• Project Drug Buzz is taking off! We're finding ways to go to the youth role models of your school or community to influence and inform you about cannabis. If you are interested in bringing us to your school, contact us at: tgmag@tgmag.ca.


• A Report from the Ontario Youth Assembly on Gambling and Co-Addictions, was submitted to the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion. Here is their report!


• The Toronto PEACE youth group has been working on the issues and tools for the Drug Buzz Project.

What does a pair of loons nesting on an old swimming raft have in common with Canadian youth? Loonatic Perspectives, by Stoney McCart and Todd Ward, with its rare photos and stories will tell you. You can learn more about The Students Commission and its work by donating at http://www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=d85257, or by sending an email to tgmag@tgmag.ca, or by calling 416 597 8297 and asking for Angie or Jean. Donations of $30 plus receive a softcover version of Loonatic Perspectives, donations of $50 or more a hardcover version. To see a sample page, click here.

The PEACE Project is a program that develops awareness on gun & gang violence, while also promoting a positive relationship between youth and the Toronto Police Service. The PEACE Project visits schools and communities regularly. Want to get involved? Check out our youth group every Thursday from 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm at 23 Isabella St in Toronto. Don't forget to check out the videos and magazines posted on our website here!

The Youth Assembly in April was a great success! 50 youth from all over Ontario came out to discuss and make recommendations to the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion about gambling and co-addictions. Click here for their report. Thanks to everyone who came out!

YDM is a model that you can use to make informed decisions about your life or to give input to others on topics you care about. We just used it to help us organize the Youth Assembly on Gambling and Co-addictions.
Young Decision Makers (YDM) is a body of youth, young adults and adult allies from across the country working collaboratively to ensure that youth voice is heard in formal and informal decision making bodies (governments, systems and organizations).
Our latest big meeting was in Cornwall ON February 11-14 2010. Check out the report here!

We want YOU to understand the effects of smoking so that you make, and help others make informed choices about smoking! The YAC (Youth Action Committee) will be working on getting you exposed to the facts and information when it comes to tobacco, while the YLT (Young Adult Leadership Team) are developing a national research project that will be brought to communities throughout Canada. More info...
Feel free to "put your two cents in" about what you think of it by becoming a member of the Young Decision Makers network.
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Looking for more information about Engage, Educate & Empower: Niagara's Youth Drug Strategy - grant opportunities for youth in the Ontario Niagara Region?

Click here!

Learn more about the Students Commission project, Focus Three, and the three exciting communities across Canada who we had the privilege of working in partnership with. Click here to see the community led projects that happened in Alberta, Nunavut and Ontario and to download the Focus Three Toolkit.