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OUR LISTING of PAST EVENTS...
» Y:57 youth radio looking for "Youth of the Month" nominations
» Y:57 youth-run radio recruiting!
» Volunteer mentors needed for KidStart... always
» Breaking Barriers Youth Leadership and Skill Building Conference (October 12-14 2007)
» Salmon Celebration: parade & festival (Sep 30, 2007) ><((((º>
» Paintbrush Warriors: Burnaby Youth Custody Ctre student art show (Aug 31 to Sep 18, 2007)
» The 2007 Go Abroad Fair - A world of opportunity comes to Vancouver! (September 17 & 18 2007)
» FREE photography workshops for youth at Brit (summer 2007)
» BIG Game Design Team Competition! - social kind of games... apply now to be one or on one of the competing design teams
» Projections youth film & video mentoring project looking for participants (apply now!)
» "Get Out & Play Day" - free soccer, grass volleyball & ultimate frisbee... (August 18 2007)
» MasterPEACE Art Competition for youth (submissions due July 31 2007)
» Move It BIG Time! - very cool intergenerational community dance shows (July 18 & 19 2007)
» CBC's DIGITAL DIVERSITY podcast & short film contest for young people (entries due June 29 2007)
» United Nations Youth Education Ambassadors programme (application deadline July 1 2007)
» Come out & cheer MY Circle Soccer at the WISH Cup Championships! (July 7 & 8 2007)
» explorASIAN Festival: lots of ways to explore your "asian-side" (April 21 - June 17 2007)
» Youth feedback needed: open rehearsal of "Stock Characters" (June 6 2007)
» MOVE: the youth dance company presents "Xibalba" (May 17-18 2007)
» Youth Hiring Fair (May 16-17 2007)
» Calling on young Vancouver musicians & entertainers: Travel with the Peace Boat to Aculpulco, Mexico (May 10-18 2007)
» Peace It Together: films by Palestinian, Israeli and Canadian Youths (May 6 2007)
» Youth & Music: 2007 Young Composers Concert (May 4 2007)
» YOUTH WEEK at the CULTCH! poetry slams, dances, vibes, young playwright fest... (May 1-5 2007)
» Junk-to-Funk Trashion Show - free (May 4 2007)
» YOUTH WEEK: tons & tons of free stuff to do all over the place !!! (May 1-7 2007)
» Rethinking Risk Conference: calling on youth! (Apr 27 & 28)
» Calling all young artists & creative types: Register now to take part in Vancouver's Creative City Conversation (April 23 2007)
» Come join in and bless the salmon as they head out to sea... (April 22 2007)
» The MAD HATTER Tea Party: Mad Skillz Collective presents an evening of artistic collaboration, stimulation & excitation (April 12 2007)
» Youth theatre group presents "Mirror Mirror": a play about depression in youth (April 3-5 2007)
» Nominate notable youth for the C.o.V. Youth Awards before April 4 2007
» Park Board Neighbourhood Matching Fund (deadline Mar 31 2007)
» Peace Child Int'l grants to youth-led projects (deadline Mar 31 2007)
» Vancouver Foundation Youth Philanthropy Council grant applications due March 30 2007
» CUE UP: Call to youth to come screen their short films & videos (Mar 29 2007)
» "Chasing Rainbows: Young adults living with cancer" - special film screening (March 29 2007)
» MOVE presents "Zero": All youth dance company mixes it up!... film, theatre, music & hot contemporary dance (Mar 27-31 2007)
» HIP HOP HOPE! youth hip hop empowerment camp (March 19-23 2007)
» Grants to Youth & Youth Grantwriting Workshops (March 10 & 14 2007)
» Apply to present at the Global Youth Assembly (applications due March 15 2007)
» Call to young artists: Eco-Fashion, Art and Design Exhibition (sign up before March 15 2007)
» YOUTH MOVE IT! free dance programme: jazz, modern, hip hop, African dance (starting March 10 2007)
» Cinema Politica presents: Favela Rising on March 9 2007
» Apply to be a Glocal Youth Parliament delegate before March 1 2007
» Reel 2 Real Int'l Film Fest for Youth (Feb 23 - Mar 2 2007): attend, participate and/or volunteer
» Vancouver Coastal Health Capable Kids grant applications due Feb 28 2007
» "Banana Boys": a play about growing up Asian-Canadian male (February 23 - March 17 2007)
» CUE UP: Call to youth to come screen their short films & videos (Feb 22 2007)
» FREE Telus Youth Passes available for 2006/2007 Vancouver East Cultural Centre season
» OXFAM Youth Partnerships global network (apply before Jan 31 2007)
» Enter Chinatown's banner design contest (entries due Jan 31 2007)
» Be a part of the CITY of VANCOUVER YOUTH AWARDS (apply before Jan 30 2007)
» FREE DAY of THEATRE classes (Jan 27 2007)
» Vancouver Int'l Bhangra Celebration: free live performances, $5 dance workshops... (Jan 16-20 2007)
» MADSKILLZ KICKOFF PARTY Jan 19, 2007
» McCreary Youth Foundation Awards of Distinction nominate before Jan 12, 2007
2006 events
» GET PLUGGED IN ! Network for preventing harmful drug abuse event (Nov18 2006)
» Community Youth Development Coalition new initiatives startup fund (deadline Nov17 2006)
» PADDLES UP! Free sea kayaking & bbq (every Saturday in August, 2006)
» Sign up now to TAIKO DANCE! with the Youth Power Squad (July-August, 2006)
» Joe Ink's MOVE IT! Free community dance programme for all ages (August 14-25, 2006)
» Sign up for scavenger hunt contest during BC Parks Month (July 2006)
» July is Parks Month in BC: looking for volunteers (July 2006)
» Another chance to experience OUR COMMUNITY STORY (July 28, 2006)
» EARTH = HOME & the World Urban Festival (June 16-25, 2006)
» FACE to FACE: Intimate Encounters film festival (June 25, 2006)
» Windermere Mural Celebration (June 22, 2006)
» United Nations World Urban Forum: youth invited too! (June 19-23, 2006)
» Volunteers needed for Car-Free Commercial Drive Festival (June 18, 2006)
» Volunteers needed for Earth: World Urban Festival (June 21-25, 2006)
» Bike to CAP>AIDS along seawall (June 10, 2006)
» Awaking Dreams thru storytelling: Aboriginal youth film festival and BBQ (June 7, 2006)
» GetOut!'s BIG BASH (June 10, 2006)
» Facilitation Workshop for GetOut! Youth Action Teams (May 31, 2006)
» MOVE: Youth-directed dance company presents "exposed" (May 12-15, 2006)
» GetOut! Urban Youth Café & Forum on youth planning (May 6, 2006)
» REEL YOUTH made-by-youth Film Festival 7-9pm (May 6, 2006)
» City of Vancouver Youth Recognition Awards (May 5, 2006)
» Unveiling of Thunderbird Youth Mural (May 3, 2006)
» explorYOUTH 2006 — "e-race" (May 2, 2006)
» Deadline to apply for the World Youth Forum in Vancouver (April 30, 2006)
» Vancouver Foundation Grants to Youth and Grantwriting Workshops (April 7, 2006)
» Deadline to nominate for The 2006 City of Vancouver Youth Awards! (April 4, 2006)
» Deadline to apply for CONNEXIONS: Youth documentary film experience (February 20, 2006)
» The Colouring Book launches! (February 4, 2006)
» Habitat Jam (December 1-3, 2005)
2005 events
» A People’s Project on Child & Youth Rights
» Call for youth participants (14-21) for Free Theatre Workshop
» Get Your Vote On!
» World Peace Forum 2006
» Mark My Words seeks youth (13-24 yrs) for CD recording
» Help develop a Skateboard Strategy for Vancouver
» DIRTY GENDER SECRETS revealed this weekend!
» Our Community Story continues...special screening on Oct 20th, ongoing exhibits until Nov 30th
» Dj She and Double - Royal Platoon sound fundraiser for the Colouring Book Project
» Our Community Story - Artists and youth capture living history of Hastings-Sunrise
» Canadian Cancer Society looking for Youth Action Committee members
» Youth in the City of Vancouver Leaders of Tomorrow...Today!
» Our Community Story launches its new website!
» BYRC Youth Arts Gallery Opens its Doors!
» Y57 - Youth in 57 Minutes: second radio special!!!
» Free Youth Reporter Workshop
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Y:57 youth radio looking for nominations for
"Youth of the Month"
Youth in 57 Minutes, a youth-run and youth-focused program on Vancouver's Co-op Radio, 102.7FM. Currently, we're working on our "Youth of the Month" feature and we're looking for nominations of outstanding youths in the community to be featured as inspiring role model's for today's young audience in the Lower Mainland.
Youth in 57 Minutes, also known as Y-57, is a project with GETOUT! initiative from the City of Vancouver designed specifically for youths (ranging from ages 15-25) to engage youths in our communities. The radio show is aired live every 4th and 5th Monday of the month on 102.7FM. Our goal is to give youth an opportunity to be heard in alternative media as well as to showcase today's youth talent and involvement. Our coverage ranges from youth musician and artist profiles and event listings to current issues that are relevant to today's youths.
For a nomination form, click here (in Word - OR - as a PDF).
For more information, email youth.in57minutes@gmail.com
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Are you interested in media or broadcasting?
Have you ever dreamed of being a radio DJ?
» click here to see poster
Youth in 57 Minutes, a youth-run radio show on Co-op Radio, 102.7 FM, is looking for new volunteer contributors to their monthly program.
We're currently seeking contributors to take on roles such as Music Feature Coordinator, Story Producer, News Feature Producer, Event Listing Coordinator, and Research Assistants. Experience is an asset, but not necessary!
Click here to find out more!
Contact Youth.in57minutes@gmail.com
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If you're still a kid at heart...
Then why not spend time with one!
» click here to see brochure
If you've got a positive attitude, a good sense of humour and are out-going, spontaneous and 19 or older, you've got what it takes to be a KidStart volunteer!
KidStart Volunteer Mentors support kids through two of the most generous gifts citizens can give-time and friendship. They engage kids in positive activity that is fun and supports healthy development.
The first step to becoming a KidStart Volunteer is to attend an information session.Sessions run frequently at our office locations.
Please call 604.375.KIDS about available dates and to register at the location nearest you!
Or contact:
KidStart (6-12 yr olds): hnugent@plea.bc.ca
KidStart Teens (12-18 yr olds): lnixon@plea.bc.ca
For more info: www.kidstart.ca
"When I started volunteering with KidStart I didn't really know what to expect, but it has exceeded my expectations. Being new to the city when I started, volunteering gave me a reason to get out and explore!"
Breaking Barriers Youth Leadership and Skills Building Conference
October 12-14, 2007
Hey! Are you a youth aged 13 or up?
On October 12-14, 2007 is the 11th Annual Breaking Barriers & Building Bridges Youth Leadership and Skill Building Conference (the B4)
This year's B4 will include skill building workshops on leadership, team building, starting YACs, as well as exploring important issues facing youth and youth health, such as violence and discrimination.
What?
The Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges (or B4) is a youth-for-youth conference, organized by McCreary's Youth Advisory Council. The B4 will explore social and health issues that affect youth. It is a weekend full of opportunities for new leaders to develop skills, gain knowledge, and get ideas. The weekend will also enable experienced youth and adult support persons to network with other leaders, see what's happening throughout the province, and support each other. And of course: have FUN!!!
Who Can Participate?
If you are a youth aged 13 and up, registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis (limit three youth per organization). We encourage adults who work with youth groups to attend along with their youth.
Why?
Participants looking to become leaders will have a chance to make new friends and network with other exciting and interesting youth from different regions of BC, all while learning new skills in a fun environment.
Where?
This years B4 will take place at the beautiful Evans Lake, in Squamish BC.
When?
October 12-14, 2007
That's Friday night, Saturday & Sunday
We meet at the McCreary Centre Society at 3:15pm on Friday and return about 3:30pm on Sunday
For more information or a registration package:
The McCreary Centre Society
3552 East Hastings Street
Vancouver BC V5K 2A7
Phone: (604) 291-1996
Fax: (604) 291-7308
email: sally@mcs.bc.ca
Check for details on our website:
www.mcs.bc.ca/ya_b4.htm
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The False Creek Watershed Society presents the 4th annual:
SALMON CELEBRATION
"Remembering Our History, Celebrating the Living"
September 30, 2007
The 4th annual "Salmon Celebration" will take place on BC Rivers Day, Sept 30th 2007 in Vanier Park, near the Vancouver Maritime Museum.
12pm - 4pm
parade begins at 1:00
The Salmon Celebration is a free festival and parade for all ages to:
- honour the spirit of the salmon that historically lived in the streams that flowed into Eastern False Creek
- connect the urban public with local groups who study salmon, save wilderness and encourage urban sustainability
The Salmon Celebration is also proud to be part of the events that celebrate September 2007 as "Wild Salmon Month" in Vancouver
Organizers invite all to participate. Bring props and masks; whatever inspires you to remember a lost salmon stream!
- Crafts, Entertainment, Food, Wooden Boat Building, Storytelling, Environmental Fair, First Nations Participation
For pre-event workshops & more information:
http://www.falsecreekwatershed.org
or email: info@falsecreekwatershed.org
Bus from Downtown: Take the 22 Macdonald Southbound on Burrard to Cypress and Cornwall, then walk North to water in the direction of the very tall totem pole.
The Celebration is also on the Seawall and easily accessible by Bike and Aquabus.
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The 2007 Go Abroad Fair - A world of opportunity comes to Vancouver!
September 17 & 18, 2007
The Canadian Education Centre (CEC) Network is pleased to announce that the first annual Vancouver Go Abroad Fair will take place at the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre on September 17 & 18, 2007.
The Go Abroad Fair is a trade show style event that is free to the public. Exhibitors at the fair showcase opportunities for Canadian youth to "take on the world" through study abroad, work and volunteer opportunities, cultural and language programs and overseas adventure travel. Hourly seminars on a broad range of related topics run throughout the two-day fair.
The Go Abroad Fair provides a unique venue for students and youth in the Lower Mainland to gather information, ask questions and make informed choices about their decision to experience life in a different country - a decision that could change their lives!
Through this initiative, the CEC Network is proud to encourage and support Canadian students and youth who are interested in opportunities overseas. Going abroad provides the foundation for a wider perspective, greater problem-solving and communication skills and enhanced cultural awareness.
Further details about The Go Abroad Fair and the Canadian Education Centre Network can be found below or you can visit our event website at www.goabroadfair.ca.
EVENT DETAILS
Dates
Monday, September 17 , 2007 - 2:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Tuesday, September 18 , 2007 - 2:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Venue
The Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre, East Building
TYPES OF EXHIBITORS
Study Abroad
- International education and cultural organizations promoting for-credit academic study
- International Universities offering Undergraduate and Graduate programs
- International Colleges and Technical institutes offering Diplomas and Professional Certificates
- Summer and semester abroad providers
Travel Abroad
- Eco/Adventure travel
- Educational/Language travel
- National tourism organizations
- Youth travel agencies and organizations
Work and Volunteer Abroad
- Student and youth work abroad programs
- Work abroad providers
- Internship program providers
- Work abroad placement agencies
- Cross cultural volunteer programs
ABOUT THE CANADIAN EDUCATION CENTRE NETWORK
The Canadian Education Centre Network promotes and markets Canada as a study destination for international students, and as a world-class education provider. The CEC Network provides high quality service and support to our in-Canada and overseas clients and works to support Canada's foreign policy and development assistance objectives worldwide.
Founded in April 1995, the CEC Network is a private, independent nonprofit company that receives some support from the Government of Canada; specifically, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and the Canadian International Development Agency.
There are 16 Canadian Education Centres around the world in the following cities: Bangkok, Beijing, Buenos Aires, Canberra , Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Jakarta (sub-office in Surabaya), Kuala Lumpur, Mexico City (sub-offices in Guadalajara and Monterrey), New Delhi , Oslo, São Paulo, Seoul , Singapore and Taipei. These Centres provide students with materials and application forms for hundreds of Canadian schools, counselling to identify the institutions and programs that best meet their needs, and pre-departure orientations to help prepare students for their trip to Canada. The Centres also perform outreach to local schools and agents, and gather market intelligence on student trends and competitor country activities.
