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Youth Engagement Through Schools: Working With Youth

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This section lists several practical tips on working with youth. As well, we have noted several reports on direct consultations with youth. The third type of document listed here is a selection of articles for further reading.

Practical Advice on Working With Youth

Working With Youth: Ten Lessons (Community Health Promotion Network Atlantic)
Fifty Things Adults can Do With Youth (Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development)
TIPS for Working With Youth (Health Canada)

Hearing Their Voices: Reports on Consultations With Youth

Your Voice Matters: Young People Speak Out on Issues Related to the UN Special Session on Children (Health Canada)
United Nations Resolution on Children (United Nations)
Young People Say: Report from the Youth Consultation Initiative (Justice Canada)
Hearing The Voices of Youth (Health Canada)

Further Reading

Fires in the Bathroom: Advice from Kids (What Kids Can Do)
Authorizing Students' Perspectives: Toward Trust, Dialogue, and Change in Education (Educational Researcher)

This summary has been prepared with funding provided by the
Population Health Fund, Health Canada

Key Resources

	Working With Youth: Ten Lessons (Community Health Promotion Network Atlantic)
	Fifty Things Adults can Do With Youth (Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development)
	TIPS for Working With Youth (Health Canada)
	Hearing The Voices of Youth (Health Canada)

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