A: Community facilitators' main tasks include...  Creating respectful, equitable partnerships with youth using a trauma- and violence- informed approach  Committing to getting to know each youth and creating a comfortable and fun environment – This space should feel different from school or the workplace.  Establishing boundaries for sharing personal beliefs, stories, and different cultural backgrounds.   Supporting meaningful youth engagement and addressing participation barriers   Show knowledge of and respect for each [...]

A: Agenda Gap uses a Train-the-Trainers model: the first year of program delivery is co-facilitated with experienced Agenda Gap staff and allows community facilitators to decide how much or how little of the workshop content they wish to deliver. All facilitators will also attend a 1.5-hour orientation session.

A: As a facilitator, you will support youth by creating a youth-led space, co-developing knowledge, and building partnerships to facilitate their goals. Counselling, treatment, or more specialized mental health services should not be provided to participating youth unless that is already part of your role/job and a youth is referred to you for that service.   A list of support resources customized to your region will be made available to you [...]

A: Nope! You are not expected to have subject matter expertise. Agenda Gap is a co-learning space – you will be fully supported by the Agenda Gap team at UBC for at least one fully delivery cycle.. The program intentionally involves community allies who can provide additional knowledge to support policy change activities. If you are interested in learning more about a topic covered by the Agenda Gap curriculum, we [...]