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CITY OF VICTORIA YOUTH COUNCIL
2012-‐2013 Annual Report
To: City of Victoria Contact: Kimberley Stratford, Sustainability Analyst Sustainability Department, City of Victoria 1 Centennial Square, Victoria, BC V8W 1P6 Submitted by: City of Victoria Youth Council Contact: Kluane Buser-‐Rivet Email: [email protected] Date: July 29st 2013
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INDEX
REPORT SUMMARY P. 3
1. BACKGROUND P. 4 A. INTRODUCTION B. CVYC’S VISON AND MISSION C. ROLES
2. MEMBERSHIP P. 5 A. RECRUITMENT B. MEMBERS C. ORIENTATION RETREAT 3. GOVERNANCE P. 7
4. CAPACITY BUILDING AND TRAINING FOR MEMBERS P. 8
5. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT P. 8
6. ACCOMPLISHMENTS P. 9 A. MINISTRIES B. MEDIA TEAM C. CVYC IN THE MEDIA D. COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS E. INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CITY F. EVALUATION
7. FINANCIALS P. 15
8. WHAT IS NEXT? P. 15
THANK YOU P. 17
APPENDIX A -‐ CVYC EVENT NUMBERS P. 18 APPENDIX B -‐ CVYC FINANCIAL REPORT P. 20
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REPORT SUMMARY
The 2012-‐2013 term has been the City of Victoria Youth Council’s (CVYC) most active year with the most participants since it’s inception. 40 youth applied after a successful recruiting campaign and a new Youth Council consisting of 25 diverse youth was created in September 2012.
At the orientation retreat in October the CVYC Members refreshed the mission and vision and approved a brand new governance structure: in addition to the Executive, 5 Ministries with different focus areas were chosen: Politics, Justice, Environment, Art and Health. Each Ministry, existing out of 4-‐9 CVYC Members, worked on different projects such as: CalliGraffiti: Get the Poets Painting!, a Youth Political Forum and the creation of the Community Action Plan on Racism and Discrimination. Collectively the Ministries completed 17 events and projects, which involved over 300 participants and reached over 3000 youth in the Victoria area (See Appendix A for CVYC event numbers). The CVYC also initiated a Media Team, which lead the design of a new CVYC logo and website and strengthened CVYC’s online and social media presence. The CVYC was also responsible for the creation of Canada’s first Youth Poet Laureate position, which received great attention from the community and local media.
The CVYC continued to engage with the community through participation in local committees such as the Dallas Road Recreation Advisory Committee and the Queerposium Steering Committee. New exciting partnerships were developed with a variety of groups including the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, the Inter-‐Cultural Association and Public Art Advisory Committee. Further the CVYC focused on strengthening their connection with the City of Victoria through the annual City Council Meet & Greet and liaising with City Councillors and Staff. The CVYC Evaluation Report is also on its way and includes an overall assessment of the CVYC program and the results will be used in the new term to build on the CVYC’s successes.
This year, the CVYC has demonstrated passion, adaptability, innovation and determination like no other and established the highest retention rate (84%) ever seen. This report contains the details of our successes throughout the 2012-‐2013 CVYC term.
2012 -‐2013 City of Victoria Youth Council Members
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1. BACKGROUND
A. INTRODUCTION
The City of Victoria Youth Council (CVYC) is a youth-‐driven initiative that offers youth who live, work, hang out or go to school in the City of Victoria the opportunity for civic engagement. The CVYC exists through a partnership between BC Healthy Communities Society (BCHC) and the City of Victoria. The City of Victoria provides an annual grant to support the CVYC and also provides the support of City Council and City Staff liaisons. BCHC acts as the host organization and provides administrative support and management of the CVYC Coordinator and members as well as additional support through fundraising and project outreach and communications. The CVYC focuses on youth empowerment, leadership development, community partnerships and collaborations and capacity building as key mechanisms for enabling youth voices to be heard, understood, and shared with the City of Victoria Mayor, Council, City staff and the community at large.
B. CVYC’S VISION AND MISSION
One of the CVYC’s many successes in 2012-‐2013 was the initiation of a rebranding process which included an updated mission and vision, aligned with the CVYC objective outlined in the October 6th 2011 CVYC Memorandum Of Understanding: “Act as a positive advocate for youth, and initiate and encourage opportunities for action and dialogue to make Victoria a friendlier place for youth.”
