Youth Engagement Forum 2015

Youth Engagement Forum 2015

Make Your Community Move, Make the World Move

Tuesday March 10, 2015

The Machine Shop at Mill Square

75 Huron Street, Sault Ste. Marie, ON

** CASUAL DRESS PLEASE **

With a focus on youth aged 15-29, this event will focus on engaging youth and adult allies in building the change that youth want to see in the Sault and area and that youth identified at the Youth Engagement Forum 2014 -

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Sponsors & In-kind Supporters

With sponsorship from Province of Ontario, Algoma Workforce Investment Corporation, Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Corporation, and Employment Solutions and much in-kind support from several agencies, the Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre in conjunction with Vive Consulting are providing this exceptional event to celebrate and build youth-related infrastructure, supports and activities in the Sault and Area. Partners include youth members, the Mayor’s Office Mill Square, Vive Inc., Algoma District School Board, Huron Superior Catholic Disctrict School Board, Sault College, Social Enterprise Evolution – NORDIK, Algoma University, Sault Community Career Centre, Awesome Youth from Youth Social Infrastructure, Indian Friendship Centre, Strive Young Professionals, Algoma Youth Engagement Network – Algoma Public Health, Thinking Rock Community Arts, Imagine Design, 8:56, Crank Sound, and Start-Up Sault. Other organizations are welcome to contribute!

TENTATIVE AGENDA

8:30 a.m. Registration opens

9:00 a.m. Networking activities

9:15 a.m. Event Welcome from Mayor Christian Provenzano

9:30 a.m. Keynote

Inspirational Opening on the Power of Youth, David Jones, Turtle Concepts

10:15 a.m. Break (visit vendor booths)

10:15 a.m. Entrepreneurship Challenge - youth interested in participating in this simulation can attend this segment of the forum.

10:30 a.m. Community Champion Presentations

10:45 a.m. Open Space

Youth will be engaged in fun explorative activities to identify the great things they want to see in SSM and we will work together to start building them.

12:15 p.m. Lunch and Refreshments Provided

12:45 p.m. World Café Continues

1:15 p.m. Reports Back - Youth Topics

2:30 p.m. Break (secondary students catch buses)

2:45 p.m. Reports Back - Youth Supports Topics Areas (i.e., Adult Allies) and Entrepreneurship Challenge

3:15 p.m. Close and Celebrate (Next Steps)

3:30 p.m. End