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Canada 150&Me Yearbook Canada 150&Me Yearbook Proud to support Experiences Canada. Thanks for inspiring us with your vision, ideas, and commitments to building a better Canada for the next 150 years! ® The TD logo and other trade-marks are the property of The Toronto-Dominion Bank. M05234 (0314) CONTEnTS Acknowledgements We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of 5 PROJECT BEGINNINGS Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage. About the project Youth Advisory Committee role Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Launch Event Experiences Canada is pleased to partner with the Order of YEARBOOK Youth Ambassadors Training Weekend Canada. As part of their 50th anniversary celebrations, the with contributions from Astrid Krueger Order of Canada brought its members to each of our four regional forums and the National Youth Forum to share their stories and inspire young Canadians. 11 PROJECT SUBMISSIONS 150&ME CANADA A look at some of the project contributions We would like to thank our national sponsors and program 01 from youth across the country partners that made Canada 150&Me possible. 17 SELECTION PROCESS Acknowledgement of judges involved with the project National Sponsors experiences canada experiences VANCOUVER YOUTH FORUM ON 20 THE ENVIRONMENT Highlights from the week in Vancouver with contributions from Catherine Cadigan, Cameron Smith, and Shelby Voz 28 MONTREAL YOUTH FORUM ON CANADA’S PLACE IN THE WORLD The McCain Foundation Highlights from the week in Montreal with contributions from Jae Ho Kim, Sophie Pilcher, and Linda Xia HALIFAX YOUTH FORUM ON 36 IMMIGRATION AND DIVERSITY Highlights from the week in Halifax with contributions from Jonathan Savard and Program Partners Annie Jiang WINNIPEG YOUTH FORUM ON 42 HUMAN RIGHTS Highlights from the week in Winnipeg with contributions from Ishini Hewapathirana, Juliana Willemsma, and Eiko Vidal 50 NATIONAL YOUTH FORUM Highlights from the week in Ottawa with contributions from Zuhayr-Hussein Abbas, Harjot Jular, Lakhita Kosuri, Elaine Li, Parvin Malhi, Victoria McMahon, Prachir Pasricha, and Eunice Yong 64 POST PROJECT Participant survey results Alumni activities Poem by Lila Mansour ExperiencesCAN ExperiencesCanada Experiences.Canada #Experiences150 | #Canada150&Me YEARBOOK CANADA 150&ME 150&ME CANADA 02 experiences canada experiences s we celebrate Canada 150, Canadians of all ages and backgrounds have come together to reflect on our past, rejoice in what we have accomplished so far and look to the afuture with optimism. Our Government was proud to support Can- ada 150&Me, a Canada 150 signature initiative, which brought thousands of young Canadians A MESSAGE together for a national conversation about the future of our country. It encouraged them to FROM THE explore topical and timely issues that mattered most to them, while fostering a greater under- MINISTER OF standing of our diversity and the values that we all share. CANADIAN As Minister of Canadian Heritage, I would like to congratulate Experiences Canada on organiz- HERITAGE ing this excellent initiative and on your ongoing efforts to provide inspiring and educational programs for young people. I would also like to thank the young people across the country who participated in the Canada 150&Me program. I hope the experiences and les- sons you take from this program will inspire you to lead the way in your neighbourhoods, schools and communities for many years to come. THE HONOURABLE MÉLANIE JOLY YEARBOOK CANADA 150&ME 150&ME CANADA 03 A MESSAGE canada experiences FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD atching Canada 150&Me grow from It was clearly evident that Canada 150&Me an idea to the eight multi-media youth youth participants had a keen understanding of presentations delivered at the National empathy, fairness and equity. It was clear that Youth Forum in Ottawa in June has been they knew their history, sciences and languages Wan experience! It has been an incredible journey and are on the path to leadership to make this led by a team at Experiences Canada that clearly country a better place. More than any genera- delivered a superb program. On behalf of the tion that has come before, young people are Board we would like to offer our deepest congratu- connecting with the rest of the country and the lations to each and every participant on a project rest of the world. well done —a project that we will have an enduring But Canada is not perfect. Canada 150&Me impact on each of you and the families and com- asked youth to look at the challenges, as well as munities you visited. opportunities facing their generation. There are At Experiences Canada, we believe in youth, a lot of issues still to be resolved. With Canada their power and influence. So much of our 150&Me we provided a safe space for the con- programming