Dispatches from Young Listeners
12-year olds think Boyce is crazy
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008May 19, 2008.
Dear Mr. Boyce,
This letter is in response to your column that was published in the Vancouver Sun on
May 14th, 2008. Although I take issue with many of your arguments for destroying Radio 2, I will focus on one aspect, and that is Radio 2’s audience; specifically, its young audience.
You say in your article […]
A Canadian voice from the land down under
Sunday, May 4th, 2008May 4, 2008
Dear Minister Verner and Stephen Harper, PM:
I am a Canadian living in Western Australia which is about as far away from Canada on this planet one can get. I listen to my favourite orchestra, the CBC Radio Orchestra, via the internet and enjoy its concerts whenever I get homesick.
I am distressed […]
Hudson Lao says “no more bullying”
Monday, April 28th, 2008Mr. Lacroix,
Mr. Stursberg,
Mr. Steinmetz,
Miss McGuire,
CBC Radio
P.O. Box 3220,
Station C,
Ottawa, Ontario,
K1Y 1E4
Dear Executives of CBC:
I am in grade 11 at Mulgrave School in West Vancouver. At school we are taught to recognize bullying in all its forms. Bullies hurt people. They torment their victims sometimes a little sometimes a lot.
Bullies need to bully. […]
Tina Wang, Grade 10 student speaks about choice
Monday, April 28th, 2008Dear Prime Minister,
I am in grade 10 in Vancouver. My family came to Canada from Taiwan. I learned that we had a choice in choosing where to emigrate and my parents chose this country for many reasons. One of the reasons we settled in Vancouver was that it was the home of […]