Title: Co-Designing Employment Journeys with Refugee Youth: The Youth In Design Project
Organizer: The Tamarack Institute (https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/)
Date: May 15, 2024

In 2023, World Education Services (WES) (https://www.wes.org/ca/) embarked on a groundbreaking pilot initiative, collaborating with refugee youth across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). This webinar recording features a conversation about the Youth in Design Pilot from the perspective of a of the project lead, a facilitator and one of the participants.

Speakers:
Sonja Miokovic, Tamarack Institute (https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/)
Jaime Stief, Tamarack Institute
Ousama Alkhatib, World Education Services (https://www.wes.org/ca/)
Bahir Bakhit, Youth Representative, Youth in Design Pilot

Have questions? Contact Sonja Miokovic ([email protected])

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Overview of webinar:

0:00 Land Acknowledgement and African Ancestral Acknowledgement (Jaime Stief)

01:12 Introduction to speakers (Jaime Stief, Sonja Miokovic)

03:20 Introduction to the webinar and grounding exercise as it relates to co-designing and co-decision-making (Sonja Miokovic, Ousama Alkhatib)

07:32 Question 1: Could you please tell us a bit about the Youth In Design pilot and what inspired this work? (Sonja Miokovic, Ousama Alkhatib)

11:42 Question 2: Is there something you share with us around what it takes to design a pilot? What were some of the considerations when designing a project for youth with lived/living experience of being refugees? (Sonja Miokovic, Ousama Alkhatib)

16:43 Question 3: Can you share some of your reflections from being part of the youth co-design team? (Sonja Miokovic, Bahir Bakhit)

19:36 Question 4: Do you have any reflections when creating safe spaces and/or building trust? (Sonja Miokovic, Ousama Alkhatib)

25:46 Question 5: What are some of the lessons that you learned about committing to an authentic co-design process? (Sonja Miokovic, Ousama Alkhatib, Bahir Bakhit)

34:51 Question 6: Do you have an example of a type of tool that was used that could be adapted in the future context? (Sonja Miokovic, Bahir Bakhit, Ousama Alkhatib)

43:10 Question 7: Are there any pieces of advice that you could provide for other organizations looking to initiate a co-design process? (Sonja Miokovic, Ousama Alkhatib, Bahir Bakhit)

51:06 Question 8, from a participant: Can we say more about the specific activities that helped people build their social capital, beyond trust building and transparency? (Sonja Miokovic, Ousama Alkhatib, Bahir Bakhit)

57:52 Closing remarks (Sonja Miokovic, Ousama Alkhatib, Bahir Bakhit)