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May is Leave a Legacy month in Canada. Leaving a gift in your will to an organization close to your heart is an easy yet deeply profound way to create a legacy that lives on through the people [...]

YSB is proud to announce that $20,000 was raised for YSB’s programs and services for youth recently, thanks to our donors and our extraordinary partner – the Taggart Parkes Foundation. Created by [...]

Information Line for Child and Youth Mental Health and Youth Addictions Services We heard you! YSB has expanded the role of the crisis line and online chat to provide information about child and [...]

The Ontario Ministry of Health is introducing Ontario Heath Teams (OHTs) to organize and deliver care that is more connected to people in their local communities. Infants, children, and youth are [...]

YSB was grateful to be selected as one of five charity partners at this year’s Big Rig Brewery presents HOPE Volleyball Summerfest, held July 13th at Mooney’s Bay. The tournament and concerts [...]

Over 11 nights in June at Ottawa’s Gladstone Theatre, the Toto Too Theatre presented Avenue Q, a three-time Tony winning, part-puppet, part-human musical that explored the journey of a young [...]

On June 5, students and faculty of L'école secondaire publique L'Alternative gathered together to celebrate a goal they reached with the support of their community.They presented YSB with a [...]

When the community supports LGBTQ2+ youth, we change the landscape of our community entirely. Support has both immediate and long-term impacts.That's why we are so thrilled to be a part of RBC [...]

At YSB’s downtown Drop-In Centre, the Ottawa Senators Foundation, Bell Let’s Talk, and the Danbe Foundation proudly announced their gift of $500,000 to YSB’s mental health services that will be [...]