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On Wednesday, April 9th, Simon Fraser University’s Department of Gender, Sexuality and women’s Studies (GSWS) will host the roundtable discussion 2SLGBTQI+ Youth – Challenges, Resilience and Empowerment, where speakers including Dr. Melanie Gross will shed light on the most critical issues facing 2SLGBTQI+ youth in British Columbia today.

Dr. Gross is a Professor of Social Work in Germany and visiting researcher in SFU’s Department of GSWS, studying differences in how 2SLGBTQI+ youth are perceived, treated, and supported in Canada and Germany.

In conversation with CJSF 90.1FM’s Jesse Wentzloff, she explains how the situation for 2SLGBTQI+ youth in Germany lags behind Canada in some areas; how recent changes to German law are addressing this gap; and how the global rise of conservative political parties across the world is threatening these gains. 

Roundtable discussion to highlight challenges Facing 2SLGBTQI+ youth in British Columbia

With music from The Lord of the Rings and a brand-new composition, the Heritage Youth Symphony will perform its upcoming concert in the Rexburg Tabernacle.  

Heritage Youth Symphony celebrates heroes in spring concert “Middle Earth”

Municipal Youth New Forces

In this episode, host Sara from UNOY speaks with Shataakshi Verma, peacebuilder and founder of Art of Freedom, to explore the transformative role of art in advancing the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) Agenda. Their conversation highlights how creative expression can be a powerful tool for demanding freedom, fostering resilience, and supporting youth participation and reintegration in peacebuilding processes. Shataakshi shares her personal journey and experience, emphasising how art gives voice to marginalised women, serves as a form of resistance and empowerment in repressive contexts such as Afghanistan, and holds the potential to be formally integrated into peacebuilding spaces such as schools and refugee centres. This episode offers insights into how art can bridge gaps where policies fall short and create new pathways for peace.

Demanding Freedom Through Art (S09 E02)

In this kickoff episode of Nerd-Out Youth, Peace and Security, hosts Katrina Leclerc and Blanche Monabeka sit down with Hira Amjad from the Dastak Foundation. Together, they will explore the intersection of young people working at the intersection of environmental justice, gender. Hira shares insightful perspectives on the correlation between SRHR and climate change and the impacts she sees between the two in Pakistan. Tune in for an inspiring conversation on this interrelated and compound topic!

Season 2 Nerd-Out YPS x Peacemakers Network: Episode 1

In this second episode of this series on Nerd-Out Youth, Peace and Security with hosts Katrina Leclerc and Blanche Monabeka, join the group and sit down with Arizza Ann Nocum from KRIS for Peace and Ndugwa Hassan from the Prospect Initiative. The group explores their youth-led research published by the Kofi Annan Foundation on the impact of climate change, environmental degradation and conflicts on marginalized youth. Hear the specific case studies from Arizza on the context of the Philippines and Ndugwa on the context of Uganda. Tune in to listen to more on this youth-led research and how their faith shapes their work on the ground.

Season 2 Nerd-Out YPS x Peacemakers Network: Episode 2

In this special French episode of this series on Nerd-Out Youth, Peace and Security, hosts Katrina Leclerc and Blanche Monabeka sit down with Jules Kima from the organization, SUUDU ANDAL. Jules explores his youth-led research supported by the Kofi Annan Foundation in the context of his home, Burkina Faso, and the impact of climate change, environmental degradation and conflicts. Jules further elaborates on how this work is influenced by his religious beliefs. Tune in to listen to more on this critical topic!

Dans cet épisode spécial en français de la série du balado Nerd-Out Youth, Peace and Security, les animatrices Katrina Leclerc et Blanche Monabeka s’entretiennent avec Jules Kima, de l’organisation SUUDU ANDAL. Jules y présente sa recherche menée par des jeunes avec le soutien de la Fondation Kofi Annan, dans le contexte de son pays, le Burkina Faso. Il y explore les impacts des changements climatiques, de la dégradation de l’environnement et des conflits. Jules revient également sur l’influence de ses croyances religieuses dans son engagement. Branchez-vous pour en apprendre davantage sur ce sujet essentiel !


