If you have any inquiries, please contact jeremy@sustainabilitynetwork.ca.
*All recordings are available for 60 days.
$60 for the entire series on Zoom
Fostering Youth-Centred Impact
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Leveraging Social Media to Better Engage Youth
Practicing Youth Engagement Scenarios Together
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Refining Your Youth Engagement Plan
*Please note, all registrants will be provided with a link to the recording and presentation slides following the sessions. The recording will be available for 60 days.
September 25th, 1:00-2:00 PM ET
Presenters: Cory Witter & Sebastien Rioux
This webinar will be led by two of Youth Climate Labs senior programs staff. It will focus on best practices surrounding engagement in programming such as hiring, training, and retaining youth. Additionally presenters will look at how to reach youth in programs who may be experiencing barriers to attend.
They focus on long term and short term youth employees so you're prepared in advance of seasonal summer job positions. They'll go over youth motivations in navigating careers, desires in roles and ways of working,and how this informs YCL's work.
The team will also share the Youth Climate Lab toolbox and specific case studies for participants to see how to apply these concepts and leave with the knowledge on how to create and manage supportive opportunities for youth within your organization.
October 2nd, 1:00-2:00 PM ET
Presenter: Kate Ashwood
Presenters: Kate Ashwood
This webinar will show the importance of online presence and social media communication to advance youth engagement in your organization.
The YCL Impact Manager and Senior Communications Specialist will go over best practices for all the major social media platforms based on research and youth engagement best practices. They will explore what to be mindful of when communicating online about sustainability to youth, including greenwashing. Additionally, they'll go through case studies with participants on communicating about climate change, demystifying concepts and jargon to youth and how to communicate accessible recruitment strategies.
Participants will leave with a clear understanding on how to best utilize different social media platforms, how to communicate with a youth audience in a clear effective and engaging way, and how to structure your communications to achieve your intended reach.
October 9th, 1:00-2:30 PM ET
Facilitators: Sebastien Rioux, Cory Witter
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PLAN TOOKIT PDF
In this workshop you can presubmit a scenario or question you are struggling with around working with and engaging youth in your organization. Youth Climate Lab will also have example scenarios to show and build off of.
Some examples of scenarios will include:
- You’re trying to build a youth council for your organization, what steps will you take?
- You want to make sure youth are included and engaged at your upcoming conference, whose attendees will mainly be working professionals, what steps can you take to ensure youth participation?
After presenting an example we will split into 2 or 3 breakout groups and facilitate conversations offering tailored advice on your scenarios in order to provide relevant and practical solutions from our team of youth engagement staff. Youth Climate Lab will provide a resource list and information after the workshop which will be customized to the information attendees provide upon registration so each attendees will leave with knowledge and resources relevant to their work.
October 16th, 1:00-2:30 PM ET
Facilitators: Cory Witter, Kate Ashwood
In this final workshop, Youth Climate Lab will present the final learnings from the series as a reference document for steps to take when creating your organization's youth engagement strategy.
Youth Climate Lab will showcase how to evaluate a youth engagement strategy, and then will deep dive into 3 engagement strategies submitted by attendees. YCL will facilitate an interactive, generative conversation between attendees to provide group feedback and work through improvements on the strategy.
Participants will learn how to critically look at youth engagement strategies, common mistakes, and improvement areas and leave the workshop feeling more confident in effectively engaging youth in an intentional and long lasting way.
We will follow up with participants providing resources to use or further reading opportunities going forward.
Kate Ashwood
Kate is the Impact Manager at Youth Climate Lab, leading the measurement, evaluation and learning of the organization and communications strategies to amplify organizational impact. She also manages the Activate (You)th fee for service, collaborations and partnerships. Kate grew up in Ottawa (Anishinabe and Algonquin territory) engaging in local and global social justice movements. Through informal and formal learning settings she learned (and continues to learn) about the intersectionality of climate change with systemic social injustice.
Jess Cholette-Barr
Jess is the Communications Specialist at Youth Climate Lab, where she is responsible for creating and curating content for YCL’s social media platforms. Born and raised in Toronto, Jess is a recent graduate who is passionate about social, economic, political, and environmental justice. Jess is passionate about youth-centred climate justice spaces, and is always seeking new opportunities to learn, grow, and connect. She graduated with a Combined Honours degree (BA) in Environment, Sustainability and Society from Dalhousie University, and Contemporary Studies from
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