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!