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Children & Youth - LinksThe People's PotatoMarch 19, 2008 - 12:04pm
http://peoplespotato.blogspot.com/ - The People’s Potato is a vegan soup kitchen run out of Concordia University. The project was initiated in 1999 in order to address student poverty. ( categories: Links | Québec | Blogs | Children/Youth | Organizing )
Redwire MagazineNovember 1, 2007 - 1:21pm
http://www.redwiremag.com/ - Redwire Native Youth Media Society is a media and arts organization dedicated to Native youth expression. ( categories: Links | British Columbia | Aboriginal/First Nations | Children/Youth | Health | Media | Organizing | Prisoners' Rights )
Campaign 2000July 16, 2007 - 1:05pm
www.campaign2000.ca - Campaign 2000 is a cross-Canada public education movement to build Canadian awareness and support for the 1989 all-party House of Commons resolution to end child poverty in Canada by the year 2000. ( categories: Links | Ontario | Canada | Children/Youth )
National Inuit Youth CouncilApril 5, 2007 - 8:36am
http://www.niyc.ca/ - National Inuit Youth Council website gives youth and other visitors a chance to connect, open communications, raise awareness, hear what people think and feel and help each other. News, photos, resources, etc. are updated on a regular basis and site members contribute to chats and discussion forums. ( categories: Links | Newfoundland | Northwest Territories | Nunavut | Québec | Children/Youth | Inuit )
Arctic Indigenous Youth AllianceAugust 17, 2006 - 2:46pm
http://www.deneyouthalliance.ca/ - A grassroots indigenous youth organization in the Northwest Territories that advocate for the rights of the Indigenous Peoples of Denendeh and the Beaufort Delta by encouraging dialogue between youth and Elders, through raising awareness of the potential impacts of the proposed Mackenzie Gas Project. ( categories: Links | Canada | Aboriginal/First Nations | Children/Youth | Organizing )
Toronto Native YouthAugust 17, 2006 - 2:38pm
http://www.freewebs.com/tny/ - A group of young First Nations people dedicated to resisting colonialism and exposing the racism of canada. ( categories: Links | Ontario | Aboriginal/First Nations | Children/Youth | Organizing )
Justice for YouthAugust 1, 2006 - 8:20am
http://www.justice4youth.com - a site supported by the Calgary John Howard Society and created and maintained by a group of youth from Calgary. These youth vary, some are young people who live at home with their parents and have never been in trouble with the law. Some are youth in care or youth in/from custody. What bonds them together is that they all want to make a difference. They all are working, side by side to help ensure that youth can get the facts around the justice system; in hopes that there online peers will make positive choices. ( categories: Links | Alberta | Children/Youth )
Global Youth ConnectJuly 7, 2006 - 10:49am
http://www.globalyouthconnect.org/ - this website works to create an international network supporting and encouraging the activism of the young persons on human rights issues compound in their own community and internationally. ( categories: Links | International | Children/Youth | Human Rights )
The Ontario Coalition for Better Child CareJuly 6, 2006 - 8:44am
http://www.childcareontario.org/ - The Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care advocates for the development of high quality, non-profit child care services in the province of Ontario. ( categories: Links | Ontario | Children/Youth | Organizing )
The National Youth In Care NetworkJuly 6, 2006 - 8:42am
http://www.youthincare.ca/ - The National Youth In Care Network is a national charitable organization completely driven by youth in care (14-24 years of age) across Canada. ( categories: Links | Canada | Children/Youth )
National Children's Alliance / Alliance nationale pour les enfantsJuly 6, 2006 - 8:39am
http://www.nationalchildrensalliance.com/nca/ - The National Children's Alliance is a network of more than 60 national organizations committed to improving the lives of children and youth in Canada. http://www.nationalchildrensalliance.com/ane/ - "L'Alliance nationale pour les enfants est un réseau de 60 organismes nationaux voués à rehausser la vie des enfants et des jeunes du Canada." ( categories: Links | Canada | Bilingual | Children/Youth )
Child Rights Information NetworkJuly 6, 2006 - 8:32am
http://www.crin.org/ - Global network based in the U.K. - containing references to hundreds of publications, recent news and upcoming events, as well as details of organisations working worldwide for children. The site also includes NGO reports reports submitted to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. ( categories: Links | International | Children/Youth )
Redwire Native Youth MagazineJune 24, 2006 - 2:11pm
http://www.redwiremag.com/ - Redwire Native Youth Media Society is a media and arts organization dedicated to Native youth expression. ( categories: Links | British Columbia | Aboriginal/First Nations | Children/Youth | Media )
Justice For GirlsMay 21, 2006 - 11:00pm
http://justiceforgirls.org/ - Justice for Girls is a non-profit organisation based in Vancouver promoting support, justice and equality for low income and street-involved teenage girls who have experienced violence. ( categories: Links | British Columbia | Children/Youth | Violence | Women )
Tiny Giant Magazine: Youth connect - racism, violence, povertyMarch 30, 2001 - 12:00am
http://www.tgmag.ca - The Students Commission, an organization fostering the growth and education of youth, creates a magazine, now available online. ( categories: Links | Ontario | Children/Youth | Education | Media | People of Colour | Violence )
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