The refreshed Vision and Mission:
Vision:
The CVYC envisions a vibrant and inclusive city where youth voices and perspectives are heard and valued.
Mission:
The CVYC leads the community in enhancing youth engagement in the City of Victoria. We are a youth-‐led council advocating for social change and opportunities to empower youth within the
community.
C. ROLES
The CVYC Coordinator (Kluane Buser-‐Rivet) fulfils the role of ally and champion to Youth Council Members as they turn ideas into action, providing administrative, budgeting, logistics and project-‐specific support. The CVYC Coordinator also plays the role of connector, bringing
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together partners and collaborators with similar visions to work together to enhance the CVYC’s impact in the community.
BC Healthy Communities Society provides mentorship and counsel to the CVYC Coordinator, meeting space for CVYC meetings, grant-‐writing support, CVYC member trainings and financial oversight. Furthermore, due to BCHC’s provincial network and social media reach, they have been able to enhance promotion of CVYC events and initiatives.
The CVYC’s City Council Liaison (Lisa Helps) has been an enthusiastic and effective champion for the CVYC’s initiatives. She assisted in creating the City of Victoria Youth Poet Laureate position, attended Youth Council meetings, provided training to Members and promoted CVYC events on social media. In the next year, she will be helping to develop stronger connections between City Council and the CVYC.
The CVYC’s City Staff Liaison’s (Kimberley Stratford) role has included administrative support, helping to set up the City Council Meet & Greet and liaising with the CVYC on the evaluation project.
2. MEMBERSHIP
A. RECRUITMENT
The 2012-‐2013 term saw more applicants for the CVYC than ever before due to an extensive and thorough recruitment strategy. Over 40 youth between the ages of 14 and 24 applied, representing a diversity of backgrounds.
The CVYC Coordinator and returning Members used the following recruitment strategies:
• Collaborated with the Saanich Youth Council in cross-‐promoting Youth Councils and sharing contacts.
• Ran a poster campaign in the community (local high schools, Camosun, UVic, recreation centres, coffee shops, etc.).
• Word of mouth from past CVYC Members.
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• Presented to dozens of high school classes (Esquimalt High, L’Ecole Victor-‐Brodeur, Selkirk Montessori School, etc.).
• Contacted youth workers (Youth Service Providers Network) and put up posters at inclusive organizations like the Inter-‐Cultural Association, the Native Friendship Centre, the Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society and the Victoria Youth Empowerment Society.
• Promoted recruitment through social media (Facebook and Twitter). • Used BCHC’s extensive network to spread recruitment information through their
website, newsletter, e-‐bulletins and social media.
In the 2012-‐2013 recruitment process applicants found out about the CVYC through posters (at the library and coffee shops), on the internet at large (including the City of Victoria and YouthCore website), through school presentations, youth also heard about it from past Members and through various word of mouth (City staff, teachers, ICA supervisor) and through Facebook.
B. MEMBERS
The CVYC Coordinator and three returning CVYC Executive Members screened, interviewed and selected 25 Members1 from the 40 applicants. Throughout the term, there were 4 people who 1 CVYC 2012-‐2013 Members were: Alejandro Saldana, Ian Schoddert, Prabhanj Daniel, Brenna Pauly, Genevieve Nevin, Tasha Verbeke, HannahSofia Bilobram-‐Stuckey, Chloe Mumford, Sheryl Zhou, Clare Lee, Caitlin Doherty, Savannah Mayer, Nodin Cutfeet, Marlon Murr, Sarah Graham, Fairahn Reid, Noah Spriggs, Carissa McLean, Chahat Mehra, Ellyn Davidson, Philip Livingston, Karine Hack, Hadi Hashemi, Etoile Seed and Jenna Ren.
Recruitment Sources
Poster (9%)
Internet at large (14%)
School presentaions (17%)
Word of Mouth -‐ Past members (17%)
Community Members -‐ Word of mouth (20%)
Facebook (23%)
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had to leave the CVYC due to time constraints. We employed a rolling admission throughout the year and got 4 new Members to maintain our numbers at 25. Within those 25 Members we have an equitable group including new Canadians, First Nations, people of colour, differently abled and LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans*, Queer) youth that ensure a broad diversity of voices at our table and an adequate representation of the diverse youth in Victoria.
