Young Lives Research Lab

Young Lives Research Lab Conducting participatory action research with, for, and by young people and their communities

The Young Lives Research Laboratory houses Dr. Kate Tilleczek’s Canada Research Chair team and program of research. At Young Lives, we examine intersections of education and wellbeing during a time in which modern societies marginalize too many of our young people. We work across four integrated clusters of research and development with, for, and by young people, including:

- new models of youth wellbeing,
- re-imagining education,
- influences of the digital age, and
- emerging theories and methods to support youth. Our mandate is to:

- design, collect, and disseminate top quality local and global research with, for, and by youth,
- openly share this knowledge with young people and across multiple audiences who are in a position to support young people,
- identify and address the most pressing challenges and opportunities for young people and their communities, and
- work passionately as allies and accomplices with, for and by Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth and their communities. Through various youth-attuned, participatory-action based research projects across Canada and the globe, Young Lives brings youth experiences and ideas to the forefront as we seek to understand how we must improve systems of education and human rights, our notions of wellbeing and health, and our interactions with and care for our Mother Earth.

Share your favourite question to your story! New conversation card deck available for free on digitalwellbeinghub.ca Pla...
11/21/2025

Share your favourite question to your story!
New conversation card deck available for free on digitalwellbeinghub.ca Play online or download.

The Digital Wellbeing Hub is a new resource for all Canadians learning to live well in a digital age. Explore research snapshots usually stuck behind academic paywalls, hear directly from Canadian youth, and explore trusted resources. Developed by Young Lives Research Lab in partnership with the and

Card Deck was created by the Canadian YAC in our Partnership for Youth and Planetary Wellbeing project: Zakirah Allain, Jessica Huang, Polina Vaynshtok, and Sierra Gogol.

Also available at Scott library!

Introducing Canada’s first Digital Wellbeing Hub - built with young people across the country, and grounded in research....
11/20/2025

Introducing Canada’s first Digital Wellbeing Hub - built with young people across the country, and grounded in research. 🌱🇨🇦

The Hub brings together:
✨ Trusted research
✨ Youth insights from coast to coast to coast
✨ Interactive surveys
✨ A youth-created Well Beings conversation card deck
✨ Nearly 200 curated resources
✨ Research snapshots across 9 dimensions of wellbeing (based on a UNICEF framework)

Young people helped shape every part of this — from the interviews and insights to the artwork and design.

Explore the Hub: DigitalWellbeingHub.ca
Join us in learning alongside young people and strengthening digital wellbeing across Canada 💛



Logo created by: Marynil G. Muñoz
Illustrations by: Zakirah Allain
Funded by: the government of Canada and SHHRC

04/15/2025
Pablo Aranguiz Mesias will be part of a on "Science and facing the challenges of the " for ! He'll also be facilit...
04/23/2021

Pablo Aranguiz Mesias will be part of a on "Science and facing the challenges of the " for ! He'll also be facilitating a workshop for on Education and Climate Justice.

Tune in on Monday, April 26th, at 3pm EST!

Link for details: https://event.meetmaps.com/cilac21/en/landing/

Foro CILAC, UNESCO

Miss going to the theatre? Fear not! The theatre shall come to you TONIGHT @ 7:30pm. Check out The Four Seasons, a play ...
04/23/2021

Miss going to the theatre? Fear not! The theatre shall come to you TONIGHT @ 7:30pm. Check out The Four Seasons, a play written by 's Mark Terry for !

Performed by the Beech Street Theatre Company, this is not a show to miss!

Link to show: https://yorku.zoom.us/j/98212386679

Only 2 MORE DAYS to complete York University - Sustainability & Mark Terry's to celebrate & ! You have 48 hrs to fi...
04/22/2021

Only 2 MORE DAYS to complete York University - Sustainability & Mark Terry's to celebrate & !

You have 48 hrs to fill a bag with plastic waste, post on social media, & properly dispose of the waste - let's do this!!!

Learn More - https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2021/04/14/celebrate-earth-week-by-joining-york-universitys-plastic-pick-up-challenge/

Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change
Unesco Chair at York University Toronto, Canada
York University
Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research

Happy from everyone here at ! As a lab, we focus on not only in our research, but in how we run our lab - our lab i...
04/22/2021

Happy from everyone here at !
As a lab, we focus on not only in our research, but in how we run our lab - our lab is virtual, we travel strategically, we build 'classrooms without walls' to encourage people to explore the natural world around them, we facilitate environmental impact assessments, & more! Check out our website for more info!

https://younglivesresearch.ca/environment/

What are you doing to help combat and protect ? Comment below!

Don't miss out! 's James Stinson will be speaking on a panel for York Circle @ Home - The impact of the Pandemic on the...
04/16/2021

Don't miss out! 's James Stinson will be speaking on a panel for York Circle @ Home - The impact of the Pandemic on the TOMORROW, Sat April 17th, at 10:00am-11:30am. Sign up to attend here: https://lnkd.in/e5_kV7s

Congrats to 's James Stinson for being invited to speak on a panel for York Circle @ Home - The impact of the Pandemic ...
04/08/2021

Congrats to 's James Stinson for being invited to speak on a panel for York Circle @ Home - The impact of the Pandemic on the Environment on April 17th at 10:00am-11:30am. Sign up to attend here:

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