The Go Abroad Fair builds on the CEC Network's mission of bringing Canada to the world by promoting the mobility of Canadian students in an increasing global economy by exposing them to international study, travel and work abroad opportunities.
For more information or to arrange group visits:
Andrea Aguirre
Event Coordinator, Canadian Education Centre Network
Tel. 416-869-0541 x226
andrea.aguirre@cecnetwork.ca
www.cecnetwork.ca | www.goabroadfair.ca
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Burnaby Youth Custody Centre student art show
» click here to see invitation...
Aug 31-Sept 18, 2007
Exhibit at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre Burnaby Youth Custody Centre Friday Art Class, introducing the work of Stephanie M.
A shared exhibit with Jennifer Sarkar and Echo Sun
Art Opening August 31st 5-7 PM
All Welcome
Refreshments will be served
An evolving art show by the students of Burnaby Youth Custody Centre Friday Therapeutic Art Classes with Katarina Thorsen. A variety of group and solo pieces and introducing the works of Stephanie M.
Shared show with Echo Sun and Jennifer Sarkar. This is powerful to exhibit the work of the Custody Center's residents with these two young women. Youth art can be a powerful tool for change and personal growth.
The Vancouver East Cultural Centre
1895 Venables Street
Vancouver, BC V5L 2H6
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FREE photography workshops for youth
Brit Lit Summer 2007
» click here to see brochure
Every Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
starting June 6th
until July 27th
3:00-6:00pm
Britannia Teen Centre
Britannia Community Centre
1661 Napier Street
Capture the personalities and places that light up our community. Selected photos will then be exhibited in light boxes around the Britannia site.
Sign up now:
Sign-up sheets are at the Teen Centre.
For more info:
604-718-5828
brit_teen@hotmail.com
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The BIG Game Design Competition 2007!
Submit your name(s) NOW
to be one, or on one,
of the competing design teams...
» click here to see poster
The Belonging Initiative, in collaboration with Aitken Leadership Group, is supporting the development of games that are fun and accessible for everyone, games that take play beyond computers and into the spaces around us, games that require people working together. BIG stands for Belonging In Games. We are hosting a competition to see who can invent the best BIG game.
We are inviting everybody we know. The kids rolling down the sidewalks, moms and daughters, directors of non-profits, disaffected Emily Carr grads, and you. This is grass-roots game design, a competition for non-gaming-professionals, whose game experience may be limited to bouts of Tag or Snakes-and-Ladders. We want you to enter this competition. You can win a little money and considerable acclaim, and help us fight isolation at the same time.
BIG games are fun, accessible games that include play in the 'real world' and interaction with other people. BIG games are definitely not solo, computer-only adventures. They are playable across urban landscapes, in real time, with real people, who may or may not have super-abilities.
Your challenge is to design such a game and pitch it to our panel of judges in October, 2007. You will win or lose on the strength of your pitch. The game need not be playtested to win - though a playtest might make your pitch meatier - it just needs to win over the panel.
The competition starts now. You need to submit your name to be on one of the teams or your team's name and the names of its members (if you already have one) ASAP. The competition will be restricted to 20 teams. The competition will end on Saturday October 13th, when your team must pitch its game to a panel of expert judges. The judges will judge and there will be one winner. They will leave with a $5000.00, an honorarium for their genius, and a truly enviable notoriety.
The judges will judge your game on the following BIG games criteria:
- the game must be fun
- the game must be playable by pretty much anyone: young, old, straight, gay, transgendered, street-engaged, married, people living with disabilities, people living in yaletown, people who play World of Warcraft, etc.
- he gameplay requires real-world interaction between people (such as online interaction, personal ads, phone-tag, postcards, flashmobs, etc.)
- Players' social networks are expanded to include people who are "different" from themselves
How to enter the competition:
Email Brian Smith at bsmith@plan.ca with your intention to play. He will forward you some fine print.
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PROJECTIONS youth film & video mentoring project
looking for participants!
» click here to see brochure...
FALL 2007 Intersection
Projections is currently looking for participants for our fall project...
About The Project:
In August we will be focusing on DIY cameras and elements of film production. September/October, short films will be made as we gear up for a public art installation. 'Intersection' will be launched in November/December 2007. Placements and Internships will follow in January and February 2008.
This project is a paid four day work week.
Monday - Thursday / 10-6pm.
If you are:
Contact Projections ASAP...
Interviews are throughout August.
- 18-29 Living in Vancouver.
- Interested in using film and video to impact your life in a positive way.
- Looking for entry-level work or education in the film industry.
- Consider yourself 'street-involved' in some capacity.
- Face barriers to future employment and education.
- Want to work and can commit to our a schedule.
- If you are want to get involved!
Projections 604-633-2665 or projectionsinvancouver@gmail.com
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... a fun free day of soccer, grass volleyball & ultimate frisbee from the folks at Get Out & Play
» click here to find out more & to register...
Saturday, August 18th 2007
2pm to 6pm
What: Get Out and Play Day is a free outdoor sports event for everyone ages 13 to 17
When: Saturday August 18th 2007, 2PM - 6PM
Where: Fields between Locarno and Jericho Beach, south of the Jericho Sailing Centre, 1300 Discovery St, Vancouver. Please click here for directions.
Why: To encourage inactive teenagers during the summer to go outdoors, play sports, meet new people, and have fun! To provide sports for free for underpriviledged teenagers. To encourage all teenagers to continue to be active through sports.
Cost: FREE
Activities: Soccer, Grass Volleyball, Ultimate Frisbee
All skill levels are welcome - the goal is to have fun.
Refreshments provided for free. Prizes will be given out for participation.
You can register for Get Out and Play Day here. Parental consent is required.
If you are older than 17 but want to participate, a parent who wants to make the event more enjoyable for your child, or want to make a difference for the youth in the community during this event? Please click here to volunteer on the event day or here to provide other support.
For more information about this event, please contact the folks at Get Out & Play.
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MasterPEACE Art Competition for youth
submissions due July 31, 2007
The Multicultural Helping House and the Dimasalang Artist Group is organizing an art competition for youths across British Columbia. The grand prize is $1,000 for the winner.
If you are interested, please carefully read the contest details here.
For more information about the contest, please call 604-879-3277 or visit us at www.helpinghouse.org.
Click here, to see and download the full-size poster...
Here is also the link for the guidelines and flyer online:
www.helpinghouse.org/masterpeace.htm
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Move It BIG Time!
very cool intergenerational community dance performances
July 18 & 19, 2007
Please join us for one of the only 2 performances of Move It Big Time!
Grand opening: Wednesday July 18th at 7 pm
Noon matinée: Thursday July 19th at 12pm noon
All tickets $10
Box office: 604-639-0joe (0563) or email: boxoffice@joeink.ca
In person, box office hours are 10am-2pm, Monday - Friday
Box office location: 677 Davie (at Granville), 7th floor
COME VOLUNTEER WITH JOE INK!
Help us set-up for our final performances. We would love your help!
For more information on Joe Ink's community dance program, please visit the Move It! webpage at www.joeink.ca
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DIGITAL DIVERSITY
podcast & short film contest for young people
For young Canadians & Canadian residents 18-35 years old.
Entries due June 29, 2007.
Does the question of immigration interest you?
Concern you?
Impassion you?
If it does, then the Digital Diversity contest is made to measure for you!
Make your Radio Podcast or short film and enter the national online competition today!
More than $25,000 worth of prizes to be won!
Send in your Radio Podcast or short film of 3 to 8 minutes' duration in one of the following categories:
- Biography of an emerging talent (singer, musician, dancer, athlete, etc.) or an inspirational figure from a cultural community in Canada.
- Fictional subject, or in the case of a short film, an animated short about immigration in Canada from your personal perspective. All subjects are accepted, including comedy, drama, police drama or, even, science fiction.
In the case of short films produced in whole or in part in another language, they must be entered with English subtitles. In the case of Radio Podcast, English voiceovers are required when presenting material in another language.
A jury will select the entries which will participate in the on-line competition in fall 2007 and will select the winners of the Jury Awards. The jury members are Alden Habacon, Ruba Nadda, Mitra Sen and Sunny Yi . The general public will select the winners of the People's Choice prizes.
This contest is open to Canadian and Canadian residents between 18 and 35 years old.
There is also a French version of the competition called Métissé serré. For more information on Métissé serré, go to www.rcinet.ca/rci/fr/concours.shtml
Entries must be sent to us on CD or DVD only by June 29, 2007!
Send your entries to:
RCI viva / Digital Diversity Competition
1400 Rene-Levesque Blvd East
Suite B52-94
Montreal (Quebec)
H2L 2M2
For more information:
Production team: Michel Coulombe, Xuân-Huy Nguyen and Thierry Harris.
www.rcinet.ca/rci/en/concours.shtml
digitaldiversity@RCInet.ca
514-597-4877
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United Nations Youth Education Ambassadors programme
application deadline July 1, 2007
This program is open to all Grade 9, 10, & 11 students in the Greater Vancouver area.
Click here for the brochure...
Do you know what Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Roger Federer and Ronaldo have in common? They are all Goodwill Ambassadors for the United Nations! They help educate the general public about important world issues such as poverty, education, HIV/AIDS and refugees; and the United Nations Association of Canada - Vancouver Branch (UNAC-Vancouver) wants YOU to follow in their footsteps!
Through the creation of the Youth Education Ambassador Program (Y.E.A Program) the UNAC-Vancouver is providing the youth of Vancouver the opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and experience today while leaving a legacy for tomorrow's generation. We are looking for TEN inspired, passionate, reliable and independent students in Grade 9, 10, or 11 in the Greater Vancouver area that want to change the chaos of today's world. If you are interested in world issues, enjoy learning about different cultures and are looking to make a difference in your community then you could be one of our first Youth Education Ambassadors!
Here's how it works:
Step 1 - Choose a UN related topic that YOU are passionate about (i.e. HIV/AIDS, refugees, poverty, women's issues, peacekeeping.)
Step 2 - Decide on and design a program that your school/community would enjoy and benefit from. For example: seminars, newsletters, 30 hour famine, assemblies, model UN, radio program, school club, concerts.
Step 3 - Find at least 1 adult willing to supervise your program (i.e. teacher, counselor, staff) and have your program idea approved by a head superior (i.e. principal, minister, manager).
Step 4 - Submit your essay, program proposal and resume to the UNAC-Vancouver!
The Y.E.A Program will select 10 Vancouver youth to take on the roles of Education Ambassadors for the 2007-2008 school year. Those fortunate enough to be selected as Youth Education Ambassadors will get the chance to network with like-minded Vancouver youth and UNAC-Vancouver board members. They will also receive a letter of recommendation upon satisfactory completion of their term as Education Ambassador from the UNAC-Vancouver board of directors. Apply today to become one of the first ever Youth Education Ambassadors and help us lead the way to a more peaceful, understanding and educated future.
For more information, please contact:
Courtney Szto
Youth Education Ambassador Program Director
(778) 839-0678
To download brochure & application instructions, click here.
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Come out & cheer MY Circle Soccer at the WISH Cup Championships!
July 7 & 8, 2007
MY Circle Soccer is going for a double championship at the Wish Cup tournament. This year the team is called Peace Team and they need your help to cheer them on. You can have lots of fun at the tournament, plus you can meet other Multicultural Youth (MY) Circlers.
Come by and have fun!!!
When: July 7 and 8th from 10am - 5pm. You can drop by any time during the day...even it is just for 2 hours. Contact the MY Circle Soccer fan club at fiona.lemon@issbc.org to find out exact game times and if you want to join them in going down as a group. You will see them there: they will be loud and colourful!!!!
Where: David Lam Park, in downtown Vancouver
Corner of Pacific Boulevard and Drake st.
How to get there: take the skytrain to Main St. Station. Get off and go around the corner to Quebec St. You will see the stop for the # C21 or #C23 (those little mini-buses). Take this bus for 10 min, and you get right to the corner where the Park is!
To find out more about MY Circle Soccer, click here.
To find out how to join MY Circle Soccer, contact Fiona at fiona.lemon@issbc.org.
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April 21 - June 17, 2007
happening all over the Lower Mainland
Here's just a few of the events coming up...
- May 22: Asian Elements of Britannia - Heritage Walk
- May 23: Chahar Bagh (The Garden): stories about the journeys and migrations from upheavals and Lost Homes to pluralism and New Homes in song & dance
- May 23 & 24: The Essence of Tea
- May 24: Delhi Nights 2: an evening of music, dance and art
- May 25 & 26: Bhangra Dance Workshops with Dholrhythms
- May 26: Richmond Community Drumming Festival
- May 26: Japanes Tea Ceremony
- May 27: Vancouver Cantonese Opera Extravanganza
- May 27: Chinese Ballroom Dance, Line Dancing & Karaoke
- May 27: LINK Community Dance
- May 28: World Poetry Celebrates Asian Heritage Month!
- May 29: Pacific Spirit Heritage Walk in Mandarin
- June 15-17: 2007 Korean Film Festival
- June 16-17: Alcan Dragon Boat Festival
For the full schedule of events, visit www.explorasian.org/festival2007
For more information, visit www.explorasian.org
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YOUTH: MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD ! at
the open rehearsal of "Stock Characters: The Cooking Show"
JUNE 6, 2007 from 6 PM - 8 PM
Britannia Secondary School - Music Room - Room 111
1001 Cotton Drive in East Vancouver
PLEASE JOIN US FOR AN OPEN REHEARSAL WITH A MODERATED AUDIENCE FEEDBACK SESSION OF MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTONS' COMMUNITY-ENGAGED PERFORMANCE AND DOCUMENTARY VIDEO PROJECT:
Stock Characters: The Cooking Show
Stock Characters: The Cooking Show explores stereotyping, poverty, racism, violence, substance abuse, family distress, the politics of food and pleasures of cooking. The cast features an integrated group of very culturally diverse at-risk youth aged 14 - 25 years old.
This event is FREE. Youth are encouraged to attend. Everyone is welcome.
For information please contact MISCELLANEOUS Productions at:
604.873.6522
elaine-c@mdi.ca
www.miscellaneous-inc.org
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MOVE: the company presents "Xibalba"
May 17-18, 2007
» click here to see the poster
Fresh off the success of "Zero", MOVE: the company presents the closing performances of it's 2nd season, Thursday, May 17th and Friday, May 18th, 2007 at the Scotiabank Dance Centre. Choreographed by Artistic Director Josh Beamish, "Xibalba" features the title work, accompanied by 2 additional short works.
"Xibalba"
Featuring "Xibalba", "The Electronic Series" and "Solitaire"
Performed by Stephen Agisilaou, Josh Beamish, Heather Dotto, Amy Gardner, Cristina Graziano, Joe Tremblay
May 17th/18th, 2007
Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie St)
Doors 7:30 | Show 8:00
All tickets $20
Tickets available at www.ticketweb.ca or at the door
For more info, please visit:
www.myspace.com/movethecompany
604 809 5086
MOVE: the company was founded and is directed by award-winning & acclaimed 19-year old Josh Beamish. All the dancers and choreographers are under the age of 25.
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May 16 & 17 2007
» click here to see poster
"We've Brought You the Employers. Now Get a Job!!!"
Meet & apply to some of BC's top employers who will be hiring for seasonal, part-time & full-time positions. Click here to see list of employers...
YWCA Career Zone, 1260 Granville St., Vancouver, BC
May 16th & 17th, 2007
from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
The YWCA Career Zone is a Service Canada-funded employment resource centre for youth ages 15-30.
Pre-register at the Career Zone to get an early entrance pass. It's not required, but it'll get you ahead of the line. Tel: 604.605.4666 | www.ywcavan.org
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Call for young musicians & entertainers: Travel with the Peace Boat
from Vancouver to Aculpulco, Mexico
May 10-18, 2007
The Japan-based international non-government organization Peace Boat (www.peaceboat.org) is currently looking for young musicians / entertainers to join part of their current world voyage for peace. The voyage section would be from Acapulco, Mexico to Vancouver, Canada (May 10-18, 2007).
This position is perfect for up-and-coming musicians who want to get into peace projects, gain experience, travel, or meet interesting new people from different backgrounds.
Musicians would have two performances in front of a crowd of around 3-400, and also hold three or four smaller workshops for around 30-60participants. Ideally, musicians would also be able to introduce cultural aspects of Vancouver, or Canada in general. Support will be provided by Peace Boat staff members, and interpretation to and from Japanese will be available. Applicants must be mature, motivated, and active in their respective scene.
