Addiction & Mental Health Placement 2.0

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Youth In Politics
Ajax, Ontario, Canada
Program Manager
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Project
Academic experience
60 hours per learner
Learner
Ontario, Canada
Intermediate level

Project scope

Categories
Healthcare Workplace health/wellness Public health Social sciences
Skills
planning advocacy social policy mental health research
Details

Our organization is planning to launch an important campaign on mental health issues, specifically the youth.

We believe this project will include:

  • Virtually facilitating a support group for individuals with addiction or mental health issues
  • Being a 'friendly visitor' to socially isolated individuals such as individuals struggling with mental health issues
  • Promoting mental health within communities
  • Community outreach, engagement, and/or community development
  • Social justice and/or advocacy work, including social policy research and/or advocacy
Deliverables

The final deliverables should take the form of:

  • Forming a campaign plan
  • A 20-minute presentation
  • Laying the ground work for the campaign
Mentorship

Students will connect directly with the employer for any guidance and the employer will be provide the necessary resources.

About the company

Company
Ajax, Ontario, Canada
2 - 10 employees
Government, Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society, Media & production

Youth In Politics is a registered non-for-profit student organization, with the goal of informing youth about politics and current events through journalism, podcasts, and interviews with political figures. Our roster of guests includes; Mary Simons, Kim Campbell, Andrea Horwath, Erin O’Toole, Amarjeet Sohi, etc. Youth In Politics started as a way to encourage youth to be involved in politics and find social gratification from being involved. Our end goal is to play an important role in increasing youth votership every election. We have writers and members from all over the world, with most based in Canada. Our organization has been profiled by CBC News, CP24, etc. Youth In Politics has also been recognized by the UN world food program, for our efforts when it came to covering the Yemen crisis.