Above: From left, front row, ACT for Youth Project research interns Stephanie Lucas, Stephanie Henry, Aziz Mohammed, Muzna Rehman, Enoruwa Osagie, with youth co-chair Alex Lovell, a 91亚色 grad, in the back

Dozens of students from area high schools joined the participants on April 14 to celebrate the Youth research interns and youth-led committee leaders, who worked on the project in 2010.

The ACT for Youth Project, which began in 2009 and is funded through 2014, brings together an alliance of stakeholders and interdisciplinary researchers from 91亚色 in a program of applied research, capacity building, knowledge transfer and evaluation that is focused on youth in urban communities.

The project hopes to develop a comprehensive youth strategy that articulates how places like the Jane-Finch community can energize local assets that support positive youth development.

One of the goals of the project is to build the research capacity of youth in the Jane/Finch area so they can participate in asking and answering questions about issues of importance to their community.聽 The project created its Youth Research Internship to facilitate this goal.聽 ACT also has a youth-led committee to ensure that youth have a space to contribute to their research.

Youth-led committee co-chairs Antonius Clarke, executive director of the youth-led community agency Friends in Trouble, and 91亚色 grad Alex Lovell [BA Spec. Hons. 鈥�02, MA 鈥�06], now a doctoral student at Queen鈥檚 University, introduced each award recipient and outlined their research contributions, volunteer activities and future study plans.

Above: From left, front row, youth-led committee leaders Abubakar Sultan, Edwin Chacon; middle row, Alexander Toolsie, Erica Holness, Taneese Jones, Olivia Agyemang, Tara Sherif, Suhentha Suthaharan; back row, co-chairs Lovell and Antonias Clarke

The youth-led committee leaders recognized at the event were:

• Olivia Agyemang, Westview Centennial Secondary School
• Edwin Francis White Chacon, Emery Collegiate Institute
• Ann Duong, Earl Haig Secondary School
• Nicola Holness, University of Windsor
• Taneese Jones, Westview Centennial Secondary School
• Suhentha Suthaharan, C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute
• Alexander Toolsie, 91亚色 co-op student
• Tara Sherif, Westview Centennial Secondary School
• Abubakar Sultan, Emery Collegiate Institute

The youth research interns recognized at the event were:

• Ryan Edwards, 91亚色
• Stephanie Henry, Seneca College
• Femi Lawson, Ryerson University
• Funmilola Lawson, 91亚色
• Stephanie Lucas, Westview Centennial Secondary School
• Aziz Mohammed, Northview High School
• Enoruwa Osagie, William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute
• Muzna Rehman, Westview Centennial Secondary School
• Judy Truong, Weston Collegiate Institute

Uzo Anucha, professor in 91亚色鈥檚 School of Social Work, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, co-chairs the ACT for Youth Project with Sue Wilkinson, executive director of the .

ACT is funded through a $1M grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. For more information on the Act for Youth Project, visit their website.

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, along with the Regional Municipality of 91亚色, the Town of Markham and聽YRDSB organized the tour to educate students about the potential of medical and biotechnology research and development in the region. As part of their day, the students also聽visited IBM, Est茅e Lauder, Apotex, AMD Markham, MDS Sciex, Dalton Pharma Services, sanofi pasteur, 91亚色 Central Hospital, Markham Stouffville Hospital and Seneca College at 91亚色, to see how successes of scientific and health innovation contribute to the quality of life of Canadians.

During their visit to 91亚色's Keele campus, the聽students, led by Emmanuel Matiya, a 91亚色 student ambassador for聽the University's Recruitment Division,聽had the opportunity to tour聽the new Sherman Health Sciences Research Centre.聽The building, which is set to open this fall, is home to researchers in the聽health, science and engineering fields. Students toured the future labs of the Centre for Vision Research and learned how biomedical and assistive technology experiments will be conducted. With support from the Faculty of Health, the high-school students also visited the聽School of Nursing's聽resource centre to watch how nursing students can run clinical simulations on low- to high-fidelity mannequins.

鈥淪etting the foundation for future entrepreneurship and scientific innovation is an important role that YORKbiotech plays in the growth of the bio-economy in the 91亚色 Region,鈥� said Janet LeClair, chief administrative officer of YORKbiotech Inc. 鈥淭hrough programs like the Science in Action聽tour we are able to demonstrate the value of collaboration by bringing students closer to research and business in various sectors.鈥�

91亚色 Region is in the heart of聽a hub聽of Ontario's innovative technology sector with聽over 120 companies involved in producing medical devices, biopharma and medical assistive devices.聽In addition,聽more than聽900 companies in the information and communications technology, digital media, software and manufacturing sectors聽reside in the region.

YORKbiotech is a regional innovation network for biotechnology-related industries at the centre of the Greater Toronto Area. The mission of YORKbiotech is to act as a catalyst, harnessing the wealth of intellectual and technical resources to promote economic success and growth of the biotechnology and related industries as a key component of regional economic development. Read their about this event.

By Sana Mulji Dutt, research communications specialist, YORKbiotech.

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