Depression constitutes an important predicting factor of school dropout. The post-secondary transition represents a vulnerability period for at-risk students. The goal of this study was to identify resilience […]

This study investigates the educational experiences of refugee youth attending high schools operated by the Public, Catholic and Francophone school boards in an urban center in Alberta. This qualitative study i […]

 The article examines major integration challenges confronting Black Francophone refugee and immigrant youth in Ontario. It states that most of the youth group’s concerns are on language, racism, and violence. It […]

This review summarizes recent research on the topic of adolescents’ access to reproductive healthcare, including an overview of recommended reproductive health services, access to the healthcare system and […]

This thesis examines the production of Tamil youth in the state of Canada as threats, extremists, radicals, terrorists, and as subjects to be engaged in de-politicized humanitarian discourses of reconciliation a […]

The issue of access to justice is critical in guaranteeing the sustainability of independent, impartial judicial system in a free and democratic country such as Canada. Yet can we speak of access to justice for […]

This study examines the educational experiences of 39 First Nations youth, ages 16-20 years, from two, First Nations, on-reserve, communities in northern Ontario, who share their reflections and experiences of […]

This article demonstrates the use of action research to bring youth and adults together to address homophobia in their community. Two community-based organizations led an action research project, using student […]

Using data from the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this study examines how and why health outcomes exhibit persistence during the period from childhood to adolescence.  Our […]

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The content for this factsheet was taken from Doing Right Together for Black Youth: What We Learned from the Community Engagement Sessions for the Ontario Black Youth A […]

This factsheet was created by YouthREX.
 This factsheet depicts how youth workers can engage with the Stages of Change Framework.
The Stages of Change is part of a broader framework called the Transtheoretical Mod […]

Developed from the report Changing Leaders, Leading Change: A leadership development model for marginalized youth in urban communities by Rebecca Houwer, YouthREX’s Knowledge Exchange Manager
This checklist […]

National and local data tell us that children and youth in rural communities are more likely to live in low socioeconomic conditions. They tend to exhibit less healthy behaviours and are more likely to be i […]

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