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• 10 Carden hub for Nuit Blanche!

  31Aug

  10 Carden is Guelph’s hub for Nuit Blanche, taking place Saturday, September 10th all-night long!  Come out for this magical dusk-to-dawn transformation of Guelph’s downtown into a community-wide artistic canvas, with exhibits, shows, and performances taking place in strange places, from rooftops and studios, to churches, parking lots and riverbanks.  10 Carden will be the Nuit Blanche information (and coffee!) hub, also displaying some of the exciting exhibits.  Start your night at 10 Carden with a hot drink and lively conversation before soaking in the rest of the exhibits all around town.  For the Nuit Blanche schedule: http://guelphjazzfestival.com/2011_season/day_by_day_schedule/nuit_blanche

• Summer Collaboration around Sun Protection

  31Aug

  

  Paint the Town Events captured a large crowd of folks interested in getting red streaks for Melanoma month.  Others stumbled into the tent looking for information around melanoma and sun protection.  This collaborative campaign is just one example of how working together makes a difference in people’s lives, and even saves lives.

  More photos: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.211440905581556.54802.100001469434169&l=609b969246&type=1

• Paint the Town Red!

  03Aug

  How do we change attitudes and behaviours around sun protection?

  10 Carden is helping paint the town red, in collaboration with Streak for Cancer, Wellington-Duffering-Guelph Public Health, Melanoma Network of Canada, Downtown Guelph, and McNeil.

  On August 12th from 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM, St. George’s Square is Streaking for Cancer! The public can support the Melanoma Network of Canada and bring awareness to Melanoma and skin damage by getting a red streak for 10$ (proceeds go to Melanoma Network), as well as get their face painted as a sign of support.

  Then, on August 13th from 9:30-11:30 AM, 10 Carden will be hosting the second day of hair streaking with music, coffee & tea, and engaging short video clips to inform folks about skin cancer. Free suncreen will be available, and a representative from Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health will be on-site to answer questions folks may have.

  So come get your hair streaked, learn about Melanoma and skin damage in the process, and take part in a collaborative campaign around the issue!  All ages welcome!

  

• Warm welcome to Mandy Wettlaufer – our Katimavik Volunteer!!!

  27Jul

  Hailing from the tiny suburb of Saint Constant, off the coast of Montreal, Quebec, weighing in at 115 pounds and volunteering in Guelph with Katimavik, we present your new volunteer, Mandy!

  A political junkie from the age of eighteen and a budding environmentalist since childhood, she hopes that in her six months here she will get to see and help 10Carden grow into the community changing space it so deserves to be.

  Mandy is attracted to a myriad of subjects and spends most time filling her brain with as much information as possible on anything of interest, from veganism to psychology. She attended two four-week lecture courses at the Douglas Psychological Institute in Montreal, as well as has volunteered with the Montreal SPCA. Currently she is volunteering with Katimavik, a youth program geared towards engaging people from the ages of seventeen to twenty one in volunteer activities.

  Excited by the concept of 10 Carden, and more than pleased to become a part of the team, she’s just chomping at the bit to see what’s in store!

• What is 10 Carden all about?

  27Jul

  “This drawing is about all the things that 10 Carden is about.  It demonstrates the meanings of 10 Carden. I drew the picture like this because I wanted to show how much 10 Carden means.  The picture is colorful and bright because all the people who work at 10 Carden have a very bright and cheerful heart”
  By Pascale, 9 years old

• Music, melanoma awareness, and collaboration at Hillside Festival!

  21Jul

  What? Workshop on Social Change, Music, and Sun Protection

  Where? Hillside Festival, INTERPLAY TENT

  When? Saturday, July 23rd, 5- 6 PM and Sunday, July 24th, 6-7 PM

  Join us for this exciting workshop to explore how collaborations can bring about social change.  Melanoma is the issue, music is the vehicle, and social change is the goal.  How can we work together to shift attitudes around sun protection, and how can music be one of the tools to achieve this?  Come with your ideas, thoughts, musical instruments, children, and be part of this exciting new sun protection awareness campaign!

  You’ll also get to meet and be inspired by musicians Sandy MacKay, Mike Driscoll, and Doug Larson.  Sandy is from New Brunswick, and is an experiential teacher and busker by trade; Mike Driscoll is a local activist and community economic developer; and Doug Larson is a professor at the University of Guelph, ecologist, researcher, and author of recently released book Storyteller Guitar.

  We hope to see you there!

• Art in the Shops this week!

  13Jul

  From Monday, July 11th through Saturday, July 16,  there’s an exciting preview of Guelph’s art on the street all over downtown Guelph.  Local art is showcased at numerous downtown ‘shops’.  Brought together by Downtown Guelph Business Association, artists and venues are collaborating to generate excitement and anticipation prior to the big art on the street event on Quebec Street. Part of the mix is an excellent musician line-up, including Bry Webb of the Constantines.  10 Carden is one of the venues, displaying the vibrant work of local artist Melanie Gausden.  One piece can’t be missed if you walk by 10 Carden’s big front window,  and more art is hanging in the community room on the first floor.  Melanie is one of a few artists we’ve showcased at our community hub this year, and we’re thrilled as always to add amazing art to our space.   Visit the display and then peruse other venues to support the diverse range of artists adding vibrancy and life to downtown Guelph!  For more information about art on the street visit htty://tiny.cc/artonthestreet

• Join us for a special 10 Carden Workshop at Hillside Festival!

