Linking Voices
Lighting Future
Make it stand out.
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Growth Club
A year-round program with more than 35 youth-initiated events. In just two hours, participants can:
——Share reflections on selected readings.
——Join community-engagement activities designed and led by youth.
——Take part in peer-led discussions on ideas that matter.
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Passion Project
Young members discuss what topics they want to explore, decide what information they hope to hear, and share their insights with the others.
——Reading Club.
——Debating & Public Speaking.
——Community Engagement.
——Outdoor Activity…
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Think Tank
An initiative fully operated by the VLA Youth Committee:
——Host monthly thematic seminars.
——Design personalized social-research projects.
——Present findings at our Youth Think Tank Forum.
——Support each other to publish our research in journals and websites.
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Engaged with UN
Youth can serve as UN youth delegates — thinking, speaking, and acting on global issues.
——Collaborate with UNESCO and UNICEF on public-service.
——Conduct social research and publish youth-authored reports.
——Grow into global citizens by directly observing and understanding world affairs.
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Parents Salon
VLA‘s parents is a community for learning and growing together. Parents:
——read and discuss books together, exchange insights.
——share real stories, explore real solutions.
——exchange information, coordinate carpools, and support each other in the same neighborhood or community, making it easier to coordinate with the youth.
Voice Linking Association
(VLA)
About VLA
Voice Linking Association (VLA) is a community-based non-profit organization rooted in Chinese Canadian families. We connect youth, families, young adults, professionals, and the broader community, creating a space where people learn, connect, contribute, and grow together.
For young people, VLA offers learning and experiences beyond the classroom. Through humanistic learning, AI and future exploration, debates, youth-led initiatives, community engagement, and real-world projects, they develop critical thinking, communication, creativity, collaboration, leadership, and the confidence to find their own voice.
For families and the wider community, VLA creates opportunities to share knowledge, experience, and connections across generations. Together, we strengthen the Chinese Canadian community, build meaningful connections with broader Canadian society, and encourage active participation, contribution, and giving back.
Connect · Explore · Participate · Engage · Lead
About VLA Youth Committee
The VLA Youth Committee is the core youth-led operational team within VLA, composed entirely of young members who design, lead, and implement community-centered initiatives. As the organization’s youth leadership hub, the Committee transforms ideas into action through youth-led projects, collaborative learning, and real-world community engagement.
Here, youth take ownership of meaningful work: they conduct social investigations, write research reports, explore global issues, and launch innovative projects that respond to community needs. Through activities such as public dialogues, cross-cultural events, newcomer family support, and local community collaborations, youth members actively strengthen social connections and help build a more inclusive environment for newcomer families.
The Committee also serves as a space where young people reflect on the role of education in the AI era. Learning is not limited to acquiring knowledge—it is discovering personal values, practicing civic responsibility, and understanding how technology can support human-centered decision-making. While youth collaborate with adults as equal partners and invited contributors, they uphold the belief that human judgement, empathy, and imagination remain irreplaceable.
Through these experiences, the VLA Youth Committee empowers young people to grow from participants into community contributors—moving from receiving support to supporting others, and shaping a future where youth leadership and community engagement thrive together.