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Family Matters: the Role of Mental Health Stigma and Social Support on Depressive Symptoms and Subsequent Help Seeking Among African American Boys
African American adolescent boys underutilize mental health service due to stigma associated with depression. Gaining an increased understanding of how depressed, African American adolescent boys perceive their mental health needs and engage in help-seeking behaviors might play an essential role in efforts to improve their symptoms and access to care. Using a mixed methods design,… View Article
April 16, 2017
We Have Something to Say: Young People and Their Families Speak Out about Special Needs and Change
This report was published by the Provincial Advocate for Children & Youth. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: Based on the many hundreds of calls we receive annually from young people with special needs and their families frustrated with the gaps and barriers they encounter in the service system, we felt the time was… View Article
April 15, 2017
Sexual Orientation, Parental Support, and Health During the Transition to Young Adulthood
Some recent studies suggest that sexual minorities may have worse health-related outcomes during adolescence because they report lower levels of family connectedness, a key protective resource. We examine whether lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) young adults report lower levels of parental support than their heterosexual peers and whether differences in parental support help explain why… View Article
In Their Words: Overcoming Physical & Sexual Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Substance Abuse
This video was produced by the Children’s Aid Foundation. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: A brief compilation of intimate and powerful stories from young people from the child welfare system who share their personal experiences of being exposed to physical and sexual abuse, drug abuse, and domestic violence.
April 14, 2017
Tea Consent
This video was produced by Emmeline May and Blue Seat Studios. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: This seemingly simple cartoon video unpacks a various serious issue – consent. The video explains what consent means by comparing it to making tea.
April 13, 2017
Stepping Stones: Early Adulthood Emotional Development
This factsheet was developed by the Ministry of Children & Youth Services. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS FACTSHEET: Across Ontario, hundreds of dedicated organizations and individuals are making a difference for youth every day. Stepping Stones is intended to support and enhance the work of these adult allies by presenting a shared understanding of how youth develop… View Article
April 12, 2017
And Still We RISE: Community-Based Responses to Supporting Youth Involved with the Law
YouthREX’s recent report, Supporting Positive Outcomes for Youth Involved with the Law, identifies three ‘vexing’ questions that have been asked throughout the history of youth criminal justice: Why do youth become involved in the justice system? What is the best way to support them once they do? How can Social Science research inform interventions to improve… View Article
Stepping Stones: Early Adulthood Social Development
This factsheet was developed by the Ministry of Children & Youth Services. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS FACTSHEET: Across Ontario, hundreds of dedicated organizations and individuals are making a difference for youth every day. Stepping Stones is intended to support and enhance the work of these adult allies by presenting a shared understanding of how youth develop… View Article
Creating a Successful Bridging Program: A “How To” Guide
This toolkit was published by Illinois Community College Board. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS TOOLKIT: This toolkit is a “How To” guide for creating successful bridging programs. It features 10 worksheets that are focused on various topics, including Process Maps, Planning for Student Assessment, Curriculum Checklists, Career Planning, and more.
April 11, 2017
five14 Talks: Rita Soronen – Unadoptable in Unacceptable
This video was produced by the Children’s Aid Foundation. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: Rita Soronen is the President and CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. For more than 30 years, she has worked on behalf of vulnerable kids from local to national levels to find them permanent homes. She is… View Article
April 10, 2017
Top Eight Good Practices for Parent/Caregiver Engagement with Black Families
This factsheet was developed by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS FACTSHEET: This factsheet was developed by summarizing a review of research literature on parent/caregiver engagement with Black families.
April 8, 2017
Integrating Arts-Based Inquiry in Evaluation Methodology Opportunities and Challenges
This article examines the case for the use of the creative arts in the process of designing, conducting, analyzing, and disseminating evaluations. The authors argue that using the creative arts in the process of evaluation evokes different ways of knowing and understanding the values of a program. The insights gained offer a unique addition to… View Article
April 7, 2017
Using Excel for Attendance Surveys and Graphs
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 create surveys and graphs for attendance records. This lesson was designed and narrated by Sidney Shapiro, a research assistant working in YouthREX’s Northeastern Hub.
