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Home Is Where I Make It: Foster Care Awareness Song
This video was produced by We Will Rise Nashville. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: This is a project from We Will Rise Nashville in celebration of May Foster Care Awareness Month. This song, “Home Is Where I Make It,” was penned by a few Nashville independent artists along with three amazing foster youth…. View Article
November 21, 2017
Rural Youth: Leading Today, Tomorrow and Beyond – A Report from The Ontario Rural Council
This report was published by The Ontario Rural Council. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: This report begins with an exploration of the impacts and value of engaging young people in their communities. A comprehensive examination of the challenges youth face and recommendations for action heard directly from the youth participants will serve to… View Article
November 20, 2017
Things to Remember about Body Image and LGBT Youth
I don’t know anyone who hasn’t struggled with their body image and I’m no different. When I was younger, it wasn’t just about weight and appearance; it was related to figuring out my sexual orientation, not being comfortable with my assigned gender, and being a person of colour in a world that privileges white people. With… View Article
November 19, 2017
Trans Youth and the Right to Access Public Washrooms
YouthREX Research Summaries ask Just Six Questions of research publications on key youth issues. These summaries get at what the youth sector needs to know in two pages or less! 1. What was this research about? This YouthREX Research to Practice report defines, explores, and analyses some of the challenges, fears, anxieties. and issues trans-identified youth experience,… View Article
November 18, 2017
Homophobic Bullying: How Well do we Understand the Problem
This report was published by the Educational Action Challenging Homophobia. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: Growing recognition of homophobic bullying amongst researchers, policymakers, youth workers, teachers and other stakeholders has resulted in an increasing number of research studies and anti-bullying measures in this area. This has led to great advances in interventions addressing… View Article
November 17, 2017
Racial Discrimination
This factsheet was developed by the Ontario Human Rights Commission. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS FACTSHEET: The factsheet outlines how freedom from racial discrimination and harassment is enshrined in Ontario’s Human Rights Code. Freedom from racial discrimination applies to all areas of life. The factsheet describes racial discrimination and harassment at individual and systemic… View Article
Race in the Trump Era: Coming to Grips with Canada’s Own Racial Past and Present
“I’m moving to Canada!” As a Canadian attending college in the United States, this is a phrase I’ve heard many times from Americans. They seem to always threaten to move to Canada when things are not going their way. I had gotten used to telling Americans that I was Canadian and hearing them joke about… View Article
November 16, 2017
La race à l’ère de Trump : S’attaquer au passé et au présent racial du Canada
« Je déménage au Canada! » En tant que Canadien étudiant aux États-Unis, c’est une phrase que j’ai souvent entendue de la part des Américains. Ils semblent toujours menacer de déménager au Canada lorsque les choses ne se passent pas comme ils veulent. J’avais pris l’habitude de dire aux Américains que j’étais Canadien et de les entendre… View Article
Double Jeopardy: an Exploratory Study of Youth from Immigrant Families Entering the Job Market
This article reports the findings of an online survey and 16 in-depth interviews that show family and friends are neither the predominant nor most useful social resource for young jobseekers from immigrant families. Instead, they tend to use more formal job-search strategies. In our sample, the employment outcomes of ethno-racial minority immigrant youth were less… View Article
November 14, 2017
You Don’t Need to be a Boy or a Girl
This video was produced by Refinery29. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: What does it mean to be feminine? When it comes to gender identity, the boundaries we draw have real consequences. Alok Vaid-Menon, one half of the trans South Asian artist duo Darkmatter, explains why everyone has a stake in challenging the gender… View Article
November 12, 2017
In Our Own Words: When I Talked to My Friends and Family
This video was produced by Mind. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: Thirteen young people, aged 18-25, talk about how their friends and family have reacted to them talking about their mental health problem, good and bad. Find out more about the young people in this video.