  06Jul
  Social change at Hillside…

  We are hosting a workshop using innovation and community collaboration to bring about social change.  For this workshop we’ll bring community partners together and have a discussion with workshop members with a focus on how we can shift attitudes and behaviours around ‘fun in the sun’ while understanding the importance of sun protection.  Hillside is a model community for many social change practices – from re-usable dishes and water bottles to its feature green roof  — we hope to discuss how we can work together to model what might be achievable long term at Hillside and beyond.

  The purpose of the workshops is to bring people together and to begin to shift attitudes and behaviours around sun protection.  August is Melanoma month, so after the Hillside workshops the collaborative that comes together will continue their efforts by organizing additional awareness building workshops and fun community activities that will help create a new culture around sun protection in Guelph and beyond.

  This – like all of our efforts – is a collaborative initiative involving many different folks, and a creative musical twist as a model for creating change. Among the organizations and folks involved are: McNeil (with donations), WGD public health, Gail Cornwell, and Patricia Gray.

  On Sunday we have a special treat: Sandy Mackay, a performer who lives in New Brunswick, is joining us.  He performs whenever allowed with various bands, including Small Moots, the Banned and Family.  He will share a song titled “SPR 25″,  inspired by this experience:

  “we traveled to Muskoka to visit the Dukes, and spent a glorious weekend out in the hot Ontario sun. I usually burned badly, but as a responsible young father I was learning and applying the lessons of skin care to my young family and of course following suit as a good example. On the way home, I was pleased to have no sunburn after a long weekend outside, and composed this song with the kids in the car en route back home to see my folks in Eramosa.”

  Do join us at the festival – and if you are a musician and want to get involved, we especially want to hear from you!

  Workshop details:
  Hillside, Interplay Tent: Saturday, July 23rd, 5-6 PM and Sunday, July 24, 6-7 PM

  Festival Information – check out the exciting lineup of local and world artists!
  http://hillsidefestival.ca/#/how_to_hillside/workshops

• Where our Sidewalk Leads…

  29Jun

  On June 9th I (Katarina) attended a workshop in Waterloo: Where the Sidewalk Leads: A Conversation bringing together people who are interested in exploring innovative approaches to working with youth.

  Organized by SiG @ Waterloo – ” a national collaboration addressing Canada’s social and ecological challenges by creating a culture of continuous social innovation” (http://sig.uwaterloo.ca/about-the-waterloo-institute-for-social-innovation-and-resilience-wisir) – this workshop was an opportunity to explore new perspectives on working with youth of all ages and backgrounds.

  This ‘out-of-the-box’ question guided the conversation: what are some of the questions we are not asking but should be asking when it comes to working with youth?

  Interesting question, isn’t  it?  By asking it, the diverse range of youth-based organizations, teachers, educators, spiritual leaders, and researchers at the workshop were encouraged to not only identify the assumptions they hold when it comes to working with young people, but also to deconstruct these via open, candid, and honest reflection.

  So, where does the sidewalk lead?  There is no easy answer.  This workshop was certainly a starting point, where more questions were provided than answers, questions such as:

  Why don’t we encourage creativity in youth?  Why do we always speak for youth, instead of allowing them to voice their thoughts, perspectives, and opinions?  Why aren’t we trying to engage the most disadvantaged youth in environmental and social programming?

  At 10 Carden we’re busy thinking up new initiatives to engage youth in Guelph and beyond in social change initiatives, and we’re using questions such as these as a starting point.  We want to encourage youth to join existing organizations, to voice their opinions, and also to  have the courage to start their own creative projects. So far, we have had 1 co-op student from a local high-school work closely with us on food-related issues, and we’re about to welcome a new team of youth volunteers to our organization from Katimavik.  We encourage everyone involved in youth projects, working with youth, and youth themselves to contact us for ideas, suggestions, and ways to get involved in building collaborative youth-focused projects for social change.

  For more information about this workshop and other SiG@Waterloo events, visit http://sig.uwaterloo.ca/feature/where-our-sidewalk-leads

• Inspired by the Guelph and District Multicultural Festival!

  29Jun

  Beginning with the raising of the One World flag in front of Guelph City Hall, and concluding with the colorful closing ceremony at the picturesque Guelph Riverside Park, this year’s Guelph and District Multicultural festival was an exciting exploration into the possibilities that arise when we explore cultures other than our own, celebrating what makes each of us unique and at the same time brings us together.  We watched folks of all ages and cultures explore different cuisines, listen to a variety of ethnic performers from around the world, and celebrate unique cultural activities such as the  Chinese overture “Spring Festival”, Argentinean tango, Romanian and Hungarian dances, Italian songs, a wide assortment of delicious ethnic foods, and so much more!

  10 Carden tabled under one of the big white tents, nestled between the henna tattoo workshop and the more-serious Diabetes Care Guelph awareness table.  Our co-op student Shelene Douglas helped man our table, which we also shared with Transition Guelph for a couple of hours.   The collaborative sharing of the table with other organizations and our co-op student allowed us to get the word out there about our member groups more effectively.

  Being at the festival allowed us to meet families, groups, and youth we wouldn’t have otherwise connected to.  Folks with a keen interest in cultural, ethnic, and creative diversity within the social change movement were curious about the work we do, our wonderful member organizations, and how they can get involved.  Being at the festival has also inspired us to seek new ways of integrating cultural diversity and play into the day-to-day life of our organization: to create a dynamic space that is welcome to folks from all cultures and walks of life.  We promote inclusiveness and diversity at 10 Carden, and we encourage all people in our community to use our space for networking, learning, and growing together.  As we reach out to new neighbors, in an effort to engage them in our social change initiatives, we help create a more dynamic and resilient society – enriching for all!

  For more information about the Guelph and District Multicultural Festival: http://www.gdmf.ca/