About YouthCore
Welcome to YOUTHCORE.CAThis website is all about young people in the Greater Victoria area connecting, learning and enjoying our communities in safe and positive ways. This site is full of information - so much in fact that we have a few options for you to find stuff.
You can see things (1) by Date on the calendar, (2) through pictures and place on the map, or (3) by specific topics, needs and interests with our programs database.
The YouthCore.ca portal receives over 500,000 hits annually, and over 33,000 pages are accessed monthly (as of July 2010). The success of YouthCore.ca is shared by the youth and youth-serving community of Greater Victoria. For support in uploading your own program information, contact youth[at]bchealthycommunities.ca
This site is still growing too! We want to know what you like, don't like, or think we could do better.
Have feedback? email us at youth@bchealthycommunities.ca
What We Do
YouthCore is a really cool project with lots of different opportunities and initiatives for youth.What is YouthCore?
• A youth engagement program focused on building a wide range of community capacity and youth leadership opportunities
• We work with youth up to 30 years of age
• We are the home of the Youth Service Provider Network and creators of the http://www.YouthCore.ca and http://www.YouthCoreProgram.ca Online Communications Portals for Youth
• We also support collaborative and partnership models that allow individuals to work across sectors on innovative projects
• In the past year we have engaged directly with over 1000 youth in Greater Victoria, and trained 588 youth in Community Youth Asset Mapping
NEW: We now provide Youth Engagement Workshops for local organizations, service providers, institutions and businesses. Connect with us to learn more.
Call us at 250.356.0876 email us youth@bchealthycommunities.ca to learn more
Meet the Team
 | Sarah Amyot Youth Engagement Projects Coordinator youth@bchealthycommunities.ca Sarah Amyot is the Youth Engagement Projects Coordinator for BC Healthy Communities and YouthCore. Sarah is a dedicated community and social advocate and has worked with the student and women's movement for a number of years. Sarah is passionate about, and committed to finding, community-based solutions to addressing social inequities. Sarah is currently completing her M.A. in at the University of Victoria. Sarah is responsible for overseeing the SPARK projects program, YouthCore and YouthCore.ca. She also coordinates the Youth Service Provider Network and the City of Victoria Youth Council. |
 | Katie Shaw Provincial Youth Engagement Coordinator katie@bchealthycommunities.ca Katie Shaw is a highly respected youth project manager, front line worker, social justice advocate, researcher and facilitator. For nearly a decade she has worked in a variety of community-based NGOs focusing on youth engagement, capacity-building and collaborative community development. She is the Provincial Youth Engagement Facilitator for BC Healthy Communities and has worked on community, provincial and national youth engagement initiatives. Katie believes in the power of collaboration and for people from all backgrounds to be resilient leaders for social change. She holds a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Victoria and is currently completing a M.A. in Community Leadership and Adult Education. An active community leader, Katie serves on the board of the Women’s Sexual Assault Centre and was the recipient of Leadership Victoria’s VanCity Youth Award in 2010. |
 | Nev Gibson Programmer nev@indivision.ca Nev is the head programmer of this site. His experience building and running LiveVictoria.com and LiveVan.com have helped shape the design of the Youthcore site. |
Disclaimer
We do our best to maintain links to reputable sites, but we cannot guarantee the accuracy of other websites (or their advertisers), since these sites change often. Please be cautious about any information you read online.
If you find one of the links on this website offensive, out of date, or otherwise inappropriate, please contact us at youth@bchealthycommunities.ca with the URL, Place or Program name and the reason for your concern, so that we can review the link.
Thank you!
If you find one of the links on this website offensive, out of date, or otherwise inappropriate, please contact us at youth@bchealthycommunities.ca with the URL, Place or Program name and the reason for your concern, so that we can review the link.
Thank you!
Announcements
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Sep. 26, 2011
Featured Events
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Click here to learn about how to get your info on this website.If you would like more information about getting involved as a service provider or as a volunteer with this website please email the Youth Division at BC Healthy Communities: youth@bchealthycommunities.ca
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