Tag Archives: youth

Gangs in Sudbury: another follow-up

By Julie Laurin | Published: April 14, 2010

A lot of you read my initial article about the youth street gang initiative that is taking place in Sudbury, even though there’s no evidence or confirmation that there are any organized gangs there.  My article focused specifically on the poster being used by the Greater Sudbury Police because it depicted young children and babies [...]

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Invasion of the gangsta babies: the FAQ

By Julie Laurin | Published: March 3, 2010

I wrote an article a few days ago about an anti-gang campaign taking place in Sudbury.  Within 24 hours, my site traffic quadrupled and I received a great deal of feedback.  But it wasn’t my article that hit a nerve, it was the comments left by Norman Beauvais, who worked on the organizing committee for [...]

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Books of 2009: Youth

By Julie Laurin | Published: January 2, 2010

For the past two years, I’ve had the great pleasure of giving a lecture as part of a mini-course in Communications for youth at the University of Ottawa. When I was thinking about creating this book list for 2009, I thought it would be a good idea to ask a couple of former students to [...]

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