{"id":17035,"date":"2019-11-07T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T23:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ojen.ca\/?p=17035"},"modified":"2020-03-11T16:31:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T20:31:12","slug":"november-ypd-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ojen.ca\/en\/november-ypd-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth-Police Dialogues Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

OJEN’s Youth-Police\nDialogues (YPD) Program is in high gear this fall with the multi-session\nworkshops taking place simultaneously in five communities throughout\nOntario.  In Toronto, Hamilton, Kingston,\nSudbury, and Ottawa, youth and police officers are coming together to challenge\nstereotypes, build rapport, and improve community relations.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now in the second year of a three year grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation<\/a><\/strong>, Youth-Police Dialogues provide youth and police officers an opportunity to reset their relationships. \u00a0By the time the grant concludes in March 2021, OJEN will have delivered at least 24 YPD programs across the province. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

OJEN’s Youth-Police Dialogues engage some of Ontario\u2019s most vulnerable or marginalised youth populations, including youth who are homeless, refugees, criminalized, Indigenous, and those identifying as LGBTQ2S. Many of them come to the program feeling distrustful of the police and have a sense of alienation from \u201cthe system\u201d.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resetting Youth-Police Relationships<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Over six to eight\nweekly sessions, the young people spend time with police officers, lawyers, community\nworkers and OJEN staff. Everyone takes part in experiential learning activities\ndesigned to build communication and advocacy skills, while sharing information\nabout police procedures, the youths\u2019 legal rights and mechanisms for police\noversight. The youth get to know local police officers as individuals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the officers who volunteer in these programs, it is a chance to interact with youth in a less formal, less charged environment.  The insights they gain from hearing about the young peoples\u2019 lived experiences and views on police relations, give them a better understanding of the issues youth face.  It can impact the way they serve the communities in which they work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Responding to Community Needs<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

While the general\nstructure of the YPD program remains consistent from group to group, it is also\ntailored each time to be responsive to the needs of specific communities.  The youth participants in the current Kingston\nworkshop, for instance, are newcomers. Some of the conversations in the program\nexplore how policing may differ in Canada from their country of origin.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Sudbury,\nyouth participants, police and a cultural teacher come together to look at\njustice issues through the lens of Indigenous culture.  Several\nsessions this fall take place outdoors, where everyone will learn together on\nthe land. <\/strong> In October, police joined\nyouth in a Medicine Walk.  On Remembrance\nDay, police officers will accompany youth to Atikameksheng Anishnawbek, an\nOjibway First Nation near Sudbury, to attend a ceremony honouring Indigenous veterans.\n For Indigenous youth, sharing their\nvalues and traditions with police is essential to building better relationships\nbetween police and their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking Learning to the Next Level<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The YPD Program is offered\nas a two phase program.  After the first\nworkshop series, the group of young people, police officers, lawyers and\ncommunity workers have an opportunity to build on what they have learned and\npursue a recommendation or idea which came out of the culminating session. Last\nyear, a group of young mothers chose to create a documentary video as their\nPhase 2 project. The video featured interviews with each of the young women\ndiscussing the challenges and successes they had experienced as single mothers.  It also included a dialogue with police\nofficers about the ways in which policing could improve to be more supportive\nof their needs.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Windsor, the youth participants concluded their Phase 1 project by advocating for more regular contact and meetings with the police. In April, these youth will begin their Phase 2 project, working with Windsor Police Service to form a Youth Advisory Committee, where their input will inform the service delivery of police in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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YPD is a Collaborative Effort<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

OJEN Youth-Police\nDialogues are delivered in communities throughout the province in partnership\nwith community organizations that offer youth services.  Municipal, provincial and other police\nservices recognize the value of participating in the program and support the\ninitiative by providing officer volunteers. \nIn many locations, local OJEN committees have helped identify partners\nand participate in the pilot programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adapting and piloting OJEN YPD programs across the province not only takes considerable policing and community buy-in, it requires substantial funder support. OJEN is fortunate that in addition to funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Law Foundation of Ontario, Crime Prevention Ottawa and the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services have all provided financial support for this expansion project. These funds allow OJEN staff to travel farther across Ontario and provide a richer range of activities and program opportunities for young people interested in improving relationships with their local police services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To\nlearn more about OJEN Youth-Police Dialogues, please check out last year\u2019s interview with Mara\nClarke and Jess Reekie<\/a>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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