April 6, 2017
Cook it Up! A Community-based Cooking Program for At-risk Youth, Overview of a Food Literacy Intervention
In Canada, there are limited occasions for youth, and especially at-risk youth, to participate in cooking programs. The paucity of these programs creates an opportunity for youth-focused cooking programs to be developed, implemented, and evaluated with the goal of providing invaluable life skills and food literacy to this potentially vulnerable group. Thus, an 18-month community-based… View Article
April 5, 2017
Beyond Measure? Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Key Informant Interviewees
This infographic was created by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS INFOGRAPHIC: Program evaluation has the potential to inform and improve youth work practice, as well as help youth sector organizations and initiatives to better understand the impact of their work. The report presents findings from the first province-wide study of the Ontario youth… View Article
April 4, 2017
What’s in a Logic Model?
This infographic was created by Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS INFOGRAPHIC: Evaluations of youth programs are better when they are grounded in a clear program theory. A youth program can more effectively learn from their evaluation when they have clear goals, objectives, and expected outcomes. A logic model clarifies… View Article
Reflections on My Journey as a Program Evaluator
Do you think of yourself as an evaluator? I never did until recently … Although evaluation has always been part of my job as a Program Manager, the idea of evaluation itself was never all that appealing to me. Chasing surveys from participants, analyzing data in Excel … I guess it all seemed a bit… View Article
April 3, 2017
I’m Seventeen | Kate Simonds
This video was produced by TEDxBoise. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: Kate Simonds is a senior at Timberline High School and is thrilled to be speaking at TEDxBoise. She devotes most of her time to One Stone, a local student-run, non-profit organization, serving on the Board of Directors as Chair of External Relations…. View Article
April 2, 2017
Stuck in Transition, Exploring the Spaces of Employment Training for Youth with Intellectual Disability
This paper is concerned with the experiences of young adults with intellectual disabilities as they transition from high school in search of paid employment. The experiences of people with intellectual disability remain under-researched within geography. We use qualitative techniques to examine the experiences of six young adults with intellectual disabilities. Data are drawn from interviews… View Article
April 1, 2017
What’s Up? What Young Teens and Parents Want From Youth Programs
This article looks at how young teens and their parents offer complex and often idiosyncratic reasons and insights into why they do or do not participate in structured activities. Young teens and their parents clearly state that the “if you build it, they will come” approach, even if it is well built, is only part… View Article
Investing in the Relationship: Practitioners’ Relationships with Looked-After Children and Care Leavers in Social Work Practices
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? In order to improve outcome for youth in and leaving care, there has been a policy shift in the UK to… View Article
Bridging Programs: Pathways to Equity in Post-Secondary Education
This webinar was hosted by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE HOSTS DESCRIBE THIS WEBINAR: Participation in post-secondary education (PSE) enhances the quality of life and wellbeing of individuals, communities, and societies overall. Unfortunately, certain groups of young people are underrepresented in PSE. Bridging programs have the potential to respond to the many and often overlapping challenges… View Article
YouthREX’s Customized Evaluation Supports
This webinar was hosted by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE HOSTS DESCRIBE THIS WEBINAR: YouthREX’s Customized Evaluation Supports meet grassroots organizations where their evaluation capacity is at. While grassroots organizations share many similarities, our CES approach recognizes that all organizations are unique, have different histories, work in different contexts, and have staff with varying capacity. We… View Article
March 31, 2017
Parenting, Family Processes, Relationships and Parental Support in Multiracial and Multiethnic Families: An Exploratory Study of Youth Perceptions
Mixed-race or multiethnic youth are at risk for mental and physical health problems. We used data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1997 to compare family characteristics of adolescents of a mixed-race or multiethnic background with those of a monoracial or monoethnic background. Mixed-race or multiethnic youth reported feeling less supported by parents and… View Article
“It is Just Not Part of the Culture Here”: Young Adults’ Photo-narratives About Smoking, Quitting, and Healthy Lifestyles in Vancouver, Canada
In this article we consider young adults’ photo-narratives about smoking and quitting and their linkages to themes of healthy lifestyles and the culture of place in Vancouver, Canada. Drawing from a pilot study using participant-driven photography with a group of twelve young women and men ages nineteen to twenty-six, participants’ visual and narrative representations of… View Article
March 29, 2017
Passing Ellenville: A Film on Rural Transgender Youth
This video was produced by Samuel Centore and Gene Fischer. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: Passing Ellenville follows two transgender youth in a small, economically-depressed town in the Catskills mountains of New York, and their struggles during the gender transition process. This video is a trailer for the film.