November 11, 2017
Safe With Intervention: Report of the Expert Panel on Deaths of Children and Youth in Residential Placements
YouthREX Research Summaries ask Just Six Questions of research publications on key youth issues. These summaries get at what the youth sector needs to know in two pages or less! 1. What is the research about? In the first six months of 2017, five young people died while in the care of a Children’s Aid Society or… View Article
November 9, 2017
A Comparison of Service Use Among Youth Involved with Juvenile Justice and Mental Health
YouthREX Research Summaries ask Just Six Questions of research publications on key youth issues. These summaries get at what the youth sector needs to know in two pages or less! 1. What was this research about? Substantial research evidence indicates that the mental health needs of young offenders have not been adequately addressed. This research study compares… View Article
November 8, 2017
Top 10 Reasons Homeless Youth Struggle to Find Employment
This infographic was created by The 519. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS INFOGRAPHIC: For homeless youth who often have no phone, permanent address, appropriate clothing or resumes, job hunting can prove frustrating and futile. Many homeless youth have no experience or role models to help them navigate the workplace or meet the demands of… View Article
November 7, 2017
Pieces to Pathways: Customized Evaluation Supports Profile
This factsheet was developed by YouthREX about Pieces to Pathways. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS FACTSHEET: This factsheet is a Customized Evaluation Supports (CES) profile of Pieces to Pathways (P2P), a peer-led initiative creating Canada’s first substance use support program for LGBTTQQ2SIA youth, ages 16- to 29-years-old, in Toronto. P2P is focusing its work… View Article
The Protective Association between Pet Ownership and Depression among Street-Involved Youth: A Cross-Sectional Study
YouthREX Research Summaries ask Just Six Questions of research publications on key youth issues. These summaries get at what the youth sector needs to know in two pages or less! 1. What was this research about? This research is about the impact pet ownership has on the mental health status of street-involved youth. Street-involved youth have high… View Article
November 5, 2017
Journeying With Youth: Re-Centering Indigeneity in Child and Youth Care
YouthREX Research Summaries ask Just Six Questions of research publications on key youth issues. These summaries get at what the youth sector needs to know in two pages or less! 1. What was this research about? This research is an exploration of a Youth Mentoring Program (YMP) that was designed to re-centre Indigeneity in child and youth… View Article
November 4, 2017
Youth Unemployment and Underemployment
This video was produced by the Ontario Federation of Labour. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: For decades, young workers have faced challenges getting a foothold in the labour market. In recent years, the austerity agenda has magnified these challenges and hit young people in Ontario particularly hard. In April 2013, youth unemployment in… View Article
First Peoples’ Principles of Learning
This infographic was created by the First Nations Education Steering Committee. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS INFOGRAPHIC: This poster outlines the First Peoples’ Principles of Learning, which reflect a respectful and holistic approach to teaching and learning.
November 2, 2017
Youth Sector Leaders: Perspectives on Evaluation
This video was produced by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: On April 24, 2015, we held a knowledge mobilization event called Beyond Measure? Evaluation and Action in Ontario’s Youth Sector. In order to ground our conversations about evaluation and action in the realities of grassroots and youth-led organizations in Ontario, we invited… View Article
Ahmed Saleh: Neglected Voices
This video was produced by the Tessellate Institute. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: Muslim youth are often at the forefront of international public debate, analysis, and scrutiny. What is often missing from these discourses are the voices of young Muslims themselves. Neglected Voices presents four short films about Muslim youth who are at… View Article
Something to Say: Success Principles for Afterschool Arts Programs from Urban Youth and Other Experts
This infographic was created by the Wallace Foundation. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS INFOGRAPHIC: How can high-quality arts programs attract and retain low-income urban tweens? Drawing on hundreds of interviews with young people, their families, leaders of exemplary programs, and others nationwide, this infographic offers some answers, including 10 principles for developing effective programming.
