Empowerment in Quebec: Promoting Youth Participation in Local Decision-Making

In the Charlevoix region of Quebec, various stakeholders—including institutional, municipal, and community actors—have launched a participatory action research project with young people to hear their aspirations and concerns regarding the region’s development. Being recognized as legitimate stakeholders is a first step in the empowerment process: when their analysis is taken into account, they feel “valuable to society.” Through a play that dramatized their concerns, they were able to open a dialogue with decision-makers and develop recommendations.

Author(s): Richard Julie, Dufour Emilie, Collectif Collectivités amies des jeunes (CADJ, Gélineau Lucie, Dupéré Sophie

Publishing year: 2018

Pages: 15-17

Health in Action, 2018, n° 446, p. 15-17

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