March 28, 2017
The Roles of Family, Peer, School and Attitudinal Factors in Cannabis Use Across Immigrant Generations of Youth
The objective of this study was to examine the associations of family, school, peer, and attitudinal factors with cannabis use among three immigrant generations of youth.The sample consisted of 3,134 students from the 2009 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey, a provincewide survey of 7th- to 12th-grade students. Results indicate that the odds of… View Article
March 26, 2017
Trent’s Trajectory
This infographic was created by Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS INFOGRAPHIC: Trent’s Trajectory is the fictional account of a 16-year-old teenager as he becomes an adult. The infographic, created by Wade Thompson, begins by discussing the risk and resiliency factors Trent faces. The story then branches into two paths…. View Article
Moving Girls into Confidence
This factsheet was published by the Canadian Women’s Foundation. HERES HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS FACTSHEET. This factsheet provides recent information and statistics related to the experiences and needs of Canadian girls. It discusses girls’ mental health, sexual assault, and sexualization, and provides a case for why it is important to work together to empower… View Article
March 25, 2017
Enhancing Youth Leadership Through Sport and Physical Education
Leadership is an important life skill that can and should be developed in young people. Sport and physical activity contexts have been identified as a prime venue for developing leadership in youths, but they are underused. Coaches and physical educators can play an integral role in helping their athletes and students to develop leadership skills…. View Article
Youth Apprenticeships in Canada: on their Inferior Status Despite Skilled Labour Shortages
In Canada, youth apprenticeships have been promoted as an educational alternative that leads to the development of valuable skills, allows for the opportunity to earn an income while learning and helps youth to gain a head start into lucrative, creative and in-demand careers. Yet, these programmes have remained rather marginal and continue to be perceived… View Article
YouthREX 2015 Launch!
This video was produced by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: This video footage covers the 2015 launch of Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange (YouthREX), whose mission is to achieve an Ontario where shared knowledge is transformed into positive impact for all youth. YouthREX aims to answer two questions: 1) How can we… View Article
March 24, 2017
‘Project Awareness’: Fostering Social Justice Youth Development to Counter Youth Experiences of Housing Instability, Trauma, and Injustice
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? The research is about how those working with youth experiencing housing instability can engage youth to shape programming and service delivery… View Article
March 22, 2017
Ontario Launches Ontario Black Youth Action Plan
“I want black youth in this province to know that their lives matter.” – Hon. Michael Coteau, Minister of Children and Youth Services and Minister Responsible for Anti-Racism Finally! After decades of persistent and untiring advocacy by community stakeholders, the Ontario Government launched a 3-year Anti-Racism Strategy: A Better Way Forward on March 07, 2017. As part of… View Article
March 21, 2017
Strategies for Fostering Positive Youth Development Outcomes in Sport Programs for Youth
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. The factsheet offers practical strategies within five program areas that can be used by staff when developing and implementing a sport-based program that… View Article
Tap Into the Power of Youth with Disabilities
This video was produced by Independence First. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: Kids with disabilities have been included in schools and told by their parents that they can be what they want to be. Are employers and higher education ready to accept their role to accommodate these individuals and help them to realize… View Article
March 19, 2017
WI Youth First: Going to Work Video #4 – Job Interview Skills
This video was produced by Wisconsin Youth First. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: When should a person tell an employer they have a disability? How should they do it? How might employers and co-workers react to it? Telling others about your disability is one of the most important and sometimes difficult hurdles a… View Article
YouthREX’s Logic Model Template
This toolkit was created by YouthREX. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS TOOLKIT: A logic model clarifies all the components and intended outcomes of the program so the evaluation of your program can focus on the most central and important questions. Creating an accurate logic model is important, as it ensures that stakeholders participating in… View Article
March 18, 2017
CannabisIQ: A Resource for Youth
This infographic was created by the Early Psychosis Intervention Ontario Network (EPION) as part of their #MyCannabisIQ initiative. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS INFOGRAPHIC: This postcard was created to help youth make informed decisions about cannabis use. Know the drug. Know yourself. Know the risks.