Peace Boat would cover stay and meals onboard the ship, and can subsidize transport to and from the ship for one person, and stay an meals onboard for a second person if necessary. Due to the nature and financial situation of the organization, Peace Boat can not provide monetary remuneration, however this is guaranteed to be a once in a lifetime experience, mingling with young and old people from Japan and around the world who have almost circumnavigated the globe on the Peace Boat. There would also be the opportunity to sell CDs or other merchandise onboard to help cover costs.
If you're interested in finding out more, please don't hesitate to contact Ken Rhodes at k-rhodes@peaceboat.gr.jp . For other information about Peace Boat, please visit our website www.peaceboat.org/english, or contact pbglobal@peaceboat.gr.jp.
For more information, please contact:
Ken Rhodes
International Coordinator
Peace Boat
k-rhodes@peaceboat.gr.jp
Phone: +81-(0)3-3363-8047
Fax: +81-(0)3-3363-7562
www.peaceboat.org
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Peace It Together: films by Palestinian, Israeli and Canadian Youths
May 6, 2007
» click here to see the poster
Fundraiser for the Creative Peace Network Society. Screening of 'Peace It Together' films, and a unique behind-the-scenes look at how the films were made.
In August, 2006, a group of Israeli, Palestinian and Canadian teens participated in a unique peace filmmaking camp in British Columbia. Organized by the Creative Peace Network, the students created seven short films about how the conflict impacts their lives.
Their films were first screened to a sold out audience at the Stanley Theatre where the filmmakers received standing ovations.
In addition to the screening of the seven short films, Red Storm productions will present a unique behind-the-scenes video about how the youth worked together to create their films.
Local filmmakers and program organizers will be attendance to talk about their experience and answer questions.
Sunday, May 6th- 7:00pm
North Shore Unitarian Church
370 Mathers Avenue, West Vancouver
Suggested donation: $10 at the door
For directions please see: http://www.nsuc.ca/how-to-find-us
For more information:
info@creativepeacenetwork.ca
see poster by clicking here...
If you do NOT live in the Vancouver Area, and are interested in helping us organize a screening near you, please contact organizers at info@creativepeacenetwork.ca.
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Youth & Music: 2007 Young Composers Concert
May 4, 2007
Jon Washburn and the Vancouver Chamber Choir
Linda Lee Thomas, piano
This is a choral youthfest. Part I features music by 'young great composers' (Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Britten, all writing when they were the same age as our competition composers). Part II will be new pieces by 'great young composers' (five previous winners of past Young Composers Competitions). III will present the premieres by this night's 'choral winners' and presentation of the this year's competition awards) and IV by five composers whose music we first heard in our Interplay Composer Workshops. It should be an amazing display of youthful creativity. However, there will be has no age requirement to be in the audience - all you need is a desire to cheer on the next generation of choral music makers!
Ryerson United Church
2195 W. 45th Ave (at Yew St.)
Vancouver
British Columbia, Canada
students & seniors $19.00 (other $23.25)
More information & tickets:
www.vancouverchamberchoir.com
www.ticketmaster.ca
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FREE EVENT !
Italian Cultural Centre. May 4, 2007
Through City of Vancouver's annual Civic Youth Awards initiative, on Friday May 4th , the City will be recognizing the positive contributions of youth, adults, organizations and programs in promoting meaningful youth participation in the life of the city.
The theme for this year's event is sustainability and what better way to kick things off than having a free event that showcases eco-friendly fashion, art and design created by local youth using recycled materials!
Join the action and get inspired with our emerging designers at the JUNK to FUNK Trashion Show on Friday May 4th from 2-5pm at the Italian Cultural Centre!
The event is free, easy to get to (next to the Skytrain) and includes an interactive workshop on recyling common materials into art and will also feature our special guest speaker John Fluevog of local and international shoe design fame.
Junk-to-Funk Trashion Show
Friday May 4, 2-5 p.m.
Vancouver Italian Cultural Centre
3075 Slocan street
FREE!
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IGNITE 2007! Youth Week at the Cultch
May 1-5 2007
at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre
This year's festival promises to be bigger and better than ever and we are looking for YOU to get involved. Whether as a performer, event coordinator, publicist or technician, we need lots of help to put on a festival of this magnitude. If you are interested, drop Lily Han, our Youth Outreach Coordinator, a line at lhan@vecc.bc.ca to let her know what you would like to get involved with!
We will be looking for directors, stage managers and actors for our upcoming shows, so if you are interested, please let us know! Contact Lily Han, our Youth Outreach Coordinator, at youth@vecc.bc.ca.
Youth Week Auditions: Formal auditions are over but we are still looking for a few more actors, gender performers, and slam poets! If interested, please contact Lily Han at youth@vecc.bc.ca.
Ignite! May 1st - 5th 2007
All Shows: 7:30pm, Vancouver East Cultural Centre (1895 Venables St).
Tickets: $2 Youth (19 & Under), $5 Students (over 19), and $10 Adults.
For more info:
Contact Lily Han, Youth Outreach Coordinator at 604-251-1353 or lhan@vecc.bc.ca.
Visit www.vecc.bc.ca
To buy tickets:
In person - OR -
Visit www.vecc.bc.ca
Young Playwrights Festival - May 1st & 2nd
We are excited to bring alive the three winning scripts from last year's Young Playwrights Competition to showcase some amazing youth talent in writing, acting, directing, and producing. This year's productions include Islington Acres, a play about servants, masters, and knowing your place in society; Transfer, an inside look at the private lives of public commuters; and Fetal Attraction, a lyrical story about the birth of life and love.
Dance, Dance, Dance - May 3rd
Don't miss this showcase of some of the best young talent around in hip hop, lock, break, tap, ballet, modern, interpretive, and interdisciplinary dance. With everything from solo acts to group numbers, local dancers to a crew of Japanese newcomers, this night is sure to be a hit.
Spit It and Bend It: Youth Slam & Genderbent - May 4th (Double Bill)
A funky double bill of edgy spoken word and gender performances, Spit It and Bend it will showcase youth at their most expressive and counter-conservative. Magpie Ulysses will host the first portion of the night, where eloquent young spoken word artists 'slam' it out for the Youth Slam championship title. Next will follow innovative drag and gender performances that blur lines and push boundaries, as only youth know how to do.
Mr. Finale - Thursday, May 5th
An explosive conclusion to the Youth Week festival that will bring the best of young performers together for a multidisciplinary, multi-talent show that will include theatre showcases, magicians, and high energy music that will get the audience out of their seats!
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THINGS to do ALL over the place !!!
Youth Week is an international celebration of youth held annually during the first week of May. It is a week of fun, interaction and celebration intending to build a strong connection between young people and their communities and to profile the issues, accomplishments and diversity of youth across the province.
Wherever Youth Week is celebrated, the idea behind it is the same: Young people are important and need to be recognized in a constructive and positive manner. Their contributions need to be acknowledged and celebrated.
During Youth Week, young people around the world organize and participate in many activities including sporting events, musical performances, art displays, movie nights, random acts of kindness, award ceremonies, community projects displays on education and employment services and much more!
Here's just some of the things happening in Vancouver...
- YouthFest (April 27) at Kerrisdale Arena
- Meet the employers! it's as easy as 1, 2, 3! (May 1) at YWCA Career Zone
- Youth Week Opening Night (May 1) at Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House
- Meet the employers! in video gaming (May 2) at YWCA Career Zone
- Youth Fair (May 2) at Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House
- Meet the employers! in trades & construction (May 3) at YWCA Career Zone
- Junk to Funk! (May 4) at the Italian Cultural Centre
- Iron Chef (May 4) at Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House
- City of Vancouver Youth Awards Gala (May 4) at Italian Cultural Centre
- Youth Action Day (May 5) at the Vancouver Aquarium
- PLAYLAND Extravaganza (May 5) at Playland
- Keep Vancouver Spectacular-Community Clean-Up (May 6) at Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House
- Active YOUth, One Stop Recreation Source (May 6) at Sunset Community Centre
- Vancouver Public Library celebrates Youth Week Teen Info Fair (May 6) at the Library Central Branch
- Sk8ter Event (May 6) at Skate Plaza
- Just for Teens series presents "I was a Teenage Zinester" (May 6) at the Library Central Branch
- Dodgeball Tournament (May 7) at Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House
For more events in Vancouver:
visit www.vancouveryouthweek.ca
For more events in other cities:
visit www.bcyouthweek.com
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Calling on youth to participate in McCreary Youth Foundation's
Rethinking Risk Conference
Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Vancouver BC
April 27-28, 2007
This 2-day event is designed to stimulate our thinking about the opportunities and challenges associated with engaging in risk behaviours. The focus will be on the full spectrum of risk taking activities during adolescence. The program will foster links between evidence and policy and highlight protective, preventive and harm reduction strategies that work.
The program is intended for a multidisciplinary audience of academics, youth serving professionals and youth leaders. There will be a minimum number of plenary sessions and a good mix of seminar and workshop sessions. The intent is for a highly interactive, network expanding, enjoyable 2 days. The Faculty includes two Social Scientists from Ontario but the majority of the presenters will be from BC.
At the conclusion of this conference participants will:
- Improve their knowledge of BC-based programs for adolescents.
- Acquire an understanding of the differences between "at risk," "risk taking" and "risky behaviours" and approaches that assess each.
- Improve their knowledge of national initiatives to foster protective and harm reduction approaches to promoting youth health.
- Gain knowledge of new conceptual frameworks and models for addressing risk among youth.
- Expand their professional and cross - sector networks.
- Enjoy a stimulating and interactive focus on our adolescents.
For more information and to register for the conference please visit www.myfoundation.ca/conference-description.html
Questions can be directed to Sarah Day sday@myfoundation.ca or
Kathy Powelson kathy@myfoundation.ca
604-299-1609
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Sign-up to be part of Vancouver's Creative City Conversation
April 23, 2007. 8:30am-5:00pm.
Vancouver Playhouse (Hamilton at Dunsmuir)
Register online now!
Go to www.vancouver.ca/creativecity
Take the quiz. Complete the survey.Register online for the Monday, April 23 event.
The Creative City Conversation is free, and open to the public.
But space is limited, so register early on our website.
Join the City of Vancouver's Creative City Task Force and colleagues for a day of discussion, workshops, and insight into the power of culture, creativity and community. Keynote speakers include Sir Ken Robinson-internationally recognized leader in creativity and innovation-and Robert Sirman, Director of Canada Council.
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Come out & help bless the salmon as they head out to sea...
April 22, 2007 (1:30pm)
Hadden Park (behind the Maritime Museum)
near Vanier Park & the Planetarium
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The MAD HATTER Tea Party!presented by the Mad Skillz Collective
Thursday, April 12th (8pm)
The Anza club (west 8th ave. @ Ontario)
yes yes folks....
Once again the Mad Skillz collective will be hosting an evening of collaboration, of stimulation and of excitation. The last event was such a success, we thought it necessary to strike again, and in greater numbers...
Thursday the 12th of April: The Anza club (west 8th ave. @ Ontario) will be host to THE MAD HATTER - tea party
The show begins 8pm sharp with the *Main Dance* 3rd year performances....guaranteed to thrill. Followed by The Roothless Mayham, Then, an all out rhythme extraviganza accompanied by "fire" spinning, featuring Aaron Ross with original compostitions (coming off a recording an for upcoming CD launch,)and DJ/MC BUZY B and closing out the night with the always thrilling band *SUZY* for their official, long awaited, CD LAUNCH!
covers 8$, drinks are cheap and dancing is abundant
(as vets from the past party will attest).
cheers,
Geordie
(from the Mad Skillz Collective)
To find out more about the Mad Skillz Collective, click here.
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"MIRROR MIRROR" - a play about depression in youth
presented by the Vancouver Coastal Health Youth Theatre Action Group
Tuesday, April 3 to Thursday, April 5, 2007
Apr 3, 7:30 pm , Apr 4-5, 1:15 pm & 7:30 pm
Performance Centre, Roundhouse Community Centre
Free for school groups, and by donation for public.
Tickets and info 604-321-0694.
A sophisticated and witty theatrical performance that raises awareness about teen life and depression, produced by Vancouver Coastal Health's Youth Theatre Action Group. Using an entertainingly unique script, the powerful artistry in Mirror, Mirror depicts the often-taboo issue in an honest manner that gets the attention of the audience. The play manages to weave in elements of compassion and wit while dealing with many manifestations of depression including: emotional detachment; co-dependency; bi-polar disorder; bulimia; and suicide.
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Nominate notable youth for the C.o.V. Youth Awards before April 4 2007
THE CITY OF VANCOUVER IS CALLING FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2007 C.o.V YOUTH AWARDS
On Friday May 4th, the City of Vancouver Youth Outreach Team will be hosting the biggest youth recognition event in Vancouver.
As part of the 3rd annual youth awards celebration, the City of Vancouver will be recognizing the youth community in eight different categories and we need your help identifying the best of the best from Vancouver's youth community by making a nomination in any of the following categories:
- C.o.V. Individual Youth Award 13 - 18
- C.o.V. Individual Youth Award 19 - 24
- C.o.V. Adult Ally Award
- C.o.V. Youth Group Award
- C.o.V. Youth Program Award
- C.o.V. Youth Organization Award
- ONE DAY Individual Leadership Award for leadership on Climate Change and Energy Consumption Award
- ONE DAY Organizational Award for leadership on Climate Change and Energy Consumption
If you want to recognize a young person or a youth group who has done great work in your community, an adult ally that has been a key support for a specific youth group, or a youth program or organization that has done amazing work with youth...
NOMINATE THEM FOR THE 2007 C.o.V. YOUTH AWARDS!
Fill out a nomination form and send it our way. Nomination Forms and more information about the award categories are available at: http://vancouveryouth.ca/content/media/2007_cov_youth_awards_nomination_form.pdf
Deadline for nominations is Thursday April 5th 2007.
For more information about the 2007 C.o.V. Youth Awards contact Lanny Jimenez at 604 871 6136 or by email at lanny.jimenez@vancouver.ca or check our website at www.vancouveryouth.ca
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MOVE presents "Zero": all-youth dance company mixes it up!
Film, theatre, music and hot contemporary dance...
MOVE: the company presents "Zero", a co-production with the 2007 Vancouver International Dance Festival.
"Zero" marks the first full-length work by MOVE: the company and will run from Tuesday, March 27th to Saturday, March 31st. Below you will find all of the show info and information on how to purchase tickets. We hope to see you at our performance.
ABOUT ZERO (from VIDF site)
MOVE: the company mixes film, theatre, music and hot contemporary dance to tell its story of a group of over-privileged youth, living life without consequence. These kids have everything-and everything to lose. Josh Beamish, one of Vancouver 's upcoming new talents, shows the tension underlying the youth of today through a narrative structure delivered through quicksilver movement fuelled by propulsive energy.
"Zero" - Created and Directed by Josh Beamish
March 27th-31st, 2007
Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie St, Vancouver, BC)
8pm Showtime, 7:30 Doors Open
Tickets:
visit www.vidf.ca,
call 604 662 7441
or buy at the door.
Performers: Josh Beamish, Scott Augustine, Cristina Graziano, Heather Dotto, Amy Gardner, Kevin Bergsma, Loretta Beamish-Lachner, Ron Stewart, Hailley Caulfield, Joe Tremblay, Cameron McKinlay, Emily Tench, Christina Heinrich and Stephen Agisilaou.
For more information: please visit
www.myspace.com/movethecompany
www.vidf.ca/move_thecompany.html
or www.movethecompany.com
or call 604 809 5086.
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special film screening...
"Chasing Rainbows: Young adults living with cancer"
Vancouver screening: March 29, 2007
BC Cancer Research Centre
675 West 10th Avenue
Leslie and Gordon Diamond Family Theatre
7 to 9 PM - Public Session
FREE ADMISSION, but please RSVP by calling Sacha Leto (BC Cancer Foundation) at 604-675-8242. Donations can be made to the BC Cancer Foundation to support research programs for young adults living with cancer.
Chasing Rainbows: Young Adults Living With Cancer is a 43-minute documentary based on a dynamic, intimate living-room discussion between six young people who are "living life while fighting for it." With passion and infectious laughter, the six participants provide a unique and refreshing perspective about what it is like to live with cancer when you're young. Candidly they discuss: Fear, Anger, Finances, Sex, Infertility, Family Relationships, Death, Faith, and the Future. Their stories provide invaluable information, inspiration and hope - not only for other young adults facing life-threatening illness, but also their families, friends, caregivers and medical support teams. Please see below for Vancouver & Victoria screening dates.
