Students practise texting pose

Clare Duff of Norwell District Secondary School checks her cell phone during a yoga workshop MA at the Linamar Centre on Wednesday morning as part of the Meeting Challenges Inside and Out conference.
Around 140 students from throughout the Upper Grand District School Board participated in the student-organized conference.

Dwayne Morgan, a spoken word artist, writer and humanitarian was the main speaker at the event. He has

published six books and is a three-time Canadian Urban Music Award winner.

The theme of the conference was mental health and the environment. Some of the workshops looked at anxiety and stress, consumerism, the role of water in the community and various other issues related to the theme of the conference.

The yoga class was one of several workshops the students could attend during the day-long event.

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