Notes from Canada's Young Activists A Generation Stands Up for Change

by Cullis-Suzuki, Severn; Frederickson, Kris; MacKenzie, Cynthia; Kayssi, Ahmed; Nutt, Samantha; Cohen, Daniel Aldana

• ISBN13: 9781553652373
• ISBN10: 1553652371
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-28
• Publisher: Greystone Books

Summary

Miali-Elise Coley organized a summer-camp program for less-privileged kids in Nunavut to get them put on the land. Tim Harvey circumnavigated the globe without burning a drop of fossil fuel to draw attention to climate change. Craig Kielburger founded Free The Children to raise awareness of the injustices of child labour. They are among the twenty-five young Canadians who, in this inspiring compilation, reveal what motivated them to take action to change the world-and what they did, and are doing today, with their newfound passion and hope for a more sustainable and compassionate future. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Art, Politics, and Questioning Authority	p. 7
A Reference Letter to Remember	p. 13
Building a Nation of Nations: Aboriginal Youth and Canadian Politics	p. 21
It's About Time	p. 28
Rooting for Change	p. 35
Swimming in the Fast Lane	p. 41
Catching the Spirit	p. 49
Lessons from Making the Jump: A Young Person's Experience in Politics	p. 58
The Sunday Suppers	p. 67
Modern Inuk on the Move	p. 74
Remembering the Dance: Feeling My Way to Freedom	p. 81
Departure	p. 90
Free The Children: The World's Largest Network of Children Helping Children through Education	p. 96
Reasons to Dream	p. 106
Finding Home: Storytelling, South Asians, and Spirituality	p. 115
"Ah. So We Are All the Same": Reflections on Human Development and Attitudes in Activism	p. 125
Dub poetics and personal politics	p. 137
On Authority and Activism	p. 149
Watershed Moments of a Metis Mentor	p. 156
In, and Out Again	p. 164
Emergence from Colonialism: Memories and Stories of Bantu Life	p. 171
Writing the Wrong	p. 182
Finding the "I" in Action: Defining Activism to Include Me	p. 189
Gardom Lake to Tatamagouche: Climate Change, the WTO, and a Community Land Trust	p. 197
Challenging the Planet: A Call from the Arctic to Face the Heat on Climate Change	p. 205
Further Reading	p. 215
Acknowledgements	p. 223
About the Editors	p. 225
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