learning with and from each other
We have an amazing opportunity in front of us! The Ripplers are heading to We Day this year and it’s pretty difficult to contain our excitement about it. Stemming from the Me to We movement sparked by the non-profit organization Free the Children, there are several We Day events all across Canada. In each location, [...]
This year is the 21st anniversary of The Convention on the Rights of the Child Convention (CRC) and we need to ask ourselves: Are children’s rights around the world being respected? There are over 1 billion children living in poverty today. Hunger, child labour, exploitation, discrimination, lack of education and a lack of medical care [...]
Since the beginning of this year, Division 2 has been learning about our rights and responsibilities as Canadian citizens. They are outlined in our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which was added to our constitution in 1982. Our Prime Minister at the time, named Pierre Trudeau, had a vision of a multicultural country based [...]