Aux nouvelles

GEM Club girls helping families in need -  engineering.ualberta.ca

Published: February 2010   Author: U of Alberta Faculty of Engineering

"Edmonton - Eighty-three girls between Grade 3 and 8 are working on a project to round up donations for women's shelters in Edmonton... The project coincides with the Girls Action Foundation's National Day of Action on Feb. 14. The idea is to put a different spin on Valentine's Day, by taking action to serve the community."

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Girls who blog together act together - The Toronto Star

Published: February 2010    Author: Barbara Turnbull

"Calling all girls with a computer and an opinion. Starting Sunday you are all invited to say what you will during a month-long blogging carnival. This thrid annual event is coordinated by the Girls Action Foundation, a national charitable organization supporting programs for more than 60,000 girls and young women across Canada..."

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Girls Action Foundation gives V-Day a makeover: Girls remake Valentine's Day - Hour.ca

Published: February 2010   Author: Meg Hewings

"Girls are pretty opinionated.Sexual power and pleasure is just one of the hot-button themes that will be eagerly discussed in the month-long Blogging Carnival on kickaction.ca, where over 6,000 young women shared their stories and opinions last year on weekly themes. This year's topics will include social change, body image in the media and much more."

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Gender Focus: Canada's Enemy: Women's Studies? A thumbs up Round-Up  genderfocus.com 

Published: February 2010          Author: Jarrahpenguin

"...the Girls Action foundation has their National Day of Action on Feb. 14th. there are a lot of associated projects, including show of work by First Nations women artists in West Vancalled 10 Women 10 Nations running March 2-12. There's also an Unlabel Fashion Workshop in Victoria put on by Antidote. No date yet that I could see but you can get more info here. Also check out Girls Action Foundation  feminist Valentine's e-cards!..."

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Kickaction Carnival! -  Femmetoxic.com

Published: February 2010         Author: Au Naturel

"Le Carnaval de blogues est de retour - The blogging Carnival is Back!...Pendant quatre semaines sur Kickaction.ca, nos 20 fantastiques bloggeuses invitées initieront des discussions sur une foule de sujets comme l'identité corporelle, la consommation de substances, leurs expériences en tant qu'immigrantes, leurs réflexions sur le pouvoir et le plaisir sexuel et bien plus encore!.."

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Santé mentale : les jeunes filles passent à l’action – Le réseau canadien pour la santé des femmes Magazine Le réseau vol. 11 # 2

Publié : Été 2009                  Auteure: Juniper Glass et Lia Depauw

"En 2008, la Fondation filles d’action publiait un rapport intitulé The Need for a Gender-Sensitive Approach to the Mental Health of Young Canadians [De la nécessité d’une approche sensible au genre pour promouvoir la santé mentale des jeunes au Canada]. L’extrait suivant fournit un aperçu de son contenu et de ses recommandations..."

It's not OK... to perpetuate the atrocity that is Valentine's Day.  so-no-tok.blogspot.com

Published: February 2010  Author: Hanna

Flowers? Chocolate? Really??

What women really want for Valentine’s Day is to have strong, healthy, and passionate change-makers as daughters, sisters, and friends. This year, Girls Action Foundation is proud to announce its fifth edition of the e-card fundraising campaign.

Tremendous Facts: The Power Camp.  theboisepicayune.com

Published: December 2009  Author: Boisepi

"Some national and regional networks, rather than promoting a specific curriculum, seek affiliates that embrace their philosophy of programming for girls. The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) promotes..."

World of facts: School-based programming. kiltederic.com

Published: December 2009  Author: Eric

"Some programs operate in partnership with or in space provided by educational institutions. Go Girls! In Toronto is a seven-session program helod in schools for girls ages 12-14 to encourage physical activity, healthy eating and positive self-image. Girls Club run by Power camp National/Filles d'action also offers a lunch time and after school program in two elementary and junior high schools in Montreal..."

Uneven Development: Listening to the 'South', Listening to Vancouver: Northern Spirit (From Whitehorse).  blogs.ubc.ca

Published: December 2009  Author: nhart

"This documentary video starts with a young woman's narration of a legend through  what looks like a shadow puppet show. the video goes on to ask, "How has the spirituality of young women changed? It features women sharing their thoughts and experiences to do with spirituality...."

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