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Watch This... It's Brilliant!  "To This Day"

You might know Shane Koyczan as the spoken word poet who performed during the Vancouver Olympics opening ceremonies.  Now the 36-year old from Yellowknife is getting more international attention after releasing a video project about the lasting effects of bullying.  This video stopped us in our tracks and we hope it stops some bullies too.

Letters to Canada...Also Amazing!!

On February 25, 2013, the Canadian Government appears before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to answer allegations that it is discriminating against First Nations children by providing flawed and inequitable child welfare services on reserve.  Children and young people from across Canada prepared this video so that the Tribunal could understand why this case is important to all children in Canada but the Canadian Government opposed it.  This is the children's video that the Government of Canada did not want the Tribunal to see...

10 year old Ottawa Boy is Awarded the Queens Diamond Jubilee Medal

A 10 year old Ottawa boy was honoured this past week with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal.  Tommy Glatzmayer was recognized for raising awareness about a rare syndrome afflicting his sister, and for teaching his peers about acceptance.  Read more. 

Low Birth Rate and Later Depression

Boys born with a low birth weight could be at increased risk of suffering from depression during adolescence.  This is the suggestion of new research from Canada that looked at 3,732 young people from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth who were evaluated in 2006 and 2007 for symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Wow! If Students Designed Their Own Schools...

The best small town in America experiments with self-directed learning at its public high school.  A group of students gets to create their own school-within-a-school and they learn only what they want to learn.  Does it work, you ask?

Inspiring: To Be Nobody-But-Yourself

Creative work from some (sadly) unknown students at George Brown College.

Obesity Reduces Quality of Life in Boys

For boys, being overweight or obese significantly lowers their quality of life compared to healthy weight peers.  Interestingly, these results were not found in girls.