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Community Outreach Engagement

At YWHO, we believe it's important to share the core components of our Integrated Youth Services (IYS) model with communities across the province, and offer support to those interested in exploring or advancing IYS locally. While we recognize that each community is at a different stage in their journey, we aim to maintain open communication and foster collaboration to help increase readiness and promote equitable access to youth-centered services.

Our Community Outreach and Engagement (CO&E) group plays a pivotal role in supporting communities to increase their readiness to implement the YWHO IYS model. We have already connected with over 35 communities to promote and support steps to adopt IYS. Through these engagements, the CO&E group has met with a range of individuals and organizations from diverse communities to gather insights about local needs, and share information about the YWHO IYS model and its core components to support their IYS readiness. These conversations have also highlighted the role of YWHO communities as part of a Learning Health System, and YWHO’s role in the growing pan-Canadian IYS movement.

By building community capacity through knowledge-sharing and resource provision, and fostering partnerships across communities through outreach and engagement, YWHO is committed to increasing equitable access to youth-centered, evidence-informed wellness services across the province.

If you are an organization, youth, family member, or service provider interested in bringing a Youth Wellness Hub to your community, please email us at inquiries@ywho.ca and click here to stay in touch with us!

Integrated Youth Services Community Engagement Survey Slice

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Integrated Youth Services Community Engagement Survey Background Document

This document offers detailed information about the purpose of the survey, an overview of the YWHO IYS model, and background on YWHO’s history, values, objectives, and core components to help provide context.
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Survey

YWHO is currently extending an invitation for Ontario communities to share information about their interest, needs, and local context related to IYS by filling out an IYS Community Engagement Survey. This will help ensure we gather input equitably from communities to inform our engagement and support approach, with the goal to grow and expand IYS across Ontario.

Complete the Survey

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Join an Informational Webinar

Members from our Community Outreach and Engagement team will be hosting two webinars where communities can learn more about the survey, its purpose and next steps. The dates of the webinars (same information offered in each) are:

July 29, 2025 10:00am EST

August 6, 2025 3:00pm EST