Logan Wong is the newly elected chair for CHILD-BRIGHT’s National Youth Advisory Panel.
The CHILD-BRIGHT National Youth Advisory Panel (NYAP) is pleased to announce the election of Logan Wong as its new chairperson for the 2020-2022 term!
Logan has been a dedicated member of our NYAP since 2018. Having recently completed a Bachelor of Social Work degree, Logan will be continuing his studies in the Master of Social Work program at Ryerson University in Toronto, focussing on community health and mental health in a case management role.
Mathias Castaldo, outgoing NYAP chair, played an integral role in the early years of the panel’s existence.
As a NYAP member for the past two years, Logan has been working to foster collaboration to increase the accessibility of research: “I want to help bring youth voices to conversations about research! By working as a team, the NYAP can make research proposals more accessible to the youth population.”
He will continue to do so in his new role as chair and will also guide the NYAP as it prepares to offer a new consultation service to researchers outside of CHILD-BRIGHT starting in the fall of 2020.
Logan Wong (left) and Mathias Castaldo meet as part of a gathering of NYAP members in 2018.
As part of his new functions, Logan will also represent the NYAP panel on the CHILD-BRIGHT Citizen Engagement Council (CEC). "Drawing on his background in social work, Logan consistently brings his skills, enthusiasm and insightful suggestions to NYAP meetings. We’re sure he will make a great CEC representative for the NYAP,” shared current NYAP members.
On behalf of NYAP members and all of us at CHILD-BRIGHT, we would also like to sincerely thank Mathias Castaldo who completed his two-year term as chairperson in June 2020. Mathias was an integral part in the formation and development of the panel, its membership and activities. His work was instrumental in helping us build this novel youth council for our network. We are grateful for his time and dedication and are pleased that he will continue to contribute to the panel as a member of the NYAP.
You can read more about the NYAP and its mandate here. And stay tuned for our launch of the new consultation service, which will begin operations in the fall of 2020.