Other Next Steps

Next Steps projects have also been carried out using the data from McCreary’s street involved youth survey, custody survey and with reports such as Moving Upstream. A ‘by youth for youth’ evaluation of  the next Steps has also been conducted.

Youth in Custody

Voices from the Inside: Next Steps with Youth in Custody

The Next Steps is an interactive workshop series that gives youth the opportunity to respond to the results of McCreary’s youth health research. It was adapted to give youth in custody the opportunity to respond to the results of the McCreary Centre Society’s 2004 survey of BC youth in custody. The Next Steps gave youth in custody an opportunity to share their experiences; explore what supports would help them stay out of custody; and to make recommendations for change in the custody system. To order | Download (1,273 KB pdf)

Street involved and marginalized youth

Marginalized and street involved youth from across the province got the chance to comment on the 2006 McCreary study of homeless [link to against the odds]and inadequately housed young people.

Youth form 8 communities came together at the end of the workshops to create a report [see report Against the Odds] and made 3 films documenting the key youth health issues raised at the workshops.

Moving Upstream: Aboriginal Marginalized and Street-Involved Youth in B.C.

This report analyzes the experiences in nine B.C. communities of more than 400 homeless, inadequately housed, street-involved and marginalized Aboriginal youth ages 12 to 18. The report is a community-requested further analysis of the McCreary Centre Society's 2006 Marginalized and Street-Involved Youth Survey, which found more than half the youth (54 per cent) who participated identified as Aboriginal. The report also includes the response to these findings from Aboriginal community members, and calls for increased services.
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AHS III Next Steps

The results of the 2003 Adolescent Health Survey were shared with 440 youth through 13 workshops.Youth’s top 4 health priorities were alcohol and drug use, mental health and suicide, racism and discrimination and sexual health.

The Next Steps: A Toolkit to Engage Youth in Community Action

The Next Steps is a workshop series that provides youth, along with supportive adults, an opportunity to: discuss the results of the 2003 BC Adolescent Health Survey; identify priority issues; and plan projects for improving the health of youth in their communities. The Next Steps Toolkit contains everything needed to put on a successful and fun Next Steps workshop. Read More.

Looking Back, Stepping Forward (report)

A youth driven evaluation of the Next Steps workshops that followed the 2003 Adolescent Health Survey has led to a number of changes in the way workshops are carried out, including offering additional support for youth to carry out the projects they identify as needed in their communities.Youth who had participated also reported that they would have liked to have received information from the Adolescent health Survey at a younger age.To read more about youth’s views on the Next Steps click here.

Aboriginal Next Steps I

The Aboriginal Next Steps I (2001) workshop series included youth from Blueberry River, Nass valley, Smithers, Vanderhoof, Williams lake and Pavilion Band. The second ANS project was the award winning Aboriginal Next Steps II (2007-2009).