Partner: Canadian Woman’s Foundation (CWF) TNC delivered a research report examining the mental health climate for Two-Spirit, Nonbinary, Trans, and Questioning Girls and Black, Indigenous, and racialized girls in Canada. For this report, TNC conducted focus groups with Indigenous-led and Queer-led youth-serving organizations and held discussions with racialized, Indigenous, and queer youth. The final report,
Partners: Lutherwood and the Lead Agency Advisory Council of Waterloo Region. In two sequential projects, conducted a comprehensive environmental scan of existing Child and Youth Mental Health services in Waterloo Region. The scan was developed to examine the types, reach, and focus of services within MCYS core funding as well as other CYMH programs funded
Partner: Kinark Child and Family Services. Kinark’s Youth Justice Program focuses on providing community-based mental health programming to youth in conflict with the law in York and Simcoe Regions. TNC conducted an evaluation to promote understanding of the alignment of program capacity with youth needs. We interviewed program staff (clinicians and a program psychologist), reviewed
Partner: BGC Canada Designed to reduce teen dating violence, Respect2Connect supports youth to develop and sustain healthy relationships by equipping them with appropriate tools and techniques. TNC conducted a literature review on teen dating violence prevention programs and consulted with Club staff to test concepts, skills and design principles associated with design options. TNC consulted
A Blog Series At TNC, we are always thinking about better ways to help our clients gather the data that they need. We never want to become wedded to a narrow, rigid set of methods. Sometimes, this process leads us to try out new methods that we have not tried before. At other times, it
Did you know that Taylor Newberry Consulting has 15 years of experience working with over 200 organizations on projects related to mental health. 👏 We are excited about this much-needed federal investment in youth mental health! TNC is excited to collaborate on submissions for the Youth Mental Health Fund call for proposals(link). Why Choose Taylor
A good evaluation survey is one that accurately measures the things we want to know. One common challenge with getting accurate results is ceiling effects – a design problem in which survey participants respond overly positively to questions related to their knowledge, attitudes, or behaviours before a program intervention. Ceiling effects cause challenges when assessing
TNC recently had the pleasure of working with the Canadian Children’s Literacy Foundation (CCLF) to conduct a developmental evaluation of a great new program for children and youth. Lost & Found is a program intended to give children the tools to communicate their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to embed their experiences into Canada’s
Since November, we’ve been working with BGC Canada to update their youth mental health program, called Flex Your Head! The program was first created for BGC Canada in 2011 by TNC. Ten years later, we’re working with BGC Canada again to refresh the content and adapt the program for virtual delivery. Flex Your Head! is
It has been our absolute pleasure at TNC to work with SVP Teens, a youth-led nonprofit initiative in Waterloo Region. These young leaders create positive community level change by executing volunteer fundraisers so proceeds can be donated to other local nonprofits and charities. We were involved with SVP Teens as an external evaluator from November
Co-researchers can play a key role in projects and are an integral part of the team at TNC. Co-researchers have taken active roles in areas such as project planning and development, administration, data collection, facilitation, and analysis. They each bring unique perspectives, skills, and lived experience that often makes the projects they are involved in
In celebration of TNC’s 10th anniversary on May 20th, 2020, we are creating a series of posts that reflect our practice and mission. Leading up to TNC’s 10th anniversary our team has been reflecting about projects that stood out to us. As we met with our faces floating virtually, a few themes began to emerge
Best practice literature indicates that Housing First is the preferred housing model for people who require intensive supports and are experiencing chronic homelessness. Housing First has gained wide acceptance and has been identified as “best practice” by the National Alliance to End Homelessness. Cities across Canada and the U.S. are in the process of transitioning
TNC was contracted by United Way KFL&A to help them develop an Action Plan to End Youth Homelessness in Kingston and Area. This project was part of a national program called Mobilizing Local Capacity to End Youth Homelessness (MLC), being led by Eva’s Initiatives, the National Learning Community on Youth Homelessness, the Canadian Housing and
Iqaluit, Nunavut is an incredible place. It has one of the most youthful demographics in Canada. It also has a vibrant and energetic community of locals who care deeply about the future of their young people. Despite this, Iqaluit is an under-serviced city with respect to child and youth programming. TNC recently had the honour
Boys and Girls Clubs across Canada have repeatedly and increasingly identified a need for mental health resources and programming. AstraZeneca (AZ) supports a wide range of community mental health initiatives and programs and has partnered with Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada (BGCC) to develop a national program specific to the Club context. BGCC contracted
