SFTP is busy working all the time. Events mostly take place during the school year but during the summer we still socialize and plan in small ad hoc groups. To be quite open about this News page, the webmaster isn't involved in SFTP on a regular basis so some of the things we might consider news don't get posted here. For any questions at all just contact Sarah or Kelly.

The fourth HRM Day of Peace

will be taking place on Wednesday, August 6th, 2008. The festivities are set to begin around 3:00 pm.

Students for Teaching Peace will be presenting around--or just after--4:00 pm at the Peace Pavilion.

At 5:00 pm, Hope for the Future will be screened in the Helen Creighton Room inside the Alderney Public Library.

February 9, 2007

Hope For The Future selected as one of final four youth programs for the 2007 Shaw Rocket Prize

See the the video page for details of this exciting accomplishment!

September 9, 2006

If you tune in to ASN (channel 7 for all those with cable, within the HRM) at 7 pm, you will be fortunate enough to see the second version of Hope for The Future - something SFTP hasn't even seen yet! If you have any questions, comments, or anything else, please contact me at kelly@sftp.ca, or check out our website at www.sftp.ca.

Sarah Dubé, Students for Teaching Peace 2006 Top 20 Under 20 Award Recipient

After a field trip to see Teaching Peace in a Time of War, a documentary about Hetty van Gurp's work on behalf of Peaceful Schools International in Serbia, Sarah Dubé became motivated to form a group called Students for Teaching Peace which is committed to promoting the understanding and respect of all beliefs and cultures, through advocacy, non-violent conflict resolution and education.

Through Students for Teaching Peace they were able to raise enough funds to send 32 youth from across Canada to Serbia to attend a ?Youth 2 Youth? Peace Conference.

Upon their return, they hosted a summer camp for 13 Serbian youth.

In 2005 she was recognized with the Lieutenant Governor's Award.
http://www.top20under20.ca/engHome.htm

This month SFTP will being doing workshops with the students of Harold T. Barrett Jr. High on the 17th and a presentation at NSSSA’s EDGE leadership conference at Acadia University on the 20th.