"I could relate only too well to the ever-shifting phases of fear, anger, hope and sadness...I felt as though I was at a support group meeting, nodding along with the survivors in the film - people who truly get it."
-- Karin DuBois, 25 year old cancer survivor
Each screening will be accompanied by an introduction from producer/director Pat Taylor and a performance of the theme song "Chasing Rainbows" by singer-songwriter Michael Booth Palmer. Audiences will also hear from a local young adult cancer survivor, and from other speakers about the support systems available to young adults living with cancer, and the importance of survivorship research. There will be time set aside for questions and comments from the audience.
VANCOUVER:
Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 7:00 PM
BC Cancer Agency - Vancouver, BC Cancer Research Centre
675 West 10 Ave, Vancouver BC - Leslie and Gordon Diamond Family Theatre
Monday, April 2, 2007 - 7:00 PM
BC Cancer Agency - Vancouver Island Cancer Centre
2410 Lee Ave, Victoria BC - Conference Room 2
These events are open to the general public and admission is free (please RSVP at the number below). Donations can be made to the BC Cancer Foundation to support research programs for young adults living with cancer.
To RSVP for one of the screenings, please contact:
Sacha Leto (BC Cancer Foundation): 604-675-8242 or 1-888-906-2873
For more information, to purchase a copy of the DVD or for resources for young people living with cancer: please visit www.chasingrainbowsproduction.com.
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CUE UP : A special evening for youth-made films & video
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Doors @ 7:30pm
Screenings @ 8:00pm
Bring your MiniDV, VHS or DVD
to Video In Video Out
1965 Main Street
for a public screening on a first come first serve basis
* on this evening, Video by youth will be prioritized
submissions should be under 15 min.
Guest presentation: Jennifer Fisher, distribution coordinator of Video Out, will screen earlier work by Out On Screen youth and discuss its distribution
Cue Up is a regular event for video makers, artists and audience for the screening and discussion of video/film/new media work or work in progress.
"Video In is committed to having Cue Up evenings for younger filmmakers if there's enough of a demand for it (this is their third), and it's a very cool atmosphere to bring your films to and screen for a random, appreciative audience of filmmakers and artists for feedback, props, etc. Especially of interest for those of you doing stuff that's a little non-mainstream. If you're interested in attending, or if you just want to help out, please spread the word far and wide." - A.W.
For more information, contact cueup@videoinstudios.com or visit www.videoinstudios.com/cueup
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Vancouver Foundation Youth Philanthropy Council grant applications due March 30 2007
Application deadlines in 2007:
March 30, 2007 and October 5, 2007
Vancouver Foundation's Youth Philanthropy Council is dedicated to supporting youth oriented programs in Vancouver through grants and volunteerism. Grant recipients are selected by youth and the programme is very youth-friendly.
For more information about the application process and how to apply, contact Mark Gifford at mark@vancouverfoundation.bc.ca or 604-688-2204 as soon as possible.
Click here to visit the Vancouver Foundation Youth Philanthropy Council page.
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Be the Change! Small grants to youth-led projects:
Application deadline: March 31, 2007
Peace Child International has created the "Be the Change!" Programme (BTC!) to support young people under 25 years of age with small grants of US$500 - US$1,000 to get involved in local community action and development projects.
Projects must be genuinely youth-led with two experienced and committed adult mentors, and benefit the community rather than an individual need. All projects must have measures of achievement (indicators) by which projects may be evaluated. Projects may be either income-generating (funds to start up a small business and creating jobs) or non-income generating (for health, education, environmental clean-up or community improvement) social projects.
To apply: Download the application form from the website at www.peacechild.org and send proposals to the appropriate desk officer at Peace Child International before the deadline.
Deadline for applications is March 31 2007.
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Vancouver Park Board Neighbourhood Matching Fund
Two application deadlines: March 31, 2007 and October 31, 2007
The Neighbourhood Matching Fund is a program providing support for projects involving people in a way that promotes the development of community and builds neighbourhood connections. It provides funds to groups who want to improve and develop Vancouver parks and facilities (like a community centre, ice rink, etc.) on park land. Donations of time, money and/or materials, equal to the amount requested from the Neighbourhood Matching Fund must be provided by the community. This is known as the "match".
Examples of projects are:
- greening a street-end;
- building a community fence;
- working with a ceramic artist to build creative benches;
- developing natural or historical interpretation; starting a banner program;
- and building an information kiosk, etc.
To apply and for more information: Visit their website at www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/parks/arts/nmf or call 604.257.8495
Deadlines for applications is March 31 2007 and October 31, 2007.
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HIP HOP HOPE : Youth Empowerment Camp
14-18 year old YOUTH
March 19 - 23
After 4 years of off-the-hook camps in the United States, this is the first time Hip Hop Hope will run in Canada. Hip Hop Hope brings together artists, youth mentors, and 14-18 year olds to spend 4 days at beautiful Camp Alexandra: building community, learning about the history of Hip Hop as a youth-driven creative tool for social change, connecting with people from diverse backgrounds, creating and gaining skills in all the Hip Hop elements... Oh and, speaking their truths on a full-length album in our two on-site recording studios!
Power of Hope all-program policy:
NOBODY TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS ---- SUBSIDIES AVAILABLE
All it takes for a youth to register is to visit:
www.powerofhope.org/programs/hip%20hop%20hope.htm
or call Gita, Power of Hope Program Director: 250-381- HOPE (4673)
Feel free to call us with any questions at all...
Sara Kendall 604 253 9294
Anna Hilliar 604 726 4044
Power of Hope Homepage: www.powerofhope.org
Hip Hop Hope photos, recorded tracks and registration info: projects.takingitglobal.org/hiphophope
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"Banana Boys" : a play about growing up Asian-Canadian male
The West Coast Premiere of the Toronto hit
Banana Boys
Presented by The Firehall Arts Centre
By Leon Aureus Based on the novel by Terry Woo
Opens at the Firehall Arts Centre
Previews February 23 -27 | Shows - February 28 - March 17
"Banana: yellow on the outside, white on the inside. Otherwise known as Canadian-born Chinese (CBC)."
Banana Boys is a smart, contemporary and wickedly funny play that breaks down stereotypes and paints a picture of what it is to be an Asian-Canadian male. The story centres on the lives of five regular Asian-Canadian guys in their mid-twenties. We follow the boys through their years at the University of Waterloo as they struggle through issues of identity and self worth. Trapped by parental obligations and societal expectations, these CBC's are neither fully Chinese nor Canadian. Adapted by Leon Aureus from the critically acclaimed first novel by Terry Woo, this wickedly funny play is directed by Jack Paterson.
Everyone knows a Banana Boy. He's the beer-swilling I.T. guy bitter at his poor dating prospects with white and Asian women. He's the suave and ambitious young businessman who works hard and plays harder to get ahead. He's the quiet engineer with broken dreams of being a hockey star and quiet romantic in hopes for love. He's the nerdy sexually deprived son of a convenience store owner. Banana Boys are from all walks of life. But how did they get to where they are now? The boys live in a fully wired world of high-speed internet, video interface and MSN Messenger. With the joys of beer, hockey and video games, to the frustrations of being stereotyped in the mainstream media, Banana Boys captures what it means to be a "Yellow Guy" in the Great White North.
The five young men we follow run the gamut of the Asian-Canadian experience:
Rick: the ultra ambitious B.Com 'player'
Sheldon: the hopeless romantic engineer
Luke: the club crawling psych major
Dave: the cynical woman-hating comp sci. student
Mike: the pre-med hopeful who wants to be a writer.
The cast of Banana Boys includes, Simon Hayama, Victor Mariano Parnelli Parnes, Rick Tae and Vincent Tong. This production is made possible through the generous support of the Vancouver Foundation.
Show times:
PREVIEWS - Friday, February 23 - 27 (Tickets $10)
SHOWS - February 28 - March 17 (Ticket prices $12 - $24)
Tuesday - Saturday 8pm
Saturday - Sunday 2pm
Wednesday 1pm (* Pay What You Can)
For more information and/or tickets, call Firehall Box Office 604-689-0691 or www.firehallartscentre.ca.
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YOUTH MOVE IT! free programme of dance workshops
DATES: Saturdays, March 10, 17, 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2007
LOCATION: Scotiabank Dance Centre, Kraul & Birmingham Studios
677 Davie Street, Downtown (cross street Granville)
TIMES: 2 - 4 pm every Saturday, 2 - 5 pm April 14
FACILITATOR: Jacci Collins
Are you a young person, ages 15 - 20, wanting to learn more about dance?
Come join us at Scotiabank Dance Centre on Saturdays for six weeks:
March 10 - April 14, 2007 for a FREE dance workshop!
Move It! engages participants in the creative process through dance in a supportive and fun environment. Youth Move It! is facilitated by Jacci Collins whose insights into jazz, modern, hip hop and African dance techniques will inspire participants through a six session process of technique and creation. Youth will create their own dance composition to be performed in a free, public presentation on the final day of the workshop, Saturday, April 14, 4 - 5 pm.
Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Call: 604.684.5518 for more information or email: sara@joeink.ca. Please be prepared to commit to the full 6-session schedule and wear comfortable clothes for movement.
Joe Ink has been providing community-based dance workshops for the past seven years. For 2007, Joe Ink is producing Move It Big Time! starting with a series of thematic Move It! workshops that are offered free-of-charge to the public. The culmination of these workshops is a 3-week long intensive followed by a full-scale public performance at Scotiabank Dance Centre in July 2007. Thank you to the The Dance Centre, International Dance Day and BC Dances programming for supporting Move It! activities during the month of April 2007!
Jacci Collins is an independent dancer/choreographer and yoga instructor in Vancouver. After graduating from Simon Fraser University's dance program in 2002, she traveled to Johannesburg, South Africa to work with Moving Into Dance Mophatong where she was teaching, apprenticing with the performance company and learning the Edudance teaching methodology. Jacci has most recently performed her newest solo work, Covet, at the Nextfest Arts Festival in Edmonton, AB. Jacci is co-artistic director of Mad Calf Productions and has been facilitating Joe Ink's Move It! Community Dance Workshops since 2002.
More information: 604.684.5518, sara@joeink.ca or www.joeink.ca
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Grants to Youth + Youth Grantwriting Workshops
March 10th & March 14th 2007
Need some change to create some change?
Vancouver Foundation's Youth Philanthropy Council is inviting other young people who are trying to launch youth-led community projects in the Summer and Fall 2007 to apply for their March 30, 2007 funding application deadline. Typical grants range from $500-$5000.
To request a YPC application form, email Mark Gifford at mark@vancouverfoundation.bc.ca
Make sure you include:
- your name and contact information;
- the name of the school or community organization that you think would host the project;
- a brief description of your project idea
Mark or a member of the Council will send you the application forms or contact you to discuss the project.
But hold on, 'cause that's not all!
In partnership with the City of Vancouver's Youth Outreach Team and GetOut! Ideas Factory, the Youth Philanthropy Council is encouraging potential youth applicants (ages 12-24) to register for one of our:
FREE grantwriting and project planning workshops.
YPC members will explain the application forms and process to you and answer as many questions as they can.
Staff and volunteers from Vancouver Foundation, and the City of Vancouver's Youth Outreach Team & GetOut! Ideas Factory will also be available to provide advice and assistance on how to plan your project and get it started!
Saturday, March 10
1:00 - 4:00PM
Riley Park Community Centre
(the Coffee Shop)
50 East 30th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5V 2T9
Wednesday, March 14
4:00 - 7:00PM
Foundation Lounge
2301 Main Street (at 7th Ave)
Vancouver, BC V5T 3C9
If you would like to register, please RSVP to mark@vancouverfoundation.bc.ca and indicate which one you would like to attend. Space is limited.
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WRITE OFF RACISM!
student poetry contest
CELEBRATING CREATIVITY AND PROMOTING EQUALITY
Deadline: March 12, 2007
March 21 is World Poetry Day and International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. To celebrate and help increase awareness of both days, BookTelevision, ACCESS, CLT (Canadian Learning Television) and Canadian Heritage - Western Region are encouraging youth to submit their poems on the topic of stopping racism. Poems can be submitted in either English or French. Selected poems will be broadcast on HELP!tv and posted on the Access The Education Station web site.
A panel of poets and community representatives will select fifteen winning poems, with each winning author receiving a prize package. Entry forms and contest information are available online under the BookTelevsion section of the ACCESS The Education Station Web site at: www.booktelevision.com/Contests.aspx
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Apply to present at the Global Youth Assembly in Edmonton this summer
August 1-4, 2007
Proposal deadline: March 15, 2007
REACH OUT, SPEAK UP! Ignite Change Now
Global Youth Assembly 2007, a satellite project of the Youth Assembly at the United Nations, will bring 700-1000 international youth and young professionals 16 - 28 years to Edmonton, Canada.
These dynamic individuals will participate in keynote addresses, break-out sessions, and workshops in order to build an understanding of critical local and global issues and to strengthen their capacity to stimulate change. The content of the Assembly will focus on the UNESCO 8 area domains of action for a Culture of Peace as a conceptual framework. This will help participants develop comprehensive knowledge of social, economic, and political issues in our world - from AIDS, to poverty, to human security - as well as offering action-oriented philosophies and quantitative strategies that will empower them to tackle these problems.
Youth will examine how issues impact people at various levels - the personal, the community, and globally. By exploring the complexity and interdependencies of local and global issues, delegates will have the opportunity to understand that building effective solutions requires an approach that recognizes both the specific characteristics of each problem, as well as broader holistic aspects.
This Assembly will allow youth, once they have realized their individual and collective power, to have the space and opportunity to reflect on innovative ways to take creative action. We hope that after attending the Assembly, youth participants will be able to apply the 8 action areas to their daily lives and activities - through their relationships, interactions, consumption, and life choices.
We are accepting a wide-range of oral and poster presentation proposals that offer either an educational opportunity on the 8 action areas of a culture of peace, or a leadership development workshop.
For more information, visit www.youthassembly.ca
To download a proposal application, click here.
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JUNK to FUNK: Eco-design, fashion & design exhibition
Call to young artists! Sign up before March 15th 2007.
The City of Vancouver Youth Awards has a twist. This year the City's Youth Outreach Team has partnered with the Sustainability Group's One Day program to incorporate the theme of sustainability into the Awards by hosting an Eco-Fashion, Art and Design exhibition.
We are looking for creative youth teams or individuals who would like to create and showcase:
Sustainable art pieces Fashion accessory or clothing, or Design creations.
Criteria
- All Junk to Funk submissions must be made from at least 85% recycled materials. We encourage you to use construction materials (glues, paints, dyes, resins etc) that are natural, non-toxic or bio-degradable. If you are having troubles finding materials please let us know and we will point you in the right direction.
- All interested Junk to Funk artists must submit the attached registration form by 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 15, 2007.
- A one page description of materials used in the construction of your Junk to Funk item must be submitted along with your masterpiece.
- The description, if possible, should state whether the materials you used are organic, locally made, locally produced, or ethically produced. The more creative and elaborate, the better!
- All Junk to Funk artists should be present on May 4th, 2007 as the submitted items will be on display in a trashion show at the 2007 C.o.V. Youth Awards celebration.
THINK ABOUT IT AND MAKE YOUR SUBMISSION NOW!
Fill out a submission form and send it our way. You can find the form at
http://www.vancouveryouth.ca/content/media/junk_for_funk_form.pdf
For more information about the Junk to Funk: Eco - Fashion, Art, and Design Trashion Show contact Sara Blenkhorn at 604 871 6921, by email Sara.Blenkhorn@vancouver.ca or at www.vancouveryouth.ca
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Cinema Politica presents: FAVELA RISING
Friday March 9, 2007
Main Library Downtown Vancouver
7:30-9:30pm
FAVELA RISING documents a man and a movement, a city divided and a favela (Brazilian squatter settlement) united. Haunted by the murders of his family and many of his friends, Anderson Sá is a former drug-trafficker who turns social revolutionary in Rio de Janeiro's most feared slum. Through hip-hop music, the rhythms of the street, and Afro-Brazilian dance he rallies his community to counteract the violent oppression enforced by teenage drug armies and sustained by corrupt police.
