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CultureLink Intercultural Youth Exchange on CityTV

In this CityTV story, learn how local newcomer teens from eleven countries were joined by First Nations youth from Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia in a tree-planting excursion to Rouge Park on April 25. The Haida teens visited Toronto as part of an exchange program organized by CultureLink and supported by YWCA Youth Exchanges Canada. The newcomer youth will visit Haida Gwaii from June 25 to July 2.

The tree-planting event was part of Camp Suzuki in the Rouge, an innovative leadership program of the David Suzuki Foundation in support of the establishment of Canada’s first urban National Park in the Rouge. The teens learned about the Rouge, and about how Haida Gwaii has become a globally recognized example of how to protect nature for future generations. Trees and support were provided Friends of the Rouge Watershed, winner of a 2012 Green Toronto Award.

Watch the City TV feature story here.

Youth Testimonial

Please find  here a succinct testimonial of how our services have impacted our youth.

Theatre for Change youth participants raise Awareness of Refugee Rights Day!

Theatre For Change March Break 2012 is a project of CultureLink Youth Services in Partnership with Branch Out Theatre. Theatre for Change youth participants raise Awareness of Refugee Rights Day by creating a Flash Mob at Dundas Square April 3^rd 2012. The theme of this year’s Refugee Rights Day awareness campaign is “Don’t Turn Back the Clock” alluding to the implementation of Bill C-31. Please see the video here

Bike Host in the news

Bike Host is a mentorship program which matches newcomers who are open to cycling, with volunteers who are confident cyclists and who are committed to creating a welcoming city. The program is offered by CultureLink in partnership with the Toronto Cyclists Union and received a lot of positive media coverage in the past week. Newcomers can register online for our next matching session on May 19. Check out these stories:

April 23, Toronto Star and Metro: “Newcomers to Toronto connect to the city on two wheels”

April 20, CBC’s “Here and Now”: Discovering the city – with a little help from some friends

April 17, Sing Tao (biggest Chinese newspaper in Canada):
http://news.singtao.ca/toronto/2012-04-17/headline1334653434d3814204.html

Bike Host featured by Suzuki Diaries: Future City

Watch our Bike Host in action in this video produced by CBC Nature of the Things with David Suzuki.  Tweet it and like it on your facebook. http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/music/suzuki-diaries-future-city-don-reactional-trial.html