March 13, 2017
A Social Media Approach to Inform Youth About Breast Cancer and Smoking: An Exploratory Descriptive Study
Tobacco exposure during periods of breast development has been shown to increase risk of premenopausal breast cancer. An urgent need exists, therefore, to raise awareness among adolescent girls about this new evidence, and for adolescent girls and boys who smoke to understand how their smoking puts their female peers at risk for breast cancer. The… View Article
Tackling Youth Poverty
This video was produced by TVO’s The Agenda. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: Ontario’s Minister of Children & Youth Services Laurel Broten joins The Agenda for a progress report on the government’s plan to reduce child poverty.
March 11, 2017
Human Sexuality is Complicated
This video was produced by the vlogbrothers. HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS VIDEO: This is a quick video intended to give a clear, yet basic, explanation of human sexuality.
Key Policy Issues in Aboriginal Education: An Evidence-Based Approach
This report was published by the Council Ministers of Education. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: In Learn Canada 2020, provincial and territorial ministers of education, acting through the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), affirmed their commitment to improving outcomes for Aboriginal students and identified the gaps in academic achievement and graduation… View Article
March 10, 2017
Principles for Engaging with Families
This report was published by National Quality Improvement Network. HERE’S HOW THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE THIS REPORT: For a long time in the UK, there has been an ongoing national and local debate about how to engage families in child and adult services. Recent and current government initiatives set out an agenda for engaging families. A… View Article
March 9, 2017
Youth Data Collection in Action
I never imagined I would be collecting and analyzing data as a Carleton University Social Work placement student with YouthREX. However, my time at YouthREX gave me many opportunities to see research and evaluation from a new perspective. During my placement, I worked with the YouthREX team to collect survey data at a local event… View Article
March 8, 2017
All History, All the Time
This is my unpopular opinion. Black History Month is a problem. In my experience, February is a month of reflection, not progress. Before I was old enough to understand the full implications of Black History Month, I knew this: I would be expected to act as an ambassador of Blackness during every class discussion. Every time…. View Article
February 21, 2017
Toute l’histoire, tout le temps
C’est mon opinion impopulaire. Le Mois de l’histoire des Noirs est un problème. D’après mon expérience, février est un mois de réflexion, pas de progrès. Avant d’être assez vieux pour comprendre toutes les implications du Mois de l’histoire des Noirs, je savais ceci : on s’attendrait à ce que je joue le rôle d’ambassadeur de… View Article
The Power of Bringing People Together: Four Strategies for Intentional Event Design
The times we are living in and the challenges we face in both the youth sector and in society, call for more effective meetings, better engagement processes, participatory leadership, and the ability to craft strategy from collective wisdom and intelligence. We need to move beyond the status quo towards co-learning and evolution in a way… View Article
January 30, 2017
Pieces of the Whole: Looking at the Puzzle of Youth and Community Development
I like to imagine community development as a large puzzle, with multiple layers, perspectives, and players working together to create this masterpiece. Grassroots youth initiatives are similar to the outer pieces of the puzzle, helping to provide shape and structure. YouthREX is like one of the inner puzzle pieces that provides connective supports that contribute… View Article
January 23, 2017
Moving in the Right Direction: Integrating Positive Development in Youth Support
“A community where youth have space, support and freedom to play tends to be one with less crime and more post-secondary graduates.” – Play Works, 2016, p. 2 Did you know that sport activities are the most popular extra-curricular activity for youth across Canada? Over 80% of youth participate in at least one organized sport… View Article
January 17, 2017
Girls Run the World
This month’s theme is Girls Run the World – partly inspired by Beyoncé, because, of course, but also by a few other important things specific to this month! On December 6, we recognized the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women in Canada, which serves as a reminder of how important it is… View Article
