MINUTES – PUBLIC MEETING – YOUTH COMMISSION – 3rd meeting – March 16, 2024 – 1:02 p.m. to 3:32 p.m.

This is a project where youth are involved in the creation of video clips and advertising materials aimed at promoting a municipal service offer dedicated to them. The goal is to include youth in every stage of production: ideation, scripting, and filming. The project aims to spark the interest of the 19,000 teenagers who will view these clips. The groups that will be consulted are the members of the Youth Commission and two to three groups of youth from youth centers, neighborhood houses, schools, etc., who are not very familiar with Adogatineau.ca. The consultations will take place in April and May.

The student council network aims to develop and implement a pilot networking project for collaboration and citizenship training through student councils. Concretely, it would be possible to have links with other councils from other schools, and to be better equipped and motivated to act together on youth issues. The schools participating in the pilot project are du Versant, Saint-Alexandre, Hormisdas-Gamelin, L’Érablière, Nouvelle-Ère, and de la Cité. The wish is to share the network among all schools afterward.

Considering the particular year regarding the school strike, Hormisdas-Gamelin does not have a council this year and will be integrated during the formation of their next council next year. Two structures are proposed, but an alignment between them will need to be made to arrive at a third proposal following consultations in schools last year. In order to keep youth mobilized during this particular year, it was not possible to organize large activities, but we wish to maintain enthusiasm for the project. This presentation will be made in the targeted schools, and slides will be added to talk about the Youth Commission and the links that can be made.

This summer, in addition to the Cube culturel which will travel to different parks in the city and offer a teen evening on Thursday nights, 4 parks have been designated to host the Ma place project: parc Central, parc Édouard-Mercier, parc St-René, and parc Dupuis. Animators will be present on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM for the Gatineau sector, and on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at parc Central. The locations are determined, but ideas for programming are welcome. Information will be available in the Profite de l’été (Enjoy the Summer) brochure, on Adogatineau, and on the City's website. Cédric will handle this aspect on social media. There will be a hiring process to have 10 animators for the 4 sites. Roxanne will see if it is possible to have a partnership with the STO (Société de transport de l'Outaouais) to have a 'youth station' that would bring them directly to the Ma place sites. We also propose a shortcut on Adogatineau.ca that would provide information on the 4 sites.

Some members share events that took place in their school. It is mentioned that at Nicolas-Gatineau, a proposal was made so that 'Code blanc' (lockdown) practices be done during non-class periods, therefore during breaks and lunch hours, so that everyone can know how to react with crowds. Members are invited to talk about it in their respective schools. Thomas Vanhooren leaves the meeting at 3:05 PM. The quorum is maintained.