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Quake-proofing the old schoolhouse
The staff and students of this East Vancouver school are working in portables in the field. Construction trailers line the street. Police and parents are monitoring traffic and there is a “walking school bus” program for families to drop their kids at a nearby high school.
This is one of eight seismic upgrade projects now...
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Poster by Vancouver design student shows the person behind “the homeless guy”
Update: Mar. 7, 2010 – Due to concerns re: permission to use Jeff’s image for this poster, Jesi asked me to remove the image. A redesign is in the works…
Emily Carr design student Jesi Carson had a school project to create a poster commenting on an issue facing Vancouver. She emailed me last week...
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Public art adding colour to Vancouver
This mural is one of the many great pieces of public art to enjoy in out city. It’s on Commercial Drive and East 5th Avenue, beside Cafe Deux Soleils. My son was intrigued with the artist who painted it and he asked lots of questions, as usual. That’s how he learned about Montana Spray...
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A new tactic for teens’ safe sex?
Health officials in Nunavut are giving flavoured and coloured condoms to youth in a campaign to prevent the rise in sexually transmitted infections, according to a CBC story from Feb. 12
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Encouraging kids to write
Have you ever noticed how many people hate writing? They dread the task and try to avoid it at all costs – and recently I gained some new insight into why they may feel this way.
Writer and teacher Susan Wise Bauer describes writing as a two-part process:
1) Putting the idea into words...
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Writing with the Young Gunz at Purple Thistle
Today I did a story jam with 12 young people at the Purple Thistle Centre in Vancouver.
It was a Sunday afternoon workshop at the YoungGunz program for 11 to 15-year-olds – and our “story jam” exercise got everyone focused on writing together. Each week a different mentor comes to lead workshops on photography, screen...
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