December 14, 2016
“Beyonce is my Mother”: Getting to Know One Another is Key to Mentorship
A core value that shapes YouthREX’s work with Ontario’s youth sector is a commitment to exploring meaningful ways to engage youth so that youth voice and experiences drive our research and evaluation processes. One of the ways that YouthREX engages youth is through our New Opportunities for Innovative Student Engagement (NOISE) Project – a collaborative… View Article
December 5, 2016
Post-Exchange Design Day Recap: Eight Ideas for Youth Wellbeing
On Saturday, October 29, YouthREX welcomed over 40 youth sector stakeholders to our Post-Exchange Design Day, hosted in collaboration with the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Youth Opportunity Fund and MaRS Solutions Lab. We were also fortunate to have a team member from Youth Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) start the day off by hosting a wonderful icebreaker activity… View Article
November 23, 2016
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 understand ourselves as treaty people influences how we live as treaty people. The Government of Ontario has declared that the first week of November is Treaties Recognition Week. The week calls attention… View Article
November 9, 2016
Supporting Community Participation in Grassroots Youth Programs: Five Recommendations on Program Implementation Evaluation
Community-based youth programs create a range of positive outcomes, including increased community health, wellbeing, and civic engagement, to name a few. These programs are often designed democratically with the participation of community residents. Designing a program is only the first step to actually bringing a program to life. The journey of the taking a program proposal and animating it in real-world settings requires… View Article
November 3, 2016
Development in Youth Work: Critical Theories and Questions
YouthREX just completed another run of our professional development certificate for Ontario youth workers: Critical Youth Work: Bridging Theory and Practice. We piloted three cohorts earlier this year and have since held the certificate in Ottawa and Peel. In November, we will engage with youth workers in Thunder Bay and in the new year it will… View Article
October 4, 2016
An Interview with Eric Mezin, Director of the Council of Educators of Toronto
YouthREX recently launched a second Moving the Dial report on access to post-secondary, Bridging Programs: Pathways to Equity in Post-Secondary. In light of this launch, we sat down with Eric Mezin, Director of the Council of Educators of Toronto (CET) to hear his thoughts on access to post-secondary education (PSE) and to learn about the CET’s unique approach… View Article
September 28, 2016
How to Effectively Use Arts-Based Activities in Youth Work
In this blog, I explain how arts-based activities can support the goals of youth work by serving as tools for exploration, sharing, and discussion. One of the key lessons for youth workers to consider when engaging youth in arts activities is asking effective open questions that can broaden or deepen a discussion. Directly asking a… View Article
September 14, 2016
Seeing Ourselves: Representations of “Successful” Students and the Erasure of Black Youth
Canadians, particularly Torontonians, flaunt our diversity, inclusion, and our ‘mosaic’ society. Toronto is one of the most diverse cities in the world, something that makes me proud and provides an advantage in this globalized world. However, we still have work to do to truly connect diversity and opportunity; simply having people of different colors living… View Article
September 6, 2016
Se voir : représentations des élèves « à succès » et effacement de la jeunesse Noire
Les Canadiens, en particulier les Torontois, affichons notre diversité, notre inclusion et notre société « mosaïque ». Toronto est l’une des villes les plus diversifiées au monde, ce qui me rend fier et me donne un avantage dans ce monde globalisé. Cependant, nous avons encore du travail à faire pour vraiment connecter la diversité et les opportunités…. View Article
Report Launch: Trans Youth and the Right to Access Public Washrooms
The following is an excerpt from YouthREX’s Research to Practice Report: Trans Youth and the Right to Access Public Washrooms “Entering a public washroom for the purpose of a necessary biological function should not be a shaming experience or a problem of any sort.” – Lori B. Girshick It is already difficult to be a youth with all… View Article
