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YouthScape

Overview
Location: 
YouthScape has implementing organizations in Victoria, Calgary, Thunder Bay, Rivière des Prairies, Halifax, Saskatoon and Hamilton.

YouthScape is a pan-Canadian initiative that seeks to engage marginalized youth in community building and decision making. YouthScape helps create stronger more resilient communities and longterm, sustainable systems change.

 

Check out the YouthScape Website at www.youthscape.ca!


IICRD has been working with Community Partners and YouthScape's National Advisory to:
 

  • Build community capacity, gather key information and create a learning community around youth engagement and systems change;
  • Gather critical information using developmental evaluation and participatory action research tools;
  • Develop strategic relationships (incl. Office of the Governor General)
  • Explore several new areas of learning within the youth engagement and community development field
  • Provide ongoing technical support to community partners

 

Funders: 
The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
Funders: 
United Way Calgary and Area
Partner Info
Timeline: 
2006 to 2010
Team: 
Dr. Natasha Blanchet-Cohen
Elaina Mack
Taryn Danford
Dr. Philip Cook
Partners: 
HeartWood Centre for Community Youth Development
Boscoville 2000
United Way of Thunder Bay
Child and Youth Friendly Calgary
LifeCycles
TakingITGlobal
Communities for Children
YMCA Hamilton