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Videos: Youth Voices

The CCR Youth Network brings together newcomer youth from coast to coast. These videos have been created by the youth and allies who form part of the Youth Network. They highlight both the impacts and the importance of supporting newcomer youth and allies through youth-led spaces where they can voice their challenges, share ideas on how to meet them and build relationships.

Want to know more about what we are all about? Check out these videos to find out!

Youth Action Gathering 2014 Video

Watch the 2 minute YAG 2014 video trailer here: http://youtu.be/-QXWqVntVgc.

"It"s very enlightening. Not only do we spread awareness but we become inspired to take action and to take part in certain programs, or even start our own programs, and to take the information and the knowledge that we learn at the YAG conference to our own cities." - Kimia, Kitchener

The 2014 Youth Action Gathering brought together over 100 youth from across the country for a 3-day conference in Toronto around issues of refugee and indigenous rights, education and immigration. Activities ranged from youth-led workshops to creative activities, presentations in a spirit of open exchange and networking.

Thank you to all the youth and partners who helped make this video and the YAG possible!

 

Youth Action Gathering 2013 Video

The 2013 Youth Action Gathering was held in Edmonton and was attended by approximately 70 youth and youth workers from Victoria, Vancouver, Surrey, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Fredericton. We reflected on the practice of building healthy communities, and about what it means to grow as a network and partner with other organizations. Read more about it here.

 

Getting ready for the first Youth Action Gathering 2012

The first ever Youth Action Gathering was held in Montreal in 2012, under the theme of Engaging Newcomer Youth in Participatory Media for Social Change. Over seventy participants from Montreal, Toronto, Fredericton, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Vancouver Island came together and were part of the very first YAG! Read more about it here.