Youth Centres Canada
Helping youth centres and youth initiatives grow
in Canada.
Fostering youth engagement and positive youth
development.
Who is Youth Centres Canada?
• Formerly a grassroots organization known as TYPS
• We are a national organization using resources, research, and capacity building tools
in order to support…
- youth
- youth centres
- youth initiatives
• We have almost 700 youth centres and youth serving organizations in our network.
Youth Centres Canada
• Works with youth in rural areas, towns, and small cities to…
- encourage
- support
- provide information
- provide training
• We work in collaboration with…
- individual youth
- youth centres
- youth councils
- other youth serving organizations.
How Youth Centres Canada
Views Youth
Youth Centres Canada recognizes youth as citizens with rights and
responsibilities and believes that youth are able to contribute through…
- active community involvement
- participation
- partnerships
- meaningful decision-making that affects their lives
What Can Youth Centres Canada
Offer?
•Remarkable…
- conferences
- workshops
- training opportunities for…
- youth workers
- administrators
- youth
*especially designed for youth centres and youth programs.
•Training and consultation on topics like…
- Youth Engagement
- Youth Development
- Sustainability
- Developing Community Partnerships
- Strategic Planning
- Models That Work
- Fund Development
- Leadership
- Facilitation Skills
- Staff and Board Relations
- Youth and Adult Allies
- Youth Committee Development
and more.
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Ready made programs for youth groups that
are…
- easily integrated
- youth engaging
- fundable
Advocacy for…
- youth centre development
- support
- sustainability
Years of collective knowledge and experience.
Consulting services.
Regional and system development.
Best Practices and Resources for youth centres
in easy to use Manuals and documents.
Easy access to program and funding ideas that
have proven successful in other youth centres
like yours.
Short cuts and how to’s from others that have
solved common issues or demonstrated
innovation and excellence.
Subsidies for participation in conferences and
workshops.
Notice about opportunities that come up for
centres and communities.
The Youth Centres
Canada Model
The Youth Centres Canada
Community-Based and
Participatory Model
has been recognized and supported by:
• The Canadian Centre for Substance Abuse
• Canada’s Drug Strategy
• Health Canada
• United Nation’s Children’s Environmental Network
• United Nations’ Drug Secretariat & Global Youth
Network
• Harvard’s School of Family Research
• University of Toronto’s Teen Net Project
• National Crime Prevention Council
• Ontario Police Chiefs’ Association
• And several Canadian Universities
UNITE AND IGNITE
Every March our annual conference (in partnership with the Students
Commission) brings together from all parts of Canada more than 400…
- youth
- adult allies
- stakeholders
Other Conferences and Workshops
Youth Centres Canada is available for…
- consultations
- special events
- training opportunities
*upon request.
We also host other conferences and workshops in
various locations around the country.
Projects and events are posted on our website at
www.typs.com.
LOTS OF
LEARNING…
AND LOTS OF
FUN!!!