Episodes
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Youth need to know what their rights are. After the implementation of United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 1989 nations across the world began to take child protection a lot more seriously. Governments were mandated to provide the basic necessities to children to help them reach their full potential. As a part of the child protection services in Canada it is mandated that children always know what their rights are. But how can children exercise their rights? Before the advocacy office was shut down in 2018, they were the essential voice for youth in care in Ontario before the Ford administration shut it down. The impacts are still affecting youth today. In this episode, we sat down with Jackson Gate, a former youth in care, and a current practicing paralegal. He gives us a break down of the essential information youth need to know on how to best advocate for themselves. He also is working with an upcoming organization to help educate youth in their rights in a way they can understand.
Please Check out our website for more details about the programs we have https://linktr.ee/project.outsiders
and for more information regarding the CYFSA please check out our previous episode https://open.spotify.com/episode/5w6lE50lE37CoVrwkw1EDj?si=tsmaG9PfT1y_CHe_hRJp9w
Friday Jan 15, 2021
Friday Jan 15, 2021
What does it mean to identify as a Black youth in care? This is a really special episode because our guest has two distinct point of view of what it means to be black. Not only that, but they also have had two vastly different experiences in care despite sharing the same social worker. In this episode we talk about identity, morality, and perception. We dive into importance of providing youth the option of being close to culture and how that plays into their identity. We cover aspects of the LGBTQ community, politics, and the One Vision One Voice project. Due to how incredibly emotion and elaborate the conversation was, we needed to split it into two parts. Join me Kyngston and Aidan in this thought-provoking conversation and share this with your peers.
Friday Jan 01, 2021
Readiness Indicators w/ Conner Lowes - TFX
Friday Jan 01, 2021
Friday Jan 01, 2021
Aging out of foster care is a catastrophic experience that leaves many young adults homeless. The main kind of preparation given to youth from care as they approach 18 is the mentally preparation for a life of poverty and adversity. How can youth in care fight against provincial neglect? Youth in Care Canada (YICC) and The Ontario Child Advocacy Coalition (OCAC) have been working on abolishing the age out process all together and replacing it with a readiness-based system. Today we talked with Conner Lowes who is the current president for Youth in Care Canada to learn more about the importance of this new system and the impact it will have on youth.
https://twitter.com/connerlowes
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lowes-8a6b7c5d3e0f9g/
Friday Dec 25, 2020
The Foster Care Experience - Episode 0
Friday Dec 25, 2020
Friday Dec 25, 2020
Welcome to the Foster Care Experience Podcast Hosted by Chanice McAnuff. Please be sure to tune into our program every Friday night.
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At project outsiders we aim to highlight the vulnerabilities of the child welfare system So that you can know what’s happening to youth in your communities and through this We aim to develop partnership with organizations to share resources you can use to stop these ongoing injustices and create a stronger system for youth in care together.
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
A new President for Youth In Care Canada: A conversation with Conner Lowes
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
This week’s episode is a conversation with Kismet Meyon, Dr. Maggie Inchley, and Dr. Sylvan Baker from The Verbatim Formula. The Verbatim Formula is “a participatory research project for care-experienced young people. It uses verbatim theatre techniques, listening and dialogue to work with young people, care leavers, social workers, and universities” which “aim[s] to work with young people to make care and education better” (http://www.theverbatimformula.org.uk/).
During our conversation Kismet, Maggie, and Sylvan discuss the process that The verbatim Formula uses, the impacts on them and others as creators, how it is received by those who see their performances (including service providers), and the results of their research.
Visit their website to hear clips and learn more about the innovative and necessary work they create.
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Being young and sober in the LGBTQ+ community
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
This episode begins with a monologue about being young, queer, and navigating drinking & drug culture in the lesbian community. Claire the writer/performer (not her real name) and I then have a conversation about some of the themes raised in the piece. Specifically, the attraction of alcohol to young queer folx, the challenges of not drinking, and how to support young people navigating that space.