November 1, 2017
The Violence of Low Expectations | Talisha Ramsaroop
This video was produced by TEDxYorkU. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: The stigmatization of Jane/Finch is no new phenomenon, nor is it a neutral one. The stereotypes attached to the community have real and serious effects. For years, community members have actively tried to combat the stigma through counter narratives, but they cannot… View Article
October 27, 2017
Together We Are… Feathers of Hope: A First Nations Youth Action Plan
This report was published by the Provincial Advocate for Children & Youth. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: More than 100 youth from 62 northern First Nations communities were brought together to share their lived experiences and talk about issues affecting their lives. This action plan focuses on key issues brought forward at the… View Article
Overview of Out of Home Care in the USA and Canada
The paper begins by suggesting that child welfare systems in North America and selected European and Scandinavian countries have converged functionally over the last two decades from a focus on child protection or family service to a more comprehensive child development orientation. The overview of the US in-care system covers the topics of mandatory reporting… View Article
October 25, 2017
Becoming Queerly Responsive: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for Black and Latino Urban Queer Youth
YouthREX Research Summaries ask Just Six Questions of research publications on key youth issues. These summaries get at what the youth sector needs to know in two pages or less! 1. What was this research about? This research addresses the urgent need for safer spaces for Black and Latino Urban Queer Youth (BLUQY) who are frequently survivors… View Article
Moving Toward Reconciliation in Ontario’s Publicly Funded Schools
This report was published by People for Education. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: This report from People for Education shows that Ontario’s provincially-funded schools have a substantial distance to go in order to meet the government’s goals for Indigenous education. This report provides new information on three fronts: Ontario’s progress on closing the… View Article
October 24, 2017
Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline
This infographic was created by the Advancement Project. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS INFOGRAPHIC: Students are being suspended, expelled, shuffled off to disciplinary alternative schools, and even arrested for minor misbehaviour or trivial actions like being late or violating a dress code. Instead of a trip to a counsellor or a call home, students… View Article
October 23, 2017
Rural Health in Rural Hands: Strategic Directions for Rural, Remote, Northern and Aboriginal Communities
This report was published by the Ministerial Advisory Council on Rural Health. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: The mission of Health Canada is to help Canadians maintain and improve their health. Canadians who live in rural, remote, northern and Aboriginal communities face significantly greater health challenges than those living in urban centers for… View Article
Youth Engagement Toolkit: Evaluation Tool
This toolkit was developed by the Ministry of Children & Family Development (British Columbia). HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS TOOLKIT: The Evaluation Tool is intended to help organizations rate their youth engagement practice and understand their areas of strength and areas for improvement. By systematically considering youth engagement practice across five themes of youth… View Article
October 22, 2017
Telling Our Own Stories: Queer Asian Youth Writing Project
This report was published by Asian Community AIDS Services. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: QAY developed a project called Telling Our Own Stories: Queer Asian Youth Writing Project to create a book by and for LGBTQ+ East and Asian youth, the first one to be created in the community. QAY pitched the project… View Article
October 21, 2017
Promoting Post-Secondary Pathways Among Filipino Youth In Ontario
This report was published by York Center for Asian Research. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: In this report, we examine the case of Filipino youth in Ontario, who represent an unexplained anomaly. Despite having parents with among the highest rates of university degree holdership of all immigrant groups, Filipino youth have among the… View Article
Youth Services System Review
This report was published by Child, Youth and Family Services, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: The Youth Services System Review (YSSR) is a review of the current continuum of Ontario services addressing substance use that are available to youth (age 12-24). The YSSR project was funded under… View Article
Safe and Caring Schools for Transgender Students: A Guide for Teachers
This toolkit was developed by the Society for Safe and Caring Schools & Communities. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS TOOLKIT: Students who experience discrimination, whether it is based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or culture, have a legal right to be safe and protected in schools. This booklet… View Article
October 20, 2017
Without A Home: The National Youth Homelessness Survey
This report was published by The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: The Without a Home study is the first pan-Canadian study of young people who experience homelessness. With 1,103 respondents from 47 different communities across 10 provinces and territories, this study’s sample size has enabled us to conduct detailed… View Article
Promoting Mental Health: Finding a Shared Language
This video was produced by CAMH: Health Promotion Resource Centre. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: How do YOU talk about mental health promotion? There is growing discussion about mental health in Ontario and the way we talk about it matters. This brand new video by the CAMH Health Promotion Resource Centre explains the… View Article
A Primer on Intersectionality
This report was published by the African American Policy Forum. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: Social justice advocacy has entered a new era. Rising expectations brought about by the remarkable shift in the national political arena have heightened the need to rethink standard approaches to social justice advocacy. One of the most significant… View Article
October 18, 2017
Systems Thinking Perspectives Applied to Healthcare Transition for Youth with Disabilities, a Paradigm Shift for Practice, Policy and Research
Background Healthcare transition (HCT) for youth with disabilities is a complex phenomenon influenced by multiple interacting factors, including health, personal and environmental factors. Current research on the transition to adulthood for disabled youth has primarily focused on identifying these multilevel factors to guide the development of interventions to improve the HCT process. However, little is… View Article