August 23, 2016
Taking the Youth Program Evaluation Plunge: Starting Where You Are and Figuring Out What You Need to Know
Members of the youth sector understand the youth they work with and design engaging and meaningful activities that make an impact on youths’ lives. At the same time, funders ask organizations to report on the impact that their programs have by using quantitative and qualitative methods and metrics, approaches that often seem removed from the… View Article
August 16, 2016
Using Arts-Based Activities to Collect Program Evaluation Data
Sometimes, working with youth can be challenging, daunting, and even painful. Bringing fun and creativity to our work can be energizing for us, and can also sustain us through difficult moments. I’ve been studying the facilitation of arts-based methods in group work with marginalized children and youth for almost 10 years. I’ve also trained several graduate students… View Article
August 9, 2016
Get Out the Vote! Young People as a “New Political Force”
“While they still punch below their weight electorally, young Canadians represent a powerful new political force that will continue to shape the future of Canadian politics for the next three decades, much like their parents’ generation, the Baby Boomers, did for the previous three.” – (The Next Canada: Politics, Political Engagement, and Priorities of Canada’s… View Article
August 6, 2016
The Whys, Ways, and Means of Summer Youth Employment
“A first job means more than a paycheque. It can mean increased self-confidence, access to mentors, exposure to opportunities beyond your neighbourhood, understanding the value of education, and it builds the belief that your current circumstances do not define your future possibilities.” – Susan McIssac, Former President and CEO, United Way Toronto and York Region,… View Article
July 25, 2016
Taking Care During Times of Anti-Black Trauma
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” – Audre Lorde The last couple weeks have been difficult to process – for me, individually, for black people, for our communities, and for society at large. With the blatant anti-black racism that occurred at and in response… View Article
July 16, 2016
Prendre soin de soi pendant les périodes de traumatisme anti-Noir
“Prendre soin de moi n’est pas de l’auto-indulgence, c’est de l’auto-préservation et c’est un acte de lutte politique.” – Audre Lorde Les deux dernières semaines ont été difficiles à aborder pour moi, individuellement, pour les personnes Noires, pour nos communautés et pour la société dans son ensemble. Avec le racisme anti-Noir flagrant qui s’est produit… View Article
CAMH Ontario Drug Use and Health Survey
Quick Fact: The number of Ontario adolescents experiencing moderate to serious psychological distress jumped to 34% in 2014 from 24% in 2013. (CAMH) The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) recently released their latest Ontario Student Drug Use & Health Survey. This survey, the longest running school study of adolescents in Canada is conducted every two years. This year,… View Article
July 7, 2016
Beyond the Single Story
This year the holy month of Ramadan and PRIDE month overlap. Traditionally, Ramadan is a period of peace and PRIDE is a time for celebration. This June, many in both communities are in shock and mourning in the wake of the utterly tragic and senseless loss of 49 young lives in Orlando, Florida. I think… View Article
June 23, 2016
Youth Councils: Finding the Right Fit
“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 public value to the entire community.” – Carmen Martinez, United States Diplomat As a new school year approaches, I am reminded of my… View Article
June 14, 2016
Youth Suicides in Woodstock, Ontario
Quick Fact: Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young Canadians between the ages of 10 and 24. (CMHA) Today, at around 9:00am, hundreds of students walked out of classes in Woodstock, Ontario in response to the suicides of five youth under age 19 in the city since late February. Officials report that there… View Article
May 25, 2016
Federal Transgender Legislation
Quick Fact: Statistics collected by TransPULSE in Ontario determined that “on the basis of gender identity, 73% of trans people have been made fun of, 39% have been turned down for a job, 26% have been assaulted, and 24% have even been harassed by police.” Yesterday, in Montreal, Prime Minister Trudeau accepted the Laurent McCutcheon Award… View Article
May 17, 2016
The State of Child and Youth Protection in Ontario: Can the Tangle be Unwoven?
