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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

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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". 

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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 

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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.

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