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OUR JOURNEY
Young Ontarians United is a provincial advocacy project to unite youth voice in the fight against COVID-19.
We aim to first understand how young people are challenged by this pandemic and collect the opinions of youth from marginalized communities.
We hope to advocate for inclusive methods of helping young Ontarians in these difficult times and present recommendations to the Province of Ontario and all Ontarians.
Even through a pandemic, we're making Ontario our "place to grow".
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This project is an initiative of
who are we trying to amplify ?
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​ At-risk youth
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​ Inuit youth
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Womxn youth
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Rural and remote youth communities
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Metis youth
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LGBTQ2S+ youth
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Youth in care
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First Nations youth
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Black and other racialized minority youth
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Youth with disabilities
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NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) youth
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Newcomer, immigrant and refugee youth
creating
Developing a plan to effectively amplify youth voice in Ontario, by surveying, consulting special groups, conducting focus groups and reporting on whats needed during COVID-19.
Consulting
The first step is figuring out what the experts are saying. We recognize that youth-led/focused groups with expertise on issues facing young people have key insights into how COVID-19 affects different youth in different ways. This is why we're hearing them out first.
listening
We also need to listen to youth all across Ontario, which is why we're creating a dynamic survey that will actually hear the individual voices of any young Ontarian that chooses to fill it out. We will also be conducting focus groups with youth.
amplifying
Our ultimate goal is taking all this research to create the first-ever provincial youth-written comprehensive report on young Ontarians, and making this a report that not just government, but all of society can learn from to create change in our provincial community.
MEET OUR SUPPORTERS AND COLLABORATORS
WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE GENEROSITY OF
OUR SUPPORTERS
WE ARE ALSO VERY GRATEFUL TO
OUR COLLABORATORS
Our collaborators include any organization supporting us in our pursuit for amplifying youth voice in one way or another. This support could be consulting our project on research to promoting our research (surveys) to their networks to engage more youth to advising us on best policies and practices during COVID-19.
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO
YouthREX
Our entire team would like to express our utmost gratitude to YouthREX for advising us on best practices and development for youth-sector research.
We would also like to thank Dorrie Fiissel, PhD, the Research and Evaluation Manager at YouthREX for her advisory contributions!
CHANGE WILL NOT COME IF WE
WAIT FOR SOME OTHER PERSON OR WE WAIT FOR SOME OTHER TIME.
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WE ARE THE ONES WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. WE ARE THE CHANGE THAT WE SEEK.
BARACK OBAMA
CONTACT US
This project is a collaborative initiative so feel free to reach out through an e-mail or social media.
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