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Workshops to help youth navigate complex emotions are taking place in wildfire-ravaged areas in the B.C. Interior.

Be the Change Earth Alliance has announced new CARE (Climate, Action, Resilience and Emotions) programs with accompanying workshops aimed at B.C. students, teachers, and communities affected by wildfires.

The Vancouver-based organization is working in collaboration with UBC’s Climate Hub to offer the series of workshops, focusing on navigating difficult emotions induced by climate change and fostering resilience and action, reads a media release.

Three school districts, #73 Kamloops-Thompson, #74 Gold Trail and #83 North Okanagan Shuswap, will have the program on offer,…

EIGHTY young people from across Ireland are meeting for the first time to give their views as part of the new Shared Island Youth Forum.

The inaugural meeting of the forum is taking place in Dublin Castle on today, with 40 young people from the north, and 40 from the Republic.

The forum is part of the Shared Island Initiative to encourage co-operation in Ireland and build a shared future, and the young representatives, aged between 18 and 25, reflect “gender, ethnic, community, faith and other identity diversities”.

Friday’s meeting is to be attended by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the Republic’s higher education…

Daniel Radcliffe has spoken up for the trans community yet again.

On Wednesday, March 29, LGBTQ+ nonprofit the Trevor Project revealed that the Harry Potter star will host a roundtable of trans youth in a new YouTube series. The program is titled Sharing Space and will be released on Friday, March 31, on the Transgender Day of Visibility.

“We listen to so many people talk about trans youth and hear them talked about so often in the news, but very rarely do we actually hear from these youth directly,” said the actor. “It was an absolute privilege to get to meet and listen to this incredible group of young people.”

“At the end of the day, if you’re going to talk about trans kids, it might be useful to actually listen to trans kids,” he added, subtly throwing…