Post Tagged with: "Youth Week Events"

/ April 26, 2013 10:38 am

Come see the High School Theatresports tournament, YOUR Youth Week improv supremacy

Improv, or rather improvisational theatre, is neat if you are the audience seeing it unfold. For the performers, though, it’s in a different league of its’ own compared with scripted productions. As part of Youth Week (of course), the Loose Moose Theatre Company (if you’ve ever heard Youth Central’s Andrew Phung do some public speaking, you know where it is) is hosting the annual [...]

/ April 16, 2013 4:11 pm

Bringing the legality of Child Soldiers to YOUR attention during Youth Week through Paxium

As a young generation of Canadians, we are entrenched with a sense of security as we mature when it comes to emerging world issues. From the day we enter this world with astonishment and curiosity, we are protected on a global basis with the United Nation’s Declaration of the Rights of the Child. Even with these types of international agreements in place, [...]

/ April 12, 2013 5:13 pm

Market Mall, YOUR shopaholic haven for Youth Week deals and discounts

Special deals? Discounts? Youth Week? A shopaholic you are? You’ll enjoy this one. Youth Week is expanding it’s footprint by benefiting YOU on your allowance! From April 22 – 26th during Youth Week, many retailers at Market Mall are introducing a variety of different savings for youth aged 13 to 19! Let’s get going, here they are: Apparel  Aeropostale  -  $10 off $50 purchase [...]

/ April 11, 2013 1:28 pm

Calgary’s Summer Youth Hiring Fair is back for a new round of YOUR résumés

So you’ve got all these blog posts and news coverage to give you a look at the fair in previous years, but are you prepared for the opportunities this event is going to throw at you? I hope so. While this year the City of Calgary’s Youth Employment Center will be hosting the 15th Annual Summer Youth Hiring Fair on May 7th (a little [...]

/ April 19, 2012 1:19 pm

Youth Week & Aggie Days

I’ve always found that the best part of the Calgary Stampede was all of the animals. And luckily, I won’t have to wait until July to get in on some more sheep shearing! This weekend, Aggie Days is going on at the Stampede Park and I am extremely excited to have it as a Youth Week event this year. Aggie [...]

/ April 17, 2012 7:41 am

Global Youth Summit: The Pinnacle of Awesomeness!

This Friday, the annual Global Youth Summit returns! The yearly event is planned by youth for youth, and is basically a time for Calgary & area high school students to share local projects that have a global impact. It’s bound to be super cool, since the event features workshops, small-group dialogue and participatory learning exercises which helps youth to gain [...]

/ April 12, 2012 7:32 am

Youth Week Awesomeness: Cartoon Workshop

HOLY YES! FREE ART LESSONS? Oh yeah, I will be there. And you should be there too! So Calgary has this amazing artist named Tom Bagley. He's an illustrator, musician, and North Mount Pleasant Arts Centre instructor.

/ April 10, 2012 8:49 am

Need a job? Youth Week’s summer hiring fair is here to help!

We all know looking for a summer job can be difficult; going around town with your resume can get tiring and tedious real fast. Luckily, Calgary's 14th Annual Summer Hiring Fair is fast approaching during these first days of Youth Week.

/ January 17, 2012 10:59 am

How to submit a Youth Week event

As many of you may have noticed, there has been significant talk on this blog lately about Youth Week. And what is Youth Week, you ask? Well, it’s an entire week (April 21-28, 2012) devoted to promoting the importance of youth in Calgary. But it’s not just all whimsical talk; there will be over 50 amazing events across the city, [...]

/ April 4, 2011 8:48 am

Youth Week Shout Out: Paintball and Laser Tag

Youth Week runs this year from April 23 and May 1, and paintball and laser tag places are getting in on the action! Find discounted games at Capture the Flag and Laser Trek during Youth Week. Who: Anyone ages 10+ What: From 9 a.m to dark, Capture the Flag West of Cochrane will be running paintball games for free with [...]

/ May 1, 2010 3:10 pm

YW 2010: Saturday and Sunday

The final (official) days of Youth Week 2010 are here! There are still a bunch of events happening this weekend, including LiveStyle: Urban Arts Festival (I heard there’s going to be a 2 on 2 bboy and bgirl battle), One Night Only at the Creative Kids Museum at the Telus World of Science (ever wanted free reign of the Science [...]

/ April 28, 2010 4:11 pm

YW2010: What’s Up for Thursday

We’re halfway done Youth Week, and we let you in on what’s happening today, but there’s still tons of events to hit up during the rest of the week (don’t event get me started on the weekend…awesome!).  Here’s what’s going on on April 29th: The youth at National Philanthropy Day are spending the day getting inspired on how they can make change [...]

/ April 26, 2010 2:41 pm

YW2010: Events to Watch for on Tuesday

By now, hopefully you’ve heard about Youth Week – this awesome week (happening right now!) made just for young people in Calgary! We’ll be keeping you posted about what to look forward to each day of Youth Week here on YAA… On Tuesday, April 27th…here’s what’s coming up: Finding it hard to keep up with school, work and your social [...]

/ April 24, 2010 6:50 pm

YW2010: Hoops Extreme

Hey all you basketball lovers! I just came back from Hoops Extreme! (a Youth Week event we told you about yesterday) and I have to say….it was AWESOME. Even though the weather was freezing outside, the competition in the building was steaming hot. Surprisingly, lots of youth showed up to compete in this 3 on 3 competition and show off their [...]

/ April 24, 2010 12:20 pm

YW2010: Kicking Off the Week!

It’s official:  Youth Week Calgary officially begins today and runs until May 2nd! There’s tons of really cool events happening for all you awesome youth out there, and today we are kicking things off with four new events: The Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC) in Calgary is kicking off Youth Week by celebrating Global Youth Service Day – a day that [...]