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York University October 27-29, 2016 Table of Contents YORK UNIVERSITY OCTOBER 27-29, 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 Guiding Questions 4 Welcome Messages 7 KtA Exchange Schedule at a Glance 8 The Exchange Agenda at a Glance 10 Keynote Speakers 11 Panel Session: Talking Back to the System 13 Posters/Exhibits We are excited to provide 14 Floor Maps this Exchange as a sharing and 15 Concurrent Sessions at a Glance learning space for dialogue about knowledge that can 16 Youth Sector Excellence Awards inform and strengthen youth 17 Detailed Overview of Sessions wellbeing in Ontario. 42 Acknowledgements 44 The YouthREX Story 46 The YouthREX Team 2 THE YOUTH. THE WORK. THE SYSTEM. TABLE OF A Provincial Exchange CONTENTS The Youth. The Work. The System. Knowledge to Action for Youth Wellbeing KtA EXCHANGE THE WORK GUIDING QUESTIONS 1. What issues affect youth workers’ ability to do their work with youth as effectively and healthily as possible? How can we The movement of knowledge to action requires opportunities for foster healthy, vibrant and meaningful work for frontline people to come together and learn with, and from each other. youth workers? This Knowledge to Action Exchange on “The Youth. The Work. The System” brings youth sector stakeholders from across the 2. What are innovative approaches for understanding and Panel Session: province of Ontario together to share and engage with practice- addressing ‘thorny’ issues youth workers are facing, such as Talking Back to the System relevant knowledge from research, youth work practice and lived self-care, precarious work and trauma? experiences. 3. What are the issues around professional recognition of youth Posters/Exhibits We invite you to join us in unpacking and exploring the following work and the education and training for youth workers? questions related to the three dimensions of our theme: Floor Maps THE SYSTEM THE YOUTH Concurrent Sessions at a Glance 1. How might we engage and leverage ‘systems’ to better support 1. What are the issues that youth are experiencing? youth wellbeing? Youth Sector Excellence Awards How are these issues impacting their lives? 2. What models can break the silos and support a multi-sectoral 2. How do these issues impact youth that Ontario’s Stepping Up approach to youth work? Detailed Overview of Sessions Framework identifies as facing multiple vulnerabilities? 3. How does the youth sector intersect with other systems? 3. What are innovative youth work practices happening on the What are good youth work practices that demonstrate Acknowledgements frontlines to address these issues impacting the lives of a holistic, systems thinking approach? For example, how youth? How do we know these interventions are working? youth programs work within the larger system and engage a The YouthREX Story 4. How are youth creating ‘spaces’ for themselves to enter these range of institutions and stakeholders? conversations about their wellbeing? What are youth doing The YouthREX Team to act/resist/react to issues they are facing? JOIN THE CONVERSATION: #KtA2016 3 WELCOME MESSAGE FROM YOUTHREX’S PROVINCIAL ACADEMIC DIRECTOR ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US at Youth Research and Evaluation with our stakeholders on the role of youth work in addressing eXchange (YouthREX), I am delighted to welcome you to York the important recommendations from the Truth and University for our first Provincial Knowledge to Action (KtA) Reconciliation Commission. While YouthREX is using the Exchange: “The Youth. The Work. The System.” We are excited Exchange to signal our full commitment to the process of to provide this Exchange as a sharing and learning space about understanding and action towards reconciliation, we also know knowledge that can inform and strengthen youth wellbeing in that this is just the beginning; our collective efforts will need to Ontario. YouthREX is very grateful to the Ministry of Children be sustained over the long-term. and Youth Services for the opportunity to be a part of Ontario’s Finally, I would like to take a moment and acknowledge the Youth Action Plan. wonderful, wonderful people at YouthREX that made this KtA We intentionally and strategically chose to use our first Exchange possible and that make YouthREX what it is – youth, Exchange to engage the multiple dimensions that impact youth undergraduate and graduate students, staff and academic wellbeing in recognition that the issues happening with youth, directors – in our provincial office here at York University and at within youth work, and within larger systems and contexts are our five regional hubs at Carleton University, King’s College at interconnected. The three dimensions of our theme: “The Western University, Lakehead University, Laurentian University Youth. The Work. The System”, are therefore neither static nor and the YCEC at York University. The YouthREX team is siloed from each other. Rather, they are continuously growing reflective of our diverse sector in both our professional and and developing, interdependent in some ways, occasionally in lived experiences