CYFC Past Projects

Over the last 8 years, SCY has been involved in the following initiatives for CYFC:

• Child Friendly Housing - Through a process that included community-based Round Table discussions and youth involvement, the needs of children and youth in multi-family housing were addressed (see publications). 1996 - 2000
• Round Table discussions asking the question, "What is a child and youth friendly community?" involving a wide variety of organizations, community groups, and young people. 1999 - 2000
• Managing Cities As If Children and Youth Matter - Workshop with Roger Hart at City University of New York. 1999
• Children and Youth Participation - Workshop with David Driskell, Growing Up In Cities project. 2000
• Early Childhood Learning Spaces - Workshop with Robin Moore and Nilda Cosco, University of N. Carolina. 2000
• Completion of Assessment Tool. 2001
• Completion of 0-6 version of Assessment Tool through involvement of communities from Surrey BC. 2002
• National CHILD AND YOUTH FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Keynote address: James Garbarino, Cornell University, New York. International Panel involving representatives from Italy, Sweden, Belgium, Scotland and New Zealand.
  Forty-four workshops. Awards were given to three groups/communities to celebrate their achievements in creating child and youth friendly communities. 2002
• Eight Orientation Sessions in various regions of British Columbia to introduce SCY's Community Assessment tool to communities around the province. 2002
• Awarding of SCY's second and third annual Child and Youth Friendly Communities Awards to three different groups/communities from around British Columbia. 2003, 2004
• The participation of over thirty different municipalities, first nations groups and regional districts around B.C. in proclaiming November 20th, 2003 and November 20th, 2004 as "NATIONAL CHILD DAY" in their communities was a direct result of encouragement from SCY. 2003, 2004
  

Details on current SCY Child and Youth Friendly Communities initiatives coming soon!