Essentialism Versus Complexity: Conceptions of Racial Identity Construction in Educational Scholarship
In this article, the North American education-related literature on identity construction among Black youth is reviewed. This body of scholarship is integrated to reveal an implicit two-pronged model for examining identity among racialized persons. The first level of analysis involves unveiling collective strivings for a coherent racial identity in the face of a racist society…. View Article
five14 Talks: Change – Panel Discussion
This video was produced by the Children’s Aid Foundation. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: In response to requests from young people in care to have a greater voice in shaping public perceptions, the Children’s Aid Foundation created five14 Talks on Children and Youth in Care Day (May 14, 2015) to give young people… View Article
October 17, 2017
Stepping Up – Diversity, Social Inclusion & Safety
This factsheet was developed by YouthREX from Stepping Up: A Strategic Framework to Help Ontario’s Youth Succeed by the Ministry of Children & Youth Services. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS FACTSHEET: Stepping Up is a strategic framework from the Ministry of Children & Youth Services that strengthens the Government of Ontario’s commitment to young people. By identifying the government’s priorities, Stepping Up serves… View Article
Anatomy of an Apology
This factsheet was created by Rania El Mugammar. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS FACTSHEET: This factsheet outlines the anatomy of an apology, as developed by Rania El Mugammar, including: Acknowledgement Emotional Uptake Centre the Hurt Accountability + Changed Behaviour Divest From Forgiveness Rania referred to the anatomy of an apology during part two of the YouthREX… View Article
October 14, 2017
Checklist for Putting Positive Youth Development Characteristics into Action in Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs
This toolkit was published by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Adolescent Health. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS TOOLKIT: This checklist helps programs to assess how they are doing at implementing characteristics of positive youth development into their teen pregnancy prevention programs. The eight key practices covered are: Physical and… View Article
The Boy in The Box: Advocating for Incarcerated Youth | Eliza Nagel
This video was produced by TEDxHudson. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: Young people in our prison systems are in a tragically precarious and vulnerable position. This passionate lawyer brings the harsh realities of that world to the forefront with empathy and vision. After a successful, decade-long acting career in New York and LA,… View Article
October 13, 2017
How to Intentionally Teach a Life Skill in a Youth Sport Program: A Case Study Example
This factsheet was developed by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS FACTSHEET: This factsheet was developed from the Game On: Sport Participation as a Vehicle for Positive Development for Youth Facing Barriers report. This case study provides practical strategies that youth sport programmers and frontline workers can use to foster life skills development within youth sport… View Article
Elucidating the Treatment Needs of Gang-Affiliated Youth Offenders
Gang affiliation is strongly associated with youth crime. Although gang prevention, intervention and suppression programmes have been used to reduce affiliation and manage youth gang-related activities, the effectiveness of these approaches is questionable. Further, comprehensive programmes supporting disengagement from gangs that also address the actual criminal behaviours of gang-affiliated youth are rare. Arguably, these are… View Article
October 12, 2017
Understanding the Delivery of a Canadian-based After-school STEM Program
Due to the rising demands for a Canadian workforce with science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)-related education, there is a need to increase youth engagement in STEM education and programming. Research, however, has shown that youth residing in low-income communities are disproportionately affected by psychosocial barriers, which often inhibit meaningful engagement in STEM programming. Visions… View Article
Racial Profiling and Systemic Discrimination of Racialized Youth
This report was published by Commission Des Droits De La Personne Et Des Droits De La Jeunesse. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: The mission of the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (the Commission) is to ensure the promotion and respect of the principles set out in… View Article
Vocational Education in Canada, Do Policy Directions and Youth Trajectories Always Meet
This article provides an overview of vocational education and training (VET) at the secondary level in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, describes the basic guiding principles of VET policies in these provinces and then examines how young people’s trajectories may or may not be in harmony with these policy directions. We argue that… View Article
10 Ways to Meaningfully Engage Underrepresented Youth
This webinar was hosted by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE HOSTS DESCRIBE THIS WEBINAR: This webinar provided valuable insight on how to authentically work with underrepresented, marginalized youth so that you/your organization can effectively develop, inspire, and nurture youth leadership and engagement. Based on her extensive experience working with youth from diverse communities, Amy Hosotsuji, Coordinator… View Article
October 11, 2017
The Benefits of Physical Activity for First Nation, Inuit and Metis Communities: Sharing Knowledge and Community Leading Practices
This report was published by the Saint Elizabeth First Nations, Inuit and Metis Program. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: The goal of this initiative is to encourage the use of the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines in all First Nations, Inuit and Métis community-based programs, through the development and sharing of culturally relevant messages… View Article
October 10, 2017
Growing the Grassroots: Strategies for Building the Organizational Capacity of Youth-Led Organizations and Initiatives
This report was published by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: The long-term viability of youth-led organizations and initiatives necessitates investment in organizational capacity-building work. By building organizational capacity, grassroots youth-led organizations and initiatives will improve their chances of sustainability by increasing their ability to respond to external and internal needs and demands;… View Article
October 9, 2017
Mental Health of Homeless Youth in Canada
This infographic was created by the National Learning Community on Youth Homelessness. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS INFOGRAPHIC: On Thursday, February 28, 2013, 10 organizations in eight Canadian cities completed a snapshot survey of the homeless young people they worked with that day. This infographic is a culmination of the results from the survey.
