Youth Forum is CHEO's youth advisory council. Our mission is to promote and support the voices of youth across CHEO. The group meets one evening per month throughout the school year.
Membership
Membership consists of:
- 8-12 youth between ages of 12-18
- Efforts are made to reflect the diversity of CHEO's patients including culture, gender, age, medical background, area of residence and CHEO experiences.
- Members must have experience with CHEO's services as either a patient or as a sibling of a frequent patient.
- The group is supported by 2 Resource Staff.
Goals
Youth Forum's goals include:
- providing input and advice from a youth perspective on hospital programs, services, policies and planning
- promoting a youth friendly environment across the organization
- educating staff and physicians to ensure the best experience for youth at CHEO
- working with the Family Advisory Council to create a strong patient and family voice within CHEO
- providing an opportunity for youth to participate in special projects and events
- providing opportunities for youth to develop teamwork and leadership skills
- to learn and have fun!
How to join
Are you between the ages of 12 and 18? Do you have experiences at CHEO as a patient, former patient or sibling? Would you like to help staff and physicians make changes to CHEO by sharing your experiences? Then Youth Forum might be the thing for you. The meetings are monthly and held after school for an hour and a half. Youth Forum takes on creative projects with the goal of making the hospital more teen-friendly. CHEO provides a meal, bus tickets to get here, high school volunteer hour credits and a reference. If you're ready to make a one year commitment to attend the meetings and have some fun, then please contact 613-737-7600 ext. 2388 or youth@cheo.on.ca for more information.