By Cloe Logan and Morgan Sharp, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
World leaders have met annually since 1995 to talk about climate change, and this year, they finally asked young people ahead of time about ways to create jobs in renewable energy, push countries to prioritize low-carbon action, and how to get climate justice.
Continue reading Youth4Climate: hundreds of young people hand over demands in advance of COP26By Morgan Sharp, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
It was meant to matter, this time.
After 25 years of adults trying to work out how to do it right, the Youth4Climate summit in Milan, Italy, which gathered some 400 young people from across the globe to discuss the climate crisis last week, was meant to be different.
Continue reading Canadian delegates worry some voices ‘weren’t heard’ at youth climate conferenceCampbell River Mirror, Local Journalism Reporter
Lately, when 15-year-old K (name withheld to protect identity) arrives outside her school in Campbell River, nervousness sets in.
Her legs start shaking, her entire body begins to tremble and she gives way to uncontrollable sobbing.
Her parents eventually turn the car around and take her back home, to try again the next day.
The heightened anxiety attacks are new for both K and her parents, especially because their daughter is an above average student and has never had a problem going to school until a couple months ago, says K’s mother.
Continue reading Extended pandemic feeds anxieties of Campbell River youthDuring the last week of November, a health officer stopped Teen Szene as it was a hang out, not a sports program. We spoke about the need these programs fill, and Jodi’s thoughts on the process of adapting to COVID 19 reality.
Continue reading How COVID impacted Teen afterschool programming on Cortes IslandNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The NDP’s party whip wants Ottawa to take the $900-million budget for WE Charity’s now infamous and defunct volunteer initiative and distribute it to another federal youth program.
It’s not too late to use the funds to employ youth and support businesses and community groups across the country that are struggling economically during the pandemic, said Rachel Blaney, MP for North Island-Powell River.
“We are reminding (the Liberals) that they have avenues to do it if they really care about young people and communities across this country,” Blaney told Canada’s National Observer.
“And we hope they will look at them.”
Blaney wants the federal government to funnel the shelved WE funds into the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) program, a wage subsidy plan for employers who hire youth and one that is already operational, Blaney said.
Continue reading NDP Want $900 Million Given to Canada Summer Jobs
