“Strong Start” Opens Up Conversations with Teens and Parents
This Spring, Planet Youth Timiskaming (PYT) invited Steve Keller from Drug Free Kids Canada (DFKC) to give a series of presentations for both youth and parents across the district. These talks helped spark important conversations and fit right in with … Read More
PHAC Funding Announcement- Media Release (The Temiskaming Speaker)
Original article posted on The Temiskaming Speaker (Joe O’Grady): https://speaker.northernontario.ca/planet-youth-anti-drug-program-funded/ TIMISKAMING DISTRICT- A local program aimed at steering young people away from drugs and toward healthy alternatives will benefit from almost three-quarters of a million dollars in federal funding. Nipissing–Timiskaming … Read More
Media release: Timiskaming embarks on a proven approach to reduce teen substance use
January 10, 2024 – For immediate release 561 students completed the Planet Youth Survey Planet Youth Timiskaming is a new 5-year pilot project based on the Icelandic Prevention Model, a world renowned, community-based approach to supporting the wellbeing of youth … Read More
The 2023 Youth Survey is Complete!
Thank you to our local students and schools for participating in the 2023 Planet Youth Timiskaming Survey! All 5 high schools took part, and 561 grade 10 and 11 students have told us about their experience growing up in Timiskaming. … Read More
Local students create video to promote upcoming youth survey
Did you know that all high schools in Timiskaming District are administering the Planet Youth survey in Grade 10 and 11 classrooms during the month of November? The survey is the main tool that our communities will use to make … Read More
Timiskaming attends Roundtable on Youth Health and Wellbeing in Ottawa
Participating, from left to right, were Planet Youth CEO Pall Ríkhardsson, Joanne Pinnow, Director of Akak’stiman, United Way Calgary, Dr. Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, Melanie Cormier, Planet Youth New Brunswick, and David Somppi, Planet Youth Lanark … Read More
Icelandic Model endorsed by Timiskaming’s Board of Health
The Timiskaming District Board of Health endorsed Planet Youth and the Icelandic Prevention Model (IPM) as a local strategy to reduce youth substance use at their April 5, 2023 meeting. The board received a briefing report prepared by staff at … Read More
