The North American AOL Center welcomed the New Year with festive celebrations, as over two hundred people came together to bring in the New 2010 Year.

Hundreds of youth (18-35) gathered at the Hellenic Community Center in Vancouver, B.C. (Canada) on November 8th, 2009, for a momentous event where youth stood up to take an oath to create a stress-free and violence-free society.

The Art of Living youth volunteers from chapters across the country poured their energy into organizing the STAND UP TAKE ACTION Campaigns which took place on October 16, 2009 in seven Canadian cities.

Art of Living international faculty talks about the amazing work done in Canada for the upliftment of the youth and creating youth leaders in these interviews with CFJC news.

Sri Sri was at the International Art of Living Centre in St-Mathieu-du-Parc, Quebec, from July 12th-19th, 2009. People from Canada and abroad participated in meditation and yoga programs and had the opportunity to join him for a Meditation for World Peace on July 14th. Before his departure, on July 19th, Sri Sri addressed the Tamil community gathered to celebrate Kaavadi at the Sivananda Ashram in Val Morin, north of Montreal.

Hundreds of youth (18 to 30) gathered at Kola Note on June 9th 2009 for a momentous event! These youth took an oath for change – a change for a violence-free, stress-free and corruption-free society.Hosted by YES!+ Canada, YES!+ FEST’09 was a celebration of a global movement of youth which united youth leaders, environmentalists and emerging musicians.

Art of Living volunteers, in collaboration with the City of Mississauga, plan to plant 1000 trees in Shelby Park this year. The project initiated last September is part of the global Art of Living project, Mission Green Earth!

The Art of Living Foundation and the Freedom From Poverty Foundation (FFPF) in partnership for the creation of a multi-specialty charitable hospital in Ayodhya, India. The first of its kind for Western-medicine-based FFPF, enabling the hospital with holistic approach to medicine through Sri Sri's teachings of yoga and meditation.

A long-term relationship between Haiti and the Art of Living Foundation was initiated last November with a first Youth Leadership Training Program (YLTP). Youth from Canada are invited to join the second phase of this project in Haiti on March 24th 2008.

Art of Living's youth leadership and empowerment programs have been introduced into several at-risk communities in Canada. In collaboration with local schools and organizations, youth programming has been delivered in urban schools in Toronto and First Nations communities in Manitoba.