Time Management for Students 101
Itβs essential for us to acknowledge the importance of time management, but it is equally if not more important for us to understand why time management is important. To be concise, the following are a few of the many reasons you should master your time management skills.
π Alumni Spotlight: Vincent Chan
Vincent is the founder and chairperson of Project 5K, a nonprofit organization based in York Region connecting youth with volunteer opportunities. Since starting the organization in 2014, Project 5K has reached over 2,000 participants from over 150 schools across Ontario.
Where Gaming Meets Learning: Interview with Dot Dot Fire
This week, weβre excited to be sharing an interview with EdTech startup Dot Dot Fire. Dot Dot Fire specializes in creating video games for e-learning β their aim is not to make kids learn, but to make them want to learn. They have crafted unique edgame solutions for STEM, math, and financial literacy through weaving virtual and physical tools.
π Alumni Spotlight: Vivian Chan
Vivian is a psychology assessment and workplace researcher, lecturer at the University of Toronto, and best of all, a proud mother to a 9 month-old. She is passionate about making (βsomeβ) sense of messy data and transforming it into stories that help others learn about themselves and make impactful decisions.
π Alumni Spotlight: Ryan Lo
Ryan Lo is an urban planner, community engagement practitioner, and youth advocate. Ryan is the co-founder of Urban Minds, a non-profit organization that bridges the gap between youth and decision makers by developing youth engagement strategies with municipal governments and community partners.
π Alumni Spotlight: Terrence Ho
Influenced by his younger brother who lives with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Terrence has been inspired to become a change agent and advocate for accessibility, inclusion, and mental health.
Social Issue Breakdown: Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter has been a very prominent phrase in much of our everyday media for the last three months, but whatβs it all about? From the start of BLM to the positive change it has created, hereβs a breakdown of the BLM movement.
π Alumni Spotlight: Barbara Pucher
Meet Barbara, our first Vision Youth graduate. She is a New York and Toronto-based entrepreneur whose career has taken her from the finance world overseeing a multi-billion dollar portfolio, to raising $1M in seed funding for nonprofit tech start-up Rumie.org, to today, running POPSocial, an Experiential Technology and Digital creative agency with headquarters in LA and NYC.
What You Need To Know About Going Back To School During The COVID-19 Pandemic
The long awaited arrival of back-to-school is here! Whether your child has chosen online education or is hitting the classrooms this September, hereβs everything you need to know about Ontario schools reopening.