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Teen Healthy Relationship e-bulletin
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Welcome to the first issue of the Teen Healthy Relationships e-bulletin!
This e-bulletin is designed to help you stay in touch with people and organizations who are working to help teens build healthy relationships.
This resource is part of the Canadian Women's Foundation National Learning Strategy on Teen Healthy Relationships. The strategy is being funded by Status of Women Canada, and was launched in February 2012.
The purpose of the National Learning Strategy is to share best practices on how teens develop healthy relationships.
The strategy includes:
- The National Skills Institute, held in February 2012 in Toronto, which was attended by 180 delegates representing more than 100 organizations from across Canada.
- Healthy Relationships 101: An Overview of School-Based Healthy Relationship Programs, an 82-page learning guide to enhance and develop practice on teen healthy relationship programming (Copies of the learning guide were distributed to all delegates at the National Skills Institute.)
- UPCOMING: Webinars and other e-learning opportunities to share best practices and discuss key issues in the area of healthy relationship programs.
We invite you to share your feedback on this e-bulletin or any other aspect of the National Learning Strategy.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Anuradha Dugal
Director, Violence Prevention Program
Canadian Women's Foundation
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"PUSH OUR LIMITS"
When teens take on leadership in healthy
relationship programs, everyone benefits. The program content is enriched, other students take the material more seriously, andteen leaders learn valuable transferable skills and gain confidence.
However, recruiting and retaining these young leaders can be a challenge.
At the recent National Skills Institute, which drew forty-eight youth leaders from across Canada, an intensive round table discussion was held to allow young people to share their struggles and triumphs. This safe space welcomed them as leaders and change-makers.
Find out more about what the youth recommend to increase collaboration with adults.
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THE CIRCLE OF AWESOMENESS Who else but a teenager would take a name like the Community Youth Development Framework and transform it into something as fresh as The Circle of Awesomeness? It's this kind of energy and creative thinking that the HeartWood Centre for Community Youth Development aims to harness in its work to build more vibrant and caring communities. The Nova Scotian nonprofit organization sees youth not only as leaders, but as change-makers. Their programs are designed to leverage young people's passion - and their needs - into leadership. Find out how you can use the tools and ideas from the Circle of Awesomeness to strengthen your organization's youth engagement. |
"YOU CAN'T BE WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE." When someone their own age takes a leadership role in the classroom, students sit up and take notice. Training young people to co-facilitate a healthy relationship program with an adult partner has many benefits. Research shows that having youth facilitators not only improves the leadership skills of those students, but also for all students in the program. Students see the youth facilitators as role models-a real-life example of someone their own age who is not afraid to stand up for what they believe. Engaging youth in the key role of facilitator tends to improve youth engagement in other aspects of the program. Finally, youth facilitators act as "generational translators" for adult facilitators, helping to ensure the program materials - such as scenario examples - remain current and relevant to students. However, working with youth facilitators requires careful planning and additional resources. Learn how one program successfully engaged youth facilitators and how you can apply those same principles to your programs. |
Upcoming PREVNet Bullying Prevention Conference in Toronto, ON
CANADA'S PREMIER BULLYING PREVENTION CONFERENCE JUNE 19 PREVNet's 6th Annual Conference will take place at the Chestnut Conference Centre in downtown Toronto on June 19, 2012. The theme of this year's conference is "Creating Healthy Relationships to Prevent Bullying: Get the Tools to Take Action".
Led by two of Canada's foremost experts in the field of bullying, Dr. Debra Pepler and Dr. Wendy Craig, PREVNet (Promoting Relationships Eliminating Violence) is a national network of 60 Canadian researchers from 27 universities and 50 national child and youth serving organizations, dedicated to stopping bullying in Canada. Teachers, counselors, parents, volunteers, youth, and any others interested in bullying prevention will be able to network, and to learn of the latest knowledge and practical tips from Canada's foremost researchers and national community organizations: Over 400 participants are expected!
To register or for more information, please go to www.prevnet.ca |
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HAVE YOUR SAY!
The theme of our next e-bulletin will be SOCIAL MEDIA.
Send us your contributions and suggestions to teenvp@canadianwomen.org by June 25th, 2012.
BRIDGE THE GAP AND JOIN THE CONVERSATION ONLINE!
As an adult delegate, are you interested in using Facebook to connect with youth and adult delegates from the National Skills Institute?
Join the Teen Healthy Relationships Community Facebook group now to network with practitioners and researchers, share ideas and resources, and ask for advice and input from others with expertise in teen healthy relationship programs- including the youth leaders themselves! To join the space, simply search for Teen Healthy Relationships Community on Facebook and send a friend request. This space will connect you with others and showcase related resources, including a follow up contact list for participants from the National Skills Institute. We hope you will stay in touch!
Webinar: Diversity in Youth Programming
Tuesday June 19th
Join this webinar to hear about working with young people from diverse backgrounds.
Hosted by
Elicia Loiselle (Project Respect, Victoria Sexual Assault Centre)
Centre of Excellence for Youth Engagement
Invitation to Join a Research Project
How do we teach each other about gender and relationships while 'hanging out' on Facebook?
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