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What We Do
Examining education & wellbeing with, by, & for
young people
The Young Lives Research Laboratory houses Dr. Kate Tilleczek’s Canada Research Chair team and program of research. At Young Lives, we examine intersections of education and wellbeing during a time in which modern societies marginalize too many of our young people. We work across four integrated clusters of research and development with, for, and by young people


Our Research Clusters

Anthropocene & Digital Age
We examine the folds and influences of the digital age on young people over time, place, and culture to better understand the deep paradox they encounter
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Education
We seek to better understand and re-design education that is with, for, and by young people as based in culture, context, and kindness.We seek to better understand and re-design education that is with, for, and by young people as based in culture, context, and kindness.
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Our Projects

Youth, Planetary Health, Wellbeing
We investigate various holistic models of wellbeing to understand how youth navigate their wellbeing and thus better support pressing health, social, and environmental concerns.
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Dr. Kate Tilleczek
Professor, Canada Research Chair
(Tier I), Founder & Scientific Director of YLRL












































































Roxy Cohen
Ph. D. Candidate, Faculty of Education, York University
Rooted and Rising Co-Creator