global citizen
what the... blogger blocked my blog!! (now repeat that three times with me!!)
so anyways, by the time you're reading this, blogger would have had a human approved that my blog is legit. i guess i've been commenting too much on other people's site and not writing enough here!! hopefully it's nothing worse than that. hahaa...
i heard stephen lewis speak last night at laurier's global citizenship conference. he delivered a captivating 5-point talk on darfur, afghanistan, climate change, HIV/AIDS in africa and gender equality, challenging canada to do its part in our world. when he was describing antiretroviral drug-users who are lacking in food, and orphans needing to be raised by grandmas, it brought back a lot of memories of my work in south africa. also horrifying was his stats on climate change, which shocked me into thinking once again about things i could be doing differently each day!
i also went to a few workshops at the conference today. the one that i think is blog-worthy is Global Voices Project -- Lesson Plans for Promoting Global Awareness in Young People. it's a joint venture by free the children, toronto star and nipissing university, whereby the kielburger brothers submit a global voice article to toronto star each week, and the education department of nipissing publishes a matching lesson plan at the same time on the torontostar website! check it out:
http://www.thestar.com/globalvoices or
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/columnists/94598
or you can access the archives through the free the children site as well.
when you get into the article of the week, you'll find a link or two for the lesson plans (in pdf format). if i were still leading a youth group, or if i had a class to teach, i would totally do something like this to get young people involved in being global citizens.
oh, and i found out that the kielburgers' parents (or at least one of them) are teachers as well! that's why they're natural at mobilizing students!
so anyways, by the time you're reading this, blogger would have had a human approved that my blog is legit. i guess i've been commenting too much on other people's site and not writing enough here!! hopefully it's nothing worse than that. hahaa...
i heard stephen lewis speak last night at laurier's global citizenship conference. he delivered a captivating 5-point talk on darfur, afghanistan, climate change, HIV/AIDS in africa and gender equality, challenging canada to do its part in our world. when he was describing antiretroviral drug-users who are lacking in food, and orphans needing to be raised by grandmas, it brought back a lot of memories of my work in south africa. also horrifying was his stats on climate change, which shocked me into thinking once again about things i could be doing differently each day!
i also went to a few workshops at the conference today. the one that i think is blog-worthy is Global Voices Project -- Lesson Plans for Promoting Global Awareness in Young People. it's a joint venture by free the children, toronto star and nipissing university, whereby the kielburger brothers submit a global voice article to toronto star each week, and the education department of nipissing publishes a matching lesson plan at the same time on the torontostar website! check it out:http://www.thestar.com/globalvoices or
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/columnists/94598
or you can access the archives through the free the children site as well.
when you get into the article of the week, you'll find a link or two for the lesson plans (in pdf format). if i were still leading a youth group, or if i had a class to teach, i would totally do something like this to get young people involved in being global citizens.
oh, and i found out that the kielburgers' parents (or at least one of them) are teachers as well! that's why they're natural at mobilizing students!
Labels: social change/action
1 Comments:
Hey Ah Dow,
I went to the Me to We conference when I was in Toronto! :) And heard the authors speak... good to know that you are a supporter of global citizenship too!
Post a Comment
<< Home