Who is the Advisory Committee?
The Advisory Committee will be composed of approximately 15 members, including self-identified newcomer youth and youth workers. For current member bios, go here!
What Does The Advisory Committee Do?
The main task of the Advisory Committee is to assist, advise and support SYNC and the youth website. More specifically, Members are expected to host focus groups with newcomer youth, and are provided the training to do so. Results of this research will be analyzed, compiled, and published as a best practices guide for settlement workers on how to best help newcomer youth. The Committee will meet 3-4 times a year for a period of 2 years to discuss and provide feedback on the progress of the project.
Why Join? As an Advisory Committee member, you will be a part of:
- Creating a valuable resource for newcomer youth and the settlement sector
- Getting training in community based research methods
- Learning how to organize and facilitate a focus group
- Gaining Advisory Committee experience
- Being part of a province-wide group
- Helping develop a guide for youth workers on how to best work with newcomer youth, as part of SYNC
- Meeting and networking with other youth and youth workers from across the province
Advisory Committee members will be trained in community based research methods, anti-oppression, and supported in performing key informant interviews, survey analysis, and facilitating focus groups for the SYNC project. These are skills which can be easily transferable to a number of fields and would greatly benefit Advisory Committee members.
AC members also get the experience of being part of an advisory committee and a provincial initiative.
Members are also an important part of the development of invaluable and necessary resources for newcomer youth and newcomer youth workers. Resources which will help answer the questions that newcomer youth are afraid to ask, that will provide information that newcomer youth did not know about and that will greatly help newcomer youth workers in assisting newcomer youth settling in Ontario.
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Hi,
What process does one need to follow in order to be a part of the Advisory Committee.
Thanks,
Reply with a short blurb about yourself and your involvement with newcomer youth to youth-jeunesse@ocasi.org. It doesn’t have to be very long, it’s just so we have a sketch of you or any areas you have a specialty in and what you could bring to the group.
The AC’s current main action item is to undergo training for Community-Based Research and conduct focus groups with newcomer youth to see what kind of barriers they face when seeking help. The AC is actually more of a working group than an advisory committee.
If you want to get this training and be a part of this group, let us know!