Season 2 Nerd-Out YPS x Peacemakers Network: Episode 2 (français)

Elise Silvestri explores how art can strengthen climate advocacy with Carrie Ziegler, an interdisciplinary Artist, Speaker, and Community Engagement Expert. Carrie talks about her process for creating and executing the Chrysalis Project: Transforming Together, an art and climate policy project that enacted powerful change over Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the participating students, Brisa Sabel, shares her experience of the successful campaign and the  joy and inspiration it gave her. 

Peterson Toscano has a surprisingly good news story: like our responses to climate change, the format of CCR is adapting! [insert finalized details here]

Listen to Carrie Ziegler discuss the power of art storytelling in making meaningful, local climate policy.

Carrie Ziegler harnesses the collective power of art to drive social and environmental transformation. Through her Art in Action initiatives, she collaborates with diverse entities—local governments, organizations, schools, and universities—to create multi-dimensional works that blend participant creativity with pressing societal issues. These projects inspire active engagement, bringing communities together to create lasting change. Along with the Chrysalis Project, Carrie also led the Plastic Whale Project, where students created a life-sized whale out of plastic bags. The whale played a pivotal role in successfully passing a ban on single-use plastic bags in Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater, and Thurston County, Washington.

Based in Olympia, Washington, Carrie is recognized internationally, bringing her impactful vision to global forums, including Aotearoa (New Zealand), Ghana, France, Mexico, and Canada. She empowers Artists and Change Makers to maximize their societal impact through art, inspiring a broader movement of change driven by creativity. Complementing her hands-on work, Carrie is penning her inaugural book, Eclosion: An Artist’s Path to Power and Peace. In this work, she intertwines her memoir with a practical guide for unleashing personal and collective potential, offering a blueprint for transformative change through art—a light for a world in desperate need of inspiration.

Check out her work on her Instagram, @carriezieglerart.

Can Art Impact Climate Change Policy? Promoting Common Sense Solutions Through Art

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The BYU-Idaho Radio Podcast includes local news, interviews, and BYU-Idaho devotional addresses. Check out our other podcasts for more content: BYU-Idaho Radio Headlines, BYU-Idaho Radio's The Spot, and BYU-Idaho Disciple Journeys.

Engaging in Youth, Peace and Security at home and abroad.

CJSF 90.1 FM is Simon Fraser University's arts, public affairs and indie music radio station!

CJSF strives to provide points of view that are rarely expressed in mainstream media. We take pride in being an alternative to mainstream media, offering the public a forum for expressing perspectives that otherwise may not be heard.

CJSF 90.1 FM broadcasts from the Burnaby Mountain campus of Simon Fraser University to most of Greater Vancouver, from Langley to Point Grey and from the North Shore to the US Border. 

As a non-commercial station, CJSF takes pride in being an alternative to mainstream media and offers the public a forum for artists and social issues that otherwise may not receive media attention. This includes music by independent artists from a diverse range of genres and public affairs programming that addresses issues faced by marginalized or disadvantages communities. 

CJSF and all campus/community radio enables the public to create the media they want to hear. They have over 150 volunteers from the SFU and Metro Vancouver community and are always looking for new recruits to come in and make radio. 

A monthly podcast for climate advocates hosted by Peterson Toscano & the CCR Team, high school and college-aged climate change action figures. We help you talk about global warming: its causes & impacts.

We’re making peace personal with the Peace Corner podcast! Who are the lesser known Gbowees and Mandelas? What are their stories? And what drives them to persevere in some of the harshest and darkest places? We’ll be bringing you voices from all around the world. With each pod, a different peacebuilder, a different region, a different story. So, nestle into a corner and listen to the voices making peace possible.

The Peace Corner podcast is a collaboration between UNOY Peacebuilders, CSPPS, and GPPAC. For more stories, go to:
http://www.unoy.org
http://www.cspps.org
http://www.gppac.net

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