An important note is the impressive retention rate the Youth Council held throughout this term. With only 4 Members leaving the CVYC, there was a member retention rate of 84%, which is significant considering the level of flux in youth’s lives. 10 members of the 2012-‐2013 term have indicated they want to continue their membership in 2013-‐2014, which is the highest retention rate so far. An overview of current Members’ bios can be found on the CVYC website at http://cvyc.net/site.php?action=member_bios.
C. ORIENTATION RETREAT
Returning and new CVYC Members attended the Orientation Retreat on October 20th and 21st, 2012 to get to know one another, co-‐create a vision for the Youth Council and begin to develop an action plan for the year ahead. The Orientation Retreat also included team-‐building training and learning exercises, presentations from Lisa Helps (City of Victoria) and Jodi Mucha (BCHC), writing a communication and participation agreement, logo and website design work and defining what personal and collective success looked like to CVYC Members.
3. GOVERNANCE
At the CVYC Orientation Retreat in October of 2012, an open discussion was facilitated by the CVYC Coordinator with the following question: As a larger 25+ person council, how can we best ensure our energies and skills are used in the most effective and engaging way possible? The result of that discussion was a brand new CVYC governance structure.
In previous years, the CVYC was composed of a smaller group of Executive Members that worked collectively on all aspects of the organization, with some smaller project teams breaking out occasionally. The 2012-‐2013 CVYC year decided to keep the Executive structure, but meet monthly instead of bi-‐weekly. The Executive meetings also became more higher-‐level supervisory meetings where budget decisions were made, guest speakers were invited, trainings were provided and larger group decisions were made. All Members were welcome at the Executive meetings. In addition to the Executive, Ministries with five focus areas were chosen: Politics, Justice, Environment, Art and Health. The creation of a Media Team was also agreed upon. The Executive met once a month and Ministries met, on average, every two weeks.
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This term, the Ministries were structured in a non-‐hierarchical model where CVYC Members took the lead on projects as needed. There were between 4 and 9 Youth Council Members per Ministry who mutually supported and encouraged each other through the completion of, collectively, 17 events and projects. Most of the Ministries were autonomous and did not require the presence of the Coordinator at every meeting. Facilitation of the meetings was shared. After Members received facilitation training, they led most of the meetings and reported back to the Executive on a regular basis.
In final reflections on the structure in June 2013, Members were unanimously in support of continuing this structure in 2013-‐2014, touting the benefits of focused energy, responsiveness to themed community inquiries and action on topics of interest to youth.
4. CAPACITY BUILDING AND TRAINING FOR MEMBERS
Building the capacity of Youth Council Members was seen as a priority by BCHC and the CVYC Coordinator. Event and project planning, budgeting, partnership building, teamwork, inter-‐personal skills, evaluation and public speaking were all tools that were explored experientially by CVYC Members with the guidance of the CVYC Coordinator.
In addition to those core skills the CVYC Members had requested some training opportunities in October at the Orientation Retreat. Throughout the year professional facilitators provided training workshops to CVYC Members such as graphic facilitation, facilitation by consensus, social media skills, from idea to action in municipal government, graphic design, website design and branding.
The BCHC Executive Director led a workshop on the Integral Approach as well as the Healthy Communities Approach at the orientation. Further workshops from BCHC Staff are planned for the 2013-‐2014 term, including budgeting.
Another capacity building opportunity that was explored was internal workshops provided by Members, for Members. In particular, the Ministry of Politics hosted several “Politics 101” style workshops for the Members, and the Ministry of Justice presented some exercises relating to privilege and LGBTQ rights. These workshops were a great source of pride in the presenters, and fostered respect and celebration of knowledge between Members.
5. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
The 2012-‐2013 term was an excellent year for the Youth Council in terms of visibility and requests for involvement from the community. As such, CVYC Members and Coordinator were involved in a number of local initiatives. For example, the CVYC Coordinator was invited by the Esquimalt Council to present and converse about how to start a youth council in their
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community. One member and the CVYC Coordinator participated in Saanich’s Youth Public Participation Policy Round Table. One Media Team and Ministry of Environment member and the Coordinator were also invited to give a workshop on Social Media & Conservation at the Off the Grid Youth Action Summit. The CVYC Coordinator (Kluane Buser-‐Rivet) was nominated for a Youth Worker Award at the United Way’s YouthNow Awards.
