General Assembly Meetings

Our last General Assembly meeting was on May 5th, 2021, from 5:30 to 8:00 pm over Google Meet. Alongside our regular updates, the committee welcomed guest speakers Olivia from our sister city Nashville, and Susan Holdsworth from Recover. Our next General Assembly meeting is June 2nd from 5:30 - 8:00 pm.

Subcommittee Initiatives

CSWB Response

Gathering youth perspectives on community safety and law enforcement institutions, our recommendations to the Community Safety and Wellbeing (CSWB) Taskforce Report #8543 are out! They can be found in a public letter to City Council. In succeeding months, our objectives include increasing accessibility to our CSWB recommendations through multiple mediums of communication while continuing to meet with city councillors and engaging the public. 

Environmental Awareness Webinar

Our webinar on Saturday, May 29, 2021 from 5:00-7:00 pm was a huge success! Thank you to everyone that joined us. Alongside speakers from CEYC, we invited Stephen Raitz from Paths for People, Hannah Gelderman from Climate Justice Edmonton, and Marmik Patel from PlantForever as guest speakers. Congratulations to all our prize winners who received a gift card from a local business of their choice! Missed it? Stay tuned for clips from the webinar to be uploaded soon! 

Demographics Survey

Our team is currently formatting a 3-stage response to the results of the survey to help promote the representation of more youth demographics on our council. The first stage centered around creating presentations catered towards reaching out to the least represented demographics, which were found in the analysis of the survey results. The stages that follow this will be focused on: making both the meetings and application processes on CEYC more accessible as well as providing more training resources and guidance for new members so that they can play a larger role on council. 

Food Waste and Insecurity Information Report

We are researching how gaps in Edmonton food security might be filled with food destined for waste. Currently, we are examining redistribution initiatives around the world, interviewing local organizations, and determining how best to meet the needs of reducing waste. 58% of food produced in Canada is lost. This has enormous economic and environmental costs! We will publish our findings and recommendations as an information report for City Council.

Community Safety and Well Being Response

Our recommendations to Report #8543 will be found in a publicly available letter to City Council anticipated to release during May. In the succeeding months, our objectives include increasing accessibility to our recommendations through the publication of multiple mediums of communication. For reference, click the box below to learn more about the Community Safety and Wellbeing (CSWB) Taskforce Report.

Paths For People Workforce

This Workforce handles all collaboration between the City of Edmonton Youth Council and Paths for People. Besides our response to the Bike Plan Implementation Guide, we are working on a day of programming during the beginning of summer with members of CEYC. This would involve meeting up at a chosen street, learning about safer streets and other initiatives, and adding to the street with things such as chalk. We hope that this will be educational, but also serve as a fun bonding event between our two organizations

School Visits Presentations

We’ve been hard at work identifying schools and organizations, sending out contact information, and scheduling visits! There have been some barriers with response rates, likely due to the pandemic and the online nature of our presentations, but we’ve been pushing through to reach dedicated schools that are still interested. If you know of a school or organization that could benefit from a CEYC visit, let us know below.

City of Edmonton News

Get Our Latest Updates

Thank you for taking the time to read the 2nd edition of our new monthly newsletter. We are proud of what we have already achieved and are excited for what will come next. Edmonton's youth are invaluable, and we will continue to provide them with platforms and initiatives to empower their voices and ideas. If you or your organization are interested in collaborating or forming a partnership, let us know!

General Assembly Meetings

Our last General Assembly meeting was on May 5th, 2021, from 5:30 to 8:00 pm over Google Meet. Alongside our regular updates, the committee welcomed guest speakers Olivia from our sister city Nashville, and Susan Holdsworth from Recover. Our next General Assembly meeting is June 2nd from 5:30 - 8:00 pm.

Subcommittee Initiatives

CSWB Response

Gathering youth perspectives on community safety and law enforcement institutions, our recommendations to the Community Safety and Wellbeing (CSWB) Taskforce Report #8543 are out! They can be found in a public letter to City Council. In succeeding months, our objectives include increasing accessibility to our CSWB recommendations through multiple mediums of communication while continuing to meet with city councillors and engaging the public. 

Environmental Awareness Webinar

Our webinar on Saturday, May 29, 2021 from 5:00-7:00 pm was a huge success! Thank you to everyone that joined us. Alongside speakers from CEYC, we invited Stephen Raitz from Paths for People, Hannah Gelderman from Climate Justice Edmonton, and Marmik Patel from PlantForever as guest speakers. Congratulations to all our prize winners who received a gift card from a local business of their choice! Missed it? Stay tuned for clips from the webinar to be uploaded soon! 

