CFYS hosts several learning events each year to share experiences and expertise on youth-based research.
CFYS is pleased to offer learning events on good practices in youth-related research, and on topics pertaining to youth and family well-being for graduate students to attend.
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CFYS hosted a seminar with Dr. Suzanne Stewart from the University of Toronto discussing ethical research with indigenous communities, the ongoing impacts of colonialism, and the resilience of indigenous people (June 2016).
CFYS hosted a seminar with Dr. Jenny Mariano from South Florida University on findings from an international consortium on youth purpose and positive development (June 2016).
A Research and Action Roundtable was well attended and included case studies of evaluations currently underway including Indigenous and International examples. The session was co-led by Anne Marshall and visiting scholar Natasha Blanchet-Cohen from Concordia University (April 2016).
AGES & CFYS co-hosted this workshop, led by Centre Director Dr. Anne Marshall. Discussion is focused on the use of narrative methodology in research in the social sciences, humanities, and education (March 2016).
This open-house style event showcased the benefits of leveraging student research capacity at UVic to support non-profit programming in our community. Attendees had the opportunity to hear from student researchers about what they found in areas such as e-counselling, grief and loss support groups, indigenous young mothers and leadership, and transitional housing for youth (March 2016).
AGES & CFYS co-hosted this workshop, which focused on tips for both creating an effective research poster and leading an engaging research presentation (February 2016).
In honour of the International Day of the Girl CFYS supported a free lecture with Cebile Manzini-Henwood, the Executive Director of the Swaziland Action Group Against Abuse (SWAGAA). Cebile also represented civil society organizations on the UN Expanded Theme Group on Gender. African music was provided by “Mbira Spirit” (October 2015).
CFYS hosted a brown-bag seminar led by a visiting doctoral student from New Zealand, Chris Bowden. Chris shared findings from a phenomenological study that explored young men’s experiences of suicide bereavement and insights from clinical and postvention experience working with suicide ‘survivors’ and young people (October 2015).
Kate Ritchie, a former CFYS graduate student affiliate now with the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Victoria, presented their new youth-centred app, TeenBook. Kate shared the process of creating this new app, as well as its use for helping local youth connect to services (September 2015).
