IMPACT IN 2020
By equipping newcomer youth with the professional and leadership skills to support their peers, we empower the wider newcomer community in Edmonton.
By investing in newcomer youth we invest in the future growth of communities where their cultures are celebrated, their relationships with one another are strengthened and their connections to the broader Canadian experience is realized. Below are some of the stats and outcomes of the 2020 Youth Navigator Cohort.
167 Survey
responses collected
3 Youth Navigator
lead focus groups
211 Community
engagement contacts collected
Youth Navigators supported X youth peers
22 hours of professional and leadership training
Cultural Connections
Cultural communities engaged with include Eritrean/Ethiopian, Oromo, Syrian, Sudanese and Syrian, plus LGBTQ+
Community of Collaboration
Community leaders
Kiki Maragang
Tigist Dafia
Joseph Luri
Cory Wyness
Basel Hamrah
Sara Buczynski
Bedri Mohammed Yonis
Biruk Senbetu
Mohammad Ayyash
Khaled Aloklah
Ahmed Al Zouabi
Menghisteab Teclemariam
Mulki Ali
Sahro Mohamed
Rita Loteka
Youth Narratives
Click on the following link to read reflections of the youth navigators who participated in 2020.
"I don’t know what would have happened, but I think it’s good they have someone to talk to."
- Youth Navigator
"They just don’t know what to do. So, they’re being faced with stress and anxiety, coming out issues, acceptance from their ethnocultural community, they’re facing a lot of battles"
- Youth Navigator