What Can YOUth Do? Symposium

The "What Can YOUth Do?" symposium committee consists of 11 senior high school students from various school districts throughout the Great Vancouver region. The purpose of this symposium is to inspire and give tools for youth of the Lower Mainland (Vancouver, British Columbia) to make a difference in their world community. The event runs all day with workshops, presentations and team building activities. At the conference the workshop presenters include Free the Children, motivational speaker Rick Bains, and Neonology. This year's conference will also include things such as fast-paced discussions on an assortment of global issues, as well as an Amazing Race style scavenger hunt across the SFU campus. We ran this youth symposium last year and it was a success. However, we want it to be even better!

Update (March 22, 2011)

Location
SFU Burnaby Campus, West Mall, Vancouver, BC

About
Helping the youth getting involved in their own community and staying involved. Stand Up! Speak Out! Take Action!

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General Information
WHEN: Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

COST: $35

ELIGIBILITY: Youth in grades 10-12, registration is on a first-come first-serve basis

Speakers:

Keynote:
Shawn Smith - http://www.globalafc.org/Global_Agents_for_Change/Home.html

Workshops:
Neonology - http://neonology.ca/?page_id=2
Rick Bains - http://www.rickbains.com/about.html
Free the Children - http://www.freethechildren.com/getinvolved/youth/
Mission
Inspire youth to help others

Update (April 7, 2011)

Registration Packages have been assembled. Each participant will receive a folder that contains a student passport, a student activist guide "Engaging in our Communities as Global Citizens", a pad of lined paper, a pen, a map of the university campus, and an agenda for the day.