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SEVEN honoured an extraordinary youth activist and youth leader who came out of our territory in 2008 after having made a stand that she was looking for a better school and better educational standards for her community members during a special segment it aired in her honour. Shannen Koostachin, 15, of Attawapiskat FN was tragically killed late on Monday, May 31st after a minivan she was travelling in as a passenger collided head on with a transport truck on Highway 11 in northeastern Ontario near New Liskeard where she was going to school. An International Children’s Peace Prize nominee, Shannen spoke both provincially and nationally advocating for a new school and better educational standards in her community. While her fight for a new school was ultimately won, Shannen had yet to see better educational standards that she wanted for First Nations youth implemented at the time of her death. This is her story. We also have on the show, a group of 20 somethings who are very involved as parents to their children. This panel discussion deals with how technology – TV, video games, cell phones, and the Internet – impacts their relationships with their children.