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Impoverished Neighbourhoods & After-School Programs, Syed Bukhari
Impoverished Neighbourhoods & After-School Programs, Syed Bukhari
Social Justice and Community Engagement Major Research Papers
This paper examines the quality of Ontario’s after-school program as implemented by Rapport by using Tuason et al.’s (2009) criteria. The goal of this study is to answer the following questions: How the three core areas of the program are implemented and what activities are offered in the three core areas? How staff members and participant perceive the program and how the program impacts the lives of the participants? After-school programs have become an essential part of impoverished communities over the past three decades. The need of quality after-school programs in disadvantaged neighbourhoods has never been higher. Children residing in …