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About the website
vancouveryouth.ca is the City of Vancouver’s youth portal.
It was created, and is maintained, by youth and staff in the Social Policy Division at the City of Vancouver. We’ve been online since 2003, digitally engaging Vancouver’s young residents in municipal decision-making and in their communities.
But, we’ve been working for the better inclusion of the voices of Vancouver youth for much longer…
What do we do?
Social Policy staff work to address social issues facing our city through:
Some work we currently do that relates to children & youth include:
Check out some of our current Projects.
Youth and the City of Vancouver
In 1992, the City of Vancouver adopted a Children’s Policy.
In 1995, the City of Vancouver passed its unique & innovative Civic Youth Strategy that committed all City departments to work together to:
In 2003, the City of Vancouver followed up by developing a New Model of Youth Engagement, which created structures and strategies within the City for youth outreach and civic engagement.