Support and services for LGBTQ+ newcomers are very important. This is all the more so for newcomer youth. Amongst the many challenges of being adolescent, the fear of not fitting in is one that is highlighted double-fold for a newcomer LGBTQ+ youth.
Youth Recreation Club at Runnymede Collegiate Institute!
CultureLink is running an exciting Youth Recreation Club at Runnymede C.I. So far the Club has registered 90 RCI students! The response from both boys and girls has been very positive. The girls played basketball, went on a skating trip and also participated in a number of dance workshops led by dance teachers in various styles. The boys have been playing soccer, basketball and …
Youth Recreation Club at Runnymede Collegiate!
CultureLink is running an exciting Youth Recreation Club at Runnymede C.I. So far the Club has registered 90 RCI students! The response from both boys and girls has been very positive. The girls played basketball, went on a skating trip and also participated in a number of dance workshops led by dance teachers in various styles. The boys have been playing soccer, basketball and …
Research Partnership to Prevent Violence: Resilient Relationships among Newcomer Youth
Healthy relationships, based on respect and gender equity are fundamental to healthy, resilient communities. Promoting Resilient Relationships among Newcomer Youth is a partnership research project that will explore how newcomer youth invent, explore and negotiate gender roles and relations in Canada. This type of information is crucial to inform the development of newcomer specific policies and programs to prevent intimate …
Newcomer Youth Centre
The end of fall is usually a bittersweet time for the Newcomer Youth Centre; this month, for example, concluded our Global Roots program for the season (that’s the bitter part). In partnership with The Stop, CultureLink facilitates a weekly multicultural, inter-generational community foods garden known as Global Roots. By sharing food growing and preparation traditions from around the world, Global …