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Hey team! I hope everyone’s April has gone well and that for those of you in university you’ve survived exams and all that fun stuff. A lot has been going on in Ottawa, so I thought I’d drop a line to keep you all informed. Last night I attended an event at the St. Bridgid’s Community Centre. It was a conversation between former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson and historian Margaret Macmillan. Though it was interesting it was not about the uses and abuses of history as the programme claimed. They talked a lot about how things have changed in Canada and how in the late 1950s (1959 I think) women were not allowed in the history club at the University of Toronto and there was a whole university centre donated by the Massey family that women were not welcome in except for at dances. They even talked about how Kennedy (before he was president) when he came to the UofT for a debate, women were not going to be allowed in. Though women were allowed in after some serious lobbying, there was still a quota because they didn’t want the event to turn into buffoonery. Earlier in the month Lynne and I did two workshops at the Jane Goodall Roots and Shoots Conference held at Algonquin College. One was climate change guide to action and the other was on social networking for social change. Due to a room mix-up we had double the participants for the second workshop than we were expecting but it still went really well. That evening Lynne and I returned for a very interesting and inspirational talk by Dr. Jane Goodall. She spoke a lot about how she got her start and I wouldn’t be surprised in 30 years from now to see some of you guys coming to conferences as distinguished guest speakers. This week I have been helping Mai with compiling some Ontario stats and also just doing some wrap up meetings with different partner organizations. It’s weird to be wrapping up. These past two years have gone by really really fast.

April 28, 2009 | 1:57 PM Comments  2 comments

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YFWPUSA Youth Fed
April 29, 2009 | 6:38 AM

Hey Nikki,

I've only recently started becoming more active on TIG and I thought it was basically a website to facilitate bringing together people who are interested in making a difference and to build up networks and share ideas. However, you mentioned that you are working for TIG. Can you tell me more about this? I didn’t know it was also an organization actively hosting projects. I would be interested in learning more. Thanks!

Rachel, Youth Federation Intern
www.youthfederation.org
http://tinyurl.com/yfedfacebook,
Join the coalition by becoming a Young Ambassador for Peace: http://tinyurl.com/youthfed21
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April 29, 2009 | 12:11 PM
An interesting night
It seems I have not had one night like that for a long time. I have just taken an examination in this evening. lol as I think, the questions are out of what I learned.It is lucky that I am usually attend to lectures so I can remember some.
Imagining someday there will be someone (maybe my niece) learns about the history of 2009.lol
Cheers!
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