Artist-scholar Pearl Hunt will lead a post-film discussion and speak about the notion of reciprocity as it relates to the use of music for social change.
Friday, March 9, 2007.
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM.
*NOTE ROOM CHANGE BELOW*
Vancouver Public Library
350 West Georgia Street
*Alma & Peter Kaye Room
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Cinema Politica Background:
Cinema Politica is a network of individual organizers across Canada whose goal is to bring political cinema to public screens on a regular basis. In 2006, a handful of communication students from SFU formed Cinema Politica Vancouver and partnered with Necessary Voices Society to launch Vancouver's first Cinema Politica venture. Unless otherwise noted, films are shown from 7:30 to 9:30 pm in the Alice MacKay Room of the Vancouver Public Library (Central Branch, 350 West Georgia). Screenings are free of charge and open to the public. Views and opinions expressed in the films/presentations do not necessarily represent those of the organizers.
For more details: See www.cinemapolitica.org/vpl
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Apply to be a Glocal Youth Parliament delegate by March 1 2007
Recruitment for the Glocal Youth Parliament Delegates has begun!!!
Deadlines for applications is March 1, 2007
What is the Glocal Youth Parliament (GYP)?
The GYP is a worldwide network of urban youth partnering with local governments and organizations, international institutions, private sector and each other to improve the quality of urban life. The network, which currently spans sixty-five cities and five continents, promotes local action, city-to-city initiatives and the sharing of ideas, solutions, and experiences. The GYP has a core membership of two youth representatives from each participating city and their peer networks who work together to realize their common vision for the year 2020.
Who can apply?
* Youth between the ages of 16 and 24;
* Belong to a youth organization, take a lead in a club or part of a school council, etc.
* Active in local organizations projects in which s/he demonstrates leadership skills, team spirit and eagerness to take action on a variety of global and local issues
Please download the application here, fill it out completely and send it in to the address below before March 1 2007 :
Olivia Barata Cavalcanti
Youth Programs Facilitator
The Glocal Forum
Via Zanardelli, 34
00186 Rome – Italy
Telephone +39 06 6888 41 / Fax + 39 06 6888 4232
olivia@glocalforum.org
For more information on the GYP (activities, events, etc.), please check out the website at: www.glocalforum.org or www.glocalyouth.org
* Notes:
-Selection process: members from Glocal will choose 1 female and 1 male to represent Vancouver.
-Glocal is not a City of Vancouver program
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Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth
February 23 to March 2, 2007
VanCity Theatre & Roundhouse Community Centre in downtown Vancouver
Each year, the Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth offers a diverse selection of international films that celebrate cultures from around the globe. There's also some pretty cool workshops in the programme like animation, storyboarding and digital filmmaking. For programme details, more information about workshops & other events, tickets and signing up as a volunteer, visit www.eciad.ca/r2r.
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Vancouver Coastal Health Capable Kids grant applications due February 28, 2007
"Capable Kids" is the framework under which Vancouver Coastal Health delivers addiction and mental health services for young people living in the VCHA region of which Richmond is a part of. Funding provided by this grant program is awarded to projects aimed at preventing, delaying, or reducing the use of alcohol or other drugs by youth between the ages of 12-24. There needs to be a clear demonstration of youth involvement and engagement.
Application deadline: February 28, 2007
Contact Irene Jackson for more information and to apply
Irene.Jaakson@vch.ca or 604-714-6263
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CUE UP : A special evening for youth-made films & video
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Doors @ 7:30pm
Screenings @ 8:00pm
Bring your MiniDV, VHS or DVD
to Video In Video Out
1965 Main Street
for a public screening on a first come first serve basis
* on this evening, Video by youth will be prioritized
submissions should be under 15 min.
Guest presentation: Video for and about YOUTH
Stephen Wichuk from Real2Reel will discuss programming and upcoming screenings
Cue Up is a regular event for video makers, artists and audience for the screening and discussion of video/film/new media work or work in progress.
"Video In is committed to having Cue Up evenings for younger filmmakers if there's enough of a demand for it (this is their second), and it's a very cool atmosphere to bring your films to and screen for a random, appreciative audience of filmmakers and artists for feedback, props, etc. Especially of interest for those of you doing stuff that's a little non-mainstream. If you're interested in attending, or if you just want to help out, please spread the word far and wide." - A.W.
For more information, contact cueup@videoinstudios.com or visit www.videoinstudios.com/cueup
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Apply for the OXFAM Youth Partnerships before January 31, 2007
Oxfam International Youth Partnerships is a global network of young people working with their communities to create positive, equitable and sustainable change. If you are working with your community to create a positive future then you can apply to be a part of the Oxfam International Youth Partnerships. Between 2007 and 2010 you will have opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and understanding and to talk and share with other young people. For more information, visit www.iyp.oxfam.org.
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DESIGN the STREET BANNERS to fly over Chinatown this summer!
Chinatown Banner Design Contest
design entries due January 31, 2007
Got a desire to etch images on fabric and see your work brave rain and wind conditions? Here's your chance display your masterpiece in the open air and to paint Chinatown red!
The Vancouver Chinese Merchants Association and the Vancouver Chinatown BIA Society want your help in designing new banners on the streets of Chinatown. Your concept must reflect the vibrancy and capture what the Chinatown community means. Please respect Chinese cultural traditions and customs in your design for aspects such as colour and subject. Dimensions of banner will be 30in(horizontal) x 72in(vertical).
You could win a $500 prize and see your artwork hanging on streetlights each time you pass through Vancouver Chinatown. Send in your designs to us by January 31, 2007. Banners are expected to be printed and hung before summer 2007.
For contest rules and regulations, and information on how to submit your design, please visit www.vancouver-chinatown.com.
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Be a part of the CITY of VANCOUVER YOUTH AWARDS 2007 !
Get involved as member of the working group, selection committee, or as performer at the awards ceremony…
For more info & ongoing updates, visit: vancouveryouth.ca/getting_involved/covawards2007updates
Looking for a meaningful volunteer project?
Do you have some free time after school for the next 4 months?
Do you need service hours?
If you do…
We definitely need your help planning the most amazing youth recognition event in Vancouver…
This year, on Friday May 4th The City of Vancouver Youth Outreach Team will be celebrating the 2007 C.o.V Youth Awards, and we are looking for youth who would be interested in being part of the Working Group for this event… An important feature of this year’s celebration is the showcase of work done by youth around environmental sustainability; so as part of the 2007 C.o.V. Youth Awards we will not only recognize the positive contributions of the youth community in Vancouver, but we will also have a special recognition award and eco – fashion show and design exhibition.
We know… It sounds like a lot, and for this reason we need you!
As part of this group you will:
- Meet twice a month with the Youth Outreach Team to provide advice and support in planning and running a series of activities that will take place prior and during the May 4th event;
- Help us with the arts, communication, program design and outreach strategies for the Eco – Fashion Show and Design Exhibition;
- Assist with the program development for the awards ceremony;
- Assist getting the word out about the event
Sounds like this is something you may be interested in? Contact Lanny at 604 871 6136 or send her an email at lanny.jimenez@vancouver.ca before January 30th.
The first meeting will take place on Thursday February 1st from 4:30 -6:30pm.
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FREE DAY of THEATRE CLASSES !!!
Saturday January 27, 2007
10am - 3pm
Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion
2702 Norland, Burnaby
Free Day is a day of fun and celebration. Come one and all, all shapes and sizes, with or without a disability. This is a chance to enjoy group exercises and theatre games in a safe environment, led by qualified theatre instructors. Try out your choice of movement, music and acting workshops, with a performance opportunity. See www.theatreterrific.ca.
Where:
Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion, Large Education Centre, 2nd Floor
2702 Norland Ave
Directions: Take Bus #129 heading south from Holdom Skytrain Station (at Lougheed Hwy) to Norland Ave. (Norland is not a wheelchair accessible bus stop.)
Admission: no charge
Who: For adults and youth 16 years and over
Lunch provided
To register call 604 222-4020.
Free Day is supported by the Province of BC Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch and the Herman Bischoff Foundation.
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CITY of BHANGRA !!!
The Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration
January 16 to 20, 2007
Downtown Vancouver
Vancouver is the City of Bhangra in January 2007! The Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration takes place January 16 to 20 in Downtown Vancouver. 12 events, 500 performers and North America's most exciting dance teams! Events include free live performances, bhangra dance competitions (free admission), $5 bhangra introduction workshops, free art exhibits, evening party events and more. For a complete list of events, click here.
Visit the City of Bhangra website at www.vibc.org.
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MADSKILLZ KICKOFF PARTY !!!
Friday January 19, 2007 (8pm)
The ANZA Club
#3 West 8th Avenue at Manitoba
Yes all, the time has come to throw down a rockin' dance party to celebrate the kickoff of the MADSKILLZ collective.
Friday, 19th of January, the Anza club will be host to a plethora of local talents.
Lineup includes the stylings of singer/songwriter CHRISTINA MARIA, reggae beats of DESPERATE STRAIGHTGUYS, choreography by CAILLIE WALLACE, down home feel of BLACKBERRY WOOD, the ever funky THYMEZUP and to cap things off the unstoppable rhymes of TRIFORCE OMEGA (backed by members of Five Alarm Funk.)
The Anza club is at 3 west 8th ave. @ Manitoba st.
Show starts at 8 pm sharp.
Covers $8.
Drinks are cheap.
Bring your dancin shoes!
Tell Your friends.
GetOut! is proud to support the startup of the MADSKILLZ! Click here (and scroll down) to find out more about the collective.
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Nominate those wonderful people in your community for the...
McCreary Youth Foundation Awards of Distinction
before January 12, 2007
2007 MYF Awards of Distinction recognize significant contributions by individuals in British Columbia on behalf of fostering the youth agenda. If you know an outstanding individual or program, please complete the attached nomination form.
Nominations are currently being accepted in the following categories:
Research
In recognition of sustained research efforts and a significant body of academic work on a youth related issue by a BC-based researcher
Advocacy
In recognition of effective and consistent promotion of a rightful place for youth issues in the provincial agenda
Innovative Programs
In recognition of the creation and successful programs for youth implementation of creative solutions to addressing the needs of youth in BC
Youth Leadership
In recognition of an individual youth from BC who has demonstrated the principles of youth participation and meaningful engagement
Nomination deadline: January 12, 2007.
To be eligible, awardees must be able to attend the annual MYF Conference luncheon, April 28, 2007 at the Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver. The nominations will be screened by MYF staff before commendations are forwarded to the Board for approval. The awards will consist of a framed certificate. There will be no cash value but out of town awardees will be eligible for travel reimbursement.
Visit www.myfoundation.ca/awards.html.
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Community Youth Development startup fund for new community youth development initiatives in BC !
The Community Youth Development Coalition of B.C. is pleased to announce the launch of a new granting process that will provide up to $30,000 in Initiative Start-up Funds to qualifying community-based organizations in British Columbia who are in the process of developing a Community Youth Development initiative. The Community Youth Development Coalition of British Columbia invites any youth advisory committees or community organizations working to support youth to apply for funding to support the initiation and growth of a Community Youth Development Initiative in your region. Initiatives must be youth-driven and intended to address youth issues in a positive manner. The deadline is November 17th.
For more information visit http://www.youthbc.ca/funding-opportunities.htm or contact info@youthbc.ca.
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FREE Telus Youth Passes !
now available for the Vancouver East Cultural Centre
2006/2007 season !!!
The Telus Youth Pass for the 2006/2007 season is now available. With this pass, youth aged 14 – 19 yrs can attend almost any show at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre for just $2. Passes can be picked up in person at the VECC office (1895 Venables St.) or a group mail-out can be arranged by contacting the Youth Outreach Coordinator at the VECC.
If you have any questions or would like more information on youth programming at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre, contact:
Lily Han
Youth Outreach Coordinator
Vancouver East Cultural Centre
1895 Venables St., Vancouver, B.C.
Tel. 604-251-1363 Ext. 314
lhan@vecc.bc.ca
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GET PLUGGED IN!
The network for preventing harmful drug abuse
Tupper Secondary School
419 East 24th Avenue (Between Main and Fraser)
Saturday November 18, 2006
10am - 5pm
This event has been created by youth and youth allies to bring together youth, service providers, funders, policy makers and adult allies, to elaborate on our understanding of what prevention efforts can look like as they relate to substance use.
This will be a fun, free event including music, food, informative workshops, film & claymation screenings produced by Vancouver youth, and an opportunity for youth to get plugged into prevention activities! Your participation and the participation of the youth you may work with will help make this event a success. The event will give youth and adults alike an opportunity to explore prevention approaches that they normally may not have access to. Better yet, participants will have the chance to engage in casual dialogue and build trust intergenerationally. Workshops may take the form of artistic expressions, interactive activities, sharing stories & experiences and much more!
This event is a first. By doing this on an annual basis, organizers hope to build stronger networks of individuals and organizations within the field and strengthen public support and awareness around prevention of problematic drug.
If you register for the event, and provide an email address we'll be able to send you more detailed information about the program!
Please register by contacting David Yadlowski at 604-871-6483 or david.yadlowski@vancouver.ca
Click here to see a poster. If you have any questions about the day, please do not hesitate to contact Julianna Torjek of the Civic Youth Outreach Team at 604.871.6212 or julianna.torjek@vancouver.ca.
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PADDLES UP !
Free sea kayaking workshops & bbq for youth
every Saturday in August, 2006
Free sea kayaking workshops for youth:
choose between two different time slots
(every Saturday in August)
10am-12noon or
1pm-3pm
Free bbq for participants: 12noon-1pm
False Creek Community Centre
on Granville Island
Vancouver, BC
Please register by emailing stina.morrissette@vancouver.ca or calling Stina or Kelly at 604.257.8155.
Click here to see flyer. For more information, call or visit www.falsecreekcc.ca.
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MOVE IT!
Free community dance programme for all ages
August 14 - 25, 2006
Greetings from the Firehall Arts Centre,
We're excited to send you information about Joe Ink's summer Move It! , a FREE all ages community dance program taking place here at the Firehall.
Created and facilitated by renowned Vancouver-based dancers and choreographers Joe Laughlin and Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, Move It! is an intergenerational dance workshop that's fun for the whole family. Facilitators lead participants through a choreographic process toward a final performance of their own creation. Workshops are designed to engage all ages and physical abilities. If you've never danced before or would love to dance with your little ones (and can commit to a two week process), please join us.
To register, contact the Firehall Arts Centre. Please note that children aged 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Comfortable clothing for movement exercise is recommended.
Firehall Arts Centre
280 E. Cordova Street, Vancouver, BC
Dates : August 14 - 25, 2006
Times : Monday - Friday: 10 am - 12 noon (& Friday noon one-hour presentation)
Registration : Please phone 604.689.0691 to register in advance, space is limited .
For more information on Move It! please visit: www.joeink.ca and click on the Move It! page on the upper menu bar.
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Another chance to experience
OUR COMMUNITY STORY!
Did you miss out on Our Community Story last fall?
Want to see it again?
Here's one more chance...
OUR COMMUNITY STORY
Exhibition & screenings
Friday, July 28th
Doors 7:30pm, Screening 8:00pm
Video In Studios, 1965 Main Street
$5-$8 cover charge
All the original film, animation and audio material along with a short documentary about the project. $5-$8 cover at the door will go towards the next project.
Our Community Story is the film, video and installation art works of youth and mentoring artists who dedicated last summer to exploring the living history of the Hastings-Sunrise neighbourhood.
GetOut! was very proud to support the creation of these works and is proud to announce the pPremiering this summer in the media arts community, Our Community Story will be presented at Video In Studios (1965 Main Street) on Friday, July 28, 2006.
This screening and installation will feature:
- FOUR ON HASTINGS a film and audio documentary focusing on four unique businesses in the Hastings-Sunrise neighbourhood: Olympia Tailors , Sorrento Barbers , Polonia Sausage House , and Wung Wo Tong Herbs & Acupuncture . Under the mentorship of artists Lea Moss and Pietro Sammarco, youth interns Emma Banks, Wendy Chen, Julie Jones, and Lucy MacKenzie have shot 16mm film footage and recorded audio interviews with the shopkeepers and their patrons.
- STORIES OF THE WATERFRONT a time-based collage/stop-motion animation featuring stories about the history of the waterfront area of the Hasting-Sunrise Neighbourhood. Under the guidance of artist Maya Ersan youth interns Dennis Pierre, Darnel Colby, Liv Kempkes, Max Knowlan, and Frank Pacheco have been listening to stories told by longshoremen, seamen, and longtime residents. Their hand-drawn stop motion will be layered with archival and current photos and audio clips.
- SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF HASTINGS PARK a series of sound stations featuring soundscapes and stories about Hastings Park . Sculptural wall mounted Sound Stations will be installed at Video In Studios for this evening's presentation. Each sound station focuses on a different topic: Playland and the PNE, Hastings Racecourse, Stories of Internment at Hastings Park , and Stories of the Neighbourhood. Mentoring artists for this project are Jaimie Robson and Igor Santizo, and youth interns are Karl Fousek, Camilo Porter, Bruce Macdonald, Mimi Li, and Mitchell Vong.
Artists Maya Ersan and Jaimie Robson of Media Undefined developed and produced Our Community Story This screening and installation was first presented last October at nine venues along Hastings Street in the Hasting-Sunrise neighbourhood.
To find out more about Our Community Story, please click here, call Jaimie Robson or Maya Ersan at 604-254-4649, or visit www.mediaundefined.ca .
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TAIKO-DANCE with the Youth Power Squad this summer!
July & August 2006
* APPLY NOW! *
››› View the poster
››› Download the application (Word)
Not sure? Come to the
TAIKO-DANCE demo
June 27th (1-3pm)
Trout Lake Community Centre
››› View the demo poster
The word "taiko" means simply "great drum" in Japanese. Outside Japan, the word is often used to refer to any of the various Japanese drums and to the relatively recent art-form of ensemble taiko drumming.
The word "dance" means to move rhythmically usually to music, using prescribed or improvised steps and gestures. Modern, hip dance movements will be used for this program.
Put the two together... and you get TAIKO-DANCE!
The GetOut! Youth Power Squad is putting together a program of taiko and dance this summer for people who are in high school.
This program is for anyone in high school who wants to learn to do taiko and dance to taiko! It will happen once a week in July and August at Trout Lake Community Centre. A.S.L. interpretation will be provided. The time and day will be confirmed soon. It is free for everyone. Space is limited though, so please apply early.
To apply, contact the Youth Power Squad at:
604.738.4644 (voice/TTY)
youthpowersquad@gmail.com
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JULY is PARKS MONTH !
in parks throughout British Columbia
July is Parks Month and CPAWS-BC is celebrating with lots of fun, free activities throughout BC, including a province-wide scavenger hunt and interpretive walks. Check out www.julyisparksmonth.ca for fun ways to celebrate Parks Month.
You are invited to participate in the CPAWS-BC province-wide Scavenger Hunt! Everyone in B.C is eligible so gather your friends and your family and join in on this fun, free activity. All you have to do is visit ANY park in B.C and find the items on our Scavenger Hunt List (attached, or download it from www.julyisparksmonth.ca). Send in your completed form to us and you will have the chance to win:
- a $250 gift certificate for Mountain Equipment Co-op
- $50 gift certificate for you and your friends at Tim Hortons
Download the Scavenger Hunt registration package. This activity is suitable for all ages and a great way to spend a beautiful summer day!
Parks Month is also looking for volunteers who are interested in leading a hike/interpretive walk in their local park. Hikes and walks can take place at anytime during July. CPAWS-BC will help promote your hike/walk with posters, notices to our e-mail lists, media announcements and other support as necessary.
If you are interested or would like more information about Parks Month activities hikes, please do not hesitate to contact Vincci at parksmonth@cpawsbc.org or visit www.julyisparksmonth.ca .
You can also call Karen at 604-685-7445 ext. 22.
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FACE to FACE : Intimate Encounters
IMAGeNation Film Festival presentation
Sunday June 25, 2006
2:30 - 4:30 pm
VanCity Theatre
1181 Seymour Street
A series of amazing works presented by IMAGeNation Film Festival. These films will capture you in a profoundly intimate way and help you to reflect on your own feelings of personal comfort and pride.
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WINDERMERE MURAL CELEBRATION
Thursday June 22, 2006
3:30 - 4:30 pm
Windermere Secondary School
3155 East 27th Avenue
››› Learn more about the Windermere Community Mural project
GetOut! is extremely proud to support the development of this important youth-initiated and led community project to help young people transitioning into high school and build supportive communities through art.
Please join youth coordinators and participants in the celebration of the completion of phase two of their important project.
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EARTH = home
& the World Urban Festival
June 16-25, 2006
Great Northern Way Campus
near the Clark Drive / VCC Skytrain Station
Earth: the World Urban Festival is the UNESCO-designated official arts and culture festival of the World Urban Forum. From June 21-25, the World Urban Festival will bring artists from around the globe to Vancouver to share their stories and experiences, and help build awareness of the role of art in creating livable, sustainable and vibrant cities. The World Urban Festival will transform an industrial site at the Great Northern Way Campus into a once in a lifetime celebration of international theatre, dance, music and visual arts. There will be entertainment, performances, hands-on activities, exhibitions, food, beer gardens, late-night events, street theatre and a marketplace. Access to the festival site is free, and tickets for events in the big tents can be purchased at Festival Box Office.
Interested in participating in the Festival? Click on Get Involved and find out how!
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Volunteers needed for Earth : the World Urban Festival
June 21 - 25, 2006
There's a major happening in Vancouver in June - one you don't want to miss.
Delegates from across the globe will be in Vancouver for the United Nations' World Urban Forum to discuss the future of the world's cities.
And thanks to Earth: the World Urban Festival , the role of art and culture in shaping and defining our cities and our urban experiences will be at the centre of the discussion.
From June 21 to 25, 2006, the World Urban Festival will transform an industrial site at the Great Northern Way Campus in central Vancouver into a vibrant celebration of community engagement, theatre, dance, music and visual arts.
Get Involved!
We have volunteer opportunities for bright, energetic, and committed volunteers from diverse backgrounds to support all aspects of the Festival:
Outreach, Gates, Hospitality, Program/Activity Assistants, Security, Concession, Site set-up (technical), Beer Garden, Transportation, Traffic and Parking, Information, Special Events, JMP Booth, Clean-up, Membership sign-up, Assistant Set Designer, Office/Admin, Assistant Technical Director, Front of House & Box Office, Assistant Production Manager, Documentation, Assistant Lighting Designer, etc.
We are also looking for responsible and inspired volunteer leaders to act as Crew Chiefs. As a Crew Chief you'll receive valuable job-specific training that will help build your resume. And it will give you a chance to demonstrate your community leadership!
Volunteering has benefits and rewards!
As a volunteer with the World Urban Festival you'll have the chance to receive great volunteer incentives, such as:
- Free tickets to World Urban Festival shows and events
- A chance to build your resume with valuable cultural event experience
- A letter certifying your volunteer contribution, listing your volunteer hours and role
- An opportunity to win prizes
- Food and drinks while you're volunteering on-site
- An invitation to the Festival team wrap party where you'll meet and network with Festival artists, event staff, and other great volunteers
Lower-income volunteers are eligible to receive local transportation subsidies.
All this AND the exciting opportunity to contribute to the power of the arts to educate and generate energy for positive action in our local, national and global communities!
If you would like to receive more information about the Volunteer and Crew Chief Positions, please register at www.worldurbanfestival.ca/volunteer.php
We will be circulating Volunteer Position descriptions by mid May.
For further information, please contact Jen Cizman, Event Volunteer Coordinator, at volunteers@worldurbanfestival.com or at (604) 319-6016.
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Earth: the World Urban Festival is the UNESCO-designated official arts and culture festival of the World Urban Forum. It will bring artists from around the globe to Vancouver to share their stories and experiences, and help build awareness of the role of art in creating livable, sustainable and vibrant cities.
From 11am to midnight at the festival site at Great Northern Way Campus, there will be entertainment, performances, hands-on activities, exhibitions, food, beer gardens, late-night events, street theatre and a marketplace. Access to the site is free, and tickets for events in the big tents can be purchased at Festival Box Office .
As the official UNESCO-designated arts and culture festival of the Third Session of UN Habitat's World Urban Forum (WUF3) we are proud partners with both the World Urban Forum, and its youth session - World Urban Forum Youth. Please watch for exciting activities from both from June 16th through June 25th. Please click here for more information on WUF3 and here for more information on WUFY.
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United Nations World Urban Forum: youth are invited too ... and it's free!
June 19-23, 2006
The World Urban Forum is held every two years by the United Nations to examine one of the most pressing issues facing the world today: rapid urbanization in a world where half of humanity lives in cities and where in the next 50 years that proportion is expected to reach two-thirds of the global population.
The Third Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF3) will be hosted by the Government of Canada in partnership with UN-HABITAT in Vancouver, Canada. For five days, thousands of participants from more than 150 nations will discuss, debate and share experiences about how to make our cities better places to live.
The Third Session of the World Urban Forum will mark the 30th anniversary of the first United Nations conference on human settlements held in Vancouver in 1976, which led to the creation of UN-HABITAT.
Click here to register yourself to attend the World Urban Forum (June 19-23, 2006). It's free to attend!
Youth are at the table at WUF3
A sustainable future depends on the participation and involvement of today's young people in tackling the problems of rapid urbanization. Many dynamic and interactive networking sessions from organizations around the world focus on youth, including:
- Child and Youth Friendly Cities by One Stop Youth Information Resource Centre (Kenya)
- Discovering the Place of the Children in Cities and Slums around the World by Children, Youth and Environments Center for Research and Design (USA and Kenya)
- Community-Building in Ethnically Diverging Cities by Rights and Democracy Nanaimo Delegation (Canada and Colombia)
- Sport as a Tool for Social Inclusion and Development by Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada and Zambia)
- Urban Safety in Practice - Youth Experience by Urban Laboratory Goteborg and Young Urban Network (Sweden)
- Youth as City Changers by BaobabConnections and Dutch National Youth Council (The Netherlands).
Click here for more information about the WUF3 program .
And don't miss any of the related youth events at WUF3 including:
- June 14-16 - Growing Up in Cities Event (GUIC +10)
- June 15-18 - Hip Hop International Film Festival
- June 15-18 - World Youth Forum (WYF)
Click here for more information about related events at WUF3 .
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Volunteers needed for Car-Free Commercial Drive Festival
COME PLAY in the STREET - VAN EAST STYLE!
The Car-Free Commercial Drive Festival Sunday June 18, 2006www.commercialdrivefestival.org
Hello and happy springtime to all residents, landed immigrants, and soul-citizens of the Peoples' Republic of East Vancouver!
If you experienced last year's first-ever Car-Free Commercial Drive Festival, then your memories of the day tell the story. The Fest was a glorious free-for-all street party, with music and dance, art and magic, demented bicycles, street hockey, a freestore, a healing zone, vendors and info-tables and so much more.all thrown down for free, by the people of The Drive, for the people of The Drive and our guests. The Festival gave us a day to celebrate the unique multi-dimensional spirit of our community, and to experience our space reclaimed from cars and given back to people. The Commercial Drive Festival was successful way beyond our imaginings.
Around 25,000 people participated, including over 250 volunteers. The Festival is completely volunteer organized and presented (including performances). Many of the organizers and day-of volunteers reported that the experience of participating in the festival opened new doors for them in connecting with their community, meeting cool funky folks, and playing a part in the creation of a magnificent event.
So, we are doing it again! This year's Fest will happen on Sunday June 18 -- Fathers' Day. The street will be closed again to all motorized traffic, from First Ave to Venables and from Woodland to Salsbury. Buses will be re-routed along Victoria Drive. Programming will happen between noon and 6, but the hours of street closure will be from 10 am to 8 pm.
One new feature of this year's Fest is that we have secured Victoria Park(bordered by Kitchener, Salsbury, Grant and Victoria) for the day. Since the Festival coincides with the first World Cup Soccer match between Brazil and Australia, Victoria Park --known as "bocce ball park" -- will be designated the Commercial Drive World Cup zone, with soccer-related activities and entertainment programmed by some of the Drive's prominent founding cultures, including the Italian and Portuguese communities. Victoria Park will surely be hopping.
Of course, we can't do this Festival without you. This is your invitation to help co-create the dream. We are still seeking a few people to fill key organizer roles, so if you are well-organized and enjoy directing the flow, please step up. Beyond that, we need lots of people to do just a little bit each in the days leading up to the Festival, including:
And we especially need helpers for Festival Day, for sundry chores including:
... blockade marshalls,* setup, teardown and cleanup, drivers with vans or trucks, site maintainance, vibekeepers (low-key "security"), donation fairies, sign-makers, info-table staffers, video/still documentation, creating participatory art (perhaps on the theme of Fathers Day?), general support and gophering.
* we need a LOT of people to help keep those cars at bay! We will supply sidewalk chalk.
We request a two-hour minumumum time commitment on Fest Day if possible.
So please, drop us a line asap and tell us what you'd like to do, or if you just want to help out doing whatever is needed. Tell us if you have time restrictions or physical limitations. And also tell us if you have special talents, interests, or resources you'd like to share. The rewards of joining the Car-Free Commercial Drive Festival Crew are many, including delight, satisfaction, connection, and bigtime karma. Plus you'll get first crack at t-shirts, and you will be in the loop on the volunteer afterparty, which is sure to bump the 'hood.
Tell your friends about the Fest. Post it to your networks. Join in creating the Car-Free Commercial Drive Festival, and start reclaiming your street, your neighbourhood, and your planet...for fun.
Thanks evermuch, see you on The Drive!
The Car-Free Commercial Drive Festival Crew
e-mail volunteers@commercialdrivefestival.org
ph: 604-688-4228
NOTE: Vendors, merchants, organizations and performers are encouraged to check our website to find out how you can participate.
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Awaking Dreams through Storytelling (June 7, 2006)
A Celebration of Aboriginal Youth & their voices through video
FILM Festival & BBQ
Wed June 7th
4:30-7:30pm
Macdonald School (gym)
1950 East Hastings
Great food, fabulous films
Films made by students from Macdonald & Hastings School
with the help of dBdigital TV
Sponsored by
National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation
Urban Native Youth Association
Templeton Community Hub (VS)
Painting courtesy of Kathrine Ward
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Bike to CAP>AIDS (June 10, 2006)
On Saturday, June 10 th , 2006, at 10AM, the BC Chapter of Canada Africa Partnership on AIDS is kicking off its first Bike to CAP AIDS - a twenty km peddle that starts at Science World and follows a spectacular, yet comfortably flat, urban course along the Seawall and around Stanley Park before heading back for that silvery, glittering dome of knowledge on False Creek's eastern shore. Which may still be wrapped in some sort of a peculiar white plastic garb. But I digress.
The point is , it's a fun, volunteer-run effort to raise support and awareness for grassroots organizing efforts that aim to resist, survive and overcome the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa. Specifically, the focus is on Bikes - which as it turns out, can be pretty useful! Funds raised will enable the fabrication and purchase of African-built bikes, which will then be supplied to HIV/AIDS primary health care workers and educators as a means to further their outreach efforts. Basically, every couple hundred bucks raised equals a bike. (On a side note, at the event there will actually be a couple young guys from CAYO, a youth-led HIV/AIDS organization in Malawi that received funding and bikes last year and who will be sharing a bit of their story and struggle in Vancouver during June - no, they didn't ride all the way here, but they're going to be doing a month's worth of work and learning in partnership with YouthCO AIDS and CAP AIDS - but that's another good story)
We want you to participate and help make this event a success! Organizers are inviting you to get involved by registering as an individual, or by forming a team, and helping raise funds and awareness for a good cause. Plus, you'll get to meet some good folks, get some exercise (which is important, y'know) and feel good about yourself. Not that you don't already.
To sign-up , all you do is go to www.capaids.org and click on the Bike to CAP AIDS logo, and plug in a few bits of information - then you're good to go! (if you don't have registration fee right now, don't worry - you can still sign-up, and were not going to exclude anyone for not being able to pay. It also gives you an opportunity to ask your network of friends and patrons to sponsor you).
If you are unable to register, and you are not one of the folks were generous enough to contribute, you are welcome to sponsor me or any other participants..
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Free Hip-Hop & Theatre Workshops
(June 9, 12 & 19 and July 14, 2006)
A series of 4 FREE hip hop music and theatre workshops for youth with MISCELLANEOUS Productions' Artistic Director, Elaine Carol and Composer-in-residence, Ndidi Cascade.
