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“Learn about global issues, participate
in interactive workshops, hear from motivating keynote speakers,
bond with like-minded youth, and be inspired!”
March 13 – 15, 2009
Gull Lake, AB – Gull Lake Centre
Sorry,
we are no longer accepting Registrations.
 Youth
Take Action!
Get ready for an amazing weekend of Alberta youth coming
together to unite on addressing global environmental and
social justice issues! Get educated on issues like environmental
sustainability, empowering women, HIV-AIDS, and global poverty
through hands-on workshops! Get passionate for expressing
change by exploring your creative talents and taking part
in workshops on dance and spoken word, drumming, guerilla
gardening, graffiti, and more! Get involved with youth from
across the province and start sharing positive ideas for
shaping a better world!
Our two keynotes are:
Severn Cullis Suzuki and David
Johnson (scroll down for their bios)
Download the Conference Schedule...
Registration
is on a first come, first serve basis only, and so register
today to reserve your space in the weekend.
Download the Registration Form (in word)...
Participant Information and What to Bring?
For participants needing transportation from Edmonton to
Gull Lake, buses will be departing from the West Mount Mall
Parking Lot (NW corner) on Friday, March 13th at 2:00 PM.
All participants must have a waiver form signed by their
parents or guardians in order to board the bus to Gull Lake.
Download the Waiver Form (in word format)...
On
Sunday, March 15th, the buses will return to West Mount
Mall between 3:30 - 4 PM.
Download
the Map and Directions
Emergency contact information:
Gull Lake Centre - 1-403-782-2497
Change for Children office - 1-780-448-1505
Please
note that cell-phone coverage/reception is poor quality
at Gull Lake Centre.
Please contact Trina at: ruralroots.cfca@gmail.com
if you require any additional information about Shape Your
World.
Scholarships
are available, upon request. Transportation costs for rural
students of Alberta North can be covered by our Northern
Bursaries.
David
Johnson
Me to We Coordinator, Free the Children
Toronto, ON
 David
Johnson joined the Me to We team as a leadership facilitator
in October of 2007. From building schools in northern Guatemala
to living with indigenous communities in Nicaragua, David
has travelled the world in pursuit of human rights. An experienced
activist, David is excited to share his passion for social
advocacy with youth all over the world
David’s
introduction to Free The Children came while attending Grant
MacEwen College in Edmonton, where he pursued an anthropology
degree. Upon hearing Craig Kielburger speak on issues of
children’s rights at a college assembly, David immediately
knew he wanted to be a part of the organization. He went
on to become active in his campus community by heading up
programs like Global Projects, which promotes global awareness
on campus and hosts an assortment of events and fundraisers
aimed at social change. He also spent two summers in Central
America where he worked and lived with indigenous communities.
While visiting Nicaragua, David helped to build schools
and community centres in order to assist the Nicaraguan
people in their climb toward self-sustainability. There
he witnessed the grip of absolute poverty, and knew his
life would never be the same.
One
of his favourite quotes is by writer and artist Kahlil Gibran
who once said, “Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent
our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth,
follow only beauty and obey only love.”
(biography
as adapted from the Free the Children website).
Severn
Cullis Suzuki
Severn Cullis-Suzuki is an environmental activist, speaker,
television host and author. Born to writer Tara Elizabeth
Cullis and Canadian geneticist and environmental activist
David Suzuki, Cullis-Suzuki received a B.Sc. in Ecology
and Evolutionary Biology from Yale University in 2002. She
has spoken around the world about environmental issues,
urging listeners to define their values, act with the future
in mind, and take individual responsibility.
In 1992, at the age of 12, Cullis-Suzuki raised money with
members of ECO, the Environmental Children's Organization
(a group she founded) to attend the Earth Summit in Rio
De Janeiro. Severn presented environmental issues from a
youth perspective at the Summit, where she received a standing
ovation for a speech to the delegates. The group also addressed
delegates at the United Nations Conference on Environment
and Development (UNCED).
In early 2002, Cullis-Suzuki helped launch an Internet-based
think tank called The Skyfish Project. As a member of Kofi
Annan's Special Advisory Panel, she and members of the Skyfish
Project brought their first project, a pledge called the
"Recognition of Responsibility," to the UN World
Summit in Johannesburg in August 2002.
Cullis-Suzuki has hosted a number of television programs,
including Suzuki's Nature Quest, a children's television
series that aired on the Discovery Channel in 2002. In 1993,
Doubleday published her book Tell the World, an environmental
guide for families.
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