Welcome to October's Youth News!
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Was September busy for you too? Apologies for getting this issue out a bit late this month! Hopefully you have had a chance to settle into your new classrooms, new schools, or new environments, and have figured out who your 'Go To' person is when you have questions, or need a little extra help!
Here are some of the things that are happening this month...
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What's Happening at TVCC?
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Volunteer Opportunity
Seeking Members for TVCC Youth Council!
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Are you interested in providing a youth perspective on programs and issues at TVCC and in the community? The Trailblazers of Tomorrow meet monthly to provide feedback to shape TVCC services, support youth events, and gain volunteer hours and leadership experience. Oh, and have fun!
or toll free at 1-866-590-8822
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What's Happening in our Communities?
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Workshop Series
It Takes A Village
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Navigating supports, wait lists, and funding, as well as managing change and planning for the future can be challenging. This collaborative workshop series hopes to ease that and show families that, although It Takes a Village, that village is ready and able to guide them through these bumps.
The CSCN, Community Living London, LHSC, the Thames Valley and London District Catholic School Boards, and TVCC have joined together to host a series of conversations for families of children and youth with special needs. Come and meet other families, hear from a panel of parents and community service providers, and share questions and experiences on a variety of topics.
You can register for any or all of the workshops
or email
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Have A Go
Wheelchair Sports
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Interested in trying Wheelchair Sports (wheelchair not necessary!)?
The YMCA in Owen Sound and Ontario Para Network will be offering a series of wheelchair sports TRY-ITS coming up in November. Interested?
Contact the Therapeutic Recreation team at TVCC by email
tr@tvcc.on.ca or call/text 519-566-3364 for the details.
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Volunteer Opportunity
HEAL Lab - Youth Advisory Council
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The
purpose of the HEAL Youth Advisory Council
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HEALYAC) is to integrate youth voices, perspectives, and expertise into our research on young people’s health and wellbeing, and they are looking for members!
Hurry, applications close October 5th!
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Some of our Favourite Things...
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Each edition we will highlight a website or resource that we find helpful, or an article or study we have found interesting. Please send us anything you have found that you would like to see here!
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Article
How to conduct job interviews with candidates who have autism
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This article focuses on job interviews from the perspective of supporting the interviewer to make the experience more inclusive for the interviewee. It made me think of the disclosure conversation from the August issue.
What do you think? Is this something that you could bring up before an interview?
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What are the basic skills we need to be successful in the workplace? We hear a lot about 'soft skills', but what are they? The organization People for Education have done some research about this, and propose a set of skills they are calling the 'New Basics',
- Learning to learn
- Thinking creatively and critically
- Collaborating
- Communicating effectively
- Developing a sense of self and society
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Tell Us!
Who do you follow on Social Media?
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Do you have a favourite account, blogger, youtuber, influencer or hashtag that you follow? Who do you look to for representation on social media? We would love to know! Email us at
youthdiscovery@tvcc.on.ca with your favourites!
The picture at the top of this month's issue is from the instagram account of
@fashionbellee from the UK. She writes and posts beautiful, colourful photographs about fashion, home design, and accessibility
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Did you miss any of our past issues?
Just click below!
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Please let us know what you think, and what you would like to see in future issues of Youth News. If you have a program or event you would like to see included let us know at youthdiscovery@tvcc.on.ca
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Stay connected with TVCC Youth Services on Facebook,
Twitter and Pinterest....
YouthForYouth...
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...and Therapeutic Recreation at TVCC
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