Exploring Socio-Cultural Factors that Mediate, Facilitate, & Constrain the Health and Empowerment of Refugee Youth
Studies on youth health and well-being are predominantly quantitative and expert-driven with less attention given to how youth understand what it means to be healthy themselves and the role of sociocultural factors in shaping this. Knowledge on the perceptions and experiences of refugee youth is particularly lacking and notable given their unique stressors related to… View Article
LGBTQ2S Homelessness Research Findings
This infographic was created by The 519. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS INFOGRAPHIC: This study took place in Toronto, Ontario, from 2011-2014, by Dr. Alex Abramovich, however, many of the findings and recommendations are relevant to organizations and housing programs serving youth across Canada. The City of Toronto shelter standards were updated after this… View Article
National Rural Youth Assembly | Hwineko Walkingstick
This video was produced by the National Rural Youth Assembly. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: The National Rural Assembly is a network of more than 500 organizations and individuals across the United States working collaboratively to build a stronger, more resilient rural America. We represent the diversity of rural American communities and leadership… View Article
October 8, 2017
Bought and Sold: Recognizing and Assisting Youth Victims of Domestic Sex Trafficking
This report was published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: Domestic minor sex trafficking refers to the commercial sexual exploitation of any American citizen or legal resident under the age of 18. Victims include girls, boys, and transgender youth as young as 12’or even younger…. View Article
October 7, 2017
#KtA2016: Talking Back to the System | Panel Discussion
This video was produced by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: How do we move towards a system that collaboratively supports youth in every context and scale of development? How do we move our knowledge of system dysfunction, violence or plain misalignment into healthy and tangible change that leads to better outcomes for… View Article
Equity Literacy Principles for Educators of Students Experiencing Poverty
This factsheet was created by the Equity Literacy Institute. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS FACTSHEET: Equity literacy is a framework for cultivating the knowledge and skills that enable us to be a threat to the existence of inequity in our spheres of influence. More than cultural competence or diversity awareness, equity literacy prepares us… View Article
More than a Paycheck? The Impact of Summer Youth Employment on Students’ Educational Engagement and Success
This report was published by the Institute for Education and Social Policy. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: This policy brief presents initial findings of the impact of New York City’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) on academic outcomes for public school students. Despite the broad appeal of providing summer jobs for urban youth,… View Article
Youth, Democracy and Civic Engagement: The ‘Apathy is Boring’ Surveys
Apathy is Boring is a national charitable organization that uses art and technology to educate youth about democracy. Over the past several years, it has reached youth through ‘street teams’ at concerts and festivals across Canada, and at the same time surveyed those in attendance to better understand their attitudes toward issues of democratic participation and civic engagement…. View Article
Social Capital Theory: A Cross-Cutting Analytic for Teacher/Therapist Work in Integrating Children’s Services
Reviewing relevant policy, this article argues that the current ‘integration interlude’ is concerned with reformation of work relations to create new forms of ‘social capital’. The conceptual framework of social capital has been used by government policy-makers and academic researchers to examine different types, configurations and qualities of relationships, including professional relations, and how these… View Article
October 6, 2017
Chazz Petrella: The Boy Who Should Have Lived
This video was produced by the CBC’s The Fifth Estate. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: Chazz Petrella had an idyllic childhood in Cobourg, Ontario – four siblings, loving parents, a hobby farm. But that all changed when his rages became too much for his family to handle. He was diagnosed with mental illness… View Article
Changing Leaders, Leading Change: A Leadership Development Model for Marginalized Youth in Urban Communities
This report was published by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: This report identifies and responds to the demographic urgency for supporting long-term approaches that enable urban youth in marginalized communities to reach their full potential. With particular attention given to addressing the structural effects of marginalization through youth leadership development initiatives, the… View Article
October 5, 2017
Youth Empowerment and High School Gay-Straight Alliances
In the field of positive youth development programs, “empowerment” is used interchangeably with youth activism, leadership, civic participation and self-efficacy. However, few studies have captured what empowerment means to young people in diverse contexts. This article explores how youth define and experience empowerment in youth-led organizations characterized by social justice goals: high school Gay-Straight Alliances… View Article
Are We Doing Enough About Youth Poverty?
