It is projected that by 2050 there will be 9 Billion people on earth- how will Mother Earth hold us all with the way we live now? Our generation will face a lot of challenges with regards to population, politics, and identity, (aside from meeting a boy or a girl we like and getting a job we enjoy, you know, the usual stuff every human faces no matter the generation) but no other issue will be as daunting as protecting the world in which we live. Protecting Mother Earth will be our generations largest contribution to human history, so, what are we going to do, what can we do, where should we start, what have we got to say about this issue? (you can look at it this way, for the most part, the world's past generations are dropping the collective neglect and its consequences onto our laps ...)

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For now, you can start some research into this topic at the following links:

www.theweathermakers.ca

www.climatecrisis.net

www.davidsuzuki.org

www.desmogblog.com

www.heatisonline.org

www.greenpeace.ca

www.stopglobalwarming.org

www.solarenergysociety.ca

partners for climate protection

green vehicle guide

HIV/AIDS is the most devastating disease humankind has ever faced. Since the beginning of the pandemic 25 years ago nearly 65 million people have been infected with HIV and AIDS has killed more than 25 million people. AIDS 2006 aims to link community and science to galvanize the world’s response to this pandemic through increased commitment, leadership and accountability. HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and is the virus that causes AIDS. HIV destroys certain blood cells that are crucial to the normal function of the immune system, which defends the body against illness. AIDS stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. It occurs when the immune system is weakened by HIV to the point where a person develops any number of diseases or cancers.

Aboriginal peoples are over represented in the HIV epidemic in Canada. Aboriginal peoples make up a growing percentage of positive HIV reports and reported AIDS cases. Injecting drug use continues to be a key mode of HIV transmission in the Aboriginal community. HIV/AIDS has a significant impact on Aboriginal women. Increasing number of Aboriginal peoples are among new HIV infections and are living with HIV/AIDS.

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Understanding the HIV/AIDS Epidemic among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: The Community at a Glance

flash slide show on HIV/AIDS (from the Globe and Mail)

HIV/AIDS fact sheet

www.aids2006.org

Headlines, never ending press releases and announcements, interviews ... what’s propaganda, what’s true? In this section we take a look at an issue happening right now across the headlines and we provide background info, links, and a place for you to openly discuss the issue together. We're going to start with the links between war, oil, government, and profit. These links below are for issues pertaining to the US government specifically, but what is interesting to consider is how are the rich Alberta's Tar Sands affecting in our countries policies? Our Prime Minister celebrates his election victory in Calgary, AB, and one of the first acts the Conservative government makes is to pull Canada out of the Kyoto Accord. How are we now mirroring the United States/Bush/Oil agenda - are we at all?

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Bush energy plan: payback?

Secret US plans for Iraq's oil

Yes, It’s About Oil

BP’S “SMART PIG”

www.thebushagenda.net

www.democracynow.org

Aboriginal Canadians, particularly Métis people, are the largest growing segment of the Canadian population*. There are 1.3 million Aboriginal people in Canada and of that number 33% are youth**. But what does it mean to be Métis? Aboriginal? How should we live? What about drugs, sexuality, and living in our modern time? What should we know, what can we do, and what do we all have to say about these issues? Who are we?

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* Of the three Aboriginal groups, the largest gain in population between 1996 and 2001 occurred among the Métis, whose numbers increased 43%. This five-year growth was almost three times as fast as the 15% increase in the North American Indian population, and almost four times the 12% increase among the Inuit. The census enumerated 292,310 Métis, who represented about 30% of the total Aboriginal population. This was up from 204,115 in 1996. The majority of Aboriginal people, 608,850 or 62%, were North American Indian, and 5%, or 45,070, were Inuit. The remaining 3% were either persons who identified with more than one Aboriginal group or registered Indians or band members who did not identify as Aboriginal. - Statistics Canada