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The International Institute for Child Rights and Development

Youth Engagement and Community Resilience

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YouthScape Victoria, Calgary, Thunder Bay, Rivière des Prairies, Halifax Regional Municipality, Saskatoon and Hamilton

Focused on engaging excluded or marginalized youth to create stronger more resilient communities and longterm, sustainable systems change.

Growing Up in Cities Canada (GUICC) Halifax, NS; Gatineau, QC; and Vancouver, BC

IICRD brought a focus to the importance of engaging young people in creating child and youth friendly communities and including them in the decision-making process.

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It is rare for me to find that the information provided by children is not helpful.  My experience has been that the discussion with children generates not only useful information, but is frequently a powerful tool in the continuing dialogue with the parents and social workers.

Chief Judge Hugh C. Stansfield, Provincial Court of BC
Hear the Child Project