by SWOVA Team | Mar 3, 2020 | From the Headlines
Technology use is now intertwined with our lives so much that we live in a culture where we are constantly being bombarded with messages from the media at an alarming rate. Our love of media is not a new one. According to the Halifax Insurance Digital Home Index,...
by SWOVA Team | Jan 27, 2020 | Youth programs
Youth, just like adults, face many stressors. Stress can have negative impacts on individual lives and create obstacles in relationships. In my experience I see youth as young as 13 years old feeling stressed out and overwhelmed on a daily basis. Stress affects both...
by SWOVA Team | Oct 6, 2020 | Respectful Relationships (R+R) Program, SWOVA News, Youth programs
“The Internet is an interruption system. It seizes our attention only to scramble it.” – Nicolas Carr This summer my co-facilitator, writer and good friend Christina Antonick, and I have been writing internet safety curricula for SWOVA and...
by SWOVA Team | Oct 8, 2020 | From the Headlines, Respectful Relationships (R+R) Program
In one of our Grade 10 Respectful Relationships workshops this past week, we spoke with youth about our 5-month social justice youth facilitator training that we do on Monday evenings after school. Our R+R Youth Team co- facilitate sessions with the Adult...