From: TEENS 101 – Video Series

-For grades 8-12
–Video with Printable Teacher’s Guide
-Free online video streaming included!
-Released in 2017

Lindsay (Eekwol) grew up in the First Nations community. She experienced an unforgiving world of drugs, alcohol and violence within her family. As a child, she lived in fear while her parents and their friends had endless parties that often broke out in fights. As she grew up in this environment, she soon developed into an abuser of drugs and alcohol herself. Falling victim to blackouts and on one occasion she almost died one night lying unconscious on the highway. This seminal moment caused her devoted sister to give up on her – unless she changed her ways. For the first time in her life, she listened, and the path of being clean and sober led to becoming a successful solo female aboriginal hip hop artist.

From: TEENS 101 – Video Series

-For grades 8-12
–Video with Printable Teacher’s Guide
-Free online video streaming included!
-Released in 2017

You can become addicted to just about anything. It becomes a serious problem when it takes you away from the things you normally do. Some people have a predisposition to addiction and Will’s story shows that anyone call fall dangerously into addiction. It started with a video games addiction which was the beginning of the slippery slope that almost cost him his life. As a child, he dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player. He could never imagine that at the age of 17 he would be living on the streets addicted to crack cocaine and near death. His remarkable story brings so much hope to those that struggle with addiction and now he dedicates his life to helping youth.