Call for applications for provincial youth co-design team

Saskatchewan young people are being asked to help make a difference in the way supports and services are delivered to youth as part of a provincial team to co-design Integrated Youth Services (IYS).

The John Howard Society of Saskatchewan (JHSS), in partnership with the Government of Saskatchewan, is seeking youth and young people between the ages of 12 and 25 to share their lived knowledge and perspective in shaping services and supports for youth.

“The perspective of young people is vital as we create locations across the province to make it easier and faster for them to find the services they’re looking for all in one spot,” Everett Hindley, Mental Health and

Addictions, Seniors and Rural and Remote Health Minister, said in a release. “Working across government and with community partners to coordinate these services helps ensure supports are accessible to our young people and their families.”

Integrated Youth Services is a national and international movement, aimed at reimagining how youth and their families find and access the resources, services and supports they need.

Under contract since November, the JHSS is implementing a provincial model for Integrated Youth Services, providing rapid access to youth-targeted supports, with a focus on prevention and early intervention. Services offered are on students and staff. The shooting left eight children and a security guard dead and injured at least seven others, including a History teacher. According to ABC News, a police report suggested the suspect made a list; targeting the people he shot before calling the cops on himself. Since the suspect is under 14 years of age, he cannot be legally charged or convicted of the crime, instead, according to Ian Pannell from ABC News, “the parents were detained.” The shooting marked the first ever school shooting in Serbia’s history. Serbia’s president declared three days of nationwide mourning.

Just 36 hours after the Belgrade school massacre, the country was hit again by another mass shooting on the evening of May 4. According to the Serbian state media, a 21-year-old male opened fire on civilians to be Kings, but as nature runs its course, we are reduced to nothingness as we die. That is the paradox of suffering – it is debilitating as it limits and defines us physically. But united with Christ it expands to eternal and grand dimensions as we join the Saints in heaven. typically for mental health and substance misuse, peer supports, primary care, education, employment and training, and social and community services.

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“We want young people to lead the way for IYS,” said Pamela Reimer, John Howard Society of Saskatchewan Integrated Youth Services Director.

“We want IYS to be made for youth, by youth and the Youth Co-design Team will play an important role in guiding the creation of an IYS model for Saskatchewan.” from a moving vehicle in Dubona and Sepsin, both villages in the municipality of Mladenovac, Serbia about 50 kilometres south of Belgrade. According to ABC News, at least eight people were killed and 13 wounded. A major manhunt ensued for the alleged assailant, hunted by hundreds of Serbia’s Special Forces. According to CTV News, “After the shootings, the suspect hijacked a taxi and forced the driver to take him more than 100 kilometres south to Vinjiste, the village where he was eventually arrested. Officers found a large stash of ammunition and illegal weapons, including hand grenades, an automatic rifle and handguns while searching a relative’s home and a cottage in yet another village.”

Services will be offered in at least three physical locations across the province. Locations will be determined in the months ahead. Virtual programming will begin while physical locations are being established.

Local media suggests the president was calling for a domestic terrorism investigation into the second killing spree. Serbian President

Aleksandar Vucic called the shootings late Thursday an attack on the whole nation and later stated that the 21-year-old-male in the second shooting will never see the light of day ever again. Following the Belgrade attack in a country that isn’t well known for gun violence, the Serbian President already called for action on guns.

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On Friday, May 5, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 virus no longer a global health emergency. According to CTV News, the WHO announced that the virus is no longer a threat to most nations. This declaration doesn’t mean the pandemic is over, but it is definitely a sense of relief after three odd years where the virus destroyed supply markets and severely affected world economies and the way people live their lives.