CVYC Members represented the Council in various local groups including the Community Arts Council Art Jammers, Dallas Rd Recreation Advisory Committee and Queerposium Steering Committee.
Four Youth Council Members and the Coordinator participated for the third year in a row in the United Way’s Youth Advisory Council Day, a regional gathering of over 5 local youth councils. They had the opportunity to network and learn about the mandates of all the groups and their upcoming projects.
6. ACCOMPLISHMENTS
A. MINISTRIES
I. Ministry of Art (MOA)
The Ministry of Art would like to change the way young artists are perceived and valued. Through our projects and events, we provide opportunities for young people to make art in the City of Victoria and encourage all youth to express themselves through art.
An art initiative that the CVYC launched before the creation of the MOA was Canada’s first Youth Poet Laureate position. Throughout the year, MOA supported this position that garnered significant community support and media opportunities. In December 2012, MOA threw a “Community Consultation” with a twist, asking “What would you like your community to look like?” in chalk throughout Centennial Square, inviting passer-‐bys to add their answer in doodles or writing.
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In April 2013, the CVYC Coordinator and two Members met with Nichola Reddington from the City of Victoria Parks, Recreation and Culture Department to see where youth could support their work. Having a youth participate the Public Art Advisory Committee in the Fall of 2013 is a product of that conversation. May 2013 saw MOA establishing a partnership with the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria for the CalliGraffiti: Get the Poets Painting! Project. CalliGraffiti brought together spoken and written poetry, visual art and mentorship with two workshops, two painting sessions and one Opening Reception on June 1st at the Art Gallery. Later in June 2013, MOA launched a youth art blog called “Awkward Age Art”2, inviting youth to submit art of all forms to be showcased on this online platform.
Additionally, PedalBox Gallery, a joint project between MOA and the Ministry of Environment, received funding from the CRD to run a bike-‐powered mobile art gallery showcasing only youth art.
II. Ministry of Politics (MOP)
The Ministry of Politics seeks to engage youth in political processes through providing opportunities for youth to increase their political literacy, get to know their elected representatives and have their voice heard and valued in municipal politics.
For the first few months of the term, MOP focused on leading internal workshops for CVYC Members that introduced them to the ins and outs of municipal politics, jurisdictions and governance. Building on those skills, MOP focused on hosting a Youth Political Forum that would befit the mission above. MOP partnered with the Creatively United for the Planet Festival to host an environmentally themed Forum with great success. Over 90 people attended the Forum to hear four political candidates answer youth generated questions in discussions that were also moderated by youth. MOP also assisted the Coordinator to prepare questions for the City Council Meet & Greet.
2 awkwardageart.tumblr.com
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III. Ministry of Justice (MOJ)
The Ministry of Justice takes action to combat intolerance. We engage people of various backgrounds to work towards our common goal of promoting inclusion and acceptance, and work to increase awareness and action on important youth issues like homophobia, racism, sexism and bullying.
In 2012, MOJ built on some amazing work done by the 2011-‐2012 CVYC term to have the City of Victoria become a member of the Canadian Coalition of Municipalities Against Racism and Discrimination (CCMARD). Joining forces with the Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group (VIPIRG) and other local groups fighting intolerance, the CVYC formed a Steering Committee to guide the creation of the Community Action Plan (CAP) on Racism and Discrimination. The CVYC used the data collected in the Racism and Discrimination Survey undertaken in 2011-‐2012 to inform the writing of the CAP. MOJ also focused on LGBTQ awareness and support through leading internal CVYC workshops to define the LGBTQ terms and designed two posters promoting LGBTQ awareness. The posters have been distributed in schools and community centres, and will continue to be distributed. Lastly, MOJ lead a reflective “Monologue to Your 12 Year Old Self” Video initiative, which will be completed by Fall 2013. The video will be shown in Middle Schools and High Schools throughout Victoria on its completion.
