Information & Ethics committee  The answer is yes. I have a teenaged girl. I have seen the ads that show up on her Facebook profile. These are things that affect self-esteem or ads for beauty products. It is assumed that teen girls aged 13 or 14 are concerned about their weight and their appearance. It is causi

Information & Ethics committee  I consulted with our youth council and talked to them about this before we drafted the letter that we submitted to the committee. In fact, it seems that young people don't think about the consequences. They weren't really interested in the topic and hadn't really thought about se

Information & Ethics committee  I would also add that in some instances, you have to check that box in order to even use the application. A young person who wants to use Instagram thinks, “Of course I want to use it”, so it's a choice between using it or not. You don't have the choice to say, I want to use it,

Information & Ethics committee  I think what Ms. Bailey was raising is that the education and the strategies that young people develop are not enough. The architecture is very complicated, and you can have the best strategies, but unless there are some protective factors.... There needs to be a balance of bot

Human Resources committee  Some of our clubs offer early learning programs. The bulk of the youth we see are between six and 12. After-school programs should also be part of an early learning strategy in the sense that it can't all happen in schools. Community organizations have a role to play. I would j

Human Resources committee  We have a partnership that is offering financial literacy in the after-school hours, so we can help schools.

Human Resources committee  We are implementing new ways of measuring that across the country. We have 96 clubs, and it's difficult, but we are working on better tracking. We have data on the Rogers Raising the Grade program, which is measuring outcomes like that. I don't have the stats with me.

Human Resources committee  Absolutely. We have a model for success that identifies where we want to go, and we want to measure how we as a movement are delivering on it.

Human Resources committee  I don't have the data for you. I will find it for you today.

Human Resources committee  One of our former board members, Sid Frankel, has done research on how quality after-school programs mitigate the impacts of poverty. Some of the examples are lack of adequate food and nutrition, access to nutritious food, and food literacy programs. We have just received funding

Human Resources committee  They mitigate the family's stress by offering support. After-school programs are not just for kids. They're for families as well. They provide care for kids after school in cases where parents are working. They address inadequate opportunities for health-promoting activities. A l

Human Resources committee  I would just add that addressing low income as a source of disadvantage is certainly important, but more is needed to close the gap in educational outcomes. Programs for young people and access to recreation, arts, and leadership opportunities are things that enrich communities a

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for having us today. We're honoured to be part of this discussion on poverty reduction. I'll let Achan kick us off.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We are hearing from our clubs that more and more of their population is made up of newcomer youth. The Moncton Boys and Girls Club has seen its newcomer.... The members are largely newcomer youth now, and they are busing them in from different communities to the main location. W

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would like to add to that. Statistics Canada's study that Mr. Chen mentioned on educational and labour market outcomes illustrated that children mostly do well when they are younger, but when they arrive as teenagers they struggle, especially when their parents don't have a goo