Western Valley: Building Resilience In Youth

The Western Valley region is embarking on several projects to improve social and health outcomes for youth, families, and communities. The Western Valley Drug and Alcohol Steering Committee and the Woodstock Planet Youth Local Action Coalition are collaborative groups that work toward universal and primary prevention of drug and alcohol initiation, harm reduction, treatment, and enforcement. Planet Youth program is an evidence-informed, international program based on the Icelandic Prevention Model that aims to decrease the likelihood of substance use among youth. Woodstock will be one of four pilot sites in New Brunswick. This project will significantly benefit from interns’ expertise and skills. In alignment with the Regional Steering Committees, the Multicultural Association of Carleton County (MACC) focuses on Youth language development and engagement program development and implementation with their clients. MACC is a rural Immigrant Service Organization (ISO) and a privately incorporated company with a non-profit designation.

Greater Fredericton Social Innovation’s (GFSI) mandate is to provide social planning to advance comprehensive community strategies guided by research, analysis, and community-defined goals. GFSI is a network of concerned organizations, agencies and individuals working cooperatively and collaboratively through community stewardship.

Faculty Supervisor:

Stephen Grant

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Partner:

Greater Fredericton Social Innovation

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of New Brunswick

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