Local Youth Taking Action for Social and Environmental Justice

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Application ID: 000308
This project is completed.
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Project Description
Project Title
Local Youth Taking Action for Social and Environmental Justice
Project Abstract (written upon completion)
 
What is the central research question you want answered?
What are the objectives of your project?
Our question is, "How are youth in the GVRD taking action on issues of social and environmental justice related to globalization?" We want to learn about and document on film some these actions.

Check Your Head provides education, resources, and support for youth for global hope and local action. A large part of our work is sharing stories about and strategies for action. We would like to gather footage of youth taking action and use it as a tool to pass on to other youth. This footage would be used in our workshops, on our website and at our youth film nights.
Project Type
Computer Related     
Creative     
Formal Research     
 Organizational Development     
Survey     
Other    video   
Size of Project (Number of pages, minutes, cm, etc.)
Flexible. We would like to have several clips that showcase different actions, formatted to use in workshops, on our website and within our organization.
Project Description (Use this space to further elaborate on the project)
The project will include research and outreach to youth who are taking action and making change on issues related to globalization. For example, these issues could include climate change, corporate power, media, free trade, democracy, food and water security, sweatshops, and universal health care.

* The ethics review for this project is already completed.
How do you plan to use the results of this project?
As mentioned above, we will use the results as a means of sharing stories of action with youth. The footage will be used in our workshops, on our website and at our youth film nights as a means of sparking discussion and inspiration.
What larger goal is served by undertaking this project?
The larger goal of the project is to contribute to Check Your Head's capacity to provide resources for and examples of global hope and local action.
The Organization
Organization Name
Check Your Head
What community do you represent or work with?
Youth
What is your organization/group's goal or mandate?
Check Your Head (CYH) is a non-profit organization that encourages young people to understand and take action for global, social and environmental justice.

Through youth-driven projects and initiatives, CYH supports other young people to live as engaged and active citizens within our local and global communities. We create opportunities for youth to develop critical analysis, hope and tools for action on issues such as democracy, corporate power, economic globalization, the environment, the media and more.

Our work is motivated by the understanding that a healthy, democratic, and sustainable world depends on informed, empowered, and active young people.
Are you a registered not-for-profit?
Yes
Contact Information
Contact Person
Kaitlin Pelletier
  
Position
Education Program Director
Mailing Address
#605--207 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC, V6B 1H7
Telephone
604.685.6631
Fax
604.608.6736
Email
kaitlin@checkyourhead.org
  
Alternate Telephone
 
Alternate Fax
 
Alternate Email
contact@checkyourhead.org
Project Plan of Action
Duration of Project
Smaller (One semester)
If you know the duration more specifically, please indicate here
 
What are the specific deliverables that you expect of the student?
-Research youth action on issues related to globalization in the GVRD
-Meet with youth taking action on these issues
-Interview youth about their actions
-Document on film youth participating in making change and conversations with youth about their actions and ideas.
-Compile a short series of engaging film clips on different individuals' or groups' actions.
***Check Your Head will supply a camera for the student and a staff member will be available to help shoot scenes when the student is conducting interviews. Check Your Head will be responsible for editing.
Estimated time commitment per week
4 hours
Liaison
Liaison Name
Molly Lynes-Ford
  
Liaison Position
Program Director
Liason Contact Info (If different from above)
 
How much time per week will the
liaison be available to the project?
2 hours per week
How will the liaison provide direction and support to the project?
The liaison will be available for collaboration as needed and will connect the student researchers with youth and organization contacts.
Student Researcher
Student area of study/experience
Working with youth
Environmental and Social justice
Film
Sociology
Communications
Community Development
Political Science
Student skills/attributes
Comfortable with collaborating with youth
Comfortable with documentation using film
Student related interests
Social justice
Environmental justice
Social change
Globalization
Film and video making

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