YAAACE in the Media
Toronto Star- The Education File
YAAACE Co-Founder, Devon Jones, in the Toronto Star's Education File documentary.
The Toronto Star | Why we need to focus on gun violence as a public health crisis
By Ardavan Eizadirad
Gowri Raj Varma (Contributor)
Fri., July 15, 2022
Hip Hop Hoops Podcast
Posted to YouTube: Nov 23, 2021
Interview with YAAACE Founding Director, Devon Jones and TO Wards Peace Project Manager, Hunaina Kamran, about the project with the City of Toronto
Community Based Research Canada Webinar
Posted to YouTube: Dec 9, 2021
This webinar, hosted by the CBRC, spotlighted YAAACE founding director, Devon Jones, and Dr. Ardavan Eizadirad, Asst. Professor of Education at Wilfrid Laurier, and their findings from a SSSHRC funded project titled "COVID-19: Closing the Achievement Gap through Remote Learning for Children and Youth in Racialized and Under-Resourced Communities".
CBC News | Why John Tory and Pinball Clemons are talking up this Jane and Finch summer camp
Julia Knope · Posted: Aug 17, 2018 8:23 PM ET | Last Updated: August 17, 2018
BT Television visits YAAACE
April 17 - 2018 - Breakfast Television visits YAAACE at CW Jeffreys, and Dina interviews Pinball Clemons, Dejon Brissett (Argos), and YAAACE Alum O'Shae Brissett about the program
The Toronto Star | Devon Jones wins praise for changing lives for the better
By Azzura Lalani Staff Reporter Wed., Oct. 5, 2016
Devon Jones doesn’t see himself as just an educator — he’s also a life coach.
Working with some of Toronto’s racialized and marginalized students at Brookview Middle School, in the Jane and Finch area, Jones strives to show his students “how to make smart choices, how to be civically engaged (and) how to be part of the larger social fabric.”
That’s because he’s been there too.