All free workshops will take place in Southeast Vancouver in June and July 2006. Please check the flyers for dates, times and locations.
Workshops at Kensington Community Centre and John Oliver Secondary School are open to any youth in Vancouver. Two workshops are for the students of Killarney and David Thompson Secondary Schools only. Youth - please register for the workshops by calling the number or emailing the contact at your venue of choice!
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MOVE: Youth-directed dance company presents "exposed" May 12-15, 2006
MOVE: the company presents "Exposed" in collaboration with Amber Funk-Barton.
Performances run from May 12th-15th at the Scotiabank Dance Centre (677 Davie St), with doors opening at 7:30pm and a show time of 8:00pm.
"Exposed" features 2 new works by Artistic Director, Josh Beamish; one piece by company member Giselle Liu and a collaborative work by Beamish and Funk-Barton, fusing elements of jazz, hip hop, ballet and contemporary dance.
» View the poster (jpg, 2.4M)
Tickets are available through TicketWeb (www.ticketweb.ca) or by calling 604 809 5086.
For more info, please visit www.movethecompany.com
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REEL YOUTH made-by-youth Film Festival 7-9pm (May 6, 2006)
The Roundhouse Community Centre (Davie & Pacific Blvd)
Showcasing the richness and diversity of a new generation of films, the Reel Youth Film Festival brings the best of youth film making to the big screen.
With films from as far away as the illegal neighborhoods of Bogotà, Columbia and as close as your local high school, the Reel Youth Film Festival is an evening not to be missed.
The festival aims to empower youth film makers and instigate community discussions around the issues facing todays youth.
GetOut! is proud to be a part of the Reel Youth Film Festival and its claymation workshops with Vancouver youth. To find out more, please visit www.reelyouth.ca
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GetOut! Urban Youth Café & Forum (May 6, 2006)
Saturday May 6th
2:30-5:30pm
Roundhouse Community Centre
* To sign up, please RSVP by May 3rd to Fiona Lemon at yats@heygetout.ca
Join us at the Café to learn how to be a youth planner extraordinaire, share your ideas, make great connections, produce cool art, send your message to all those big conferences this summer. and of course have fun!
The Café is a mentoring opportunity for youth. Youth who have run their own projects, youth workers and community programmers with tons of experience will be there to mentor up-and-coming youth planners. It's also a chance for youth who are just getting into it all to propose fresh perspectives, lead the discussion and to create a space of their own.
Click HERE for the full invitation package!
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2006 CITY of VANCOUVER YOUTH RECOGNITION AWARDS (May 5, 2006)
2nd Annual City of Vancouver Youth Recognition Event
The City of Vancouver Youth Outreach Team is pleased to announce that on May 5th, 2006, we will be celebrating the 2006 C.o.V. Youth Awards: 2nd Annual City of Vancouver Youth Recognition Event. In a special ceremony to be held at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, the C.o.V. Youth Awards will recognize the positive contributions of youth, adults, youth groups, programs and organizations in Vancouver.
World Urban Forum and Youth TEAM
Contact us at: worldurbanforum2006@canada.com
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UNVEILING of the new THUNDERBIRD YOUTH MURAL (May 3, 2006)
Join the youth at Thunderbird Community Centre on Wednesday, May 3 from 7:30 - 9:30pm for the unveiling party to celebrate the completion of their new mural for the youth lounge.
GetOut! is proud to have supported the artistic endeavours of Thunderbird youth to build community and to make their drop-in centre a place to call their own.
Congratulations!
To read more about the Thunderbird Mural Project, click here.
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explorYOUTH 2006 - "e-race" (May 2, 2006)
Vancouver East Cultural Centre (VECC) Youth Week, explorASIAN and MISCELLANEOUS Productions will present an exciting Youth Week and Asian Heritage Month event.
Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at 7 PM
Vancouver East Cultural Centre
1895 Venables Street
See sneak previews of clips of the new video/DVD adaptation of MISCELLANEOUS Productions' e-race and participate in the Youth Performer Panel discussion .
Director and collaborating Writer, Elaine Carol will show short clips of the DVD adaptation of MISCELLANEOUS Productions' e-race , a hip hop musical featuring youth from the community. Exploring "speed" in young lives including street racing, drinking/drugging and driving, crystal meth, gangs, racism and "fast girls," this performance was originally presented in Richmond in September 2005 and adapted for video at the end of the run. The completed DVD will be launched in September 2006 and distributed by Moving Images Distribution.
Four youth performer/writers from Asian/Asian diasporic backgrounds will be featured on a panel that will examine the artists and community collaboration process to create the performance and video adaptation; how the piece worked to transcend stereotypes; and specific issues for Asian youth who want to become professional artists and performers. This event is 50 minutes long.
PLEASE NOTE: VIDEO CLIPS CONTAIN COARSE LANGUAGE, VIOLENCE, NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN AGE 12 & UNDER.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
explorASIAN - Don Montgomery - don@explorasian.org 604-488-0119
MISCELLANEOUS Productions - Elaine Carol - elaine-c@mdi.ca 604-873-6522
VECC Youth Week - Ryan Mooney - rmooney@vecc.bc.ca 604-251-1363
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April 30th 2006 deadline to apply for World Youth Forum in Vancouver
Announcing the WORLD YOUTH FORUM.... an international youth conference taking place JUNE 16th-18th, 2006 in Vancouver!Wanna Volunteer? Wanna Take action? Wanna Network at an international level?
APPLY NOW at:
www.eya.ca/wuf /wuf_registration.html
APPLICATION DEADLINE April 30th, 2006
(for Canadian applicants)
The World YOUTH Forum is a three-day youth conference, taking place in preparation for the World Urban Forum, a huge United Nations conference on urban-issues occurring June 19th-23rd.
The World YOUTH Forum (June 16th-18th) will be a chance for young people involved in exciting youth-led projects around the world to meet, share best practices, connect and collaborate with each other.
The YOUTH Forum will bring together 150 international youth delegates with 150 North-American youth to discuss youth-led projects, prepare for their participation in the World Urban Forum and write a youth declaration that will be officially presented there.
Youth Forum Delegates will be from all walks of life, from university students to Hip-Hop performers and young social activists. We will create a space for engaged, motivated young people to be inspired, build networks and work together to ensure that the politicians, planners and business people attending the World Urban Forum know they must include youth voices and youth-projects in any effective solutions to problems like drug-addiction, hunger, illiteracy and environmental pollution.
For more info about the World Youth Forum and to apply, visit: www.eya.ca/wuf
For more info about the World Urban Forum, visit: www.wuf3-fum3.gc.ca
See you there!
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Vancouver Foundation Grants to Youth + Youth Grantwriting Workshops
Vancouver Foundation’s Youth Philanthropy Council (YPC) would like to invite youth to submit applications from Vancouver-based youth-led community projects that will take place in the summer or fall of 2006. Typical youth project grants range from $1000-$5000. Our next application deadline is April 7, 2006.
In order to receive an application form, youth or youth workers need to first submit a Letter of Interest to Vancouver Foundation’s YPC.
A Letter of Interest should include the following information:
- Name of the Organization that would host the project (Needs to be a registered charity)
- Name of the Project
- Brief description of the Project
- Draft project budget (ie: how much is it going to cost, what other sources of funding and in-kind support do you anticipate receiving)
- Youth Contact Information
- Staff Contact Information
A Letter of Interest can be submitted by email, snail mail or on-line:
Email to: mark@vancouverfoundation.bc.ca
Mail to: Vancouver Foundation Youth Philanthropy Council
555 W Hastings, Suite 1200
Vancouver, BC V6B 4N6Online: www.vancouverfoundation.bc.ca/GrantInformation/loiapp.asp
Once you’ve submitted a letter of interest, a member of the Council or Vancouver Foundation staff member will contact you to discuss the project and whether or not an application could be submitted for our April 7 deadline.
Questions can be directed to Mark Gifford at 604-688-2204 or mark@vancouverfoundation.bc.ca.
GRANTWRITING WORKSHOPS
Two upcoming YPC Grantwriting Workshops are being held for YOUTH and YOUTH WORKERS who are new to proposal writing and are interested in getting more information about how to write a grant application for their community youth projects. If you would like to attend, please RSVP for either session before Tuesday, March 14, indicate which one by emailing or calling to Mark Gifford at mark@vancouverfoundation.bc.ca or 604.688.2204. Space is limited.
Collingwood Neighbourhood House
Thursday, March 16, 2006
3:30 – 6:00PM
5288 Joyce Street
Vancouver, BC
www.cnh.bc.ca/aboutcnh.htm
(near Joyce Skytrain Station)Vancouver Foundation
Friday, March 17, 2006
2:30 – 5:00 PM
555 West Hastings, Suite 1200
Vancouver, BC
www.vancouverfoundation.bc.ca
(Harbour Centre – across from Waterfront Station)
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
2006 C.o.V. Youth Awards
2nd Annual City of Vancouver Youth Recognition Event
The City of Vancouver Youth Outreach Team is pleased to announce that on May 5th, 2006, we will be celebrating the 2006 C.o.V. Youth Awards: 2nd Annual City of Vancouver Youth Recognition Event. In a special ceremony to be held at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, the C.o.V. Youth Awards will recognize the positive contributions of youth, adults, youth groups, programs and organizations in Vancouver.
Awards will be given in six different categories:
- Youth 13 – 18 Award & Youth 19 – 24 Award
- Adult Ally Award
- Youth Group Award
- Youth Program Award
- Youth Organization Award
- Special Youth Award for Anti – Violence and Crime Prevention Work
If you want to recognize a young person or a youth group who has done great work on your community, an adult ally that that has been a key support within a specific youth group or a youth program or organization that has done amazing work with youth...
NOMINATE THEM FOR THE 2006 C.o.V. YOUTH AWARDS!
Fill out a nomination form and send it our way. Nomination forms and more information about the award categories are available at
http://www.vancouveryouth.ca/content/media/nomination_form_2006.pdf (
pdf, 4.13mb).
Deadline for nominations is Tuesday, April 4th, 2006. For more information about the 2006 C.o.V. Youth Awards contact Lanny Jimenez at 604.871.6136 or by email at lanny.jimenez@vancouver.ca or check our website at www.vancouveryouth.ca.
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CONNEXIONS - Documentary Forum for Emerging Filmmakers
Application deadline: February 20, 2006
Invitation to youth (19-24) interested in documentaries
Presented in conjunction with:
DOXA: documentary film + video festival
Vancouver, BC: May 23-28th, 2006
Are you between the ages of 19 – 24 and interested in documentary film? Are there stories in your community that you would like to tell on film? Would you like to spend a week in Vancouver meeting other creative individuals and learn more about documentary film?
DOXA is currently accepting applications for CONNEXIONS, a forum for young BC residents interested in meeting filmmakers and other creative peers. You do not need to be a filmmaker to apply to CONNEXIONS! You need only be creative and passionate about storytelling, and interested in documentary films. Successful applicants will attend the DOXA documentary film festival in Vancouver (May 23-28), and take part in film screenings, film school tours, and discussion sessions with established filmmakers.
Interested? Visit www.doxafestival.ca for more information.
Deadline for application – February 20th, 2006
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The Colouring Book launches! (February 4, 2006)
Come help celebrate the coming out of this selection of writings by youth of colour
The Colouring Book Book Launch
455 Abbott St (@ Pender) Lick Night Club
Doors @ 8:00, Performances @ 9:00 (book readings and such)
DJs at 10:30 (DJs She and Su Commandante spinning dancehall, hip hop, reggaetone, funk, etc)
Pay what you can, suggested donation $5
The Colouring Book Project is a GetOut! sponsored youth driven project on racial identity development and socialization for people of colour. A selection of writings by youth of colour have been compiled into a book. This work represents a range of self, and social reflections on racial identity dev elopement for people of colour within the context of a society that lacks equal representation, and maintains narrow constructions of “race”. The Colouring Book will be published and disseminated to high schools, PDP Programs, participants, organizations doing anti-racism and race relations work, youth centres, and other related organizations and centres.
To read more about The Colouring Book project, click here.
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Habitat Jam (December 1-3, 2005)
Add your voice to worldwide UN online forum & get involved in World Urban Forum 2006 in Vancouver
Add your voice to the global conversation on important issues facing our cities worldwide. UN-Habitat & the Government of Canada have partnered to create this 72-hour public online forum to hear the voices of folks like you all around the world for the World Urban Forum that will take place in Vancouver next June.
The Environmental Youth Alliance and the World Urban Forum & Youth Organizing Committee urge you to contribute your voice. Check out & register for the Habitat Jam at www.habitatjam.com.
And/or get involved with the World Urban Forum & Youth (and their cool series of World Urban Cafés that engage young people in a mix of arts & dialogue). Check that out at www.eya.ca/wuf or email them at worldurbanforum2006@canada.com.
Some more background info:
The World Urban Forum is a biennial gathering, sponsored and organized by UN
HABITAT, that is attended by a wide range of partners, from non-governmental
organizations, community-based organizations, urban professionals, academics,
to governments, local authorities and national and international associations
of local governments. It gives all these actors a common platform to discuss
urban issues in formal and informal ways and come up with action-oriented
proposals to create sustainable cities. It’s in Vancouver next year in June.
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A People’s Project on Child & Youth Rights
Get involved and/or schedule a workshop in your community
Youth facilitators supported by The City of Vancouver Child and Youth Advocate, the Coalition for Kids, the Society for Children and Youth of BC and other Vancouver youth organizations bring rights-based monitoring workshops to communities across Vancouver. Communities participating in the workshop will collectively explore the Convention, gaining knowledge of children's rights, and identifying how the rights of children and youth are being met, and where improvements need to made.
Book a rights-based monitoring workshop between Sept 1st - Nov 20th!
Interested in this project? Know a group that would like to participate? Call Sara Kendall (604.871.6869) project coordinator or email apeoplesproject@scyofbc.org.
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Call for Participants (aged 14-21) for Free Theatre Workshop - November 27, 2005
The Vancouver East Cultural Centre (VECC) Youth Program & MISCELLANEOUS Productions presents:
Stock Characters: The Cooking Show
A “theatre in progress” workshop for youth aged 14-21
Date: Sunday November 27th , 2005
Time: 3:30pm – 7:30pm
Location: Britannia Community Centre, LRC Room
1661 Napier Street, Vancouver, BC
Workshop Description:
Based on a workshop for youth held in March 2005 MISCELLANEOUS
Productions is planning to present a production of a collaborative
project between young people and professional artists entitled “Stock
Characters: The Cooking Show” at the VECC in September 2007. Elaine
Carol, Artistic Director of MISCELLANEOUS Productions, will lead
participants through a series of theatre, dance/movement and vocal
exercises that will further develop this original performance. Youth
suggested the themes of this performance which include: stereotyping,
violence, racism, poverty, the politics of food and pleasures of cooking.
The workshop will be FREE to Youth interested in attending and lunch will be provided!
What to Bring:
A towel or yoga mat, comfortable shoes, comfortable
clothing. There will be a lot of movement based activities, so be comfortable!
About MISCELLANEOUS Productions:
MISCELLANEOUS Productions, creators and producers of /THE REENA
PROJECT/ Outcasts & Angels/ (2001); /What You Carry With You…/ (2003)
and /e-race/ (September, 2005) have been astounding at the Gateway
Theatre for five years with their unique “in your face” performance and
video featuring youth from the community. The professionals from the
company have been living in East Vancouver for more than nine years and
are passionately interested in creating an original youth theatre
production in collaboration with young people from their own community
at the VECC.
For more info or to register contact: Ryan
Phone: 604.251.1363
E-Mail: rmooney@vecc.bc.ca
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Get Your Vote On!
The municipal election is coming on November 19, 2005...
The election is less than a month away (Saturday Nov. 19) and Get Your Vote On is hitting the clubs and streets for another round. They’ve got new stickers and more buttons and they need you to help to make our city aware that it’s time to vote again.
Also Get Your Vote On is hosting two events at the Lamplighter on November 2 and November 16.
Wednesday, November 2 at the Lamplighter
Suzy, The GreenTaRa Trio and Freeflow
Doors 8pm
$5Wednesday, November 16 at the Lamplighter
All Candidates Debate
Ghettoblaster and more
Debate starts 7pm
Check out the getyourvoteon.ca website for updates, events, all-candidates debates and more.
