The Students Commission (SC) is a leading advocacy, research, and backbone organization for youth-adult partnerships in Canada. Along with their sister entity, the Centre for Youth Engagement, the SC works with grassroots organizations and public systems to strengthen policy and programs for young people. Their work ranges from maintaining a clearinghouse on practical tools for assessing positive youth development and community settings, to helping organizations assess their effectiveness,
A paper by Kornbluh, Ozer, Allen and Kirshner discusses Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) as a promising methodology for engaging students. YPAR creates opportunities for academic learning, specifically mastering recent standards, while also offering developmental experiences that can elevate the civic development and agency of students.
In YPAR, students partner with teachers or other adults to study the political, social and economic forces influencing their lived experiences, examine