Measuring the Impact of Youth-Serving Programs

2017 Community Knowledge Roundtable

How do we know that our youth-serving programs are making a difference? And, how do we demonstrate their value, quality, and impact?

These are both crucial questions for organizations and individuals whose efforts support young people, particularly those living in contexts of risk and disadvantage. They are also questions we should be asking the young people who participate in youth-serving programs – their views and experiences are crucial and yet often remain unexplored. The 2017 Community Knowledge Roundtable will provide a forum for a wide variety of stakeholders and feature panelists from across Ontario who will share their most effective approaches for evaluating youth-serving programs, and what they have learned from their years in program evaluation.

This is a forum for YOU: to learn from your peers – and to share your own expertise – about how to measure the impact of youth-serving programs.

For more information about the event, please check out our website: http://blog.pathwaystoeducation.ca/en/community-knowledge-roundtable/

When:

Monday, April 24th
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 4:00 Roundtable
4:00 – 5:00 Reception

Where:

RBC Centre, 155 Wellington Street West, 11th Floor

Who Should Attend:

• Community leaders
• Educators
• Subject-matter experts
• Practitioners in the fields of positive youth development, community development, program evaluation, and impact evaluation
• Philanthropic advisors
• Corporate social responsibility and community investment professionals.

The Community Knowledge Roundtable is generously hosted by RBC and organized by Pathways to Education Canada.

About RBC

Royal Bank of Canada is Canada’s largest bank, and one of the largest banks in the world, based on market capitalization. We are one of North America’s leading diversified financial services companies, and provide personal and commercial banking, wealth management, insurance, investor services and capital markets products and services on a global basis. We have over 80,000 full and part-time employees who serve more than 16 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in Canada, the U.S. and 36 other countries. For more information, please visit www.rbc.com.

RBC helps communities prosper, supporting a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments, sponsorships and employee volunteer activities. In 2015, we contributed more than $121 million to causes around the world.

About Pathways to Education

Pathways to Education is a national, charitable organization working to make Canada a Graduation Nation. Partnering with dedicated organizations in low-income communities, Pathways supports youth to graduate from high school and achieve their full potential. Our award-winning combination of academic, financial, social, and one-on-one supports continues to successfully break the cycle of poverty through the power of education.