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The Art Of Unlearning

Crystal Lattice — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 20:55:37 +0000

Is what we learn always correct? Have you ever realized that something you learned is incorrect or inaccurate? For many youth, this could be some simple lies from parents, like the “fact” that they always have eyes on you. Additionally, this could also be from school, namely sciences, especially Chemistry. Lastly, our bad habits and […]

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Starbucks Green Cup Controversy: Take a Chill Pill

Talia Santarossa — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 22:15:24 +0000

After the backlash surrounding Starbucks’ holiday cup from last year, which featured no holiday or Christmasy imagery, patrons are freaking out again over what many thought was the new 2016 design. Being called out as an attack against Christmas, and by extension, Christian tradition. Do people really have nothing better to complain about? First and foremost, the […]

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The Social Mammoth-Why You Should Stop Caring About Other People’s Opinions: Part 2

Kiana Baghban — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 21:04:15 +0000

Last time, we talked about our Social Mammoth and how the whole Mammoth situation is getting out of hand. We’ll be talking more about our A.V and how we can weaken the Mammoths influence over us and our lives and let our A.V take over. (This is the second part to my first article right here. […]

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Blogger of the Month, September 2015: Katja Lemermeyer

Kandace Peroramas — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 15:45:26 +0000

Katja is a force to be reckoned with as September’s Blogger of the Month! Part I.B. student, part volunteer (she is on the YVC International Youth Advisory Board), and part photographer, her involvement in extracurricular activities are a true testament to the spectrum of topics Katja has covered on Youth Are Awesome. She was happy to sit down and chat […]

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The youth perspective on assisted suicide

Malika Daya — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 17:43:54 +0000

As you all must be aware of, the Supreme Court of Canada has decided to allow assisted suicide in Canada under certain circumstances. Those circumstances are of which: a competent adult seeks assistance from doctors due to an extremely painful and incurable medical condition that causes intolerable suffering, in such a scenario a doctor should […]

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The Prince’s Island Series: The Story of The River Café

Bill — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:36:17 +0000

The River Café is widely known in Calgary as a great dine; one of the best in town. Nothing could be better than to head to a wonderful restaurant after strolling around Prince’s Island.

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Colour Theory: An Artist’s Utility Belt

Bill — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:04:32 +0000

Batman has a personal utility belt to fight crime. Well artists also have their own belts, used to create art of the same calibre as Batman’s crime fighting greatness. Yeah, okay I just compared a butt-kicking hero to people with paintbrushes. But that’s besides the point. What I’m trying to get at is that to […]

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