YTGA has been addressing domestic and international social issues through creative writing, visual arts, theatre, and spoken word since 2006. We regularly perform for conferences, symposiums and other events. In the past we have covered themes like Child Abuse Awareness, Modern Day Slavery, Mental Health Awareness, Human Trafficking, and many many more. Our youth team also regularly conducts “Empo
werment through the Arts” workshops with groups as small as 5 and as large as 100! We are currently running two campaigns: 1) Stop Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Children, and 2) Save the Spirit Bear campaign to reroute the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline. We are passionate about exposing a diverse perspective about what is happening around the world in order to empower the youth to take a stand against the injustices; making us an organization which is truly, by the youth and for the youth. YTGA is proud to have subchapters in Islamabad, Pakistan (YTGA-PK), and the University of Toronto (YTGA-UofT). Today, our team is in the midst of establishing a social enterprise model called Studio 89; a part fair-trade cafe and part artademic resource centre for the youth. For more information, please visit www.ytga.com.
