For many youth living with disabilities or complex needs, the school day provides essential structure: visual schedules, consistent staff, and... View Article
This video was produced by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: YouthREX celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2025:... View Article
Andrew Tate – online content creator, podcaster, former kickboxer, and subject of ongoing human trafficking investigations – has gained widespread... View Article
The Ontario Youth Sector Compass (OYC) research project, led by Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange (YouthREX), aims to illuminate the... View Article
TOOLKITNew Leaf Foundation’s Mindfulness ToolkitYouthREX creates and curates relevant and accessible evidence-based resources from research, practice, and lived experience, designed... View Article
“I wish adults knew that I really care about the environment and want to help, but I sometimes feel like... View Article
On Wednesday November 26th, YAAACE is bringing partners from across the Greater Toronto Area together for the Black Youth, Violence... View Article
This factsheet was developed by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS FACTSHEET: Adapted from Generative AI for Nonprofits: Practical... View Article
Our Evidence Briefs outline practices that can be integrated into program design, development, and evaluation. Visit our Good Youth Work Practices... View Article
Storying Youth Work As we celebrate #YouthREXat10, we’re reflecting on the past decade of youth work across Ontario. This space showcases... View Article
This webinar introduces The Kit for Centering Black Youth Wellbeing. Developed by the Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange (YouthREX), The Kit takes... View Article
CONVERSATION SERIES The Youth. The Work. The System.YouthREX is celebrating the 10th year of a shared commitment supporting the important... View Article
Gary Newman, a youth worker in Toronto, reflects on how a calm intervention on a crowded Toronto bus reveals the... View Article
Ontario Nature is now accepting applications for high school youth to join the 2025-2026 Youth Council cohort. Members of the... View Article
CivicAction is thrilled to announce that applications are now open for Youth CivicCorps Cohort 2, a program designed to provide... View Article
Are you a racialized second-generation youth (child of immigrants) in Ontario, between the ages of 15 and 30? Here’s your... View Article
Young people thrive when they’re enjoying themselves and have the freedom to explore or play outside with their friends. These... View Article
This report was published by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: This evaluation report describes the findings of... View Article
A Knowledge to Action (KtA) Conversation Series The Youth. The Work. The System. Youth wellbeing is interconnected to what... View Article
New Leaf Foundation’s Mindfulness Toolkit YouthREX creates and curates relevant and accessible evidence-based resources from research, practice, and lived experience,... View Article
REST Centres, in collaboration with the Network for the Advancement of Black Communities (NABC), is hosting the first-ever Black Youth Housing... View Article
The Global Solvers Accelerator is an 8-month acceleration journey that brings together emerging change agents, strengthens their leadership capacity, and... View Article
YouthREX Research Summaries ask Just Six Questions of research publications on key youth issues. These summaries get at what the youth sector... View Article
This report was published by The Black Women’s Institute for Health. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: The Voices Unheard report... View Article
This factsheet was developed by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS FACTSHEET: In a keynote presentation at YouthREX’s 2016... View Article
YouthREX Research Summaries ask Just Six Questions of research publications on key youth issues. These summaries get at what the youth sector... View Article
This infographic was created by Statistics Canada. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS INFOGRAPHIC: From 2021 to 2024, 53% of... View Article
This report was published by Statistics Canada. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: This study uses data from the... View Article
This report was published by the South Asian Women’s Collective. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: South Asian communities... View Article
Sometimes five, sometimes 18, one time 30, but every day through August the Red Worn Runners have been inspiring me... View Article
This video was produced by the South Asian Women’s Collective. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: This community action... View Article
This video was produced by the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: What does it mean... View Article
YouthREX Research Summaries ask Just Six Questions of research publications on key youth issues. These summaries get at what the youth sector... View Article
This video was produced by Kümneger Talks. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: Join us as we discuss what’s... View Article
This video was produced by Kümneger Talks. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: Join us as we discuss what’s... View Article
Black youth mentorship programs (BYMPs) have proliferated in Canada since 2020, with goals ranging from leadership development and combating systemic... View Article
This webinar was hosted by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE HOSTS DESCRIBE THIS WEBINAR: How do young people make sense of injustice... View Article
Saturday, October 25th | 4:00 PM – 7:30 PM L’Amoreaux Community Recreation Centre 2000 McNicoll Ave, Scarborough, ON M1V 5M2... View Article
The impacts of racial discrimination experienced by Black people in the United States and Canada have received a renewed focus.... View Article
This report was published by the University of Illinois Chicago. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: This document reports... View Article
This article serves as a vessel for knowledge mobilization and activism as research, intertwining remembrance of lost lives and communal... View Article
Are you ready to lead, speak up, and make change? Applications are now open for Girls Belong Here 2026,... View Article
Were you involved with child welfare (CAS) as a racialized youth? Voicing Resistance invites Toronto youth to share their story... View Article
YouthREX is excited to host this online Teach-In with Dr. Sean Lessard, award-winning educator and former youth worker, teacher, and counselor,... View Article
This toolkit was developed by the African Evaluation Association. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS TOOLKIT: The Handbook on Made... View Article
This report was published by the Wellesley Institute. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are... View Article
Logical Outcomes is hiring a Senior Evaluator, Black Communities Focus, an exciting contract role that bridges evaluation and AI innovation.... View Article
YouthREX Research Summaries ask Just Six Questions of research publications on key youth issues. These summaries get at what the youth sector... View Article
This factsheet was developed by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS FACTSHEET: On June 17, 2025, YouthREX hosted a... View Article
Ontario youth (12-25) are invited to join a Photovoice research study exploring how climate change impacts young people, what sparks... View Article
