Youth Justice and Social Service Practice - Week 1 Flashcards

This set of vocabulary flashcards covers key concepts from the Week 1 lecture on Youth Justice and Social Service Practice, including definitions of youth, social work models, and classroom principles.

Brave Space

A learning space where individuals engage in challenging and vital conversations that may be difficult, emotional, or uncomfortable, especially regarding social justice, to create a more just and equitable world.

Empathy

The ability to see the world from another’s perspective, requiring access to shared humanity to imagine what another person is going through.

Intersectionality (Hankivisky)

An understanding of human beings as shaped by the interaction of different social locations (e.g., race, age, gender) occurring within connected systems and structures of power.

Youth (YCJA Definition)

In a legal and criminal context in Canada, individuals between the ages of $12$ and under $18$ (i.e., $12-17$).

Youth (Statistics Canada Definition)

Individuals between the ages of $15-29$ (under $30$).

Adulthood (Normative)

The social category at the center of power, defined by characteristics such as being rational, independent, and productive, often shaped by middle-class markers like property ownership.

Intersectionality Significance

Encourages moving beyond single identities to explain nuances of lives, generate complete information on social issues, and enable effective responses instead of a "one-size-fits-all" approach.

The Circle (Indigenous View)

A concept representing that life has no beginning and no end, where everyone is distinct but equal, and there is always room for more people.

Youth Stage (Indigenous Life Cycle)

A time of growth, mental development, and challenge where individuals develop their own value-based or belief system.

Young Adult Stage (Indigenous Life Cycle)

A stage of wandering where individuals explore, make decisions, and create their own path to contribute to the betterment of the nation.

Childism

A lens referring to the mistreatment, disrespect, and oppression of young people, reflecting a bias towards adults and adult-produced systems.

British Home Children (Barnardo’s Children)

More than $30,000$ children sent from Great Britain to Canada between $1882$ and the late $1930s$ to work as indentured servants on farms.

Praxis of Social Justice

The combination of critical reflection (addressing systemic conditions) and social engagement (making meaningful changes to improve life chances).

Social Justice Model (Working with Youth)

An approach based on activism and solidarity aiming for the structural redistribution of power and resources, viewing youth as having collective agency.

Client Centered Work (Working with Youth)

An approach focused on empowerment to gain influence over events and outcomes on a case-by-case basis through support and expert-based knowledge.

Community Development (Working with Youth)

Focuses on youth engagement and participation in building strong communities through programming, services, and economic development.

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

A type of AI, such as ChatGPT or Quillbot, that creates new content by responding to user questions or commands.

Copyleaks

The GenAI checker software used to detect if a student has used artificial intelligence inappropriately in their work.

Assignment Late Penalty

$10\,\%/day$; after $5$ days, a grade of zero will be assigned.