Youth Advisory Group

Whistler's future is our youth. The OCP update is a great opportunity to connect this generation of passionate community leaders with the next. 

Youth are leaders of today and tomorrow. The OCP Youth Advisory Group has been formed to provide a space for youth to be agents of change. 

The OCP Youth Advisory Group is a group of 13-18 year olds, who meet once a month to organize events designed to get youth involved in the OCP update. 

The OCP Youth Advisory Group also has a youth representative on the 20 member Community Advisory Group and is supported by a mentorship group of youth workers and programmers from the Whistler Youth Centre, Whistler Community Services Society, Whistler Public Library Young Adults Board, Community Foundation of Whistler and Big Brothers and Sisters 

For more information about the OCP Youth Advisory Group, and how to get involved, please contact Claire Daniels at cdaniels@whistler.ca

Youth Advisory Group Events and Initiatives

Whistler Secondary School (WSS) Youth Questionnaire - June 18

Questionnaire was distributed to Whistler Secondary students and results are providing direct input into the OCP update.  For a report detailing WSS Youth Questionnaire results, click here. 

Youth Asset Mapping Workshop - September 25 - 26

The International Centre for Sustainable Communities- a Vancouver based NGO- will facilitate the 2-day asset mapping and “train the trainer” workshop for 10-12 youth aged 13-18. 

This workshop will engage youth in collecting and mapping an inventory of community assets/resources that serve their needs related to the themes of the Official Community Plan. These youth will then go out into the community and create asset mapping activities of their own with their peers. From these assets mapping initiatives, important information will be gathered from the perspectives of youth, by youth, which will inform Whistler’s OCP update.