Cynthia Dunsford, MLA

Stratford-Kinlock, PEI

Congratulations to ALL of our great Canadian Olympians!

Published in March 1st, 2010

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Latest news from Cycling PEI

Published in May 15th, 2009

Posted by in children, community, cycling, family, health, safety, women, youth

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Bike Drop Off Saturday Morning
This will be done through the Kidsport and Canadian Tire Jump Start programs. Preference is to give bikes to families in need, youth at risk, and low income families. If you are in need of a bike please come in to Sport PEI and take advantage of this great program and [...]

A great day to read!

Published in January 25th, 2009

Posted by Cyn in Stratford, children, community, education, family, health, literacy, parenting, photos, youth

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Can’t say enough about the great little library in Stratford. Jane McKinney, the librarian, does a fantastic job keeping things up to date and organized. But better still, is her ability to attract so many people to the library. What a busy spot. Family Literacy Day went off without a hitch. Silvia Beaton was the [...]

Family Literacy Day

Published in January 24th, 2009

Posted by Cyn in Stratford, children, community, education, family, literacy, parenting, youth

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Islanders are invited to celebrate Family Literacy Day this weekend at public libraries throughout the province, and participate in a Canada-wide attempt at a new Guinness world record.
Family Literacy Day is a national celebration with literacy-themed events coordinated by literacy organizations, schools, public libraries and families. It is held [...]

Youth ConneXt PEI

Published in April 20th, 2008

Posted by Cyn in Stratford, community, events, youth

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Last weekend at the Stratford Town Hall a very enthusiastic group of young Islanders were gathered at a “cross generational symposium on community engagement” to…

-Share stories…
-Learn from one another, the community and its members…
-Inspire ideas for further development…
-Commit to meaningful and measurable action…
What does this really mean? We want youth and adults to [...]

Change

Published in April 13th, 2008

Posted by Cyn in Speeches, Stratford, community, economy, education, environment, family, youth

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Tuesday, I had to honour of seconding the motion in the legislature to accept the Speech From The Throne. The opportunity allowed for me a chance to interpret and find perspective. It was a chance for me to dig deep and bring to the surface what (I feel) is important to PEI’s future. [...]

Youth can do what?

Published in January 27th, 2008

Posted by Cyn in Stratford, children, community, family, health, youth

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I had the privilege to attend part of a Town Youth Particiation Strategies conference this weekend in Charlottetown. The invite came from the Stratford Youth Can Do Facebook site.
Let me tell you about Stratford YCD.
On their website YCD is described as “a not-for-profit youth group open to Stratford youth between the grades of 5 and [...]

Memories of Summer Camp

Published in July 22nd, 2007

Posted by Cyn in Stratford, children, community, youth

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The one and only beauty pageant I ever entered was at Camp Ta-Wa-Si in 1972 (when beauty pageants were cool). I can remember preparing for the big event. While the other entrants were busy deciding what bathing suit to wear and what song to sing, I was off negotiating with other campers the loan of [...]

Community and purpose

Published in February 3rd, 2007

Posted by Cyn in community, education, youth

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How often have we engaged in the discussion about young people and how different it is (now) compared to when we were in school or just finishing up? Well, it seems to be a popular topic these days, what with the mass exodus to the Wild West in search for gold or what not. Seems [...]