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YAC/YLT Annual Meeting
On February 9, 2012, 28 members (from every province and territory) of Health Canada's Youth Action Committee (YAC)/Young Adult Leadership Team (YLT) on tobacco re-connected in Ottawa, Ontario to begin their annual meeting. Committee members provided feedback and heard from Health Canada on smartphone applications for tobacco cessation, health warning messages, social media/blogging strategies and tobacco bio-markers Throughout the weekend, committee members had a chance to plan Read more...
This Is Canada: A Young Decision Makers Gathering
Join the Students Commission on March 21st for a five-day gathering of 100 youth who will explore what it really means when we say, "This Is Canada". A gathering of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal young people who want to learn, share, build and decide what can be done by young people to address the issues relating to racism and discrimination in Canada, quite often directed at Aboriginal Peoples, newcomers and low income families. Read more...
Unite and Ignite Conference
It's that time of year again! Are you interested in taking action on key issues facing young people today?! Then Unite and Ignite 2012 is where you want to be and it's just around the corner. The annual Unite and Ignite Conference will be held March 22nd - 25th in Ottawa, Ontario and will bring together youth, young adults and adult allies from across the country to address and take action on key issues, building healthy relationships. This year, we will look at addressing sexuality, suicide, bullying, substance abuse, self-esteem and youth retention/engagement. If you or your youth centre is interested in attending, get more information here.
If you need help raising funds for the conference, then check out this fundraising toolkit which will help you raise the funds to travel and attend the conference. For more information, give us a call at 416-597-8297 and ask about Unite and Ignite 2012! We are here to help you GET THERE!!!
The Blueprint Project
In the next year three communities in Canada will have the chance to participate in the Blueprint Project. They will work to create workshops in their community to inform and influence young people on violence in women's lives. Developing tools (posters, blogs, newsletters, videos and workshops) they will help share their ideas with a wider audience of young people and adults.BetterToBreathe Tour, November 2011
During the first weeks of November, the Youth Action Committee (YAC) and Young Adult Leadership Team (YLT) on Tobacco, with the support of the Students Commission of Canada, travelled on a bettertobreathe.com tour to promote tobacco awareness through their national blog: bettertobreathe.com.
At regional events in Saskatoon, Toronto, Miramichi, Fredericton and Halifax, YAC/YLT members have been using bettertobreathe.com to inform youth and young adults on the effects of smoking and ways to quit. Five hundred bettertobreathe t-shirts have been given away (as prizes) to youth across the country. More than 5000 young people have received informal presentations on tobacco issues and bettertobreathe.com.
Check out these photos and videos from our bettertobreathe.com tour and visit bettertobreathe.com and www.studentscommission.ca/yac_ylt/ for more information.
Youth Matters and the SC in Miramachi
The national team of the Students Commission of Canada supported the New Brunswick Youth Matters conference in Miramichi last week, working to study, discuss, decide and inform decision-makers on the key issues for youth in Northern New Brunswick.
Young people presented their recommendations on the issues of national connection, youth engagement, culture, stereotypes, self-esteem, the right to play and the UN convention on the rights of the child.
The Youth Matters Conference in Miramichi, New Brunswick wrapped up with young people speaking directly to regional representatives from the Police, local town councils, Rotary Clubs, the Chamber of Commerce, and community colleges. Youth presented their recommendations and personal stories.
HYPE Conference
The Students Commission of Canada national team launched the H.Y.P.E. (How Young People Engage) conference on November 9th, 2011 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Young people and adult allies from across Saskatchewan came together to study, discuss and make decisions concerning issues including alcohol awareness, gay-straight alliances, slam poetry, tobacco awareness. Adults participated in adult ally training. At the end of the day, community groups came together to develop action plans based on their experiences and the information shared at the conference - the Young Decision Makers model in ACTION!!!
For the first time ever, the H.Y.P.E. conference had out-of-province representation, with members of Health Canada's Youth Action Committee and Young Adult Leadership Team (YAC/YLT) joining in to learn and build constituency with other young people. YAC/YLT members presented a workshop on issues concerning social smoking, waterpipe tobacco and tobacco company marketing strategies. Check out the YAC/YLT national blog for the latest updates at bettertobreathe.com.
Health Follow-up
A youth committee from the Healthy Behaviours in School-Age Children (HBSC) conference last spring is working to turn the HBSC study into videos and resources.
Building a Better Ontario
The Building a Better Ontario Project, with funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, is creating consistent tools and procedures to help youth-serving organizations in Ontario evaluate their processes and the outcomes of their youth engagement programs.
Organizations that have already agreed to partner on this project are the City of Kitchener, Girl Guides of Canada, the Multicultural Youth Council of Thunder Bay, the Ontario Lung Association, Parks and Recreation Ontario, the YMCA of Greater Toronto, Youth Centres Canada (TYPS), as well as academics from Brock University, Lakehead University, the Social Program Evaluation Group of Queen's University, and Wilfrid Laurier University. The project will help move forward work from the YEP4 conference in May 2011, where 30 Ontario organizations agreed upon some youth engagement principles and agreed to work together to advance collaborative evaluation work. The report and plan can be viewed by clicking here. To get involved send an email to sharifm@tgmag.ca or call 416-597-8297.
Drug Buzz / Influence in Action
Influence in Action is working on ways that young people can influence and support other youth in making healthy choices. Check it out...
Help us celebrate our 20th anniversary in 2011!!
Optimists Gus Croteau (right) and Paul Mills receive the Founders Circle Award from Director Liz Panighel (left) and Executive Director Stoney McCart as part of our 20th Anniversary celebrations.
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