Engaging Girls Changing Communities
Engaging Girls, Changing Communities: Examining Girls’ Processes of Civic Engagement and Leadership (EGCC) investigates how young women and girls engage in leadership and civic activities in new urban environments. The project brings together researchers and community members along with the young women to define leadership, on their own terms. The aim of this blog is to generate conversation by and around the issues faced by young women.
Friday, January 4, 2013
If you had unlimited resources, what would you research?
Thank you so much for your responses. After reading everyones thoughts, mainly the similarities and differences, I started to think if you had resources to research a particular topic, what would that research topic be?
As many researchers know, they have limitations to what and how they can conduct their research. Put yourself in a researchers position and assume that you have no limitations such as funding for your research.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
What would you say?
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Jean Augustine wants to know!!!
Jean Augustine wants to know from girls the following: If there were a
building/structure in Toronto for young girls, what would YOUwant to see
in it and what would they want to use it for.
Please let us know in a few words or more. Your thoughts can have a bigger impact than you think.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Books, novels and journal articles...
What do you enjoy about reading? What are your favourite books/articles/series to read?
Monday, August 20, 2012
I'm passionate about...
I'm passionate about music. If I could teach a university course, I could probably lecture for a full year on mid-00's pop punk and Canadian indie rock. I also play violin but more occasionally than I used to. I go to concerts as often as possible and my dearest wish is to attend the Polaris Prize Gala.
I'm passionate about literature. I try to read 100 books a year, and although I haven't done it yet, I'm always scoping for something good to read and giving recommendations. On the flipside, I also write prose and poetry over here.
I'm a political science major and that's because I'm also passionate about how things work, how you can make change, how to deal with the complex and multilayered issues that societies face and how to plan for the future. Because I like history and theory and language. I'm most passionate about foreign affairs and diplomacy.
I'm passionate about the idea that you have to feel a drive for something. That idea that human beings are profoundly passionate and any person should have a list of things they are passionate about that can't be confined to just mere curiosity but drives you to stay up late and work. I'm also passionate about the city, social media, sustainable living, sleeping in, creative spaces, Androids, scarves and the news.
Monday, August 13, 2012
In Love with writing and Obsessed with organizing
Then I have this other obsession, my second love, which is organizing. I utterly detest chaos! A lot of people appear to be irritated with my fixation to arrange things and create order. The truth is I simply cannot help it.