and everyone brings tremendous energy and synergy, and sometimes in tension with each other. passion to our work everyday! We are grateful to our two keynote speakers for framing and Welcome again to our first Provincial Knowledge to Action setting the context for this Exchange – Mr. Daniele Zanotti, Exchange: “The Youth. The Work. The System.” We look President and CEO of the United Way Toronto and York forward to continuing facilitating opportunities for sharing Region and Dr. Sean Lessard, Associate Professor of Teacher and learning around research and evaluation that support the Education and Aboriginal Studies, University of Alberta. We are development of responsive programming, tools and resources also grateful to our four panelists – Stephen Bediako, Mélanie- for youth work in Ontario. Rose Frappier, Dr. Naomi Nichols and Jim Rankin for sharing Collegially, with us responses and strategies for ‘talking back’ to the system on critical youth-system interactions. Uzo Anucha, MSW, PhD Provincial Academic Director, YouthREX I also want to thank all of you who answered our call to share Associate Professor your knowledge by taking the time to prepare and submit School of Social Work proposals and for everyone who accepted our invitation to join York University us for Thursday’s Pre-Exchange workshops, Friday’s Exchange and Saturday’s Post-Exchange Design Day. Each of these three days includes an opportunity for YouthREX to begin a dialogue 4 THE YOUTH. THE WORK. THE SYSTEM. Ministry of Children Ministère des Services and Youth Services à l’enfance et à la jeunesse Minister’s Office Bureau du ministre 56 Wellesley Street West 56, rue Wellesley Ouest e 14th Floor 14 étage Toronto ON M5S 2S3 Toronto ON M5S 2S3 Tel.: 416 212-7432 Tél. : 416 212-7432 Fax: 416 212-7431 Téléc. : 416 212-7431 October 28, 2016 A Message from the Minister I am delighted to extend greetings to more than 200 youth sector stakeholders attending today’s conference hosted by Youth Research and Evaluation Exchange (YouthREX) at York University. This important conference brings together frontline youth workers, academics, funders, policymakers and young people themselves to share best practices, discuss key issues and build relationships with other youth sector stakeholders from across the province. Thank you all for participating today and for your ongoing and diligent efforts to make life better for at-risk youth. The Ministry of Children and Youth Services shares YouthREX’s unwavering commitment to the wellbeing of at-risk youth and supports your vision of an Ontario where shared knowledge is transformed into positive impact for all youth. Our government is proud to support projects like YouthREX. In doing so, we are helping build the research and evaluation capacity of youth-led and youth-serving grassroots organizations and we are helping youth at-risk make positive choices and reach their full potential. Like you, our government wants to know how we can use evidence from research, practice and lived experience to support grassroots youth sector organizations to make more informed decisions about youth programming. And we want to know how we can use data and stories from youth programming to better understand, measure and share their impact in ways that drive change and improve youth wellbeing. Thank you again for making a difference and please accept my best wishes for a productive and rewarding day. Sincerely, Michael Coteau Minister JOIN THE CONVERSATION: #KtA2016 5 WELCOME FROM THE DEAN, FACULTY OF LIBERAL ARTS AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES, YORK UNIVERSITY THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE can be found at every The active involvement of such a breadth of participants is turn. Their impact on social, cultural, economic, and political inspiring: youth, undergraduate and graduate students, faculty renewal is critical, especially in this time of unprecedented and staff from five Universities across the province and, of global connectivity and change. course, community leaders, from whom there is much to learn. I am confident that the new knowledge and, most importantly, The challenges we face require collaboration, adaptation, and the action that will emerge from this event will be even more innovation and the participation of young people is essential. inspiring. We must ensure that all of Ontario’s youth are able to access and transform opportunities into a vital and equitable present I look forward to the shared learning this provincial exchange and future. will enable, and I feel strongly that this model of supporting engagement with issues — such as Truth and Reconciliation Ontario’s Youth Action Plan, and work across the youth sector, — that actively involves individuals, organizations, and contributes to the achievement of this vision. With innovative governments will result in unprecedented innovation. events like this one, we are actively improving pathways to inclusion in communities large and small, urban and rural. With best wishes for a very successful event, The three-part theme of this event — The Youth.
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