Course Description


The lectures and resources in Module Two review the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings associated with youth work such as Positive Youth Development; Social Determinants of Health; Anti-Oppressive Practice and Anti-Black Racism. Module Two wraps up with an introduction to indigenous perspectives with a particular focus on the role of young people in community.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Module Two: Welcome Video
  • 2

    Lesson 04: Theoretical Foundations of Youth Development

    • LECTURE 04A: POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

    • Downloadable Presentation: Lecture 04A

    • Quiz: 04A

    • Getting to PYD: Origins of PYD

    • Seven Core Hypothesis

    • Sparks: How Youth Thrive

    • LECTURE 04B: SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

    • Downloadable Presentation: Lecture 04B

    • Quiz: 04B

    • Making The Connections: Our City, Our Society, Our Health

    • What Makes Canadian’s Sick?

    • Reflect and Share: Discussion Board
  • 3

    Lesson 05: Anti-Oppressive Practice (AOP) in Youth Work

    • LECTURE 05A: ANTI-OPPRESSIVE PRACTICE

    • Downloadable Presentation: Lecture 05A

    • Quiz: 05A

    • Chimamanda Adichie: The Danger of the Single Story

    • LECTURE 05B: ANTI-BLACK RACISM

    • Downloadable Presentation: Lecture 05B

    • Quiz: 05B

    • Case Study: Program Design

    • Case Study Answers

    • What is Anti-Black Racism?

    • UN expert panel warns of systemic anti-Black racism in Canada’s criminal justice system

    • Doing Right Together for Black Youth (Resources)

    • Reflect and Share: Discussion Board

    • LECTURE 05C: ISLAMOPHOBIA

    • Downloadable Presentation: Lecture 05C

    • Quiz: 05C

    • Resources & References

    • Islamophobia killed my brother. Lets end the hate (by Suzanne Barakat)

    • Muslim Youth in Canadian Schools: Education and the Politics of Religious Identity (Jasmin Zine)

    • Reflect and Share: Discussion Board

    • LECTURE 05D: SUPPORTING LGBTQ+ YOUTH

    • References

    • Downloadable Presentation: Lecture 05D

    • terminology HANDOUT

    • Genderbread-Person HANDOUT

    • LGBTQ Understanding Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities

    • BPS case management planning

    • l Impact of LGBT Discrimination

    • Quiz: 05D
  • 4

    Lesson 06: Indigenous Perspectives

    • LECTURE 06A: INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES

    • Watch: Wab Kinew 500 Years in 2 Minutes

    • We Are Medicine (N'we Jinan Artists)

    • Downloadable Presentation: Lecture 06A

    • Quiz: 06A

    • Red Worn Runners: Exploring the potential and possibilities within youth both in and outside school places (Dr. Sean Lessard)

    • Reflect and Share: Discussion Board

Youth REX

Connecting Shared Knowledge to Youth Work!

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