"Growing Up Métis" - live webcast from Connecting Youth in Canada series
Connecting Youth In Canada is broadcasting its fifth webcast "Growing Up Métis", in a live Internet series that engages Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal youth about issues that matter to them.Connecting Youth In Canada consists of 30-minute live webcasts with First Nations, Métis and Inuit high school students.
Schools and educators across Canada can go online, watch and send questions by e-mail to be answered in real-time by students participating in the webcast.
The upcoming webcast with Métis high school students will be broadcast from Winnipeg, Manitoba on February 23, 2005, at 11:30 a.m. EST. The theme of the webcast is Growing up Métis.
We know that non-Aboriginal teens want to learn about their peers; in surveys filled out before the webcast, a majority of youth told us they are "very" or "somewhat" interested in learning about Aboriginal youth. An estimated 30,000 students and teachers watched the first four webcasts in Iqaluit (Nunavut), Chehalis First Nation (BC), Whitehorse (Yukon) and Sept-Îles (Québec).
Connecting Youth In Canada challenges misconceptions non-Aboriginal youth may have about their Aboriginal peers and increases awareness about Aboriginal youth living in different parts of Canada.
To find out more information or to view the archived webcasts, visit www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/connex or send an email to connex@<a href="mailto:ainc-inac.gc.ca.prudorit@inac-ainc.gc.ca">ainc-inac.gc.ca.