title: Youth conferences as a context for engagement.
abstract: Youth conferences can be effective means for engaging youth in the life of their schools, communities, and nation, bringing benefits not only to youth themselves but also to the community, which gains through the energy, ideas, and values that youth contribute.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: S Mark
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Pancer
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rose-Krasnor
authors.forename: Lisa D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Loiselle
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D019058:Community Networks; D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D012574:Schools