Growing Up or Giving Up: Interventions to Keep Hope Alive for Youth

When people talk about the recent pandemic, it tends to be all about the very real medical impact of COVID-19. The silent pandemic that started about 20 years before COVID and began escalating through the roof in 2020 also needs some serious attention. Youth mental health has been deteriorating across the globe at record speeds and, unfortunately, our region is no exception. Those experiencing poverty are getting hit the hardest. How bad is it and what can we do about it? That’s what we’re talking about today on Resilience Rising.

EPISODE CREDITS

Hosts

Amanda Fellows

Community Programs Manager

CFS Counselling + Wellbeing

https://cfssc.ca 

Brian Shelley

Chief Executive and Philanthropy Officer

United Way Simcoe Muskoka

https://uwsimcoemuskoka.ca 

Episode Guests

Jessica Gourlie

Recreation Programmer

City of Barrie

https://www.barrie.ca

Dave Ward

Youth Outreach Coordinator

CFS Counselling + Wellbeing

https://www.youthcall.ca 

Executive Producers

Michelle Bergin

Amanda Fellows

Brian Shelley

Producer/Director

Michele Lawson

Podcast Producer

Patrick Melbourne

Video Producer

Jake O’Brien

Production Assistants

Ayla McCallum

Tiana Paolucci

Yeonjeong Kim

Music

"Sunshine" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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With funding from

United Way Simcoe Muskoka

Recorded at

UP BeatBox Creative Studio, Barrie

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