Learning Calendar

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    FreeMindfulness Toolkit

    We're excited to launch New Leaf Foundation’s Mindfulness Toolkit on Learn by YouthREX. The Toolkit includes lesson plans with bite-sized activities to engage youth. YouthREX is proud to support the legacy of the New Leaf Foundation so that their resources can continue to have an impact on youth wellbeing.
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    FreeCentering Black Youth Wellbeing Certificate

    This online certificate provides the Ontario youth sector with the foundational knowledge to cultivate practices, policies and alliances that challenge, disrupt and combat systematic anti-Black racism.

    (Also Available in French/Disponible en Français)
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    FreeCannabis and Youth: A Certificate for Youth Workers

    This online certificate provides Ontario youth workers with evidence-based information on the health, social and legal risks associated with cannabis use so they can support informed decision-making, educate and increase awareness among young people.

    (Also Available in French/Disponible en Français)
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    FreeProgram Evaluation for Youth Wellbeing

    The Program Evaluation for Youth Wellbeing certificate provides the Ontario youth sector with a foundational understanding of the main concepts, approaches and practices relevant to conducting an evaluation of a youth program, and use the findings to improve their programs and share their impact.
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    FreeUsing Spreadsheets in Program Evaluation

    The Using Spreadsheets in Program Evaluation certificate provides the Ontario youth sector with an understanding of how to use spreadsheets like Microsoft Excel to collect and analyze program data in an evaluation and communicate data findings with internal and external stakeholders.
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    FreeWorkshop: Trauma-Informed Youth Work

    How can we re-imagine our work with young people and their communities from a trauma-informed approach that only focuses on individual harm and injury to a healing-centered practice that fosters possibility and advances collective wellbeing?
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    FreeWorkshop: Engaging Black Youth and Their Families

    This workshop explores how to facilitate equitable spaces for Black youth that supports their authentic participation and advocacy; shares strategies for allying with Black youth and their families; and provides an understanding of parenting within the context of historical trauma.
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    FreeWorkshop: The Personal and Professional Contexts of Youth Work

    The lectures in this workshop unpack what “youth work” means personally and professionally and take up the question: what does “youth work” mean in terms of our professional practices and obligations?
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    FreeWorkshop: Youth and Violence

    This workshop explores what violence and youth justice mean for young people that are susceptible and implicated in violence. It also explores the broader social context and complexities of violence in the lives of young people.

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    FreeWorkshop: The Stages of Change Framework

    This workshop provides youth workers with an understanding of how to support youth to make difficult but necessary changes in their lives using the Stages of Change Framework. The workshop also includes lectures on Motivational Interviewing and how to combine this with the Stages of Change Framework.
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    FreeWorkshop: Anti-Oppressive Practice

    This workshop explores the transformative potential of Anti-Oppressive Practice frameworks for working with youth. It includes lectures on anti-Black racism, Indigenous perspectives, Islamophobia and youth, and supporting LGBTQ+ youth.
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Precarity and Promise: Youth Work as the Process of Futuring

🗓️ Thursday, May 7 | 12 PM–2 PM (EDT)

To commemorate #YouthREXat10, we’re excited to host an online event continuing YouthREX’s 10-year tradition of creating spaces for the Ontario youth sector to learn and reflect on the possibilities and limitations of youth work. Our special guest is Dr. Bianca Baldridge, Associate Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and member of the Critical Youth Work Collective, a research lab focused on humanizing research and advancing critical youth work pedagogies. The event will also feature a specially commissioned spoken word performance by Eddie Lartey.
Learn more about the event and register for free

The Kit for Centering Black Youth Wellbeing

An online hub for anti-Black racism learning + action + community engagement in Ontario’s youth sector.

Check out The Kit!

Data Hub by YouthREX!

The Data Hub provides the community sector with accessible data about Ontario youth that highlight and focus attention on trends and issues about young people. Data can be powerful tools to inform practices, programs, services, and policies that are more responsive to the unique and distinct experiences of Ontario’s youth.
Explore the Data Hub!

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