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Featured Hot Take
Putting something that’s uniquely yours into the world isn’t easy. Don’t panic! Every innovator and leader and changemaker had to start somewhere and though the path always looks daunting when we take our first step, it’s easier than we assume.
We spoke with Story Warren, an award-winning rising leader and community builder, to find out what it’s like to start a movement as a teenager, and what advice she has for those who want to follow in her footsteps.
We’re featuring this podcast across all five Nature Labs subjects. You might not like art, or science, or English, or social studies, but they are all related and by listening to this podcast, hopefully you’ll better understand why.
How To
Specialized guides to help you create and excel!
How to Deal with Conflict
Disagreements and conflict are a part of life. Whether you disagree with someone because of your beliefs, habits, personality, communication style, ambitions or priorities,...
How to Market Your Idea
Why Marketing Skills are Valuable
Promoting ideas, products and services: Marketing skills can help individuals and organizations promote their products, services or ideas effectively, which...
How to Plan an Assignment
Need a few tips to complete your assignment and ensure you're on task? Review these suggestions!
Understand the Assignment Requirements:
Carefully read the assignment prompt.
Note down...
How to Work in a Group
Why it's important to know how to work in a group
Achieving goals: Working in a group can help you achieve goals that would be...
Stories from rising leaders
Young people can change the world. You can make a difference for people and nature today. But the path isn’t always as obvious or as easy as we...
Design Thinking with Michael Kennedy
So, you’ve got a great idea for a class project; to launch a new business; to improve a community service; to change the world...
Selecting Your Topic
Choosing a good topic for a project can be challenging, but here are some steps to make the decision just a bit less overwhelming.
Identify...
Further Exploration
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The Alberta/Ottawa Agreement Meets Another Unity Crisis
Following the November 27th memorandum of understanding between the federal government and Alberta, we sat down with Canada's...
Remembrance Day
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Understanding COP30 and Canada’s Role in Global Climate Action (Lesson)
COP30 is the 30th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (Conference of the Parties), taking place in November 2025 in Belém, Brazil, in the...
Resources From the Curated Library
How to ask the better question
How to ask the better question
Sub-Category: Interviews
Source: TED
File Type: Video
Overview: How to ask the better question
Quick takes on how to bring prototyping into policy-making
Sub-Category: Prototyping
Source: Medium
File Type: Guide
Overview: How to bring prototyping into policy making
Web Link: https://medium.com/legal-design-and-innovation/quick-takes-on-how-to-bring-prototyping-into-policy-making-cc720f306d93
Prototyping in Policy — What For?!
Prototyping in Policy — What For?!
Sub-Category: Prototyping
Source: Medium
File Type: Essay/Analysis
Overview: Does prototyping work in policy-making?
Web Link: https://medium.com/legal-design-and-innovation/prototyping-in-policy-what-for-c7c567d922ec
Khan Academy: A Case Study in Scaling a Start-Up
Bias: Centre/Right
Source: Khan Academy
File Type: Case Study
Overview: Khan Academy: A Case Study in Scaling a Start-Up
Web Link: https://hbr.org/podcast/2024/11/khan-academy-a-case-study-in-scaling-a-start-up
Great Questions Lead to Great Design – A Guide to the Design Thinking Process
Great Questions Lead to Great Design – A Guide to the Design Thinking Process
Bias: Centre Right
Sub-Category: Interviews
Source: Design (Business)
File Type: Guide
Overview: Asking the better question gets the better answer
Web...
Reflections
Michael Kennedy
So, you’ve got a great idea for a class project; to launch a new business; to improve a community service; to change the world...
Further Considerations
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