This video was produced by the Salvation Army. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: We asked Canadians: Are we doing enough about youth poverty? The Salvation Army is an international Christian organization that began its work in Canada in 1882 and has grown to become the largest non-governmental direct provider of social services in… View Article
Around the Rainbow: Toolkit for Educators and Service Providers Working with LGBTTQ Parents & Their Children
This toolkit was developed by Family Services Ottawa. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS TOOLKIT: This toolkit was created by Family Services Ottawa in collaboration with Ottawa communities. The purpose of his toolkit is to aid educators and service providers in understanding and creating supports and strategies for LGBTQ families. This is especially important as… View Article
October 4, 2017
I’m The One Who Is Looking After My Family: Refugee Youth Brokers, Pre-departure, Orientation, and Settlement In Canada
Refugee youth are a commonly ignored group in refugee literature and Canadian government programming. This paper canvasses the voices of refugee youths and provides a critical analysis of the value of pre-departure training programs. Through interviews with Bhutanese youths in Canada, this research finds that many participants took on very adult roles and responsibilities within their respective families, almost… View Article
October 3, 2017
Promising Healing Practices For Interventions Addressing Intergenerational Trauma Among Aboriginal Youth: A Scoping Review
There is growing recognition in Canada around the role of intergenerational trauma in shaping physical and mental health inequities among Aboriginal youth. We examined recommendations on best practices for addressing intergenerational trauma in interventions for Aboriginal youth. Academic- community partnerships were formed to guide this scoping literature review. Peer-reviewed academic literature and ‘grey’ sources were… View Article
Migration and Young People’s Mental Health in Canada: A Scoping Review
YouthREX Research Summaries ask Just Six Questions of research publications on key youth issues. These summaries get at what the youth sector needs to know in two pages or less! 1. What was this research about? Mental health is a significant public health concern. To date, research findings related to the relationship between immigrant youth to Canada… View Article
Learning to Be Illegal: Undocumented Youth and Shifting Legal Contexts in the Transition to Adulthood
This article examines the transition to adulthood among 1.5-generation undocumented Latino young adults. For them, the transition to adulthood involves exiting the legally protected status of K to 12 students and entering into adult roles that require legal status as the basis for participation. This collision among contexts makes for a turbulent transition and has… View Article
October 2, 2017
Racial Healing and Reconciliation Documentary Project
This video was produced by Boston Public Health Commission, Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center, The Kellogg Foundation & Intercultural Productions. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: For the last two years, we have been humbled to bear witness to an incredible youth racial healing project in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighbourhood. As an approach to… View Article
Fact Sheet on HIV and AIDS: Aboriginal Women and Girls in Canada
This factsheet was developed by the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS FACTSHEET: Almost three decades into the HIV epidemic, Aboriginal women are now bearing a disproportionate share of the burden of HIV infection within the Aboriginal HIV and AIDS infection rates. This fact sheet provides more information on the impact… View Article
October 1, 2017
Working with Children and Youth in Challenging Contexts to Promote Youth Engagement
This report was published by the Children And Youth In Challenging Contexts Network. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: The purpose of this knowledge synthesis report is to explore strategies that have been shown to work at engaging vulnerable and at-risk children and youth nurture resilience, prevent mental health problems, and build a special… View Article
Beyond Intellectual Insularity: Multicultural Literacy as a Measure of Respect
We report on a national survey (942 secondary students, 10 school boards, 5 provinces) that measures what young people know about the histories and the intellectual, political, and cultural legacies of racialized peoples, globally and nationally, and where they learned it (school, media, family, community). Intended as a contribution to, and challenge of, existing frameworks… View Article
Safe At School: Addressing The School Environment and LGBT Safety Through Policy and Legislation
This report was published by the National Education Policy Center (USA). HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: This report describes issues facing LGBTQ youth in school contexts, presents concrete policy recommendations, and then offers recommendations for policy change at local and state levels related promoting inclusion, safety, and wellbeing.
