View ArchivesSpotlight: YouthScape
The Foundation is pleased to share some of the lessons from YouthScape, an initiative designed to test and learn from promising approaches for engaging marginalized youth in their communities. The following YouthScape publications have been created by young people, community partners, the Developmental Evaluation team, and the International Institute for Child Rights and Development (IICRD) and Foundation staff.
Spotlight Highlights
Report
November 18, 2010
Engaging Youth Within Our Communities
This guide is intended for community and organizational actors who would sincerely like to integrate young people ages 12 to 25 within their communities by allowing them to actively participate in decisions affecting them and allowing play a more influential role.
Report
September 2010
YouthScape: A Funder's Perspective
Based on a funder's experience, this paper discusses the design, implementation and evaluation of a complex, emerging initiative (YouthScape). It explores the diversity of strategies – healing, empowering, engaging, and organizing – that community organizations can adopt for involving marginalized young people in community development activities.
Report
December 2009
Reflecting on the Youthscape Initiative: Learnings and Recommendations from Calgary
Shares highlights and develops recommendations based on experiences from YouthScape's Calgary site.
Report
January 2002
Creating Change Youth Style: A Youth Action Strategy Exploration Report for the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
A 2002 recommendation of a course of action for the Foundation in its emerging youth engagement landscape.
Report
February 2010
Developmental Evaluation Report: A trek through the YouthScape landscape
Offers insights about the youth engagement initiative, YouthScape, through the eyes of its Lead Developmental Evaluator.
Report
July 2010
YouthScape Guidebook: Changing the Landscape
Through case studies, stories, activities, and practical recommendations, this guidebook offers insights and tools to bring youth engagement to life.
Publication
July 2010
DE 201: A Practitioner’s Guide to Developmental Evaluation
Builds on the concepts outlined in A Developmental Evaluation Primer by articulating some of the key practices associated with this work.
Video
August 2010
YouthScape—Building Stronger Communities: Youth & Social Change
Offers insights on how to get involved and effectively support the youth movement.