Archive for December, 2007
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Peer tutoring in Eskasoni
In the fall of 2007, EPIC began a partnership with the Eskasoni First Nations School District to bring Youth Peer-style math tutoring to the students of Eskasoni.
With funding from the Eskasoni School Board, teacher and former Vice-Principal of Eskasoni High School, Newell Johnson—who has been tutoring students after school on a volunteer basis [...]
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
Parents PEACE hosts Mother-Daughter Night
On November 6, Blair Hill, Facilitator for EPIC’s Parents PEACE Program, brought together women—mainly mothers and their teenage daughters—to participate a workshop on Teen Sexuality.
Cathy Penney from the Cape Breton Centre for Sexual Health was the evening’s presenter.
Twelve adults and fifteen teens attended the candid talk and lively discussion that followed.
A [...]