“It takes a village to raise a child.” No one is really sure where this proverb comes from, “it takes a village to raise a child.” But the sense behind it has widespread currency: society has a responsibility for the protection and flourishing of children and youth. I take the opportunity of the upcoming annual… View Article
May 13, 2016
The Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth Launches We Have Something to Say
“Growing up we both faced many challenges with systems that were not responsive to our needs or the needs of a family member. We felt dismissed and that our opinions were not considered in any decision-making. We Have Something to Say is important to us because we want to be part of creating change now… View Article
May 11, 2016
Getting to the Point with Just 6 Questions
Are you interested in learning about research that matters to youth work, but find you never have time to get around to it? YouthREX’s mission is to make research evidence and evaluation practices accessible and relevant to Ontario’s grassroots youth sector. Accessibility and relevance are two guiding lights for our knowledge mobilization team. In order… View Article
May 4, 2016
Ontario Government Announces New Autism Investments
Quick Fact: There are an estimated 40,000 children and youth in Ontario with ASD. At the end of last month, the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services announced a $333 million investment into a new autism program aimed at reducing waitlists and providing better services for families. Youth with autism are identified in Ontario’s Stepping… View Article
April 26, 2016
Attawapiskat – State of Emergency
A state of emergency has been called in Attawapiskat after an increasing number of young people attempted suicide in the remote Ontario First Nation. 11 First Nations youth attempted suicide in one night on Saturday, April 09, 2016 and since September of 2015, over 100 suicide attempts were made by residents in the community. Mental… View Article
April 14, 2016
Evaluate This! Expanding our Evaluation Repertoire to Include Youth
What’s happening? What happened? What worked? What can I do differently next time to achieve a better outcome? These common, though informal, reflections play in the back of my mind throughout my daily experiences. Whether I ask these in relation to new or ongoing circumstances, I am constantly involved in evaluative work. In principle, in… View Article
April 5, 2016
Research Reflection: Mental Health and Transitions from Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood
I am graduating from high school this year and next year I am entering a nursing program. I am most interested in the issues of health in relation to youth. As a Youth Research Assistant with the Knowledge Mobilization Team at YouthREX, I’ve chosen the research summary on the article Mental Health and Transitions from Adolescence… View Article
March 30, 2016
Youth Voice: Meaningful Youth Participation in Program Evaluation Isn’t Easy
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 results of a series of in-depth interviews with grassroots youth sector leaders. As part of both methods, we asked people about how youth were involved… View Article
March 9, 2016
Pictures of Practice: Evaluation and Representation
If we don’t represent experience, how can we share it with those who aren’t present? Evaluation is a way of ‘taking pictures’ of what is going on in an intentional and thoughtful way. One of the delights of working with the youth sector is seeing how many possible pathways there are to achieving outcomes associated with… View Article
October 25, 2015
F|PYN – Frontline Systems of Support
“‘Self-care’ becomes a radical act when we take the risk and allow ourselves to be truly seen, and taken care of, by others. Let’s take risks and take care of each other, honestly and accurately name problems, and renew our innate gifts as healers, artists, organizers, creators, and maintainers of healthy systems.” – Jenny Katz… View Article
October 22, 2015
Voices from the Frontline: Self-Care
“To be honest, the work is beautiful. It’s fulfilling, it carves a well within you, it makes you a whole, fuller, better person.” – Duane Hall, Spoke N’ Heard When we first started working together, we were most excited about finding creative and meaningful ways for us to highlight the stories and experiences of frontline youth… View Article
October 19, 2015
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