The first of two school programs that Reel Youth hopes to run on Cortes Island during 2022 is already approved.
“We have a program launching in January. That’s for Partners in Education (PIE) students, mostly middle school youth who are doing a homeschooling course,” said Mark Vonesch, Director of Reel Youth.
Continue reading What Reel Youth is bringing to students on Cortes Island in 2022School district 72 has not yet decided, but there have been discussions about the possibility of offering outdoor high school courses on Cortes Island.
Continue reading Will Cortes Island become home to a new outdoor High School experience?Teen vandalism is getting out of hand in Campbell River
“In the last year we’ve had teens shoot out people’s windows with pellet guns, throwing rocks through windows, steal or move traffic control devices (creating very dangerous situations on the roadways), breaking fences, smashing peoples lawn lights, and spray painting and keying cars,” said RCMP Cst. Maury Tyre.
Continue reading Teen vandalism escalating in Campbell River
A youth filmmaking initiative with international reach has its’ office in Mansons Hall, on Cortes Island.
In the second of a series of programs about Reel Youth, Mark Vonesch and Erica Køhn tell the story of how this initiative came into being.
Continue reading The origins of Reel YouthBy 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 COP26
