the best teacher …
(Today’s Blog is written by Roy Mulder, one of the youthLEADarts mentors.) An opening comment was offered by Elder Amanda. She told of her beginnings and how she examined where she was hurt. It was the bridges that she built that allowed her to move forward. She said it was important to not let the …
Day 8- The Kids and Their Poetry Take Centre Stage Read More »
(Lori Sherritt-Fleming, a youthLEADarts mentor, is the author of this blog. Stand-by for blogs from some of our other youthLEADarts team this week!) “Awareness of the mandala may have the potential of changing how we see ourselves, our planet and perhaps even our own life purpose.” -Peter Fenner The air was charged with excitement today …
Day 7- Mandalas and Ancestors in Training with Sheniz Janmohamed Read More »