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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

#CanadaWeWant Youth Movement

We work with youth leaders from coast to coast to coast to develop and deliver programs and activities that build a positive future for all Canadians grounded in Truth and Reconciliation. #CanadaWeWant youth leaders meet annually at our #CanadaWeWant Conference at YMCA Cedar Glen. For more information, please contact info@studentscommission.ca or 416-597-8297.

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Influencing Youth Policies and Programs

We work with youth, governments and corporations to design and deliver effective youth policies and programs. Check out the Youth Policy for Canada policy report or other #CanadaWeWant Conference theme reports.

Three youth women use Facebook to respond to U-report poll questions.

Under 25? U-Report Canada needs you!

As a way to keep in touch and continue to influence positive change, UNICEF Canada invites you (and other young people ages 13-24) to join U-Report Canada – a chatbot that asks you questions and gathers your perspective on issues through Facebook Messenger. Questions are designed to get your thoughts on issues you care about and decisions that affect you and other young people across Canada to influence positive change. UNICEF Canada works with many decision makers and government to improve policies for young people. U-Report is a platform that is designed to give young people a voice in this process. It is free, confidential and registration is super quick and easy. Join now by going to the U-Report Canada Facebook Page, and clicking Send Message.

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

Knowledge represented as a cartoon brain that is picked up and carried by a running young person. Knowledge in action.

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