Youth of Canada

In this episode we have Maggie Larocque who talks about fighting fast fashion, supporting your community, and helping the environment as a young person.

In this episode, Alisha emphasizes the importance of volunteering and its impacts. 

Today’s podcast is meant to promote the First Annual Small File Media Festival! The First Annual Small File Media Festival celebrates low-bandwidth movies that stream with no damage to the planet! Streaming video has an alarmingly high carbon footprint: it’s the cause of about 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions.* But these movies at under 5 megabytes each—about the size of a small PDF file—show that great cinema doesn’t have to mean great big files.

Today we have a really insightful and important topic: Sanjana will be talking to us about mental health and creating your own happiness.

Welcome to our 10th episode! Khushali will be speaking on the importance of civic education. Take a listen!

In this episode, learn about MEDLIFE Ontario and its  values, purpose, and other key points about how youth can get involved with this non-profit. 

Niya founded a page called Habasooda, committed to sharing the vastness of the Muslim experience. She started it because of the increase in islamophobia globally, and she thinks that if people understood Muslims and their experiences, they may begin to understand each other better! She also facilitates islamophobia workshops across the FTA with the rivers of hope collective. Keep up with Habasooda @habasooda.

Listen to Carol Guo speak specifically on Queen's Commerce and Ivey and how to write commerce applications and what they’re looking for. She also won major admission awards from Queen's, Western, and UBC and she is here to talk about tips for what they’re looking for, how to edit applications, and more!

Listen to Isabela Rittinger speak about period poverty and period stigma in Canada as well as the work being done to mitigate these crises. As the founder and president of one of the largest Canadian chapters which was created completely under lockdown, she feels she could impart advice on how to organize movements during the pandemic. 

In this episode, learn from Aleesha Singh about seeking opportunities outside an academic environment. She’ll talk about her journey and hopefully will help you learn about what you’re really passionate about!

Ruha is an Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering student at the University of Calgary, who is passionate about using her engineering to advance disadvantaged communities and populations. Having had experience in a variety of different leadership roles, today she’ll be deriving from her experience as the founder of 100 Megawatts (pronounced a hundred megawatts), a not-for-profit targeting impoverished youth, to discuss  the most important skill needed to achieve your goals. She’ll talk more on the history of 100 Megawatts and what it represents, where she got stuck in the process, and how she discovered the most important skill to achieve goals.

This episode will talk about Leah Davidson's journey attending a top American university, after growing up in a small, rural Canadian town, and starting Canduit (www.canduit.co), an ed-tech social enterprise that is now working with 30+ universities globally. She will speak about lessons learned from fundraising for an early-stage startup, working cross-culturally in different countries, and the importance of taking risks with your career.

This episode is hosting by Isabella Pan, who shares her journey of writing while sharing some challenges and advice.  Connect with us! Website: www.youthofcanada.ca Instagram: @youthofcanada Twitter: @youthofcanada_ Facebook: TheYouthofCanada

Welcome to the Youth of Canada Podcast: For Youth, By Youth! In our pilot episode, we were so excited to have Kelli Jagger host. She talked about her journey as a young entrepreneur, and answered some questions regarding challenges, success, and more. Connect with us! Website: www.youthofcanada.ca Instagram: @youthofcanada Twitter: @youthofcanada_ Facebook: TheYouthofCanada Connect with Kelli! Instagram: @kellijagger, @kellijaggerbranding, @thegirlrecovering YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/FashionablyKelli