IV. Ministry of Environment (MOE)
The Ministry of the Environment seeks to cultivate a culture of youth caring for the environment in engaging and enjoyable ways.
The Ministry of Environment kicked off a year of environmental awareness and stewardship by presenting a Plastic Bottle Water Free Pledge for the CVYC in Winter 2012. A big focus for MOE this term was Park Beautification Sessions with a central intention of cleaning up and getting to know our Victoria green spaces. This kicked off with a Caledonia Park beautification blitz where CVYC Members and volunteers cleaned up bags of garbage and planted indigenous herbs.
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Following that great success, MOE initiated a Summit Park clean up where over 10 pounds of garbage were picked up.
In May 2013, MOE hosted a beach clean up along Dallas Road, and added a new component: a follow up discussion led by Ocean Networks Canada employee and CVYC Member Ellyn Davidson. The discussion covered topics like the ocean acidification, disposable consumerist culture and ocean protection. Participants noted their appreciation of the combination of action and discussion in this event. The beach clean-‐up was also the culmination of a MOE-‐led Ocean Awareness Week of social media posts on Facebook and Twitter that provided facts on the ocean and ocean protection. Another MOE initiative was preparing a Social Media and Conservation Workshop for the Off the Grid Youth Action Summit, led by CVYC Coordinator and one MOE member.
Upcoming for MOE are supporting the PedalBox Gallery, presenting a “Get to know your eco-‐systems” social media awareness week that will culminate in a local plant walk and creating a youth focused Bike Fest event in Fall 2013.
V. Ministry of Health (MOH)
The Ministry of Health aims to offer mental and physical health-‐enhancing opportunities for youth in the City of Victoria.
The Ministry of Health led two exciting initiatives this term aiming to offer healthy encouragement to Victoria Youth. First, The Unsupervised Kitchen food blog was launched in April 2013 as a space offering cooking tips, recipes and restaurant recommendations to youth cooking on their own for the first time. The CVYC will be working with the Inter-‐Cultural Association’s Community Kitchen for new immigrant youth to generate content for the blog. MOH’s second initiative was Active Hope on May 31st 2013, a day where Youth Council Members encouraged their peers to get active outdoors, then post pictures of their outdoor activities to Facebook and Twitter. Promotion for the event was also done through social media by having participants pledge their commitment to get outdoors.
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B. MEDIA TEAM
There have been huge successes with the Media Team this term, starting by rebranding the Youth Council. This began with drafting a fresh youth council vision and mission. Then, a local youth was employed to redesign the CVYC logo. With the new logo, the Media Team has started producing promotional items like buttons using slogans including “Active Young Minds” and “What if you(th) could change our city?”.
There have been successes online as well as offline! The Media Team strengthened the Facebook “Like” page that has 91 likes as well as a private group, which the Council communicates through. In the 2012-‐2013 term, the Media Team created the CVYC’s first Twitter account and has grown it to have 49 followers and 134 tweets within months. Tweets are sent out covering CVYC happenings, and also promoting other local youth initiatives and events. The CVYC has also live-‐tweeted to followers during events like the Youth Political Forum. The Media Team has also designed a new, simpler, more intuitive website which will be launched in the summer of 2013.
C. CVYC IN THE MEDIA
I. Radio
CFAX Sunday Morning Public Affairs:
http://www.cfax1070.com/Media/CFAX-‐Podcasts/Frank-‐Stanford -‐ others can be found at http://harbourdigitalmedia.com/radio/
CBC All Points West:
http://www.cbc.ca/allpointswest/2013/01/08/victorias-‐first-‐youth-‐poet-‐laureate/
II. General Print Media
http://www.mondaymag.com/opinion/199264621.html
III. Youth Poet Laureate Print Media
http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/calling-‐young-‐poets-‐1.9206
http://metronews.ca/news/victoria/504070/victorias-‐newest-‐poet-‐laureate-‐seeks-‐to-‐give-‐youth-‐a-‐voice/
http://finearts.uvic.ca/blog/?tag=victoria-‐youth-‐poet-‐laureate
http://archive.martlet.ca/martlet/article/victoria-‐poetic-‐innovation/
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http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/uvic-‐student-‐named-‐youth-‐poet-‐laureate-‐1.40060
http://www.thenav.ca/2013/03/06/making-‐poetry-‐cool-‐for-‐youth-‐youth-‐poet-‐laureate-‐aims-‐to-‐inspire-‐and-‐involve-‐victoria-‐students/
http://www.douglasishere.com/2013/01/creative-‐writing-‐grad-‐named-‐first-‐ever.html
http://www.litlive.ca/story/591
D. COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
The 2012-‐2013 term grew the CVYC’s network of partners exponentially. First, in addition to BCHC’s Boardroom, we expanded our meeting spaces to include in-‐kind donations of meeting space from Hart Legal, Community Micro Lending and Sands Funeral Chapel
Secondly, the CVYC has worked with a number of excellent organizations on projects and events. The most significant partnership in 2012-‐2013 was CalliGraffiti: Get the Poets Painting! a poetry mural initiative with the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, who contributed $700 for mural supplies, in-‐kind staff time and promotion support.
