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The Laidlaw Foundation promotes positive youth development through inclusive youth engagement in the arts, environment and in community.
List of Resources: Recreation
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"The Ideas That Matter(tm)" report on the Foundation's winter 2002 forum.
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The Foundation recently commissioned a report by Enid Slack to review how recreation is currently funded at the municipal level and to consider other funding options. The study evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of various funding options.
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The Laidlaw Foundation and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health, and Institute of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addiction jointly sponsored a public lecture held on Wednesday evening May 29, 2002, by Dr. Ron Dahl entitled "Adolescent Brains & Developmental Opportunities: The Role of Recreation Engagement". It was followed by a full-day workshop on May 30th, 2002.
Early adolescence is a time of great change when developmental trajectories can be altered. This workshop focused on the important role recreation plays in this crucial developmental period. Adolescent Recreation Engagement involves non-school time activities and disciplines that have elements of choice, lead to satisfaction, and encourage progressive learning and enjoyment.
This conference provided an opportunity for scientists, health professionals and interested individuals from different disciplines and geographic regions, to engage in a dialogue on recreation engagement. -
Laidlaw Foundation along with other funders is increasingly concerned with the issue of lack of recreational opportunities for youth in the City of Toronto. Examination of this issue involves the consideration of social factors such as growing income gaps and the racialization of poverty as well as the geographic distribution of recreational facilities and opportunities in Toronto City's diverse neighbourhoods. Preliminary research on this topic was recently completed by Amrita Gill, who undertook a placement at Laidlaw Foundation in the first half of 2004, as part of her training in the Master of Spatial Analysis program, Department of Geography, Ryerson University.
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Helping Canadian Teens Transition to Adulthood, a new report by Karen Minden, PhD.
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Find out how being recognized as Youth Friendly can help your community.
Also available:
- Do It Yourself, A funding program to help youth plan their own play activities (pdf, 310K).
- A Call for Action! The cost of Excluding Onatrio's Youth From Play, Executive Summary
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In 2002, the Foundation commissioned the Canadian Institute of Child Health (CICH) to produce a discussion paper highlighting research on youth, recreation and citizenship. The paper looks at participation in recreational activities in terms of the collective, rather than individual benefits. It reports on the current state of knowledge in the area, as well as summarizes expert recommendations about specific research needed to move the policy agenda, including current gaps or new directions that the research is taking.
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The Youth as Decision Makers (1999) document was commissioned under the Youth Engagement Program and written by Susan Wright of the Randolph Group. It has been produced and is distributed in hard copy through the Provincial Consortium on Youth Recreation through Parks and Recreation Ontario.
Summary also available.