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Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter and University of Toronto, Faculty of Social Work

Mapping Civic Participation Among Chinese Canadian Youth

Principal Organization: Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter
Partner Organization: University of Toronto, Faculty of Social Work
Principal Investigator: Izumi Sakamoto

Researchers held workshops with Chinese high school students in Toronto over a five month period. The goals of the project were to learn about the social issues impacting Chinese Canadian youth and to provide training in anti-racist issues and leadership skills. Many of the students reported feeling marginalized in schools and neglected by teachers and guidance councilors. Participants built upon their experiences and used the new skills learned from the workshops to create a bilingual newsletter specifically for newly arrived Chinese high school students in Toronto.

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Land

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.