The election is approaching fast, and we really need your help. Come pick up stickers to distribute city wide at the Get Your Vote On office. Please contact Anna at 604.209.1849 to pick up stickers and buttons and/or volunteer for outreach at the upcoming shows!!!
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World Peace Forum 2006
Painters, poets, rappers, dancers, actors... wanted!
The Arts and Culture Working Group of the World Peace Forum is looking for proposals for arts projects/performances to be presented during the forum, which takes place June 23 – 28, 2006 in Vancouver. In their own words: “The Arts and Culture Working Group of the World Peace Forum is a group of artists and cultural workers who have taken on the joyful task of bringing together the most diverse artists from the most diverse disciplines and traditions to animate, celebrate and articulate the World Peace Forum. We want artists from down the block and around the world to be represented. Painters and poets, rappers and choirs, symphonies and storytellers, theatre, dance and heavy metal — if it supports peace, social justice and sustainability defined by those who create the art, there is a place for it.”
Deadlines for submission: November 15 and December 15, 2005
For more info, visit www.worldpeaceforum.ca or contact arts_and_culture@worldpeaceforum.ca
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Mark My Words seeks youth (13-24 yrs) for CD recording
Got something to say? MMW needs you!!!
Be part of creating a CD in a professional recording studio.
No previous experience necessary.
Register by November 10, 2005.
» View the poster (jpg, 87kb)
Mark My Words is a youth project funded by GetOut! and sponsored by the Self-Help Resource Association (SHRA) to put together a youth-created CD presenting musical works by Vancouver young people ages 13-24 discussing youth politics. Participants will take part in creative workshops and record in a professional recording studio. Participants will retain ownership over their own recordings. See the disclaimer ( pdf, 8kb).
Register by November 10th by calling or emailing your application form (
Word, 20kb) to:
the Self-Help Resource Association
shra@telus.net
604.733.6186
For more information, please contact the Self-Help Resource Association or Gab Laurence (Defected Productions) at 604.992.3444.
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Help develop a Skateboard Strategy for Vancouver...
fill out the online questionnaire by Sunday Oct 23, 2005
The Park Board is preparing a strategy for skateboarding in Vancouver, which, if approved, should guide decisions for the next decade. A key component of the strategy is to assist with determining new locations for skateboarding in Vancouver.
The Park Board is looking for your feedback on the ideas that will be contained in the strategy. Help out by filling in the online questionnaire by Sunday, October 23rd, 2005.
For more information, contact Michel Desrochers, Park Planner, at 604.257.8529 or michel.desrochers@vancouver.ca.
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DIRTY GENDER SECRETS revealed this weekend!
October 21-23, 2005: A multi-media art event
All events @ Video In Studios
1965 Main Street
Vancouver BC
Co-sponsored by Video In Studios, LIVE Biennial of Performance Art, and Nannygoat Trannygoat. Funding Provided By Spirit of BC Arts Fund and City of Vancouver, Get Out! Grant. Food generously provided by Potluck Catering and Four Feathers Society.
* Accommodations, organizer & other details follow the schedule below.
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FRIDAY OCTOBER 21, 2005 - 9pm
OPENING NIGHT
Video In Studios, 1965 Main StreetAn evening of performance installation, video, live music and gender joy! Refreshments will be provided by Potluck Catering. Doors open at 8:30. Show starts at 9pm.
Featuring:
Aiyyana Maracle, Colin Kennedy Donovan, Qwo-Li Driskill, Connor McCollum, Earl, Kathy-Ann March, VJ Krisp, Kai Ling-Xue, William Maria Rain, Basil Shadid, Nation of Two, DJ Su Comandante, Samonte Cruz & Louis Esme Cruz
*****
SATURDAY OCTOBER 22, 2005 - 11am - 2pm
HOMECOMING: A Workshop for Gender Variant People of Colour/Mixed Race/Nonwhite People Video In Studios, 1965 Main Street
For gender variant people of colour/mixed-race people, “home” is often a complicated reality. How do we remain or become integrated into our ancestral community/ies? How do we create new home community/ies? How do we engage in decolonization movements fully presenting our gender variant selves? How do we grieve the loss of “home” while celebrating the creation of new home communities? How can we transform and/or reclaim our cultural roles for the benefit of the health of our communities? How do we address issues such as nation, homeland, culture, and diaspora as gender variant people? This workshop will attempt to address these issues and others through interactive theatre and discussion. A people of colour/mixed-race/nonwhite only space.
Facilitation by Qwo-Li Driskill, using Theatre of the Oppressed techniques. Lunch will be provided by Potluck Catering.
* Registration deadline has passed. Please email the facilitator at homecoming@dragonflyrising.com to inquire about whether space is available.
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SATURDAY OCTOBER 22, 2005 - 9pm
EVENING of PERFORMANCE, POETRY & LIVE SOUND
Video In Studios, 1965 Main StreetFeaturing: Aiyyana Maracle, Qwo-Li Driskill, Colin Kennedy Donovan, Bobbi Kozinuk, DJ She, DJ Buzy B
Doors open at 8:30. Show starts at 9pm.
*****
SUNDAY OCTOBER 23, 2005 - 11am - 2pm
ANTI-RACISM for WHITE FOLKS: An Interactive Workshop
Video In Studios, 1965 Main StreetThis workshop explores issues of white privilege, power and racism. Theater of the Oppressor techniques create a tangible arena for non-actors to examine allyship, interruption / perpetuation of everyday racism and societal systems of power.
Lunch will be provided by Potluck Catering. Facilitated by Colin Kennedy Donovan.
* Registration deadline has passed. Please email the facilitator at colinkennedy@resystseattle.org to inquire about whether space is available.
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SUNDAY OCTOBER 23, 2005 - 5pm-7pm
ARTIST TALK by Aiyyana Maracle
With facilitated discussion to follow. Refreshments will be provided by Robbie Hong from The Four Feathers Society.
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ACCOMMODATIONS & OTHER DETAILS
All events are disAbility friendly and are ADAMANTLY SCENT & CHEMICAL FREE!
The deadline for accommodations has now passed, however please email us at dirtygendersecrets@hotmail.com if you have concerns about your ability to attend and participate in any of the scheduled events. We will do the best we can to assist you. There are some accommodations in place already in place, please see our Accessibility site for specific information and our policy.
Dirty Gender Secrets is programmed and primarily organized by Samonte Cruz and Louis Esme Cruz.
We have been fortunate to have received gen(d)erous assistance from our Elder, Aiyyana Maracle and mentorship from our friend, Kathy-Ann March; fantastic volunteer Volunteer Coordinating by Sam Bradd; support from all of the Video In Staff & Volunteers, especially Julie Gendron, Katherine Lee, Mark Carvery, Emma Hendrix, Dinka Pignon and VJ Krisp; ideas, guidance, suggestions, support and online help from our Artists; and the 40+ volunteers/friends who have helped and will help with everything from postering to rides, bus tickets to food, set up to clean up and creating an environment of friendliness, generosity, warmth and joy!
We look forward to celebrating art and life with all of you and our many guests this coming weekend!
Get Out! is proud to be part of this exciting weekend of Dirty Gender Secrets. To find out more about the project, visit the Dirty Gender Secrets website at www.dirtygendersecrets.blogspot.com.
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Our Community Story continues...
special screening on October 20th, ongoing exhibits until November 30th
Come join us for the last screening of the film and animation produced through Our Community Story, as well as some raw footage of the project in it’s development.
Date: Thursday, October 20th, 2005
Time: 7:30pm (doors open at 7)
Location: Hastings Community Centre, 3096 East
Hastings Street
Also, the following will remain on exhibit until November 30th. All Venues are located on East Hastings between Nanaimo and Slocan:
***Story Stations about the Sight and Sounds of Hastings Park Sweet Tooth Cafe: Stories of Playland and the PNE Grind Gallery and Cafe: Stories of Hastings Racecourse Laughing Bean Coffee: Stories of Internment Slocan Family Restaurant: Stories of Hastings Sunrise Neighbourhood
***Stop Motion Animation:
Vancouver Public Library Hastings Branch: Stories of the Waterfront***Photos:
Sorrento Barbers
Olympia Tailors
Plonia Sausage House
Wung Wo Tong’s Acupuncture & Herbs
For more info: Jaimie: 604.254.4649, Maya: 604.733.3722. Get Out! is excited to be a part of Our Community Story. To find out more about Our Community Story, please click here.
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Dj She and Double - Royal Platoon sound
Fundraiser for the Colouring Book Project
» View the flyer (jpg, 233kb)
October 21st, 2005
at the Lick night club 455 Abbott St. (near Pender)
9pm - performances, 10:30 - DJs
pay what you can (5-20$ suggested)
PLEASE COME!!!
The folks involved in the Colouring Book Project want to share some of their writing/performance, dance to fun music (funk, hip hop, dancehall, house, reggaetone, etc by Dj She and Double - Royal Platoon sound), make money towards the project, and share their community with their extended communities... YOU!!!
GetOut! is proud to sponsor the inspiring work of the folks involved in the Colouring Book Project. To find out more about the Colouring Book Project, click here.
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Our Community Story
Artists and youth capture living history of Hastings-Sunrise
In mid-October, a three-block stretch of East Hastings Street will come alive with stories of the neighbourhood’s past. Our Community Story is the work of fourteen youth interns and six mentoring artists who have spent the past several months exploring the living history of the Hastings-Sunrise Neighbourhood. They are developing film, photos, animation and soundscapes based on stories gathered from seniors and long-time residents. The project will culminate in a multi-venue neighbourhood exhibition, opening October 14 and 15, 2005. The artwork will be on display in the neighbourhood until late November.
Hastings-Sunrise, one of Vancouver’s first residential neighbourhoods, was originally slated for development as the city’s downtown core, and was home to the young city’s first hotel and post office. Older residents of the community remember a very different neighbourhood, where they could fish for their dinner on the waterfront, ride a streetcar, or catch a matinée at the Olympia Theatre on the corner of Hastings and Nanaimo. “The most exciting part about this process is seeing people’s faces light up as they recall memories they had not thought of for 50 years or more,” says coordinator Jaimie Robson.
The project’s three main components are Four on Hastings, a film and audio documentary examining four unique businesses on East Hastings Street; Stories of the Waterfront, a time-based collage/stop-motion animation based on stories from longshoremen, seaman and residents with a close relationship to the water; and Sights and Sounds of Hastings Park, an collection of sound stations to be installed in four neighbourhood cafés, detailing the varied history of Hastings Park, which was an internment site for Japanese-Canadians during World War II and is now home to the PNE. All events are free to the public.
Our Community Story has been developed by artists Maya Ersan and Jaimie Robson in partnership with Kiwassa Neighbourhood House, Hastings Community Centre, and Hastings North Business Improvement Association. Mentoring artists Maya Ersan, Jaimie Robson, Lea Moss, Pietro Sammarco, Igor Santizo, and Paul Bennett have been working with a diverse group of neighbourhood youth collecting stories from residents who remember the different faces of the neighbourhood. Youth interns are Olivia Kempkes, Max Knowlan, Darnel Cobly, Dennis Pierre, Frank Pacheco, Karl Fousek, Mimi Li, Bruce MacDonald, Mitchell Vong, Julie Jones, Lucy MacKenzie, Wendy Chen, Emma Banks, and Camilo Porter.
For more detailed information on the project, including a complete list of venues, call Jaimie Robson at 604.254.4649, or Maya Ersan at 604.733.3722 or visit www.mediaundefined.ca.
Our Community Story
October 14-15, 2005, 6-10 pm
at nine venues on East Hastings Street
between Nanaimo and Slocan
www.mediaundefined.ca
Media Contact: Kathleen Oliver
Phone: 604.253.7424
Fax: 604.253.7454
E-mail: koliver@shaw.ca
» Download the flyer invite ( pdf, 383kb).
GetOut! is proud to support Our Community Story. Read more about the project, by clicking here.
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Canadian Cancer Society looking for Youth Action Committee members
The Canadian Cancer Society is supporting the development of a Youth Action Committee. This idea has been spearheaded by a high school student in Vancouver. We are looking to recruit youth aged 15-24 that are interested in cancer prevention issues, and would like to develop a committee to take action amongst their peers in their community. This group will be run by youth for youth with the support of the Canadian Cancer Society.
The initial meeting will take place on Friday, October 14, 2005 from 5-7 p.m at the address below:
Canadian Cancer Society
Greater Vancouver Region
#230-3689 East 1st Avenue
Vancouver, BC
V5M 1C2
RSVP please by September 30th, 2005.
To RSVP or if you have any questions, contact Stacey Berisavac at 604.215.5212 or sberisavac@bc.cancer.ca.
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Youth in the City of Vancouver Leaders of Tomorrow...Today!
An event that inspires, educates, and promotes youth in the City of Vancouver
» View the flyer (jpg, 300kb)
Monday, October 3, 2005
Roundhouse Community Centre
Vancouver, BC
Come take Action!
What do you want to see in your city?
Develop a youth platform for the upcoming city election.
Launch the youth program for the World Urban Forum
1:30-4:30 Youth in the City: Plug In!
Are you a city planner, a youth worker, a youth NGO staff person, or just a cool engaged youth? Come to the Growing Up in Cities Canada Youth in the City: Plug In! symposium and find out great ways to engage and involve youth. This symposium will profile tools that can be used to engage youth in cities, combined with a talk by Michael Gordon, City of Vancouver Central Planner, who will show his new video on skateboarding in Vancouver.
5:00-8:30 World Urban Café: Get Wired!
Want to party AND have a say in your city? Come no farther...we have awesome music from
Curtis Clearsky, newly named UN HABITAT Messenger of Truth, just back from a performance in Toronto and soon off to South Africa.
Jerilynn Webster - FirstLady, FirstLady is 21 and is from the Nuxalk and Mohawk Nations. She has been an Emcee for the last 4 years.
RSVP: 604.871.6870 / www.vancouveryouth.ca
Free Food and Free fun!
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Our Community Story launches its new website!
The Our Community Story team of 14 youth and 6 mentoring artists have been working together to create films, photos, animation and soundscapes to engage youth and elders in Vancouver’s Hastings/Sunrise in recovering and documenting some of the area’s oral history. These works of public art will be exhibited in cafes and shops along East Hastings Street between Nanaimo and Slocan from October 13 to November 30, 2005. For now, come visit their new project website by clicking here.
GetOut! is excited to be part of Our Community Story, read more about the project by clicking here.
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BYRC Youth Arts Gallery Opens its Doors!
Thursday, September 22nd, 2005 (6-9pm)
The youth behind the Broadway Youth Resource Centre Art & Media Gallery invite you to an evening of fun, positive energy and community in celebration of the opening of this exciting new space for youth arts and media.
Thursday, September 22nd (6-9pm)
Broadway Youth Resource Centre
691 East Broadway (at the corner of Fraser)
Please RSVP to Vi Nguyen at 604.709.5642 or vnguyen@pcrs.ca.
GetOut! is very proud to support the hard work of the inspiring young people who brought the BYRC Art & Media Gallery Project to life. To read more about them and what they are doing, click here.
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Y57 - Youth in 57 Minutes: second radio special!!!
tune in to 102.7FM on Tuesday, July 19th, 2005, from 7-8pm
Tune in to hear music and interviews from young local artists. Youth will be discussing important issues, including immigration and First Nations youth services. Want to find out what’s going on in Vancouver for youth? We'll be letting you know about upcoming youth events too.
So listen up on Tues July 19 from 7-8pm to 102.7FM or listen online
http://www.coopradio.org/listen/index.html
GetOut! is proud to be a part of Y57. It’ll be a blast!
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Free Youth Reporter Workshop
for YOUTH (14-18)
Saturday, June 25th, 2005
The GetOut! Youth Reporters are holding a free workshop for youth in the city interested in journalism, creating media and reporting on stories important to them and other youth in their neighbourhoods.
Saturday, June 25th (1-4pm)
Britannia Community Centre
Free, snacks provided
Have you ever wanted to cut your teeth as a print, video, photography or broadcast journalist? Are you a creative person aged 14-18? This hands-on workshop will explore the methods and techniques used to uncover the story creatively and effectively. Most of all, it’s about having fun learning and practicing journalism with other creative youth.
Space is very limited in each workshop. Register now by sending us the following details to info@heygetout.ca.
- Full Name
- Age
- Phone Number
- Address
- Workshop (first choice): print, video, photography or broadcasting
- Workshop (second choice): print, video, photography or broadcasting
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