NEWCOMER YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The Newcomer Youth Engagement Program caters to immigrant youth aged 12 to 21 who are permanent residents or conventional refugees in Canada. The program offers free monthly activities including volunteer opportunities, sports events, workshops, and trips around Toronto summer camps.
The program provides types of services such as the following:
Orientation
This service offers information on mental health services and social skills training to assist newcomer youth and their families during the settlement process. It emphasizes the importance of positive mental health and addresses mental health stigma in relation to the immigration experience. Innovative strategies are explored, and training is provided to service providers, youth in schools, and other community agencies on various mental health topics.
Welcoming Communities
This service supports newcomer youth and their families during the settlement process by providing necessary skills and training. It offers leadership and mentorship training, homework help, and educational support to ensure academic success and employment skill development. The program focuses on equipping youth with the information, skills, and knowledge needed to adapt, settle, and integrate into Canadian life. Workshops cover topics like communication and social skills, cross-cultural and diversity skills, and public transit navigation. Training is also provided to service providers, youth in schools, and other community agencies on various settlement topics.
Hockey Girls of Kabul Club
The Hockey Girls of Kabul Club promotes social inclusion for new Canadians and high-priority youth by offering free ice hockey and valuable off-ice life skills training in areas such as Technology, Entrepreneurship, Arts, Community-giving, and Healthy-active living. Our students represent a diverse range of countries, including Syria, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Yemen, Cuba, and Mexico.
Since 2015, we have engaged with numerous newcomers and high-priority youth in North York and Barrie Innisfail. Through our program, they have learned to skate, play hockey, improve their English literacy, and experience social inclusion.