Authentic youth engagement

Last October, PFY hosted the second ever Youth Engagement Summit in NB. The event included participation from 27 schools and over 250 people from throughout the province. Over the course of the day, youth participants met in a variety of discussion formats to talk about their communities. They were asked…

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PFY June Newsletter

I share with you another edition of our wonderful newsletter, designed to show you a snapshot of our work over the past several months.  To say it has been a busy year would be a massive understatement! As you read this publication, another school year has come to a close, and…

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Aging Out of the Care System

NBYICN leader Melanie Doucet is currently working on a doctorate in Social Work at the University of McGill. Tempered by a combination of personal experience in the care system and substantial policy work at the provincial level, Melanie is positioning herself as an emerging expert in fields related to child…

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NBYICN Winter 2015 Newsletter

The Fall months of 2014 were some of the busiest for the NBYICN. We organized and attended launches, led province-wide events, and shared our stories and expertise with new audiences! Check out our Winter 2015 newsletter to find out about our work over the last few months — and some…

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PFY February Newsletter

Topping our 20th anniversary year and everything that went with it was not something I believed we would do anytime soon, but here we are. We have expanded our organization—yet again—and we have demonstrated that developing strong partnerships and thinking outside the box in order to support youth is not…

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