Demographics Survey

Our team is currently formatting a 3-stage response to the results of the survey to help promote the representation of more youth demographics on our council. The first stage centered around creating presentations catered towards reaching out to the least represented demographics, which were found in the analysis of the survey results. The stages that follow this will be focused on: making both the meetings and application processes on CEYC more accessible as well as providing more training resources and guidance for new members so that they can play a larger role on council. 

Food Waste and Insecurity Information Report

We are researching how gaps in Edmonton food security might be filled with food destined for waste. Currently, we are examining redistribution initiatives around the world, interviewing local organizations, and determining how best to meet the needs of reducing waste. 58% of food produced in Canada is lost. This has enormous economic and environmental costs! We will publish our findings and recommendations as an information report for City Council.

Community Safety and Well Being Response

Our recommendations to Report #8543 will be found in a publicly available letter to City Council anticipated to release during May. In the succeeding months, our objectives include increasing accessibility to our recommendations through the publication of multiple mediums of communication. For reference, click the box below to learn more about the Community Safety and Wellbeing (CSWB) Taskforce Report.

Paths For People Workforce

This Workforce handles all collaboration between the City of Edmonton Youth Council and Paths for People. Besides our response to the Bike Plan Implementation Guide, we are working on a day of programming during the beginning of summer with members of CEYC. This would involve meeting up at a chosen street, learning about safer streets and other initiatives, and adding to the street with things such as chalk. We hope that this will be educational, but also serve as a fun bonding event between our two organizations

School Visits Presentations

We’ve been hard at work identifying schools and organizations, sending out contact information, and scheduling visits! There have been some barriers with response rates, likely due to the pandemic and the online nature of our presentations, but we’ve been pushing through to reach dedicated schools that are still interested. If you know of a school or organization that could benefit from a CEYC visit, let us know below.

City of Edmonton News

Get Our Latest Updates

Thank you for taking the time to read the 2nd edition of our new monthly newsletter. We are proud of what we have already achieved and are excited for what will come next. Edmonton's youth are invaluable, and we will continue to provide them with platforms and initiatives to empower their voices and ideas. If you or your organization are interested in collaborating or forming a partnership, let us know!

General Assembly

Our last General Assembly meeting was on June 2nd, 2021, from 5:30 to 8:00 pm. We had a Q&A session and appearance from Mayor Don Iveson and voted on several summer initiatives and proposals. Our next General Assembly meeting is July 6, 2021. 

Subcommittee Initiatives

CEYC Blog

This month, we posted : a personal piece on mental health awareness in relation to COVID-19, our second poem, the first post in our Uni 101 series and a letter to 2021 graduates! 

CEYC members will have the opportunity to contribute to collaborative pieces this summer that aims to tell stories, share experiences and generate awareness – all in regards to names.

Food Waste and Insecurity Information Report

We are researching how gaps in Edmonton food security might be filled with food destined for waste. To do this, we are examining redistribution initiatives around the world, interviewing local organizations, and debating how we can best meet the needs of Edmontonians, while reducing waste. 58% of food produced in Canada is lost. This has enormous economic and environmental costs! Our findings and recommendations will be found as an information report for City Council and the public in late June.

Vaping Info Report

The Vaping Information Campaign team on CEYC has successfully organized and created info-slides through looking at research, notes from meetings with experts and vaping stories in Edmonton, their survey statistics from last term, and quotes from youth. They hope that through their project, they can educate and spread awareness about vaping in Edmonton youth and its dangers. The campaign will be posted on CEYC social media in early July.

City of Edmonton News

Capital City Clean Up!

You can request a free litter kit at the link below. Each kit includes a safety guide, litter grabber, a pair of gloves, and a small and large garbage bag. We highly encourage everyone to get out and socialize and beautify our city in a safe and responsible way. And if you can, make your own litter kits and let’s clean up YEG!

Thank you for taking the time to read the 5th edition of our new monthly newsletter. We are proud of what we have already achieved this term and can't wait to see what the future holds. Edmonton's youth are invaluable, and we will continue to provide them with platforms and initiatives to empower their voices and ideas. If you or your organization are interested in collaborating or forming a partnership, let us know!