TakingITGlobal

7 JULY Explore150 Project Launches on Canada Day New TakingITGlobal About Us section is launched! Adobe Youth Voices Exhibit at Youth Day (Toronto, Canada) AUGUST TIG Staff outing to Centre Island with Mobile Scavenger Hunt TIG awarded grants to develop two HP Catalyst Academy Mini- Courses Adobe Youth Voices Exhibit at the UN Youth Assembly (New York, USA) Adobe Youth Voices Exhibit at the Global Youth Assembly (Edmonton, Canada) SEPTEMBER Agents of Change Course begins at York University's Faculty of Health Participation on Banff Forum Panel (Collingwood, Canada) Plenary Panel at the Power of the Arts National Forum (Ottawa, Canada) Clinton Global Initiative event on Youth Entrepreneurship with Microsoft (New York, USA) Third Innovate for Good Cycle of Sprout InterAgency Network on Youth Development (New York, USA) UN-Habitat staff co-locate at TIG office to launch partnership OCTOBER Global Dignity Day Habitat Day UNESCO Youth Forum Exhibit for Adobe Youth Voices TIG Co-founder Michael Furdyk leads SOAR Student Conference for Northern Gateway Schools (Whitecourt, Canada) Global Encounters: Middle East in Transition "Peace and Conflict" Video conference Launch of UN-Habitat YouthMovements platform UNAOC / BMW Intercultural Innovation Award winners event (Delhi, India) NOVEMBER Commit2Act Mobile App HTML5 launch at CIVICUS in South Africa Explore150 Mobile App Launch at Toronto Zoo (Rogers TV) Global Encounters: World AIDS Day video conference Tundra Connections video conference series with Polar Bears International (Churchill, Canada) Adobe Youth Voices Exhibition at the Global Citizens Forum (Toronto, Canada) Adobe Youth Voices Exhibit at GCELE Social Action Forum (Toronto, Canada) Civicus DEEEP conference, Youth Advisory Board Strategy meeting (Johannesburg, South Africa) DECEMBER Global Encounters: Child Soldiers "Caught up in Conflict" video conference TIES Conference, Leadership Development Workshop for Toronto District School Board educators Event Milestone Media

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