{"id":8641,"date":"2019-05-09T15:10:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T22:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/pkwon\/?p=8641"},"modified":"2019-05-09T15:27:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T22:27:34","slug":"8641","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/pkwon\/2019\/05\/09\/8641\/","title":{"rendered":"Encounters with Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">ENCOUNTERS WITH CANADA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s largest and foremost youth forum! Every week of the school year,<br \/>\n120 to 150 teens from across Canada, aged 14 to 17 years, meet in Ottawa,<br \/>\nwhere they discover their country through each other, learn about Canadian<br \/>\ninstitutions, meet famous and accomplished Canadians, explore exciting<br \/>\ncareer options, develop civic leadership skills and live an extraordinary<br \/>\nbilingual experience.<\/p>\n<p>To participate in the program, you must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be in grade 11 or 12 for the 2019-20 school year<\/li>\n<li>be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>attend a lunchtime meeting THURSDAY, MAY 16 in room 115<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Expand your horizons and explore the possibilities for exciting careers! Visit<br \/>\nimportant Canadian institutions, meet famous and accomplished<br \/>\nCanadians, develop your leadership skills and enjoy an extraordinary,<br \/>\nbilingual experience. Select from one of 14 theme weeks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ARTS &amp; CULTURE<\/li>\n<li>BUSINESS &amp; ENTREPRENEURSHIP<\/li>\n<li>CANADA REMEMBERS<\/li>\n<li>DEMOCRACY &amp; YOUTH<\/li>\n<li>EXPERIENCE CANADA<\/li>\n<li>FIRST RESPONDERS<\/li>\n<li>GLOBAL AFFAIRS<\/li>\n<li>LAW &amp; OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM<\/li>\n<li>MEDIA &amp; COMMUNICATIONS<\/li>\n<li>MEDICINE &amp; HEALTH<\/li>\n<li>SCIENCE &amp; ECOLOGY<\/li>\n<li>SPORTS &amp; FITNESS<\/li>\n<li>SCIENCE &amp; TECHNOLOGY<\/li>\n<li>TECH &amp; AGRI-FOOD<\/li>\n<li>VIMY: CANADA\u2019S COMING OF AGE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/pkwon\/files\/2019\/05\/ENCOUNTERS2019-20Poster.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Encounters with Canada poster<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ENCOUNTERS WITH CANADA Canada\u2019s largest and foremost youth forum! Every week of the school year, 120 to 150 teens from across Canada, aged 14 to 17 years, meet in Ottawa, where they discover their country through each other, learn about Canadian institutions, meet famous and accomplished Canadians, explore exciting career options, develop civic leadership skills [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-law-12","category-socials-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/pkwon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/pkwon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/pkwon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/pkwon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/pkwon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8641"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/pkwon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8648,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/pkwon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8641\/revisions\/8648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/pkwon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/pkwon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/pkwon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}