Global Youth Voices uses photography, video, art, and stories to explore and express how we see our world and what we want to do about it.
Global Youth Voices is part of the youth action wing of a research project called TeenNet (www.TeenNetProject.org).
The TeenNet Research Project is based in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto in Canada. TeenNet studies ways youth can use multimedia technology to improve their lives and communities in Canada and across the world.
This website was made to showcase our Youth Action Projects and to find ways to use the Net to connect with other youth from around the world.
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The Global Youth Voices Method
Global Youth Voices is guided by a six-phase model, EIPARS:
Engage: build relationships and recruit interested youth into the project
Identify: joint process of youth dialogue and issue identification about their lives and communities
Plan: move from issue identification towards priority setting for collective action
Act: take action on issue(s) that youth have identified as priorities for their communities
Reflect/Research/Reward: reflect throughout the project; build in process/ outcome/ impact evaluation and recognize participants
Sustain: ensure satisfaction and growth during the project, throughout the project and beyond
Results
The Global Youth Voices approach has been used in fifteen TeenNet/Community projects both in urban and rural Ontario and internationally. It was found to be a powerful process for promoting dialogue, critical reflection, and community connection, thereby creating a strong foundation for capacity building and collective action.
Specifically, the EIPARS process is very effective in engaging and working with youth. It promotes authentic participation and ownership of projects and contributes to the personal growth and confidence of participants. The use of multimedia technology stimulates and motivates youth to participate; they develop skills and find it an effective and relevant means for self-expression and communication.
Implications
When youth use multimedia technology to record and reflect on their lives and experiences they identify significant personal and community health issues and are motivated to take action.
For more information on our models and methods, please visit www.TeenNetProject.org
Future Directions
Continued collaboration with community organizations that work with socially excluded youth in Ontario, Canada
Building international partners for projects in: Middle East, Kenya, China, Chile, Brazil, Italy and the United States.
Most recently, partnering with UNESCO to develop pilot of Youth Voices project to be featured at UN conference of Health Ministers and continuing the Middle East project
Working with community youth organizations to develop and publish guides on:
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Organizational Improvement: how to involve youth in your organization
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Participatory Action Research with youth
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Youth Voices model for engaging youth in social action and health promotion
For More Information
TeenNet's virtual "youth-only" island www.cyberisle.org
Information on the TeenNet project www.teennetproject.org
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Privacy and Confidentiality
On Global Youth Voices you won't find advertising and you won't be asked to buy stuff. If you provide us with your email (by sending feedback or filling out the "get involved" form) we may contact you for research purposes ONLY.
We will NEVER give your email address to any other organization without your permission. And we won't send you any junk mail.
What information does TeenNet use?
TeenNet studies how youth use the net to interact with others in order to improve communities and the lives of today's youth around the world. We analyze where users go on the Global Youth Voices Website - to see how youth are using the website and which parts of the site are most popular.
Do you know who I am?
No. We don't know who you really are, just where you go on our sites. We also don't use cookies (an electronic place-holder that gets stored on your personal computers).
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