Another partner, the Inter-‐Cultural Association (ICA), contributed in-‐kind space to host one event (filming of Monologue to Your 12 Year Old Self) and who the CVYC will be working with to share resources for youth cooking between ICA’s Community Kitchen initiative and the CVYC’s The Unsupervised Kitchen food blog. The Creatively United for the Planet Society reached out to the CVYC for support in engaging youth at their annual festival, and partnered with the CVYC’s Ministry of Politics to host a Youth Political Forum, the most well attended CVYC event with over 90 participants. Also, Ocean Networks Canada provided the in-‐kind donation of staff
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time for their employee and Youth Council member Ellyn Davidson to present at the Off the Grid Youth Action Summit and at the CVYC’s Ocean Clean Up and Discussion event.
E. INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CITY The City of Victoria Youth Council strongly values their links to the City of Victoria. These bonds were strengthened through activities like the City Council Meet & Greet, an opportunity for Members of both Councils to meet, share ideas and initiate actions. Youth Council Members also heard a presentation from Rob Woodland and Don Schaffer on City Governance. Councillor Lisa Helps, the CVYC Council Liaison, has been particularly valuable to the CVYC in the last term, providing support, mentoring and training to CVYC Members.
Additionally, the CVYC’s relationship to the City of Victoria is demonstrated through Youth Council Member participation in City of Victoria Advisory Committees like the Dallas Road Recreation Advisory Committee and the Public Art Advisory Committee.
The Youth Council reports to the City on an annual basis through this report and a presentation to Councillors at the Governance and Priorities Meeting which was on June 6th, 2013 for this term.
F. EVALUATION
With contingency funds from the 2011-‐2012 CVYC term, the CVYC was able to hire someone to help create an Evaluation Framework to assess and reflect on the CVYC Members’ experiences, CVYC programming and explore the relationships between CVYC, BCHC and the City. Six Youth Council Members are given the capacity building opportunity to conduct information interviews with City Staff and will receive a small honorarium for their work. The Evaluation Framework supervisor (Sarah Amyot) will provide a training to the youth on how to conduct interviews and the Final Report of the Evaluation Framework will be submitted in August.
7. FINANCIALS
See Appendix B for a detailed financial report and break down of the expenses and revenues received through the City of Victoria, additional fundraising and partnerships.
8. WHAT IS NEXT?
A. SUMMER 2013
Youth leading Evaluation interviews with City Staff Completion of Evaluation Report Ministry of Environment Plant Walk
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Completion of new CVYC Website PedalBox Gallery Exhibition launch Recruitment 2013-‐2014 Pilot of Youth Caucus advising City Councillors
B. FALL 2013
2013-‐2014 term Team Orientation Retreat Creating a CVYC promotional video Reviving youth legal rights handbook Youth Art Jam Nights: a CVYC and Fairfield Gonzales Community Centre partnership Bike Fest (October 2013) Youth Caucus advising City Councillors starts officially
C. WHAT IF?
1. A youth was elected to the City of Victoria Council? 2. There was a Youth Advisor that would sit in on all City Council meetings to provide
feedback and youth perspectives? 3. Youth managed 5% of the City of Victoria’s budget?
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THANK YOU!
The City of Victoria Youth Council would not be possible without the involvement and support of many exceptional individuals and organizations. First, the CVYC would like to thank the Esquimalt, Songhees, Lekwungen and Coast Salish people on whose land we have the privilege of working and recreating on.
