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2013 Aboriginal Youth Explosion Update

If we missed you at this year’s Aboriginal Youth Explosion (AYE), please let us take this opportunity to share a few highlights: On Sunday May 12, 2013, the second annual Aboriginal Youth Explosion, presented by Calgary-based nonprofit Bridges Social Development, took place at Mount Royal University. Aboriginal youth from across Southern Alberta came together to celebrate [...]


Posted in Home | Keywords: , , , | May 24, 2013

AYE cont. Appreciation

This is a continuation of our journey exploring the “whys” of the Aboriginal Youth Explosion. Today we are exploring Appreciation As most of you reading this may know, the Aboriginal Youth Explosion took place this past Sunday and we could not be more appreciative to everyone involved – to the youth, to the artists, to [...]


Posted in Home | Keywords: , , , , , | May 15, 2013

AYE cont. Leadership & Family

This is a continuation of our journey exploring the “whys” of the Aboriginal Youth Explosion. Today we are exploring Leadership and Family This year, the Aboriginal Youth Explosion is being celebrated on Mother’s Day. This may seem a bit strange as Mother’s Day for a lot of people is typically celebrated as a small family [...]


Posted in Home | Keywords: , , , , | May 10, 2013

AYE Cont. Invitation & Inclusiveness

This is a continuation of our journey exploring the “whys” of the Aboriginal Youth Explosion. Today we are exploring Invitation and Inclusiveness The topic of Invitations for Bridges and the Aboriginal Youth Explosion really has two meanings. First, the invitation is a crucial piece of how Bridges as an organization works. As one of our [...]


Posted in Home | Keywords: , , , | May 3, 2013

AYE Cont. Inter-Community Dialogue and Place

This is a continuation of our journey exploring the “whys” of the Aboriginal Youth Explosion. Today we are exploring Inter-Community Dialogue and Place Bridges, the youth who participate in the Aboriginal Youth Explosion, and the many community members who support the AYE and the process of getting there have quite a few hopes and dreams [...]


Posted in Home | Keywords: , , , | April 25, 2013

AYE cont. Dialogue & Storytelling

This is a continuation of our journey exploring the “whys” of the Aboriginal Youth Explosion. Today we are exploring Dialogue and Storytelling The Aboriginal Youth Explosion (AYE) brings together Aboriginal youth to celebrate the exploration of their personal wisdom and potential. It provides the space for these youth to share their stories with the broader [...]


Posted in Home | Keywords: , , , | April 22, 2013

AYE cont. Education, Joint Ceremony, and Traditional Customs

This is a continuation of our journey exploring the “whys” of the Aboriginal Youth Explosion. Today we are exploring Education, Joint Ceremony, and Traditional Customs In our lives we experience many forms of education and what I think we can all agree on is that education does not only come in the form of classrooms and [...]


Posted in Home | Keywords: , , , , | April 9, 2013

AYE cont. Inspiration & Vision

This is a continuation of our journey exploring the “whys” of the Aboriginal Youth Explosion. Today we are exploring Inspiration and Vision The definition of Inspiration is, “The process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something”. What does the Aboriginal Youth Explosion (AYE) have to do with this general definition of inspiration, better yet, what [...]


Posted in Home | Keywords: , , , , | March 26, 2013

So, what is the Aboriginal Youth Explosion?

In the last What We’re Up To post we explored the “whys” of Idle No More and started to unpack what we are learning – one of those pieces being the relationships between people in our communities, especially the long standing broken relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians. What I think we were doing here [...]


Posted in Home | Keywords: , , , , | March 12, 2013

Idle No More Resources

If you are like us, trying to learn and understand Idle No More or the “whys” of Idle No More here are just some of the resources we have started learning from. There are so many perspectives, opinions, and stories out there so please do not stop learning here. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/01/08/f-vp-mccue-idle-no-more.html http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100014597/1100100014637 http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/webarchives/20071115053257/http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ch/rcap/sg/sgmm_e.html http://ipsmo.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/idlenomore_handout.pdf http://www.canadiana.ca/citm/themes/aboriginals/aboriginals12_e.html http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/to-be-indian-in-canada-today/article7261247/ [...]


Posted in Home | Keywords: , , | February 26, 2013

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