offers youth an opportunity to versation to begin, to look at Canada in a global explore our country, our issues, our history and context and introduce youth to some of the many our identity—and to make life-long friendships organizations that are tackling those problems. with one another. To be effective as global We are proud to strengthen Canada’s youth leaders, youth need to be strongly rooted in their leadership, and look forward to seeing how they knowledge and understanding of what it means will lead us into the next 150 years! to be Canadian. And, one of the amazing things about Canada is that you can discover so much about other cultures by talking with each other, listening to each other and sharing your stories. KYLE HILL YEARBOOK CANADA 150&ME 150&ME CANADA 04 experiences canada experiences A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO wo years ago the planning began. The four regional forums based on themes our past 150 years as a confederation, Canada 150&Me ambition was to start a identified by young people as the most but it has also put young people at the year-long national conversation among relevant. Another 2,900 young people forefront in defining the Canada we want youth about the greatest challenges joined the conversations either on-site at for the next 150 years. Tand opportunities facing Canada for their the regional forums, or online. Throughout Often, the small, early steps we take can generation. the past year, youth participants have have a huge ripple effect. This will be our This legacy book looks at the project from addressed subjects ranging from men- Canada 150&Me legacy—motivating thou- its inception, to the discussions held across tal health, relationships with Indigenous sands of young people to get more involved the country this past spring, culminating in a Peoples, LGBTQ rights, humanitarian as- in their communities and to take an interest week-long celebration of Canadian heritage, sistance, the environ ment and sustainable in public policy. We are grateful to the many history and public policy in Ottawa be- development, social inclusion, diversity, national sponsors and partners featured tween June 24 and July 2, 2017. We provided education, the economy and attachment throughout this e-book, who have made this multiple platforms for participating youth to social media. project possible. between the ages of 14 and 19 and our youth Recommendations from each of the It’s been a fantastic learning experience ambassadors between the ages of 21 and four regional forums were presented to for us as well; spending so much quality 29 to have a safe space to explore timely is- Order of Canada members, business and time listening and learning from young sues, meet renowned Canadian experts and political leaders, and government officials people about their hopes, their dreams, emerging leaders—and to have a voice. at the National Youth Forum on June 26, 2017. and the issues that matter most to them. I We asked them to speak up, speak And this conversation will continue through can’t think of a better way to have marked often and speak loudly! And they did. a new Canada 150&Me alumni network. Canada’s sesquicentennial! Over 1,200 students registered and We hope that this group of young leaders uploaded videos, performances, es- will continue to be inspired to help shape says and images as part of the national Canada’s future. competition. Seventy volunteer judges Canada 150 has been a milestone. It DEBORAH MORRISON selected 150 youth to travel to one of was not only an opportunity to reflect on PRESIDENT & CEO Experiences Canada is widely recognized as Canada’s leading service provider for youth exchanges. Launched in 1936 and previously known as SEVEC, Experiences Canada arranges travel, accommodation and programming for an estimated 5,000 young Canadians who participate in reciprocal exchanges and youth events annually to better explore their country’s rich history, culture, and geography. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Kyle Hill (Chair) Christie Brown Valerie Galley Georges Levesque Dave McInnes Denise Nawata Greg Owen Judith Sullivan-Corney (Vice-Chair) Arlene Van Riuten CANADA 150&ME YEARBOOK EDITORIAL TEAM Deborah Morrison— Publisher K9 strategy+design— Graphic Design Debra Davis—Writer Vera Kirloff—Editor Lucie Leblanc— À mots découverts - Translation Karine Levesque—Photo Research CANADA 150&ME PROJECT TEAM Erin Wake—Project Coordinator Tom Kingdon—Youth Ambassadors Coordinator Karine Levesque—Assistant Project Coordinator Debra Davis—Communications Director Claudia Cousineau—Summer Intern Kelsey Hudier —Summer Intern EXPERIENCES CANADA STAFF Deborah Morrison—President and CEO Ellen Glouchkow—Director of Finance and Administration Jamie McCullough – Director of Programs Sandrine Thabet—Senior Program Coordinator
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