In June 2016, CultureLink launched the Youth Online Employment Strategy (YOES). Funded by the City of Toronto in partnership with the Toronto Youth Equity Strategy, this exciting new employment initiative teaches youth how to creatively market themselves online, build a professional digital profile and expand their professional networks, because let’s face it, technology has changed the way we do almost …
LGBTQ+ Newcomer Youth Needs Are Important
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 …