Welcome to our Occupational Therapy Interns
April 14, 2022
Mubeenaa Rahman (left) and Louisa Tsoukalas (right) Mubeenaa Rahman and Louisa Tsoukalas from the University of Toronto. Mubeenaa and Louisa are completing their Master of Science in Occupational Therapy Placement with us. Over their eight-week placement with SIA Mubeenaa and Louisa will develop an infographic and recommendations to improve the accessibility of our…
A Systemic View to Reconciliation through Indigenous Youth
December 9, 2021
In this episode, we hear from 4Rs Youth Movement Executive Director Jess Bolduc about the desire to address reconciliation, by engaging Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth, creating authentic relationships and addressing fundamental flaws in the system. We hear about the challenge many nonprofits face, of only having near-term funding, while the…
Beyond Measure? The State of Evaluation and Action in Ontario’s Youth Sector
September 17, 2021
This recent YouthRex report details the state of evaluation within the Ontario Youth Programming sector. It provides insight into how organizations are evaluationing the capacity it takes to do program evaluation well, and how it can be improved in the future. Read more here.
Guest Podcast: A Young Newcomer’s Perspective on Settling in Canada: from Together Project – Makeway
July 8, 2021
We are happy to be sharing a podcast from an initiative whose work we admire. Together Project, on the MakeWay shared platform, connects refugee and immigrant newcomers and Canadians to build stronger, more integrated communities. Their podcast is gathering and sharing the stories of newcomers they serve. In this…
Building Welcoming Community: An update from our friends at Together Project
July 8, 2021
Our guests in this episode are Anna Hill and Andrew Lusztyk, co-directors and founders at Together Project, a charitable initiative on the Makeway Shared Platform. Together Project connects refugee newcomers and Canadians to build stronger, more integrated communities. Together Project is founded on the simple idea that social networks…
Foundation for Black Communities and Generation Chosen: Breaking Through Together with Dr. Joseph Smith
June 25, 2021
In this engaging conversation, Dr. Joseph Smith shares his expertise and passion for equity and inclusion and the emotional intelligence needed for productive conversations between people of diverse backgrounds. He talks about the work underway to close the gap in philanthropy in Canada, in which the needs and assets of…
Educational Success for Racialized & Newcomer Youth, with Leo Johnson, Founder, Empowerment Squared
May 27, 2021
Having been a refugee himself as a youth, Leo shares how he has taken his own experience and created an organization to support youth to ensure they can navigate the Canadian system for educational success, to lay the foundation for life’s success. We hear about Empowerment Squared’s work with Hamilton…
Uncovering & Addressing Mental Health Needs for Rural Youth
May 6, 2021
This podcast shares the findings and experience of following a Collective Impact process for the Rural Ottawa Youth Mental Health Collective, led by Nicole McKerracher, Executive Director of O-YA, a youth association in a rural Ottawa village. We’re joined by Emily Dozois, a youth with personal experience trying to access…
A Founder and Funder Creating Beautiful Music Together, with Astrid Hepner, CEO/Founder, Hamilton Music Collective and Board member and Funder, Carl Joosse
April 20, 2021
This podcast is two-fold. We have the pleasure of hearing from Astrid Hepner about the great work of the Hamilton Music Collective, where, modeled after a proven program in Germany, 6000 under-served Hamilton school children are exposed to playing musical instruments, and all the related skills, pride and self-esteem that…
Supporting the Black Social Services Sector with Agapi Gessesse, ED CEE Centre for Young Black Professionals
March 10, 2021
The Black Social Services Sector, as Agapi describes it, isn’t getting the attention it needs. The CEE (Careers, Education, Empowerment) Centre for Young Black Professionals is taking that on. Hear how they are supporting 3B organizations – that’s Black-focused, Black-led (including Board representation), and Black-serving organizations, including many that are…