Policy briefs are a summary of an issue, the policy options to deal with it, and some recommendations on the best option. It is aimed at policymakers and others who are interested in formulating or influencing policy. The YCRH wants to keep policy makers accountable to policies and changes that impact children and youth. The YCRH is also a research incubator, in which it houses projects initiated by members and communIty organizations.
COVID-19 has had a huge and lasting effect on the entire Canadian population. Many voices have been heard including: health professionals, scientists, politicians, media personalities and private citizens. Yet, there is one group whose stories have not been told, and whose perspectives have not been sought - Canada’s youth. This series highlights how the pandemic affected youth from various communities, in their own words.
The Importance of Youth Voices project seeks to understand the current, on-the ground landscape of what works and what doesn’t when it comes to youth engagement in health spaces across Canada. This project was inspired by an evaluation that the Students Commission of Canada did on the YCRH in 2019, looking at some of the promising practices the YCRH was engaging in within the youth health space.
The YCRH engaged the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB) to establish a knowledge base that will inform subsequent phases of YCRH’s Health Rights and Responsibilities Project, a partnership with the AstraZeneca Canada Young Health Program.