Wednesday Mar 04, 2020
Unearthing Islamophobia - A Conversation with Aquil Virani
Wednesday Mar 04, 2020
Wednesday Mar 04, 2020
Awarded as the “Artist For Peace 2018” by the Quebec-based artist collective “Les artistes pour la paix,” Aquil Virani is a visual artist who integrates public participation into his socially-conscious art projects. Following the Quebec City mosque shooting, Aquil paid tribute to the six men who have lost their lives that day by painting six portraits.
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Expressing Advocacy Through Music, A Conversation with RudeGang Entertainment
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
On this episode of Your Right to Speak Salvatore talks with RudeGang Entertainment. Rudegang Entertainment is an Indigenous Hip Hop & Multimedia group based in the Greater Vancouver Area, B.C. In the conversation RudeGang members discuss music, advocacy, inspiring young people, and resisting colonialism.
Be Sure to check out Their new single Tides on Soundcloud
Follow Rudegang Entertainment on Instagram @RudegangEnt and be sure to check out #RisingYouth and the grants we provide at www.risingyouth.ca
Let’s Raise Awareness together!
Wednesday Feb 05, 2020
Red Dress Project, Educating Youth on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman Crisis
Wednesday Feb 05, 2020
Wednesday Feb 05, 2020
On this week’s episode of the #RisingYouth Podcast, Jade Roberts Host of Still Here Still healing sits down with Mackenzie talking about her contribution to the Red Dress Project. Mackenzie our Alumni was inspired by the work Jamie Black, the Red Dress project is a response to the more than 1000 indigenous women who are missing or have been murdered in Canada. Symbolizing the indigenous women who are stolen from their families, an arrangement of red dresses are displayed in a public place. Mackenzie brought the project to her hometown of Fort McMurray to help raise awareness and educate other youth.
For more information regarding to help turn a passion into action visit: https://www.risingyouth.ca/
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
Living Hyphen, a Conversation with Justine Yu
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
This episode, a collaboration between CYC Podcast and #Rising Youth, a program of Taking It Global, is a conversation with Justine Yu. Justine talks about the magazine and community building project called Living Hyphen. Living Hyphen began as a journal that explores the experiences of hyphenated Canadians – that is, individuals who call Canada home but who have roots in faraway places.
To learn more about the Living Hyphen please see https://livinghyphen.ca/ or visit their blog at https://medium.com/living-hyphen. And to find out how to signup for your own grant go to https://www.risingyouth.ca/
For our french listeners please check out this link!
Wednesday Dec 25, 2019
Wednesday Dec 25, 2019
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
This is part 2 of the conversation begun in October, 2019. Melanie Doucet and Harrison Pratt discuss the Photovoice research project titled Relationships Matter for Youth “Aging Out” of Care (https://www.yumpu.com/document/view/59918518/relationships-matter-e-book). Melanie and Harrison are both researchers with direct experience living in the child welfare system. In this episode, they discuss the place of arts in research, the Photovoice process, and analyzing images for themes.
To learn more about the project please visit:
Relationships Matter Project video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lmPDZ360ow&t=40s
· Relationships Matter Photo E-Book: https://www.yumpu.com/document/view/59918518/relationships-matter-e-book
· Relationships Matter Executive Summary + Research report (child welfare policy & practice oriented), published via the BC Representative for Children and Youth: https://rcybc.ca/reports-and-publications/reports/relationships-matter-youth-aging-out-care
· Megaphone Magazine cover story and article, January 2019, What do YOUth think? Research project that aims to improve B.C.'s foster care system goes straight to the source.
· Tyee article, December 13, 2018, Want to fix foster care? Ask kids who have been through the system
· Tyee article, December 15, 2017, Creating Connections Through Photography
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Find a Better System for Youth’s Transitions out of Care
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
On today’s episodes of A Right to Speak Salvatore talks with returning guest Alyssa. Alyssa is current a masters student at Ryerson’s Child and Youth care program. Alyssa will be talking to us about some her research regarding her thesis which she is currently conducting. Alyssa will be explaining to us how youth in care need a better system put in place for their transitional periods. Thank you Alyssa and we hope to have you on the show once your thesis is complete.
Wednesday Aug 28, 2019
Wednesday Aug 28, 2019