Tag: Youth Engagement - BGC Canada

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Dear Future Mayor of Toronto

July 22, 2023 By Valentina Shamoun and Sydney John-Baptise, both Torontonians and members of BGC Canada’s National Youth Council Dear Future Mayor - Toronto is a vibrant, multicultural city. The sheer number of traditions and opportunities – from jobs to...

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National Youth Council Statement on Anti-Trans Legislation

National Youth Council Statement on Anti-Trans Legislation

As the National Youth Council of BGC Canada (formerly Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada), our membership consists of individuals in the 2S & LGBTQIA+ communities, as well as allies from other diverse backgrounds. Less than two months into 2023,...

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Charitable Choices: Owen Charters, President & CEO of BGC Canada

Charitable Choices: Owen Charters, President & CEO of BGC Canada

Published on Toronto Guardian March 22, 2022 BGC Canada is the largest child and youth-serving charitable and community services organization. We spoke with Owen Charters, President & CEO, to find out more about them. Describe your charity/non-profit/volunteer work in a...

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A map of Canada displays various provinces shaded in different tones of red, with numerical values indicating the number of victims of firearm-related violent crimes per 100,000 people in each region.

Leadership Blog

Let’s empower youth to step up and speak out

By Owen Charters *this op-ed was recently published in the Toronto Star, Maclean’s, and Huffington Post. Brazen. Public. Daylight. More and more these words are showing up in news reports about gun crime. Shootings are happening on playgrounds now, and we know kids...

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A mile in moccasins

As part of our Youth Leading Reconciliation program, eleven youth and five staff members from BGC across Canada visited the Saddle Lake Cree Nation reserve in Alberta for a cross-cultural exchange. The Youth Leading Reconciliation (YLR) program was born out...

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