{"id":21003,"date":"2013-02-15T15:22:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T20:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=21003"},"modified":"2013-02-15T15:22:24","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T20:22:24","slug":"brock-groups-launch-%e2%80%9cbig-questions%e2%80%9d-series-for-niagara-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2013\/02\/brock-groups-launch-%e2%80%9cbig-questions%e2%80%9d-series-for-niagara-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock groups launch \u201cbig questions\u201d series for Niagara youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_21014\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/big-questions.jpeg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21014\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21014 \" title=\"Little girl dreams when reading the book\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/big-questions-1024x914.jpg\" alt=\"Youth University and Community Learning will host a series of Conversation Caf\u00e9s for youth between the ages of 8 and 14.\" width=\"504\" height=\"449\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Youth University and Community Learning will host a conversation series for youth between the ages of 8 and 14.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Youth University and Community Learning at Brock University have partnered to launch a &#8220;big questions&#8221; conversation series for Niagara youth.<\/p>\n<p>The series will provide a platform for youth ages 8 to 14 and their parents to discuss and engage with questions that have no easy answers, such as what makes a great country? And what is beauty?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These types of questions explored in a group setting provide young people with an opportunity to question assumptions and develop critical thinking skills,&#8221; says Stacia Heaton, program manager of Community Learning at Brock.<\/p>\n<p>The talks take place on Saturday mornings and are free and open to everyone. The next youth conversation will tackle the question &#8220;what rights do animals have?&#8221; It takes place on Feb. 23, from 10:30 p.m. to noon in the Rotary Room at the St. Catharines Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>Discussions are led by Brock student mentors and include hands-on activities. Youth who take part in three sessions will receive a certificate of participation from Brock University.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Community Learning\" href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/community-learning\" target=\"_blank\">Community Learning<\/a> is a comprehensive community initiative that aims to cultivate the skills and curiosity needed for all people to become lifelong learners.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"youth conversations\" href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/community-learning\/Conversation-Cafe\/youth-conversations\" target=\"_blank\">View the series schedule online.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Youth University and Community Learning at Brock University have partnered to launch a &#8220;big questions&#8221; conversation series for Niagara youth. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":21014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21003"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21017,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21003\/revisions\/21017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}