http://citizenshift.org/blogs/versecity This summer, in partnership with the East Metro Youth Services, the Verse City Workshop at Ryerson University’s School of Journalism will present a five-day intensive multimedia journalism camp. The Verse City Journalism Project at Ryerson University is designed to encourage youth from Toronto’s priority neighbourhoods to consider a career in journalism. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:03:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After two engaging and successful workshops last month (see student work below), Verse city is holding an opinion writing workshop tomorrow afternoon at Ryerson University. Students will be guided through all the do's and don'ts of opinion writing by Toronto Star columnist Royson James. James writes extensively on Toronto politics in his weekly ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/versecity/2010/02/11/verse-city-opinion-writing-workshop-with-royson-james/ Dear Mom, I’m writing this letter to tell you that I’m alright and about my experiences here in Rwanda. Firstly, I want to say that I miss you and love you dearly. I love being here away from the distractions and problems back at home. Watching the Rwandans who are care ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/versecity/2010/02/04/letter-home-reflecting-on-rwandan-genocide-survior-joseph-niybizi%e2%80%99s-talk-by-madison/ Dear Jamal, First off, I just wanted to let you know that I’ve missed you like crazy. Being here in Rwanda, has caused me to feel so many different emotions. I can’t truly describe how I’m feeling right now but just know I feel extremely humbled and relaxed here. Seeing all ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/versecity/2010/02/04/letter-home-reflecting-on-rwandan-genocide-survior-joseph-niybizi%e2%80%99s-talk-by-makeda/ Dear Priya, We had a guest speaker today by the name of Joseph Niyibizi who talked about his life back home in Rwanda when the Genocide happened. He was 7 when it began. He talked about two major tribes who had attacked each other and who had started this little war in ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/versecity/2010/01/30/letter-home-reflecting-on-rwandan-genocide-survior-joseph-niybizi%e2%80%99s-talk-by-stephanie-dixon/ Dear Mom, Today I learned that losing your mom is really painful and sad. I learned this from a young man named Joseph Niybizi who is from Rwanda. He lived through the 1994 genocide and I felt really sorry for him when he shared with us that his mom died and ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/versecity/2010/01/30/letter-home-reflecting-on-rwandan-genocide-survior-joseph-niybizis-talk-by-shane-t/ Firstly, Verse City wishes everyone a happy and healthy 2010! We're back to business for the new year and January has already proved to be a busy month. Verse City on Haitian earthquake relief On Monday, January 18, Verse City in collaboration with Journalists for Human Rights and McClung's Magazine, both based at ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/versecity/2010/01/22/verse-city-in-the-new-year/ Hey everyone! For the past few weeks we've been focusing heavily on the Aviva grant and gathering new supporters to vote for our cause. It was a great experience and we actually got a lot of great publicity on and off Ryerson's campus. Thanks to everyone who voted and helped out! But ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/versecity/2009/11/19/plans-for-the-future/ Verse City Vote Update It has been a hectic week of mass promotion - Facebook, Twitter, mass emails and even a samosa sale. And now we're about to do it again. Verse City ended the first round with a whopping 1449 votes in under a week - Amazing! Unfortunately, we did not make the ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/versecity/2009/11/03/round-two-keep-voting-keep-supporting/ Verse City needs your votes! Our summer camp was a success and our weekend workshops have begun. But Verse City is looking to expand its cause. What do we want to do? Verse City wants to give silenced Aboriginal youth a voice. The minimal coverage Aboriginal people do receive involve poverty, substance and ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/versecity/2009/10/26/vote-verse-city/ The Verse City project reflects a large contingent of projects we have collaborated on over the years. Last October (2008), CITIZENShift brought together a number of groups working with youth and teaching media literacy. Most of them had developed, or had been developing, dossiers on our website about their projects. ... http://citizenshift.org/blogs/versecity/2009/07/02/what-is-media/