Youth

Tennis player Leylah Annie Fernandez leads Team Canada in Billie Jean King Cup

April 16, 2021 - Canadian Filipino and World No. 72 seeded tennis pro Leylah Annie Fernandez leads Canada in its bid for the Billie Jean King Cup against host Serbia on April 16 and ...

Editorial
Anti-Asian hate is racism reaching its boiling point
April 2021 - News and the impacts of Atlanta spa shootings in the US on March 16 reverberated quickly on Canadian shores with protest rallies happening in major cities like Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal and Vancouver.
Beware of the infodemic: like a virus, it could fan out, spreading fake news
March 2021 – We’re not going to rehash the minute details, as many of you have probably heard of stories about Bill Gates and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Phil De Luna: a rising star in climate action

March 1, 2021 - Youth is certainly not wasted on the young, not on someone like 29-year-old Phil De Luna. For the last decade or so, De Luna has been focused on getting ahead of the rapidly changing ...

Loizza Aquino: removing the stigma around mental health issues

Very few people get bit by the passion bug early on. One of those rare few is Loizza Aquino. And her passion is not remotely associated with anything ...

Lucy Lombos: Teaching children through books

Lucy Lombos shows there’s not just one way to teach children. She used to be a teacher, is currently a school directress, and, in the last few years, writer of children’s books and other genres ...

Calgary girl Isla Diesmos making a name in jiu jitsu

At less than five feet and weighing less than 100 pounds, 10-year old Isla Diesmos is a big star in Brazilian jiu jitsu, a martial art, both in Canada and the U.S. She has won 16 gold medals in two ...

Future Majority: Youth holds Canada’s future

A non-profit, non-partisan group is urging Canada’s largest voting bloc to go out and ...

Ann Makosinski: The Girl Next Door is a Young Scientist

The girl next door is a young scientist. Her name is Ann Makosinski, who, for the last five years, has not only come up with two energy-saving inventions, but also started a company called ...

Quebec’s Leylah Annie Fernandez making mark in international tennis circuit

Sixteen-year-old Leylah Annie Fernandez just gave Canada cause for celebration in the international tennis scene. On June 8, 2019, she became the first Canadian to win the French Open junior singles ...