Toronto Youth Cabinet
100 Queen Street West M5H 2N2 Toronto, ON, Canada

Join us this Thursday at 6pm for our Virtual August Cabinet Meeting! The guest speaker for this month is a familiar face to some of you who have been with the TYC for a while now or are involved in the organizing space in the City - Riley Peterson! She is an effective organizer and communicator with over five years of experience in the fields of communications and advocacy, as well as issue-based and electoral campaign mobilization. Riley has worked as a Councillor's Aide to ...two Toronto City Councillors, and managed recent federal and municipal election campaigns. She was previously Director of Council Relations for the Toronto Youth Cabinet, the City of Toronto’s official youth advisory body. Born and raised in York South-Weston Toronto’s northwest end she works to build progressive power in her city, especially among young people! It is going to be exciting to talk to Riley about her experience at the TYC and how that helped her during her time with the Cabinet as well as in the work she has gone on to do since. Please note that in order to attend the meeting, you must RSVP. This is to ensure that the space is made available exclusively to youth aged 13-24. RSVP link is here:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/august-cabinet-meeting-virtual- See you all virtually! #toronto #topoli #onpoli #youth #torontoyouth #volunteer #advocacy #TOyouth

The City of Toronto wants to hear your voice! In collaboration with the TYC, the City of Toronto is holding a virtual consultation in order to understand how their services are being accessed by youth in the city and what they can do to improve these services. RSVP link in our bio!

Two weeks ago, we released a joint statement on addressing anti-Black, and anti-Indigenous racism in Ontario Schools. We are now launching an email campaign to urge Ontario’s Minister of Education to take immediate and tangible action. LINK IN OUR BIO and @stephenmensah_ BIO as well, to send a pre-scripted email to your MPP’s. Please REPOST and SHARE!

In an effort to demand that the provincial government and school boards take real and concrete action to tackle anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism in Ontario schools, the TYC, along with 17 other provincial stakeholders have issued this joint statement. We are respectfully giving Education Minister @slecce 5 business days (1 week from today) to respond to this statement. You can also check out the statement on our website in the link in our bio.

The Toronto Youth Cabinet, in collaboration with the City of Toronto, will conduct a virtual consultation for youth to provide their perspectives on alternative models of policing and community safety on November 4 from 6 PM to 7:30 PM. In order to participate, youth must be living in the Greater Toronto Area and be between the ages of 18-24. An honorarium for those with lived experiences will be provided. Link to sign up: https://forms.gle/fgsQaci2W6Jt6fdV6

Are you interested in becoming our next transit working group lead? Have experience in transit/youth advocacy? Are you between the ages of 13-24? DM us or email us at [email protected] for more information!

Join us next Thursday at 6pm for our Virtual October Cabinet Meeting! The guest speaker for this month is Gil Penalosa! Gil Penalosa is passionate about creating vibrant and healthy cities for all people. Because of his unique blend of experience, pragmatism and passion, cities and organizations worldwide have invited him to work in over 350 different cities in all continents. ... Gil is the founder and chair of the internationally recognized Canadian non-profit organization 8 80 Cities. He is also first Ambassador of World Urban Parks. Before immigrating to Canada, Gil was Commissioner in Bogota where he led the construction of over 200 parks and development of new Ciclovia, where each Sunday 1 of 4 citizens participate. He holds an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, where he recently was selected as one of the 100 Most Inspirational Alumni in the school’s history. Gil received a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the Faculty of Urban Planning at the prominent University in Sweden, SLU. Last year Gil was listed in Planetizen’s Top 100 Most Influential Urbanists and recently received in Australia the World Urban Parks Annual Distinguished Individual Award. Please note that in order to attend the meeting, you must RSVP. This is to ensure that the space is made available exclusively to youth aged 13-24. RSVP link is here: https://tinyurl.com/tyc10-20 See you all virtually! #toronto #topoli #onpoli #youth #torontoyouth #volunteer #advocacy #TOyouth