Youth-Centered Approaches to Meaningful Engagement: Part One – Program Design & Development
This webinar was hosted by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE HOSTS DESCRIBE THIS WEBINAR: How can we intentionally and meaningfully engage youth in the design, development, and evaluation of our programs? How can we ensure that our work is youth-centered and reflective of youth voice? Youth programs tell us that meaningfully engaging youth is much harder… View Article
September 29, 2017
Pursuing Dreams: Stories of Refugee and Immigrant Youth in California
This video was produced by Refugee Transitions. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: Pursuing Dreams is a series of stories of overcoming odds. That of survival, resilience, and cross-cultural friendships. Stories in this series will highlight moments where opportunity was unlocked and a challenge overcome. Teens Jyoti, Fatuma, and Win immigrated to the United… View Article
Event Recap: Beyond Measure? Evaluation and Action in Ontario’s Youth Sector
This report was published by Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: This report features highlights from the State of the Youth Sector Report World Café session and feedback shared throughout the day from participants. Read on for strategies and insight on evaluation and action in Ontario’s youth sector.
September 28, 2017
Changing Leaders, Leading Change: Youth Leadership Model
This infographic was created by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS INFOGRAPHIC: A youth leadership development model should consider the formal, non-formal, and informal contexts within which cognitive, affective, and behavioural dimensions of leadership learning occur. Insofar as we should be intentional in our work, we must also recognize that learning is a dynamic… View Article
The Challenges of Partnership in School-to-Work Transition
This paper explores the challenges of partnership through an examination of a high school apprenticeship program in carpentry in Ontario, Canada. Focusing on the relationships between schools, trainers, employers and government, challenges relate to the ability to coordinate the program across institutions, achieve agreement on goals, gain commitment from employers and promote a culture of… View Article
Working Together Against Anti-Black Racism in Ontario’s Youth Sector: Part One
This webinar was hosted by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE HOSTS DESCRIBE THIS WEBINAR: How can Ontario’s youth sector work against anti-Black racism to create a more equitable Ontario, eliminating systemic, race-based disparities for Black children and youth? This is the first of a two-part webinar series facilitated by Rania El Mugammar to explore how the… View Article
September 27, 2017
Second-Generation Youth’s Belief in the Myth of Canadian Multiculturalism
Second-generation youth in Toronto, growing up in low-income neighbourhoods, interact primarily with other racialized and ethnicized people. Within this environment they do not experience racial prejudice or discrimination, appreciate the cultural diversity around them, and attribute it to Canada’s ideology of multiculturalism. However, they are beginning to realize their own subjectivity in relation to the… View Article
From ‘At-Risk’ to ‘At-Promise’: Supporting Teens to Overcome Adversity | Victor Rios
This video was produced by TEDx Talks. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: Professor Victor Rios’s 2011 book, Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys (NYU Press), analyzes how juvenile crime policies and criminalization affect the everyday lives of urban youth. He has published on juvenile justice, masculinity, and race and crime… View Article
September 26, 2017
Confined in California: Women and Girls of Colour in Custody
This report was published by African American Policy Forum. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: As home to the largest women’s prison in the nation, California plays a dominant role in the incarceration of women. In 2008, there were approximately 20,000 women incarcerated in the state’s prisons and local jails. In addition, there are… View Article
Youth-led Social Change: Topics, Engagement Types, Organizational Types, Strategies, and Impacts
This paper provides a framework for evaluating youth-led social change. The framework considers: seven topics (e.g., environment, human health and safety, and education); nine engagement types (e.g., volunteerism, research and innovation, and political engagement); six organizational types (e.g., advisory body, social enterprise, and individual); three strategies (socialization, influence, and power); and three scales of impacts… View Article
September 25, 2017
Mic Drop
This podcast was produced by CBC Radio. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS PODCAST: It’s about us. What we’ve been through. What we’re going through. Without any adult interruptions. This is Mic Drop. Teens have a lot to say about this complicated world – are you listening? Mood-swinging, dream-chasing, rule-breaking dramas and adventures. (Because puberty.)… View Article
September 24, 2017
Bullying Experiences Among Children and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Few studies have investigated bullying experiences among children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD); however, preliminary research suggests that children with ASD are at greater risk for being bullied than typically developing peers. The aim of the current study was to build an understanding of bullying experiences among children with ASD based on parent reports… View Article