Sept. 30 is upon us once again, the fourth year this day will be observed as a time to reflect... View Article
This knowledge synthesis aims to understand Indigenous experiences of early childhood education, care, family support, intervention, health, and Indigenous services... View Article
This paper explores the concept of disability through a critical disability lens to understand how Indigenous ontologies are positioned within... View Article
This report was published by the McDowell Foundation. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: What does it mean to... View Article
In the fall of 2013, the authors received funding to help develop and implement an afterschool wellness program alongside Indigenous... View Article
YouthREX Research Summaries ask Just Six Questions of research publications on key youth issues. These summaries get at what the youth sector... View Article
YouthREX is excited to host this webinar with two interrelated presentations by Dr. Mary Goitom and Dr. Ahmed Ali Ilmi on how Black diasporic... View Article
Mark your calendars and join us for the Youth Justice Transformation Lab’s Youth Justice Community Forum at the Native Canadian... View Article
This article examines how stereotypes of Black males and Black masculinity operate in the construction of the Black male of... View Article
This study explored the process of identity formation of second-generation Ethiopian and Eritrean youth in Toronto, Canada. Analysis of 20... View Article
This paper explores how second-generation Ethiopian and Eritrean youth in Toronto, Canada, are perceiving and forging their identity in a... View Article
The Youth Justice Fund provides grants and contributions to support projects that encourage a more effective youth justice system, respond... View Article
Olivia Provost-Walker, a PhD student in Clinical Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University, is seeking participants for a study: Context and... View Article
YouthREX is excited to host an in-person train-the-trainer workshop for youth programs to learn how to facilitate anti-Black racism sessions... View Article
Wisdom2Action has partnered with Health Commons Solutions Lab/Sinai Health to lead consultations on 2SLGBTQIA+ healthcare. The consultations will inform provincial... View Article
Wisdom2Action has partnered with Health Commons Solutions Lab/Sinai Health to lead consultations on 2SLGBTQIA+ healthcare. The consultations will inform provincial... View Article
🚨FREE WEBINAR ALERT! How do young people make sense of injustice in their lives and communities? What can their stories... View Article
Our perceptions of the world are lastingly shaped by our sociocultural and political place in the world. Social positionalities provide epistemic means through... View Article
This report was published by Future North. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: Culture of the North (COTN): BIPOC... View Article
This report was published by Indigenous Youth Roots. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: Following up our 2019 National... View Article
This report was published by Youthful Cities. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: This is the second report issued... View Article
Our concrete embodiments as members of a specific class, race, and gender, as well as our historical situations play important... View Article
Drawing from a participatory action research (PAR) project in the South Bronx that used photography, writing, and mapping (through photo-geotagging)... View Article
Toronto Employment & Social Services’ Central District Confronting Anti-Black Racism Committee (CD CABR) is hosting a Black Youth Symposium, an... View Article
The relationship between law enforcement and Black people in North America is governed by fear and suspicion, leading to inequitable... View Article
This article highlights the ways in which Muslim Black/African youth situated in Toronto, Canada have constructed a unique cultural identity... View Article
This video was produced by the Tamarack Institute. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: This webinar, in collaboration with... View Article
We are calling ALL Educators, Students, Parents, Guardians, Trustees, Social Workers, Human Rights Education Advisors (HREAs), Guidance Counsellors, Graduation Coaches,... View Article
SFA and the WeMatter Project present the Back-to-school Salon Event 2025 Do you know students between the age of 14-25? The... View Article
Centrer le bien-être des jeunes Noirs un certificat pour combattre le racisme anti-Noirs vient d’être amélioré ! L’un de nos... View Article
Centering Black Youth Wellbeing: A Certificate on Combatting Anti-Black Racism is newly enhanced! One of our most popular certificates just... View Article
Explore and discover accessible data about Ontario youth! DATA DASHBOARDGRAB + GO RESOURCESFAQSYOUTH CANNABIS USECannabis use among Canadian youth is... View Article
This video was produced by the Tamarack Institute. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: This webinar, in collaboration with... View Article
This report was published by Child Trends. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: Young people who have lived experience... View Article
This toolkit was developed by Child Trends. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS TOOLKIT: Through the Authentic Youth Engagement in Policy... View Article
This video was produced by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: Healing is not only personal — it’s communal.... View Article
This webinar was hosted by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE HOSTS DESCRIBE THIS WEBINAR: For some people, sexuality and gender can be... View Article
This interactive online workshop presents The Kit for Centering Black Youth Wellbeing, an online hub that takes a multi-faceted approach to... View Article
This spring, as part of a sabbatical project, I had the privilege of visiting school food programs and meeting with... View Article
Do you have an idea to improve your community? Ontario Community Changemakers (OCC) is a leadership and micro-grant program created... View Article
Do you have a passion for improving your community? Are you a youth-led group (ages 15-29) with a great idea... View Article
This tool was developed by the Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions (formerly the Ontario Centre... View Article
This tool was developed by Informing Change. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS TOOLKIT: This Evaluation Capacity Diagnostic Tool is... View Article
The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) is bringing together Muslim student leaders from across the country for a two-day... View Article
The Bohr Lab at York University is conducting a research study led by Khad Bint Misbah, M.A., a doctoral student,... View Article
AMANI is recruiting Black youth across Ontario for the 2025–26 term of the Black Youth Advisory Panel (BYAP)—a paid leadership... View Article
This report was published by the World Economic Forum. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: Technological change, geoeconomic fragmentation,... View Article
This report was published by the Diversity Institute, Future Skills Centre, and Environics Institute. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS... View Article
This report was published by Deloitte and commissioned by The King’s Trust Canada. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT:... View Article
As the school year comes to a close, young Canadians entering the job market are facing one of the toughest... View Article