We love hearing from fans of the Red Cross Youth site. The email below came to us from Cristin, who wrote to us about her experiences with bullying… — Bullying happens, and it is a learned behaviour. Students in my classrooms bullied me. They were copying the behaviour of the teachers. People should say “sorry” [...]
The advertising & marketing of non-profit organizations around the world has always been a source of inspiration to me. This one, created by Irish design firm Daddy for the French Red Cross caught my eye with it’s strong message and great visual effects. Enjoy
By Leslie Vryenhoek When I was a teenager, I had all these ideas about how I wanted to do some good in the world, and the thing I found most frustrating was how adults kept shooting down my ideas, or at least dampening my enthusiasm. “The world doesn’t work that way,” they would say, or [...]
By Nicole Evanoff I love to listen to CBC Radio and I learn something new everyday! Right now in fashion you see many people wearing a scarf that hangs down on their chest and it is the newest rage. I thought maybe it was a trend stated from snowboarders that wear bandannas or scarves around [...]
Here are the first two films coming out of the Youth Taking Action partnership project with SCY (Society for Children and Youth) and BCIFV (BC Institute Against Family Violence). They deal with the rights of youth in care. One more film will be created in the next couple of months, following the next workshop.
By Julia Hostetler I got an absolutely BEAUTIFUL MacBook Pro for my birthday last year because I needed a computer that was portable and media-oriented. I’m really into film-making and Windows Movie Maker just didn’t cut it. On my Mac, I’m still running OSX Tiger so I haven’t updated to anything like Final Cut Pro [...]
