Workshops

YACLink... getting a YAC started

YAC Link is a combination of a written guide and peer led workshop is a great resource for anyone who is interested in organizing a Youth Advisory Council (YAC). The YAC Link written guide is available to be download for free here.

YACLink Workshop

McCreary Centre Society’s YAC will facilitate a half day YAC Link workshop for youth who are interested in starting up, or further developing a YAC. If you are involved with a group of youth who are interested in this, please email mccreary@mcs.bc.ca for more information!

YACLink: Tips and tricks for staring a Youth Advisory Council (Resource)

The information and ideas in the YAC Link resource came from interviews and workshops with current and past YAC members. The resource includes useful history, information and best practices gathered from all three YACs –stuff that we hope will be useful to youth who are just starting out or new to YACs.

> Download YACLink Resource

The Next Steps: A Toolkit to Engage Youth in Community Action

The Next Steps is a workshop series that provides youth, along with supportive adults, an opportunity to: discuss the results of the 2003 BC Adolescent Health Survey; identify priority issues; and plan projects for improving the health of youth in their communities. The Next Steps Toolkit contains everything needed to put on a successful and fun Next Steps workshop.

In addition to the Toolkit, between April and October 2005, the McCreary Centre Society conducted 13 Next Steps Workshops in communities all over BC. A summary from conversations with youth during these workshops is available in a provincial summary report.

Download Summary Report

> The Next Steps: BC Youths' response to the AHS III and Ideas for Action (1.8 MB pdf)

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Download Toolkit

> Next Steps Toolkit (pdf 2,018KB)
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YACshops: workshops by youth, for youth

Created as resources for facilitators of varying experience levels, these workshops were designed, written and tested by a number of McCreary's Youth Advisory Council (YAC) members. Whether you're a first time facilitators or a seasoned pro, each YACshop manual is easy to use.

Included in each manual:

• Instructions on preparing for the workshops
• Step-by-step guide to facilitating the workshop
• All the overheads and handouts required for the workshop
• An "appendix" full of ice-breaker activities

	So You Wanna YAC This YACshop focuses on young people involved in youth councils or committees become better volunteers. Participants are introduced to the skills need to start and run a successful group.  Download
	Introduction To Leadership This YACshop helps young people to increase their confidence and leadership skills. Participants will learn about the fundamentals of leadership and begin the process of exploring their own leadership potential.  Download
	Taking Leadership to the Next Level This YACshop helps young people to increase their existing leadership skills. Participants become familiar with and learn new ways to overcome challenges faced by young leaders in today's society. Download
	Team Building This YACshop focuses on building and working in successful teams. Participants learn what characteristics are necessary for a team to succeed and how to work with different groups of people. Download
	Creativity & You! Learn how to improve your creativity and how creativity can be applied to problem solving in this YACshop. Participants are given opportunities and ideas about how to look at things differently and what questions to ask themselves to help make their work and everyday lives more creative. Download
	Communication Communication is often to key to a successful team. This YACshop helps young people improve communication skills by demonstrating good and bad communication skills. Download