If you’re a youth worker, parent or caregiver, then you’ve probably struggled at some point to figure out the best approach for regulating social media use in a young person’s life. Kids and teens love socia […]

Will this be the ONE that makes undeniably visible the metaphoric knee of anti-Black racism that sits on the necks of Black people every day?

Will this be the ONE that finally energizes us all to dismantle […]

How many times have you worked tirelessly on a report that communicates your program successes and points to areas that need to be addressed to make your program even better?

A report you are so proud of […]

When my husband and I got married, I moved out of my parent’s home and into his bachelor pad. It’s a simple one bedroom apartment, big enough to accommodate the both of us. Prior to getting married, one of the […]

Currently the sector is grappling with the impact of COVID-19 on service delivery. It is understandable that evaluation – designing and measuring for outcomes – may have moved way down in the list of pri […]

It’s taken for granted in many if not most school environments today that digital technology should be integrated throughout the curriculum to enhance not only communication and creativity but also equal a […]

Discussions about mindfulness are ever-increasing within educational settings, community-based organizations offering services to youth, and popular media. Mindfulness-Based Programs for Youth: A Toolkit […]

The recent announcement of an extension of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) to part-time workers is good news for young people in Canada. This may prove to be even more important to young […]

Like most of Ontario’s youth sector, YouthREX is feeling the weight of this challenging and unprecedented time we are in. Shout out to young people, youth workers, and staff and volunteers of youth programs a […]

Did You Know? Ontario Observes Treaties Recognition Week  Melissa Compton  Native Child and Family Services of Toronto, Mental Health Worker Have you heard the phrase, “we are all treaty people”? How we un […]

“The more we increase the active participation and partnership with young people, the better we serve them… And the more comprehensively we work with them as service partners, the more we increase our pub […]

YouthREX’s customized evaluation supports (CES) offered us a collaborative approach to program evaluation, guided by their three-phase, seven-step Evaluation Framework, designed to be both realistic and i […]

YouthREX recently completed Beyond Measure: The State of Evaluation and Action in Ontario’s Youth Sector, reporting the results of a province-wide survey of youth-serving nonprofits in Ontario, as well as the […]

In Fall 2012 I returned to Canada after four years working abroad, and began work on building the CEE Centre for Young Black Professionals. Today CEE is the only charity in Toronto exclusively focused on […]

“Aspects of this sector are built to be competitive; how do we move toward a culture of collaboration?” This was the question posed by Cyril Cromwell, Learning and Development Manager for the Youth Res […]

This video was produced by The Social Planning Network of Ontario in partnership with YouthREX.
HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO:
The Social Planning Network of Ontario (SPNO) Community of Practice on […]