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