Learning more and more

Well, my head is full. I have learned so so much here in Belfast. I met with the National Children's Bureau (NCB)  here in Belfast yesterday and low and behold, they were doing a consultation with youth about child poverty. NCB creates a research agenda for Northern Ireland based on the voices of consumers and practitioners. This model is exceptional and one that we should embrace in our journey to build our own research agenda back in Ontario. Having this group give a webinar on their model would be fantastic, if not for the entire province, but perhaps for some of our key stakeholders. Here is a picture of the youth participants, including a policy person who attends these sessions to learn from the youth. Gillian, was the facilitator and she has exceptional skills, indeed. I was so fortunate to join in and learn from them all. Thank you! A huge thank you to Celine McStravick for coordinating such a wonderful learning experience for me!


Youth consultation on child poverty



Institute of Child Care Research
Then out for dinner with many wonderful colleagues from the Institute of Child Care Research and wondeful Celine McStravick, Director of NCB. What a fantastic group of women....we laughed and laughed! Oh, it will be hard to leave this all behind...Cheers to all!