Possible Canadas

Possible Canadas: What would Canada be like in 20 years if young people were in charge?

This is just one of the questions 10 student journalist fellows set out to explore on their campuses in western Canada. They interviewed hundreds of students to learn what issues most mattered to them. Then they produced in-depth investigations into how Canada could realize the futures envisioned by their campus communities. Read the students’ articles […]

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Possible Canadas: Student journalists aim to find out what Canadian youth have to say

Can a collaboration with student journalists from across western Canada spark a conversation that puts young people’s perspectives on the agenda? Possible Canadas: A solutions journalism project, created by Discourse Media in collaboration with the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation is an attempt to do just that. Reconciliation with Indigenous Canadians, the future of our resource-dependent economy, […]

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Launch of Possible Canadas

November 14 marked the launch of Possible Canadas, a project created by Reos Partners, the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation and a diverse coalition of philanthropic and community organizations, including Community Foundations of Canada, the George Cedric Metcalf Charitable Foundation, imagiNation 150, the Lucie and André Chagnon Foundation, Maytree, Mindset Social Innovation Foundation, the Rideau Hall Foundation, and Tides Canada. The objective of […]

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