GUIDE | Meaningfully Engaging Youth in Your Community

The Tamarack Institute is a registered Canadian charity dedicated to ending poverty in all its forms, for good. We support real people and invest in real communities for long-term change.


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How can we engage youth in the community?

We co-developed this guide with youth leaders and representatives from youth-serving organizations to shine a light on the principles and practices that lead to meaningful youth engagement. By sharing these lessons learned, we hope this will help you to figure out your next steps forward to engage youth to work together for community change. Download this guide here.

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