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Community radio is about volunteerism, social engagement, independent music, learning by doing, community capacity building, citizen journalism and more. Community radio volunteers are the cultural pioneers and opinion leaders of their local communities. Close to one-half of these volunteers are students and student leaders, they are opinion-makers, newsmakers, and trend-setters in their communities, and future leaders of Canadian culture and society. As well, the majority of these volunteers nationwide are artists, political and social activists, and members of multiple civil society organizations and grassroots movements. (more…)
2010 Legacies Now was created in June 2000 by the British Columbia government and the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Bid Corporation to help create sport legacies in the province following the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. That initiative has evolved into 
Social media, in the form of Facebook, Twitter, cell phones, and texting, etc. are sweeping through the world, much like a tsunami. Thrashing about in this churning sea, many of us struggle to find our bearings. Are we being herded around by social media, or are we in command of these new tools? What does this mean for vulnerable people: are they being left behind, swept away into uncharted depths, or riding the wave?
The trailer has been viewed over 22,000 times on YouTube…and the DVD is about to be released. For eleven months, a core group of students at Nanaimo’s Wellington Secondary School have been at work on the feature film, “How to Survive the 10th Grade,” with a cast of forty students, ten crew members, and others. The film touches on a range of high school issues, including drug use, violence, rivalry and peer and sexual pressure. 