Who is in Your Circle?

Are you about to take the next step in life?  Are you going to start high school in the fall?  Maybe go to College or University in the fall?  You’ll hear a lot of talk about keeping up your grades and pushing yourself in secondary and post secondary school a like.  Part of being successful … Continue reading →

A New Semester

If your high school doesn’t have distinct semesters or your university course load incorporates a lot of full year courses this blog post may not apply to you.  However if you happen to be one of those students who gets to press the proverbial reset button after the January exams then you know what it’s … Continue reading →

SNOW!

There are a lot of great things about Toronto.  You would be hard pressed to find a more enthusiastic Torontonian than me.  However there is something that even I can’t defend.  The amount of snow that Toronto can get is way too much!  Some may say I should move but as I’ve written about before, … Continue reading →

How Safe are your “Surfing” Habits?

How was your holiday season?  Regardless of what you celebrate at the end of December; school is out and people have some time off of work.  How did you spend that free time?  Did you spend time with family?  Have friends over?  Did you eat, drink, and otherwise be merry? Unfortunately for me, right before … Continue reading →

Happy Holidays!

The time has come to reflect on the past year and take stock of what’s important going forward.  It’s time to ask yourself one very important question, which new gen system am I going to get? No, that’s just a joke.  A serious question you should ask yourself at this time of year is, how … Continue reading →

You’re Entitled to Your Own Opinion

There is no denying that Toronto has a pretty diverse make up.  I have friends from many different backgrounds such as Sri Lankan, Pakistani, Nigerian, Chinese, South Korean, and many others.  However with such a mix there comes a point where I feel like my actions and personality is being used as a model for … Continue reading →

Words & Phrases That Don’t Mean What You Think

Learning a new language can be difficult.  One of the hardest things to do is get so comfortable with the language that you sound like you’re a native speaker or at least someone who didn’t just learn the language from a text book.  This can be difficult, however, because some of the people teaching you … Continue reading →

When You’re Distracted

I’ve grown up in a time where labels like ADD and ADHD are thrown around a lot.  I won’t get into the debate about how freely those labels are applied to children now.  I can only speak to the fact that I think there are just times when I’m just plain distracted.  I think a … Continue reading →

We Day 2013

WE DAY 2013 an electric, motivating day full of young people and survivors of different life changing events like bullying, looking to do something locally and internationally.  There were 20 000+ young, active enthusiasts in the crowd, and MicroSkills staff, Berta Mancia and Ka’ren Feder,  took 8 girls involved in the Engaging Communities to End … Continue reading →

Youth Employment Fund

It is true that money isn’t everything but one of the best ways to grow as a person is to feel that you are on your way to self-sufficiency.  In addition to the drive and focus it takes to be successful in life is being able to earn enough to provide for yourself and plan … Continue reading →