Members of CCEDNet's Emerging Leaders committee, in collaboration with young Aboriginal CED practitioners from Manitoba and Northeastern Ontario, explore the genesis and the sustainability of successful CED projects. Our findings will then help us look at how participants could develop similar projects in their own communities. Stacia Kean, Project Co-ordinator, Accelerated Access Consulting Raimi Osseni, Co-chair, Emerging Leaders Committee

2.  Introductions
 CCEDNet’s Emerging Leaders
 Aboriginal Youth and CED in Canada
 How to make it happen in your own
community
 Closing remarks & questions

5. Your Name
 What you do/ Where you work
 Tell us something about youth in your community
One thing you’d like to take away from this session

6. PURPOSE:
“…to increase the number
and quality of young
practitioners entering into the
CED field and ensuring an
active and meaningful voice
in CCEDNet.”
GOAL:
“…to build a national
movement of youth who are
passionate about the future
of their communities”

7. AREAS OF FOCUS:
› Peer learning among
youth practitioners
› Advocacy for youth
inclusion in CED and
CCEDNet
› Assemble research and
resources to better
understand youth-led
CED.

8. Peer Learning Network
 Approximately 200 members
Standing Committee of CCEDNet
 Members volunteer for 1 year terms (June to
June)
 In 2008-2009: 15 Members & 1 Support Staff

9. CHALLENGES
 Capacity
 Continuity
 Direction
 Outreach
 Communication

10. OUTCOMES
 Activism
 “Inclusion” Lens
 New Projects, programs
& funding
› Direct & Indirect to EL
 CreateAction program

11.  2008 CED National Conference
› Exploring youth engagement in social
enterprise in Canada with:
 “Youth and Social Enterprise in Canada”
 “Youth Engagement and Leadership in CED”
 4th World Youth Congress, Quebec City
› “Youth and Social Enterprise in Canada”

12.  Canadian Youth Climate Coalition
 Human resource national council

16.  Fort Whyte Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Ndinawe Youth Resource Centre in Manitoba
Garden River First Nations in Garden River,
Ontario

19. http://www.fortwhyte.org/fortwhytefarms2

22.  Youth resource centre
 Recreation, art, outreaches. Since then expand
and now have: drop in program, recreation
program (organized hockey league – only fully
subsidized hockey league in the city, provide free
equipment, etc.).
 Arts program, video and dance, cultural, computer
programs

24.  Challenge 1: engaging youth. Being able to
provide them with tangible ways that they can
contribute is as important as being “youth-
oriented”.
 Challenge 2: Make sure youth are giving
feedback, providing direction. It is hard to get
them to get involved in the first place. Youth will
come there and participate but don’t want to join
the youth board, steering the direction of the
centre.

26.  Success factor: being able to sustain themselves,
instead of focusing on programs, outputs, inputs,
tangible measurable things, focus on relationships.
Every staff person – programming is secondary.
 First role is to build healthy relationships with youth
and show that we genuinely and legitimately care
about them. On an average basis have 80-100 kids
who come into the programs. Know the kids well.

28.  That social activity was great to get people out
and start to realize that we have a lot of strengths
in community, worthwhile.
 It was driven by negative things coming into the
forefront. Parents having to pay respects to
children – didn’t want to have to get to point to
having to say goodbye to children because they
are dying. A lot of people are quick to step up to
the plate in terms of changes. Since then a few
different committees that have started up.

30.  Having a consistent bi-weekly meeting and being
able to maintain the community is important. All of
the representatives from the leadership right down
to youth. Great experience so far, hasn’t been all
rosy because struggles at the end of the day.
 Energy level isn’t as high as it used to be. Try to be
more persistent and steadfast in keeping this type
of group together to help with programming and
healthy alternatives for kids but also the parents,
elders … all offer positive things that we can use in
terms of building healthy communities.

31.  Break into small groups
Identify which of the 3 highlighted projects could
work in your community
Role Play- Talking to Funders and Community Partners
 How to ask questions and build relationships
 Share it with the rest of us!