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Lessons from Brussels: Exploring Social Initiatives for Youth in Europe

 

This resource is also available in French. Click here to access the French version.

Photo Credit: Layla Belmahi 

At the end of April 2023, as part of my duties with the Tamarack Institute’s Communities Building Futures for Youth team (CBYF), I had the opportunity to accompany Concertation Saint-Léonard on an exploratory mission to Brussels. The objective: to learn more about youth civic participation and other issues that concern them (urban safety, living in an intercultural context, housing, etc.), in a Belgian context. The Saint-Léonard delegation, which also included partners such as Accueil aux immigrants de l’Est de Montréal, the YMCA, and the DOD Basketball Organisation, had the opportunity to meet Belgian partners and learn more about the following initiatives:

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Unleashing Youth Expression Through Arts-Based Evaluation

This resource is also available in French. Click here to access the French version.

Picture this: program enrollment is on a decline and youth seem to have lost interest in a program. What do you do as a professional in the field?

This blog will give some insight into the benefits and considerations for conducting arts-based evaluations for community youth programs, with the hope of offering a unique approach to increasing interest and engagement in recreational programs for young people.  It is adapted from the author’s original academic article.

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Event Recap: Communities Ending Poverty: Summit for Strength

Recapping three dynamic days of learning and exploring resilience in a new way

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Financially Vulnerable Fight to Rebuild Financial Health

A new report from Prosper Canada shows low-income Canadians are struggling financially but don’t have the help they need to recover.

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Three Benefits of Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) for Communities (and Governments)

In this article, Scott MacAfee discusses harnessing the Power of ABCD: Building communities, strengthening democracy, and empowering change. Discover how Asset Based Community Development transforms lives. To learn more, join Tamarack's ABCD event: When Community and Municipalities Meet in the Middle. 

 

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Putting residents and community at the heart of climate action

This article originally appeared in The Hill Times on May 17, 2023. Click here to access the original version.

This resource is also available in French. Click here to access the French version.

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