Wielding hope like an axe part 2

Monday, July 5th, 2010

In the last blog, I introduced Canada Bridges’ youth leadership and social entrepreneurial program. Launching the Unveiling Youth Potential program has taken a lot of work, by a lot of people. With all the youth leadership and social entrepreneurial programs already in place, does the world really need yet another program? Will this program make [...]


Wielding hope like an axe part 1

Monday, July 5th, 2010

On Christmas Day 2009, a 23-year old Nigerian of Muslim faith trained in Yemen tried to blow up a plane enroute from Amsterdam to Detroit using explosives he’d hidden in his underwear. We’re all living with the aftermath of this attempt: intense airport security checks, Star Wars style full-body scanners, tough questions about the profiling [...]