Evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of using sport programs at municipal recreation centres to help reduce youth violence

Keeps children away from technology

Lots of things happen on social media:

Causes of Youth Violence

Family

A severely troubled home

Some grow up without any family

Youth in foster care systems who are constantly being transferred, never know how the next family will be

Youths who live on streets are often victims of violence

Low supervision from parents

Health

About 1 in 5 youth Ontarians struggle with mental health or behavioral disorder

Racism

Racism strikes the core of self-identity

Being sent back to their home country

Poverty

Leads to self-esteem

Lack of hope, empathy, or belongingness

The experience of opression

Community design

The conditions of the community can
make people feel powerless

Lack of places for youths to gather

Issues in education system

Low expectations for people of colour

Guidance counsellors are not trained properly

Youth Violence: includes from 10 year old to young adults that are around 24 being threatened intentionally by the use of physical force or power.

Improves problem solving skills

Enables the youth to exert control over
their environment

Helps youth know how to interact with
each other

Helps youth learn how to work with the
things they have

Dynamic Domain

Become expressive in moral and character

Increases self-esteem

Find their identity through sports

Increases social interaction

Brings people together, while providing opportunities for social interaction

When playing a team sport, it teaches the youth how to cooperate

When playing sports it teaches them their sense of belonging

Friends outside of school

Eases pressure on health system

Decreases mental health

Increases their mental and physical health