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RESPECT

BUILD YOUR CAPACITY IN YOUTH FACILITATION

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LISTEN

HEAR YOUTH VOICE ON WHAT MATTERS TO THEM

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UNDERSTAND

READ A NEW REPORT OR ACADEMIC ARTICLE

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COMMUNICATE

PARTICIPATE IN UPCOMING KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGES AND EVENTS

The Students Commission of Canada

We are a charitable organization that purposely works with others to help create a world where young people are valued and heard and their ideas for improving themselves, the lives of their peers and communities are put into action.

Announcements

  • Against the Current Tides of Wellbeing and Connection November 15 and 16 2023, 1 to 4:30pm EST A virtual knowledge exchange

    Against the Current: Tides of Wellbeing and Connection

    Join us for our annual Knowledge Exchange! A two-day online event where youth, researchers, and practitioners share, discuss, and reimagine upstream policies and practices that deepen youth engagement and promote wellbeing.

    Click here to register

  • Take Our Kids to Work Day Nov 1, 2023

    Sign up here to receive information on Take Our Kids to Work, Canada’s most recognized career exploration event for high school students across Canada.

    Join the Students Commission of Canada and learn about full-day programming in English and French, both in-person at workplaces and virtually for use by schools, employers and families.

    View the video preview here.

    More about "Take Our Kids to Work"

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    Sharing the Stories

    A research and evaluation platform for youth, organizations and governments. The platform amplifies the voices of young people by aggregating data across multiple youth programs. Key youth trends from the aggregated data are published and shared with youth, organizations and decision-makers. Check out the research that's emerged from the platform and our Centre of Excellence for Youth Engagement.

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    New Paths through COVID-19

    This project will provide an in-depth look at the wide range of services provided by New Path Child and Youth Services in Simcoe County, Ontario and how it transitioned all of its services except for residential, to telephone and virtual delivery. Additional research explores collaborations in Prince Edward County and Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Counties in Ontario, and in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

    This project was made possible in part by the Virtual Innovations in Care (VIC) Grant Program.

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    New Paths through COVID-19

    This project was made possible in part by the Virtual Innovations in Care (VIC) Grant Program.

  • Two young people from the Teen Dating Violence theme group.

    Be The Program

    "Be The Program" offers youth across Canada the opportunity to prevent dating-violence through customized programs designed for their peer groups. Youth leaders will identify the needs of their peers in an evidence-based participatory research process, supported by adult allies from organizations across Canada, co-create programming, and deliver the programs in their communities. This approach ensures that young people are not only learning about violence prevention, but they are also learning leadership, facilitation, research, and design skills.

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    Safer Spaces and Social Identity Formation

    Our model describes creating positive safer spaces that respect differences, on-line and off-line. The program supports young people to explore diversity and define positive social identities for themselves, against many influences.

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    #CanadaWeWant 2021 Reports

    What is the Canada that young people want? What do we need to do to get there? Check out youth voices and recommendations from the #CanadaWeWant 2021 national youth conference. • The 2021 #CanadaWeWant Report • #MyEnvironment • International Experience Canada • Healthy Relationships • National Youth Leadership Team (NYLT) • Building a Mentoring Movement in Canada

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We believe in a world where all young people positively transition into a successful adulthood

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We Turn Knowledge into Action and Action into Knowledge by:

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We Strengthen Others through Networking by:

  • Amplifying the work of those organizations that support young people to be heard and valued
  • Working with others to support young people to thrive
  • Building capacity of others to practice and deliver meaningful youth engagement
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We #WalkTheTalk by:

  • Working in inter-generational partnerships to achieve our purpose and desired outcome
  • Continuously Incubating and innovating so that we can generate sparks for positive change
  • Working with vision and passion to integrate head, heart, feet and spirit in all that we do