September 22, 2017
The Power of Transformative Youth Leadership
This report was published by the The Heinz Endowments’ Education Program. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: To develop an effective organizational and field-building strategy the Endowments’ provided a grant to the Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO) to conduct an assessment and make recommendations for building the region’s capacity to engage in youth… View Article
Opportunities in Transition: An Economic Analysis of Investing in Youth Aging Out of Foster Care – Report 3 of 3
This report was published by Fostering Change. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: Compared to their peers who have not experienced foster or other government care, youth aging out of care tend to have greater emotional and other challenges as well as less financial, family and other support to draw on as they transition… View Article
September 21, 2017
Benefits of Youth Engagement for Young People
This infographic was created by the Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child & Youth Mental Health as part of their Youth Engagement Toolkit. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS INFOGRAPHIC: Young people will benefit from youth engagement because it… Increases self-esteem Builds new relationships Reduces depressive symptoms Decreases risk of suicide
September 20, 2017
Using Excel to Manage and Analyze Data
This video was produced by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: This is a short lesson on how to use Microsoft Excel to manage and analyze data for your program evaluations. This lesson was designed and narrated by Sidney Shapiro, a research assistant working in YouthREX’s Northeastern Hub.
Putting the Poverty Toolkit to Work: Poverty and Homelessness
This video was produced by New York University Silver School of Social Work. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: The National Association of Social Workers, New York City Chapter (NASW-NYC), New York University Silver School of Social Work, and the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research are partnering to present a provocative, four-panel… View Article
Identifying Barriers: Creating Solutions to Improve Family Engagement
YouthREX Research Summaries ask Just Six Questions of research publications on key youth issues. These summaries get at what the youth sector needs to know in two pages or less! 1. What was this research about? Parents’ interest and support in their children’s education can have a huge impact on how well children do in school. Therefore,… View Article
September 19, 2017
What is a School Board Trustee?
This video was produced by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: What is a school board trustee, and how do they serve students and their communities? Not all civics classes will teach you about school board elections, but students have the most to gain from having a great school board trustee. This short… View Article
Willingness to Remain Friends and Attend School with Lesbian and Gay Peers: Relational Expressions of Prejudice Among Heterosexual Youth
In this study, heterosexual students’ willingness to remain friends with peers who disclose that they are gay or lesbian and their willingness to attend schools that include gay and lesbian students were examined among two large middle school and high school samples (Sample 1: n = 20,509; 50.7% girls; Sample 2: n = 16,917; 50.2%… View Article
September 18, 2017
Barriers to Physical Activity for Children and Youth in Ontario
This report was published by Public Health Ontario. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: Given the low proportion of Canadian children and youth currently meeting recommended physical activity guidelines, there is a need to identify specific barriers that prevent this population from participating in physical activity. This evidence brief asks: what are the barriers… View Article
September 16, 2017
Seeking Better Outcomes for Youth in Hamilton
This report was published by Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: This report has been prepared by the Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton in partnership with the United Way of Burlington and Greater Hamilton as a resource for addressing youth issues in Hamilton. It has… View Article
Pieces to Pathways: Report to the Toronto Central LHIN
This report was published by Pieces to Pathways. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: The project was funded by the Toronto Central LHIN, and was conducted between December 22nd 2014 and March 31st 2015. The six (6) project staff represented the population i.e. LGBTTQQ2SIA transitional age youth in recovery from substance use (apart from… View Article
Putting Program Evaluation into Practice: Enhancing the Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Program
YouthREX Research Summaries ask Just Six Questions of research publications on key youth issues. These summaries get at what the youth sector needs to know in two pages or less! 1. What was this research about? There have been a number of calls to increase youth development opportunities for female youth, particularly those that occur within a… View Article
September 13, 2017
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