Without the continued support of the City of Victoria Councillors and Staff, the CVYC would not be what it is today. The CVYC would like to extend a special thank you to Lisa Helps, our City Council Liaison, and Kimberley Stratford, our City Staff Liaison for their hands on work. The CVYC would also like to recognize the incredible contributions the 2012-‐2013 CVYC Members made to Victoria youth and the community at large.
A word of thank you must also be noted for the CVYC’s incredible partners and collaborators in 2012-‐2013.
To finish, a huge thank you to BC Healthy Communities Society for believing in the importance of youth engagement within a Healthy Communities Framework, championing our initiatives and providing continued support throughout the 2012-‐2013 term!
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APPENDIX A
CVYC EVENT NUMBERS
EVENT # OF PARTICIPANTS # OF YOUTH REACHED (ESTIMATIONS) Caledonia Park Clean Up 15 Summit Park Clean Up 4 Dallas Road Beach Clean Up 15 MOE Ocean Awareness Social Media Campaign
100 (Through Twitter and Facebook)
Youth Poet Laureate 500 (Aysia Law has done numerous poetry presentations, youth poetry workshops, media interviews and more in her position)
Chalk Art Community Consultation
30 100 (there were many youth passer-‐bys)
CalliGraffiti: Get the Poets Painting!
25 500 (the mural with a plaque outlining the project is next to Central Middle School and is on the Art Gallery outside wall, so getting lots of exposure to youth)
Awkward Age Art blog 50 (site views) Youth Political Forum 96 CAP on Racism and Discrimination
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LGBTQ posters 1500+ (distributed to Oak Bay High, Vic High, Mount Doug High, Reynolds High, Landsdowne Middle School, Lambrick High, Central Middle School and Spectrum High)
Monologue to Your 12 Year Old Self
10
Social Media and Conservation Workshop
35 100 (in addition to leading the workshop, we gave a workshop to all the conference attendees on social media best practices and polite communication)
The Unsupervised Kitchen 50 (site views) Active Hope 15 40 (through the social media usage,
many Facebook friends of participants “liked” statuses and heard about Active Hope through Twitter)
Facebook Page 91 150 (our reach extends further than our
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direct network) Twitter Page 49 100 (our reach extends further than our
direct network) Buttons 100 (100 youth have our buttons) Youth on Dallas Road Recreation Advisory Committee
1 100 (the input our youth is providing will have an effect on at least 100 youth as it is implemented)
TOTALS 388 3420
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APPENDIX B
CVYC FINANCIAL REPORT
CVYC REVENUES 2012-‐ 2013 Date: June 18, 2012 REVENUES City of Victoria -‐ Annual Grant 20,000.00 Contingency CVYC Budget 2011-‐2012 2,518.46 BC Healthy Communities -‐ Contribution for New Design CVYC Logo & Website 1,500.00 Il Terrazzo -‐ Donation for Youth Poet Laureate project 2,500.00 District of Saanich -‐ Wolf's Den -‐ Contribution for Ministry of Art Mural project 200.00 Art Gallery of Victoria 700.00 Capital Regional District -‐ Grant for Pedal Box Gallery Project 2,000.00
TOTAL REVENUES: 29,418.46
CVYC EXPENSES 2012-‐ 2013 EXPENSES
BCHC Administrational Support 2,000.00 CVYC Coordinator 11,648.00 CVYC Meetings (Snacks, Supplies etc.) 831.63 Travel 105.00 Printing 117.88 Web Costs (hosting/support) 263.70 New Design CVYC Website 1,450.00 New Design CVYC Logo 50.00 Training & Development (CVYC Retreat, Presenters Honorarium etc.) 399.69 Project Materials 556.27 Honoraria (CVYC Member Support) 532.38 Special Youth Projects:
> Ministry of Art 2,348.59 > Ministry of Environment 68.14 > Ministry of Health 308.86 > Ministry of Politics 91.69 > Ministry of Justice 635.04 > Pedal Box Gallery 2,350.28 > 2013 Bike Fest 500.00 > Youth Poet Laureate 2,650.00
CVYC Evaluation 2,511.54
TOTAL EXPENSES: 29,418.69 Difference: -‐0.23
