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Youth Inclusion & Youth Homelessness A Community Forum – Feb 22, 2012
Youth Inclusion & Youth Homelessness
A Community Forum
Please join us
Thursday, March 8th 10:00 to 5:00
At Creekside Community Centre
Featuring the
2nd Roger Tonkin Visiting Professorship in Adolescent Health Research
with Dr Coco Auerswald
Community Panels on Effective Strategies for Support, Intervention for Youth Facing Homelessness
· Share innovative models of service and housing and to collaborate on visions to address gaps in our current continuum of youth services.
· Increase awareness of evidence-based practices to build resilience and stabilize young people in high risk environments
· Collaborate across sectors to improve housing options for young people facing homelessness
FREE!! Light Refreshments Served
Explore different perspectives Youth & Homlessness with Headlines Theatre
Hear from Community Workers, Researchers and Young People on:
Historical Perspectives on Street Youth Services in Vancouver
Research on Interventions & Innovative Models of Support and Housing for Youth
Incorporating Youth & Community Voices in Collaborative Models
Be part of furthering conversation as we prepare for community dialogues on June 20, 2012!
Registration begins February 6th, 2012
To register and for more information contact:
youthhomelessforum2012@gmail.
message: 604-569-2787 fax: 604-569-3779
Sponsored by: Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, BC Children’s Hospital, (PHSA), RICHER (Responsive Intersectoral Community and Children’s Health, Education and Research Initiative), Child and Family Research Institute, NICCSS (Network of Inner City Community Services Society), Vancouver Parks Board & Headlines Theatre