youth and children generally

Media Impact is a free webinar created by the YMCA of Greater Toronto's Youth Gambling Awareness Program. It is designed for educators, community leaders, parents, and anyone else who is curious about how media effects youth. The aim of this webinar is to provide insight into how youth can develop/enhance their critical thinking skills in relation to media and advertisements. Throughout the hour long webinar, participants will explore marketing techniques and a wide variety of media content, including gambling advertisements.

Join Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario (YWHO) and special guests to learn and discuss best practices in evaluating virtual service delivery for youth, in the context of COVID-19 and after.

Presenters:

Eva Serhal, Director, Virtual Mental Health and Outreach, ECHO Ontario Mental Health and ECHO Ontario, CAMH

The Youth Gambling Awareness Program at the YMCA of Greater Toronto is hiring a Bilingual Youth Outreach Specialist to work in the Ottawa region. This position is a full-time, salaried position. Applications will be accepted until September 7th, 2020. 

For more information and to apply, please go to: https://ymcagta.org/join-our-t...specialist-bilingual

The Youth Gambling Awareness Program at the YMCA of Greater Toronto is hiring a Bilingual Youth Outreach Specialist to work in the Greater Toronto area. This position is a full-time, salaried position. Applications will be accepted until September 7th, 2020. 

For more information and to apply, please go to: https://ymcagta.org/join-our-t...specialist-bilingual

Leading the way in mental health education and training

Lumenus's Youth Harm Reduction Team (YHRT) is offering a virtual workshop for service providers. This workshop was developed and will be facilitated by members of our peer Youth Harm Reduction Team. The workshop(s) details are as follows:

Supporting Youth During COVID-19: At Work, Home & In Community

Monday, August 31^st 2020 from 2-4PM EST via Zoom

Lumenus's Youth Harm Reduction Team (YHRT) is offering a virtual workshop for service providers. This workshop was developed and will be facilitated by members of our peer Youth Harm Reduction Team. The workshop(s) details are as follows:

Supporting Youth During COVID-19: Access & Engagement

Wednesday August 26^th 2020 from 3-5PM EST via Zoom

Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange (YouthREX) is excited to launch an interactive online conversation series on how the Ontario youth sector is adapting to shifting contexts as a result of COVID-19.

When the pandemic hit, youth programs did not just pack up but continued their relentless search for ways to keep supporting better outcomes for Ontario’s youth!

Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange (YouthREX) is excited to launch an interactive online conversation series on how the Ontario youth sector is adapting to shifting contexts as a result of COVID-19.

When the pandemic hit, youth programs did not just pack up but continued their relentless search for ways to keep supporting better outcomes for Ontario’s youth!

The Youth Gambling Awareness Program (YGAP) at the YMCA of Greater Toronto is looking to hire a Bilingual Youth Outreach Specialist for the Ottawa region. This position is a full-time, salaried contract (Job ID: 026). The posting will close on August 18th, 2020. 

The Youth Gambling Awareness Program (YGAP) at the YMCA of Greater Toronto is looking to hire a Bilingual Youth Outreach Specialist for the Greater Toronto region. This position is a full-time, salaried contract (Job ID: 025). The posting will close on August 20th, 2020. 

Engaging Indigenous Youth for Kids Help Phone: A reflection of knowledge shared is a report prepared by Sister Circle Consulting for Kids Help Phone. This report was shaped with guidance by Kids Help Phone's Indigenous Advisory Council and engaged 180 young people over 11 sessions across eight locations in Canada. The report reflects young people's perceptions and understandings of mental health, identity, spirituality, relationships, coping, and healing.

August 12th marked the 21st annual United Nations International Youth Day. 

International Youth Day gives an opportunity to celebrate and mainstream young peoples’ voices, actions and initiatives, as well as their meaningful, universal and equitable engagement.

Understanding emotions can be complicated. The Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression at CAMH is happy to release two animated videos to help young people understand depression.

A new webinar, presented by Tara Elton-Marshall, shared information on the prevalence of cannabis use among Ontario and Canadian youth, focusing on pre/post legalization changes. 

You can watch the recording here: http://cannabisknowledgehub.ca...ng-legalization.html

I was surprised to see the change in how many youth use edibles.
Did anyone else find the information presented surprising?

Youth Research and Evaluation Exchange (YouthREX) is excited to announce that our next guest in the "In Conversation" series will be Dr. Oyedeji (Deji) Ayonrinde, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at Queen’s University. We invite you to join us for a far-reaching conversation about mental health in this unprecedented time!

Leading the way in mental health training and education

The Cannabis Knowledge Exchange Hub is pleased to offer a Cannabis and Youth Speaker Series. Part 1 featured CAMH's Dr.

The Cannabis Knowledge Exchange Hub team is busy producing research snapshots featuring the newest evidence on non-medical cannabis use.

Research snapshots are short, plain-language summaries of recent peer-reviewed research articles. They make it easy to understand and use the most current evidence.

We recently released a snapshot answering the question, "Does cannabis use lead to more severe alcohol consequences for young adults?"