Featured Guest
You’ll find this guest among our growing roll of Urban Champions.
Veronika Bylicki
Co-Founder & Executive Director, CityHive
Raj Dhaliwal
Project Coordinator, Youthful Cities
Michael Redhead Champagne
Ininew helper, host, speaker, and author
Medjine Antoine-Bellamy
Coordonnatrice de projet, Ajah
5 Key
Takeaways
A roundup of the most compelling ideas, themes and quotes from this candid conversation
Compassion and empathy cannot be overlooked.
This conversation took place in the wake of the discovery of the remains of more than a thousand Indigenous children, at the sites of residential schools in Canada. Love, compassion and empathy must be shown to not only those families who lost loved ones, but to those who made it home. This unthinkable trauma must not be overlooked as we move forward.
The new normal must engage youth and those with lived experiences.
The pandemic accentuated the visibility of barriers that were already in place. These barriers include but are not limited to access to public health and services. Individuals and communities with lived experience, including youth, should be consulted help initiate public policy changes. Governments and institutions must engage citizens before putting their reports together.
Better dissemination of information for youth
To increase youth engagement, information must be more widely accessible. We cannot continue to disseminate information that is designed for youth in the form of reports. We can think of new and innovative ways to share this information with a generation that digests data through a variety of different means.
We must figure out how to make our governments more accountable
Young people deserve to have a say in public policy and in the ways that their cities are being designed. Cities need to be designed with youth in mind. The increased costs of living and transportation have made independent living in Canadian cities more unattainable for youth. We need more municipal level funding and engagement to get to the heart of the issues that are facing young people today, and to rebuild youth’s trust in their elected officials.
Experiences should be prioritized over efficiency
The idea of the 15-minute city is entrenched in nineteenth century city building. It is based upon segregation and white privilege. To build better communities and places, we must look past this idea of efficiency and more towards the individual and community experience. To build a truly inclusive and collaborative environment we must understand the needs of all members of our communities. This begins with meaningful engagement.
Additional Resources
|PIVOT – https://www.pivot2020.ca/
PIVOT Urban Youth Impact Report- https://youthfulcities.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/EN-Urban-Youth-Impact-Report.pdf
CityShare Canada – https://citysharecanada.ca/
Protect our People Manitoba– https://protectourpeoplemb.ca/
Infiltration Manuel – https://www.youthclimatelab.org/infiltration-manual
Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago by Eric Klinenberg: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3850.Heat_Wave
Full Panel
Transcript
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Full Audience
Chatroom Transcript
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From Canadian Urban Institute: You can find transcripts and recordings of today’s and all our webinars at https://canurb.org/citytalk
12:06:09 From Canadian Urban Institute : https://pivothub.youthfulcities.com
12:07:38 From Canadian Urban Institute : Connect with our panel: Medjine Antoine-Bellamy, Project Coordinator, Ajah https://www.linkedin.com/in/medjineantoinebellamy/ Freshta Ahmadzai, co-author, the Urban Impact Report https://www.linkedin.com/in/freshta-ahmadzai-774603140/ Veronika Bylicki, Executive Director & Co-Founder, CityHive https://cityhive.ca @veronikabyl @cityhivevan Michael Redhead Champagne, Public Speaker & Youth Mentor @northendmc https://www.michaelredheadchampagne.com Raj Dhaliwal, Youthful Cities, Project Coordinator https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajsdhali/
12:08:06 From Canadian Urban Institute : Urban Youth Impact COVID-19 Report: https://youthfulcities.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/EN-Urban-Youth-Impact-Report.pdf
12:26:06 From Canadian Urban Institute : https://citysharecanada.ca/
12:30:19 From Ailson Barbosa de Oliveira to All panelists : boa tarde
12:32:27 From Michael Redhead Champagne : https://protectourpeoplemb.ca/
12:34:13 From Diane Dyson : We are trying to reclaim the CUI Instagram page! Really trying!!
12:34:22 From Michael Redhead Champagne : https://www.michaelredheadchampagne.com/blog/infiltration-manual-released
12:34:32 From Veronika Bylicki (she/her) : Here’s a link to the infiltration manual: https://www.youthclimatelab.org/infiltration-manual
12:37:35 From Canadian Urban Institute : https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo20809880.html
12:39:18 From Andrene Vitelli to All panelists : We need all 3!!
12:40:10 From Andrene Vitelli to All panelists : Yes!!!!
12:43:57 From ANNE WATTERS to All panelists : Michael, I don’t know if you have seen the poem written by Casey Caines It is very powerful. It speaks directly to what you were saying about the adult survivors.
12:45:32 From Michael Redhead Champagne to ANNE WATTERS and all panelists : thank you anne I haven’t seen it but I will look for it!
12:45:55 From Michael Redhead Champagne : YES FRESHTA!!
12:55:21 From Michael Redhead Champagne : 70% of the homeless population in /Winnipeg are formery involved in the child welfare system. Youth are aging right out of child welfare and into homelessness here. they systems are so connected which makes jurisdiction so important
12:56:21 From Michael Redhead Champagne : I invite you all to come to the North End of Winnipeg, here is some cute resources for kids made by the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation! https://www.winnipegarchitecture.ca/explore-selkirk-avenue/
12:58:04 From Canadian Urban Institute : Keep the conversation going #CityTalk @canurb You can find transcripts and recordings of today’s and all our sessions at https://www.canurb.org/citytalk
12:58:06 From Freshta Ahmadzai to All panelists : These are benchmarks and standards we need to challenge when building cities
12:58:39 From Andrene Vitelli : Young people need to be invited. A lot of young people!
12:59:16 From Martine Shareck : Thank you for this very inspiring talk! Love the idea and image of building cities “based on the senses” brought up by Raj.
13:01:02 From Andrene Vitelli : Thank you all for this very necessary and inspiring talk.
13:01:51 From Michael Redhead Champagne : awesome stuff everyone!!
13:01:58 From Freshta Ahmadzai to All panelists : Thank you to all our speakers and staff!
13:02:00 From Adam Dhalla : Great work everyone!
13:02:02 From Veronika Bylicki (she/her) : Such a pleasure! Let’s keep the convo going
