Peel Children Youth Initiative and Omoye Otoide

African cultures: Doing things for the community is seen as a good thing, whether that involves helping out friends or neighbours — it a really big thing in African cultures, said Omoye Otoide, an 18-year-old from Mississauga whose father is Nigerian and who has family members in St, according to Toronto Star. Kitts and Trinidad on her mother side. The survey of 2,187 high school students, conducted by the Peel Children and Youth Initiative, looked at students’ interests and involvement, broken down by gender and family background — given the region diversity — and also found that girls of African descent have the highest levels of involvement when compared with other ethnic groups, both male and female. Participating in different activities and doing well academically is a really big thing, especially for girls, added Otoide, a first-year University of Guelph student who took part in the Peel survey when it was conducted in 2013 and helped craft it as a volunteer with the youth initiative. The Peel survey is in line with a study released this week by the OECD that showed that girls in developed nations spend more time doing homework than boys — with almost a two-hour difference each week among males and females here in Canada. For girls, and specifically for African cultures, women are seen as the backbone of the family or community and that is a motivator to put themselves out there and succeed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.