Education
Singer Tenille Not A Me Generation Teen
Singer Tenille Not A Me Generation Teen Tenille singsNineteen-year-old Albertan country singer Tenille has been “playing it forward” for a number of years now, knowing there are many kids that don’t have it as good as she may. Her annual fundraiser, Big Hearts For Big Kids, has raised $350,000 so far for Sunrise House, a youth shelter in her hometown of…
Tom Cochrane: Humanitarian Award Recipient Recounts Poignant Experiences In Africa
Tom Cochrane: Humanitarian Award Recipient Recounts Poignant Experiences In Africa Tom Cochrane in Kenya, 2006.Noted Canadian singer-songwriter Tom Cochrane has been a lot of places and seen a lot of things, but one of his most poignant experiences occurred when he spent two-and-a-half weeks traveling through Africa on behalf of World Vision in 1989 that…
Suzuki And Gore Approved Jellyfish Project Led By Rock Band
Suzuki And Gore Approved Jellyfish Project Led By Rock Band Rock band Mindil Beach Market's jellyfish-inspired logo.Rock 'n’ roll band by night; eco-warriors by day. These dual roles are being played across North America by Victoria, BC reggae-infused rockers Mindil Beach Markets, whose members became profoundly affected by the jellyfish when searching…
Kate Nash In Ghana: Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves
Kate Nash In Ghana: Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves U.K. singer-songwriter Kate Nash meets the Chief of Hohoa, Ghana, where she would be visiting with children at Likpe Mate pre-school and teens in Plan International's Girls Making Media program. “I feel about nervous about this. I think it’s going to be intense. So we’ll see. It’ll be awesome…
Toy Lending Libraries A Widespread Concept
Toy Lending Libraries A Widespread Concept If you’re a parent who is strapped by a limited income but still wishes you could spoil your children with various toys, an alternative solution might be closer than you think. Most family and community centres have toy libraries, where parents can sign out toys for their children for a couple of weeks at a time…
Higher Education for African Girls The Focus of New Charity
Higher Education for African Girls The Focus of New Charity Graduates of Beautiful World Canada's education scholarships in Uganda, Dec. 2012.Most would agree the problems facing Africa are many and complex. They are also interdependent which means solving one crisis invariably impacts another, hopefully in a positive way. The trick is figuring out where…
MusiCounts TD Community Music Grants To Benefit Disadvantaged Youth
MusiCounts TD Community Music Grants To Benefit Disadvantaged Youth Recording artist Serena Ryder indulges students at a MusiCounts presentation at Woodbine J.H.S. — photo: Barry Roden.Canadian non-profit and registered charitable organizations with pre-existing music programs and those that want to introduce a music program to complement their current…
UK Pop Star Kate Nash Didn't Want Celebrity To Destroy Her Life
UK Pop Star Kate Nash Didn't Want Celebrity To Destroy Her Life Kate Nash promo pic for her new album, Girl Talk.British singer-songwriter Kate Nash is in Ghana right now. She was feeling a million emotions about the trip when she spoke with Samaritanmag in Toronto to promote her upcoming album, Girl Talk, (out March 5) prior to leaving. The 25-year-…
Give CANFAR And Keshia A Kiss
Give CANFAR And Keshia A Kiss CANFAR youth ambassador Keshia Chanté puckers up for the new Kisses 4 CANFAR campaign.For 19 years The Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) has promoted its Have A Heart program at 2500 schools across Canada. Students sell heart-o-grams to help raise money and awareness for HIV/AIDS. This month, for the 20th year…
Dell's Mobile Computer Lab Brings Technology To Underprivileged Kids
Dell's Mobile Computer Lab Brings Technology To Underprivileged Kids (L to R): Paul Cooper (Dell), Pam Jolliffe (BGCC) and the kids of St. Alban's Boys and Girls Club — photo credit: Alina SotulaDell Canada has donated its first mobile tech unit to St. Alban’s Boys and Girls Club in Toronto to make new technology accessible to clubs that don’t have…
Y&R Toronto Tea Raises $50K For Children With Severe Disabilities
Y&R Toronto Tea Raises $50K For Children With Severe Disabilities (L to R): Global TV's Leslie Roberts, musician Liona Boyd with Y&R's Kate Linder, Christian Le Blanc, Elizabeth Hendrickson, Jeff Branson, and Y&R hair and make-up artists Patti Denney and George Guzman. A High Tea at Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York hotel featuring actors from…
ATTENTION U.S. Bieber Fans: Want Him To Visit Your School? Get Cracking
ATTENTION U.S. Bieber Fans: Want Him To Visit Your School? Get Cracking Canadian pop artist Justin Bieber, whose official web site includes a charity movement section that runs a tally of the amount raised through his Believe Charity Drive — $1,192,2004 and counting — has issued a further challenge to his fans: the school that raises the most money for…
At-Risk Youth Get Modern Shakepearience
At-Risk Youth Get Modern Shakepearience Dion Johnstone coaches a youth at a Shakespearience workshop.“When I work with kids I encourage them to think of Shakespeare as the Steven Spielberg of his time.” There’s no hint of a sardonic wit behind Canadian actor Dion Johnstone’s comparison of the 16-century bard who wrote of the alienation of the ‘Other’ in…
Anti-Bullying Program Goes Beyond Schools To People With Disabilities And Military Families
Anti-Bullying Program Goes Beyond Schools To People With Disabilities And Military Families Maria Hawkins performs the Stop the Bullying program for students. When Ottawa's Maria Hawkins, founder and facilitator of motivational music program Stop the Bullying, notes that “children are going through pressures and strains that we can’t appreciate,” she’s…
My Name Is Kay Opens Eyes At We Day
My Name Is Kay Opens Eyes At We Day Yes it's blurry, but it's Magic: (L to R) Kay's manager Doug Bohay, Magic Johnson, KayCanadian pop singer My Name Is Kay, who has collaborated with Tiesto, Diplo, Far East Movement and Cobra Starship, and released her own self-titled EP that earned notice, had her eyes opened recently when she participated in Free The…