Drum beats echoed through the thin mountain air, and rich voices chanted out beautiful lyrics to unrecognizable songs. Groups of people surrounded two large drums and took turns beating rhythmically and leading the song. Minutes later, the beat changed, and the familiar rhythm and lyrics to the Bollywood hit, Jai Ho, were being produced from…
The doors to 51st Division opened in late May for Doors Open Toronto. Walking home from the St. Lawrence Market with my family we stopped near the police station so my daughter could pet a German Shepherd, trained in explosives detection, panting out front. Soon we’re touring the station, a rehabilitated former foundry, and getting…
It’s hard to believe my journey with the Great Waters Challenge and Waterlution only began a year ago! The meaningful experiences…
I joined Waterlution this year as the School Liaison and Facilitator with the Great Waters Challenge, specifically to introduce the challenge into French Schools. l feel lucky that through this program, I am able to meet so many inspiring youth. I started this position thinking I will go to various schools to engage youth to…
J’ai rejoint Waterlution cette année en tant qu’agente de liaison avec les écoles pour le Défi des eaux canadiennes, et plus précisément pour développer le défi dans les écoles francophones. Je me sens chanceuse car grâce à ce programme, je rencontre de nombreux jeunes très inspirants. J’ai commencé cette position en pensant que mon rôle…
“This is going to be easy!” was my first thought when I read about the Great Waters Challenge. It’s just writing some blog posts about interesting water stories, I love reading & learning about water, I can do this in no time. Getting into the meat of the challenges, it ended up being so much…
In the end of April we spent a week at a WIL, a Water Innovation Lab. Together with other young water leaders we came up with solutions and ideas for water management. We learned about water management in the Netherlands and chatted and exchanged ideas with water management experts. The overarching theme of the WIL…
For many of us, ‘networking’ can be a fear-inducing word. We’ve all been around a friend or coworker who can strike up a meaningful conversation with just about anyone—strangers at a party, the person in the seat next to them at a sports game, or on the train—how do they do it so well and…
And here I thought Toronto struggled to connect with its Great Lake.
Cleveland, almost a sister city to Canada’s largest metropolis, has made accessing its Lake Erie waterfront laughably difficult. If the eight-lane I-90 highway and Cleveland Memorial Shoreway don’t make you think twice about walking the water’s edge
A recent report in the U.S. shows that on any given day, teens spend nine hours a day online using media for their enjoyment. Teens are not the only age group spending their days (and even nights) online. I have been following this growing trend in recent years
