Youth

Wellness

Lab

By, with, and for youth.

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We Are

a research collaborative that brings together youth, academic researchers, and community-based partners with a shared goal of improving services and outcomes that impact young people. Our work emphasizes research with youth whose lived experience reflects their intersectional identities and contexts.

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We Partner With

organizations serving and responding to the needs and experiences of youth. As a community-engaged research collaborative, we continue to build our network of partners in academia and the community, as well as a diverse array of funders and supporters.

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Projects

Using both traditional and innovative methodologies, our work focuses on engaging marginalized and under-served youth, their families, and their communities. Read about the Youth Wellness Lab’s research and community engagement projects.

Digital Storytelling in a Dual Pandemic

This COVID-era arts-based study partnered with StoryCentre Canada for digital storytelling workshops, strengthening youth-adult partnerships and creating community-driven stories. Follow-up research will adapt the model for young people.

The Real TO: An Instagram Live Series

The Real TO was created during the COVID-19 pandemic to connect Black and racialized youth and address their challenges. An Instagram Live Series in 2022 featured youth discussing issues like online learning and young motherhood with community leaders and peers.

Young Parents Project

This project explored the experiences of young mothers with involvement in the child welfare system while they were pregnant or parenting. (We have a lot of papers already out so take out findings coming soon).

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