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Ontario’s new policy on youth leaving care comes into effect April 1. While the policy provides welcomed support for youth, there are still gaps that need to be addressed.
Too often, young people’s voices are sought in tokenistic or symbolic ways. Can Labor’s new youth engagement model do things differently?
We have interviewed more than 80 young people since the start of the pandemic, in an effort to better understand the concerns of many disengaged, marginalised and disadvantaged young people.
Young people often swallow any drugs they have on them when they encounter police, risking overdose to avoid a drug possession charge.
In 2008, Australia had a national homelessness strategy, plus a ten-point roadmap to reduce youth homelessness. Why has it fallen so far short of its goals, and what still needs to be done?
When children and young people have opportunities for active citizenship, they demonstrate a wide range of ways of contributing to their communities.
Jeff Sessions was met with considerable skepticism when he announced his desire to revive D.A.R.E. But it turns out that the current program is nothing like the ineffective D.A.R.E. of the ‘80’s and '90’s.
Responses to family violence by Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten and the terms of reference for Victoria’s royal commission fail to mention young people. Such a lack of recognition has dire consequences.
The upcoming first ever Global Forum on Youth Policies has put the spotlight on the position of young people who, the United Nations says, are our “greatest resource”. Australia is among a minority of…
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Adjunct Professor, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University
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Professor, School of Education, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Associate Professor in Education, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Youth Work, RMIT University
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Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University - Newark
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Associate Professor, College of Education, Victoria University
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Professor of Education Policy and Practice, Youth Studies, Monash University
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Lecturer in Education, RMIT University
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Professor of Education, Deakin University
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Gonski Institute for Education, UNSW
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Lecturer (Applied Learning), Deakin University
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Pediatric Emergency Physician, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Social Science, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor, Adelaide University