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Creating cultural connections with newcomer youth

As part of their work supporting the Youth Services Bureau (YSB) of Ottawa, the Youth and Caregiver Resource Group identified a need for mental health resources for diverse ethnocultural communities. The youth recruited several more youth outside of the resource group from various ethnocultural groups in Ottawa and enlisted the support of mindyourmind to co-create two different resources.

 

 

Multicultural events

Supporting newcomers

The Ethno-Cultural Youth Advisory Committee (EYAC) of the Youth Services Bureau (YSB) of Ottawa, is a peer-to-peer youth engagement committee that has existed since 2009. They focus on providing services and implementing programs that will help newcomer, refugee, second-generation, and racialized youth integrate and navigate more easily into Canada.

Young people with lived experience

YouthSpeak

YouthSpeak is composed of a team of young people who share their stories and advocate to raise awareness about the challenges that young people face regarding mental health, bullying, addiction and among many other things. This is a great example of how youth can be engaged in advocacy and education. Get to know what YouthSpeak is all about.

A network of young people

The Jack Project

The Jack Project is a national network of young people who are striving to transform the way we think, talk about and address mental health.

CMHO's video contest

Reducing stigma through video

For the past six years, CMHO celebrates Children's Mental Health Week with a YouTube video contest called Change the View. Ontario youth are invited to make a short video that shows how we can all take the stigma out of kids’ mental health issues like stress, depression, ADHD, bullying and psychosis.

Peer positive services

Closing the gaps in equity

The North York Service Collaborative, a part of the CAMH-led initiative Systems Improvement through Service Collaboratives (SISC), is responding to gaps in equity in their region through the

Safer spaces

Relaxation Station

Monsignor Clancy Catholic Elementary School (Thorold, Ontario) wanted to create a place in their school where people could feel safe, relax and de-stress.