Communities Building Youth Futures
Alberni Clayoquot
About Communities Building Youth Futures
The Alberni Clayoquot Health Network has partnered with Tamarack Institute and the Government of Canada on a pan-Canadian project to develop system wide solutions for youth as they build and act upon plans for their future. Communities Building Youth Futures is a multi year initiative working for youth across Canada. This project has youth voice (approximately ages 15-30) at the centre of decision making and capacity building. CBYF Alberni Clayoquot initiatives will prioritize:
- Increased belonging and support
- Transitions (into, during, and after high school)
- Harm reduction
- Mental health
- Connection to the land and culture
Get in Touch with our Facilitators or through our Socials
Toni Buston
West Coast
Youth Engagement Facilitator
Toni@adaps.org
Jordan Higgins
Alberni Valley
Youth Engagement Facilitator
Jordan@adaps.org
Jaslyn Haberl
Bamfield/Anacla
Youth Intern
jaslynmhaberl@gmail.com
Our Sponsors and Partners
What we have done, where we are going
Setting the Stage
To initiate Communities Building Youth Futures in the Alberni Clayoquot Region we reached out to youth and youth workers in the region to introduce the program and identify the priorities. From our engagement we learned that mental health, harm reduction, connection and belonging and connection to land and culture were prevalent themes. Also that youth programs faced capacity challenges, in order to address this feedback our first steps were to:
– Hired youth facilitators to engage throughout our region, bring up the youth voice and increase capacity for youth and youth programs to address priorities.
– Launched one time capacity grants to ensure valuable youth programs had the capacity to flourish
– Our youth facilitators have been active in the Alberni Valley, West Coast and Barkley communities supporting youth programs, building capacity and bringing forward youth voice to inform our next steps.
Youth Survey
Our youth workers are engaging youth in person and online – we want to know what is important to youth and how we should address the priorities identified in our region. One way we plan to do this is through the CBYF Youth Survey.
If you are a youth in the Alberni Clayoquot we want to hear from you!
Click HERE for the survey and let us know when you have completed to be entered into our monthly draw!
Alberni Clayoquot Plan on a Page
Part of our work with Tamarack Institute is to develop a plan on a page to communicate our priorities and combine our efforts with CBYF initiatives across Canada. In collaboration with youth across the region and youth workers, the following data points, priorities and critical shifts were identified to move CBYF Alberni Clayoquot forward.
