September in Review by Kalsang
The highlight of the month was the successful beginning of the new school-year youth program in the fall starting with orientation and focus group sessions
Fall Program Orientation
Orientation for the fall program session was held on Friday Sep 23rd. The session was attended by 12 youth. The youth went over the newcomer youth program policy and filled out their intake assessments for Wednesday and Friday n for dance and has performed for various projects and talent shows. Click here to read the full review
Fall Program Orientation
Orientation for the fall program session was held on Friday Sep 23rd. The session was attended by 12 youth. The youth went over the newcomer youth program policy and filled out their intake assessments for Wednesday and Friday n for dance and has performed for various projects and talent shows. Click here to read the full review
Success story of the month
My Story
An interview conversation with Choeyang via Email by Dudoul
An interview conversation with Choeyang via Email by Dudoul
Interview of Choeyang by Dudoul via email in October 2011
· When did you come to Canada?
I came to Canada on May 7th 2011.
· Why did you join the Newcomer Youth Program?
I joined the Newcomer Youth Program to improve my English language, to get Volunteer hours and for experience.
· So far, what are some of the activities you have participated in?
Till now, I participated in many activities and did my best with full dedication and with positive attitude like in summer program, volunteering in STOM (Shake Tobacco Off Movies Youth Project) for doing outreach on the petition and distributing the flyers and posting the pamplets.And I also showed my great enthusiasm as a volunteer while helping in office administration like filing, photocopying, setting up the rooms and calling the youth members on phone for the meetings as per the training provided by my supervisor, Kalsang.
· What are you doing now?
I am studying in Parkdale Collegiate Institute in Grade 11 and I am doing a part time job assisting with the youth program
· How did you get the part time job at PCIC?
I got the part time job with the great help of Kalsang as I have been volunteer and active participant of the youth leadership program since I came to Toronto. I learnt a lot at the pre-employment sessions and other youth-focused workshops provided every Wednesdays under the Language Skills program.
· What is your message to your fellow Newcomer youth?
Basically, I am also a Newcomer and it has only been six months in Canada. Within those few months since joining the program and attending after-school sessions regularly, I myself can see a change on me like communicating, speaking, presenting and so on. So, for all of my fellow newcomer youth , I want to say this, do not wait around and stay back to improve your skills and don’t wait for the time by saying that I will do later and later. As we know, time waits for no one. You must grab the opportunity to make some improvements for yourself and programs will be always there to help and welcome you.
· When did you come to Canada?
I came to Canada on May 7th 2011.
· Why did you join the Newcomer Youth Program?
I joined the Newcomer Youth Program to improve my English language, to get Volunteer hours and for experience.
· So far, what are some of the activities you have participated in?
Till now, I participated in many activities and did my best with full dedication and with positive attitude like in summer program, volunteering in STOM (Shake Tobacco Off Movies Youth Project) for doing outreach on the petition and distributing the flyers and posting the pamplets.And I also showed my great enthusiasm as a volunteer while helping in office administration like filing, photocopying, setting up the rooms and calling the youth members on phone for the meetings as per the training provided by my supervisor, Kalsang.
· What are you doing now?
I am studying in Parkdale Collegiate Institute in Grade 11 and I am doing a part time job assisting with the youth program
· How did you get the part time job at PCIC?
I got the part time job with the great help of Kalsang as I have been volunteer and active participant of the youth leadership program since I came to Toronto. I learnt a lot at the pre-employment sessions and other youth-focused workshops provided every Wednesdays under the Language Skills program.
· What is your message to your fellow Newcomer youth?
Basically, I am also a Newcomer and it has only been six months in Canada. Within those few months since joining the program and attending after-school sessions regularly, I myself can see a change on me like communicating, speaking, presenting and so on. So, for all of my fellow newcomer youth , I want to say this, do not wait around and stay back to improve your skills and don’t wait for the time by saying that I will do later and later. As we know, time waits for no one. You must grab the opportunity to make some improvements for yourself and programs will be always there to help and welcome you.
Opportunity
Opportunity Knocks!
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Literature
Movie Reflections
- Two short reviews of the movies from Planet in Focus Festival
by Ayesha
Reflections on the Movies
by Ayesha, (youth - Grade 12 student - Parkdale Resdent)
a youth who received free tickets for the Planet in Focus Film Festival ( October 12th to 16th )
The film Silent Snow: The Invisible Poisoning of the World speaks about global warming and health problems of the people who are just bystanders. The film is directed by Jan van den Berg and Pipaluk Knudsen-Ostermann from Netherlands. It is made this year - 2011.
One of the filmmakers, Pipaluk Knudsen-Ostermann, narrates this documentary. She talks about how the people in her native country, Greenland, are facing many health problems because of contamination in the water up north in the Arctic region. She travels to different countries in different continents around the globe, trying to find the cause of contamination. She goes to Costa Rica, India, and other places to determine the source of contamination, dangerous fertilizers, and pesticides. She also embarks on a journey in her native Greenland, seeing disappearing icebergs and receding glaciers. This film is very moving because it speaks of how someone in, for example, North America can affect someone on the other side of the world, and it preaches that we must be careful of our actions because they can risk fellow humans right now and in the future too
Another film titled Cowboys in India was made by Simon Chambers in 2009 from the UK. Chambers travelled to India to make a film investigating the aggressive mining activity undertaken by a British company in a part of rural India, which is inhabited by indigenous ‘tribal’ people. He may have had the best of intentions, however, he confessed to not giving much thought on how the people who helped him make the film would be affected. This film was also thought provoking and made me think of how different cultures can be, especially the difference between the east and the west.
Thank you to Planet in Focus and Kalsang (Youth Program Manager) for getting the youth in Parkdale free tickets to learn about environmental issues through movies.
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Managing Editor: Kalsang Dolma (Youth Settlement Counselor & Project Manager)
Youth Editorial Board: (April 2011 to March 2012)
Youth Editorial Board: (April 2011 to March 2012)
- Karma Gyatso
- Tsewang Dhargyal
- Tenzin Thabkhae
- Dudoul Tenzin
- Rigden Lhawang
- Vinothan Sarvananthan
- Abisarikka Pillaiyinar
- Tenzin Choeyang