by Dylan Carlson-Sirvent | 5 Jun 2020 | Health and Wellness, Youth Voices
Reporting from around the world confirms that youth are using their creativity and energy to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought out the best in many young people. That may not be the prevailing view in some media, but the World Teenage...
by Angela Gu | 4 Jun 2020 | Art, Health and Wellness
We were students seeking solace from COVID-19. Then, with a burst of artistic creativity, an online ‘zine’ was born. “Breathing Space,” by Marianne Labrie “Breathing Space,” by Marianne Labrie “Breathing Space,” by Marianne Labrie During the...
by Lizan Nijkrake | 3 Jun 2020 | Health and Wellness, Human Rights, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows, Women
The world was making progress in curbing female genital mutilation, a rite of passage to womanhood in many countries. COVID-19 is setting back those efforts. A six-year-old girl screams in pain while being cut in Somalia, 17 June 1996 (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju) Rhobi...
by Dylan Carlson-Sirvent | 27 May 2020 | Environment, Health and Wellness, News Decoder Updates
Want to ensure the impact of COVID-19 on the environment slows climate change? Then be sure to vote, a top environmentalist tells a News Decoder webinar. Tom Burke (upper left) leads webinar on COVID-19 and climate change. What can young people do to ensure that...
by Tiziana Barghini | 22 May 2020 | Health and Wellness
The economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will fall mainly on youth. Here are ways young people can mitigate the impact. High school students keep their “social distance” during a graduation ceremony on a motor speedway track, Fort Worth, Texas, 19 May 2020. (AP...