Today, the Foundation of Greater Montreal is hosting a forum called Why is it important to give children a voice? to highlight the importance of listening to children, and to celebrate World Children's Day. Alli Truesdell, Youth Participation Lead at UNICEF Canada, will be presenting, highlighting the parallels between the priorities identified by young people in Montreal and the results from six workshops that UNICEF Canada conducted across the country.
I wasn’t sure where to start this blog post, whether it be with a personal story of my own suicide attempts or if I should jump into the threatening statistics of teen suicide and how unrighteously they are disregarded.
