YPH 2025-2026

After the Budget: Leading with Courage in Uncertain Times Laika Intungane | November 18, 2025 In October, I had the opportunity to attend the Cooperation Canada Leaders’ Forum 2025 in Ottawa as part of the Ontario Council for International Cooperation (OCIC) and as an Inter-Council Network Youth Delegate. It was a space where emerging and […]

Voices Behind the Silence: Students Living in Fear of Violence Sirat Gedi | November 14, 2025 I never expected to experience violence so close to home, especially living in such a small neighbourhood in Ontario. Growing up, I witnessed how violence within and around schools can alter the way students see education, safety, and even

In the Four Directions of Healing: Reflections on Balance, Mental Wellness, and the Medicine Wheel Mehak Warring | November 10, 2025 Mental health has always been a topic I’ve been deeply passionate about, perhaps because of my own lived experiences or because of the world we live in, where mental health concerns have become increasingly

What the System Never Asked Me: Growing Up with a Parent Behind Bars Raine LeBlanc | October 15, 2025 I learned early on to decode navigating education, mental health, and child-welfare systems, but not every child with a parent behind bars can say the same. The society we were born and raised to live in,