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Hearts + Minds Knowledge Round Up: Co-Creating Civic Connections For Indigenous And Black Young People In Peel, Esrah Akasha, Shamas Berantuo, Alex Hansen, Yasmin Hashi, Michella Mark, Fallon Melander, Abigail Salole
Hearts + Minds Knowledge Round Up: Co-Creating Civic Connections For Indigenous And Black Young People In Peel, Esrah Akasha, Shamas Berantuo, Alex Hansen, Yasmin Hashi, Michella Mark, Fallon Melander, Abigail Salole
Hearts + Minds
This knowledge round-up addresses the question: What ought to be prioritized by non-profit organizations for meaningful civic connections for Indigenous and Black young people? The answer to this question is our Hearts + Minds theory of change mapped out in this paper.
Tweenage Volunteer Engagement In Peel: A Community Based Research Project, Abigail Salole
Tweenage Volunteer Engagement In Peel: A Community Based Research Project, Abigail Salole
Publications and Scholarship
How young is “too young” when it comes to volunteerism? If you were to look to the majority of research on volunteerism and volunteer opportunities to answer this question, you might conclude that high-school age (or about the age of 15) is when youth should start volunteering. Volunteering research includes the exploration of youth volunteering but, often, the research excludes youth under the age of 15. For example, the 2007 Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, uses the age bracket of 15-24 to refer to young people (Hall et al., 2009). There remains, then, a significant gap in research …
Halton Region Youth In/At Risk Research Report, Ferzana Chaze, Bethany Osborne, Thomas Howe
Halton Region Youth In/At Risk Research Report, Ferzana Chaze, Bethany Osborne, Thomas Howe
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The goal of the research was to conduct a Needs Assessment in relation to services for in/at-risk groups of youth between the ages of 16-24 years of age within the Halton region:
1. To identify the existing services available to meet the needs of the youth
2. To identify the gaps/duplication within services in order to suggest future fundable solutions.
Launched May 2018: Halton Region Youth In/At Risk Research Report now has a companion website http://halton-youth-need.webflow.io/
The website was designed by students from the Interaction Design Program at Sheridan and profiles the Halton Region Youth In/At Risk research findings in …