Unity Conference 2025
There is less than three weeks left to register for Unity 2025. We only have 10 spaces left for each day!
Speakers from around the world will present across a spectrum of related topics that can be viewed as relevant to the ‘leading and learning’ themes. Sessions will speak to the relevance and utility of the conference theme and support attendees to build on what we already know to shape future leadership.
Visit the Unity 2025 web site for the full program and to register.
CYC WORLD CONFERENCE 2026
Healing Through Connection
24-26 June 2026, St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
CALL FOR PAPERS (closes 31 October 2025)
In 2026, the Child and Youth Care World Conference is returning to where it all began in 2013. We are still connecting through all the areas identified in 2013, and we are also connecting to our history, to each other, and to the young people and families we serve. Submit your proposal.
CYC-Online, October 2025 (No. 320)
Editorial Comment: Pondering Charlie Kirk’s
murder
Dr Mark Smith
What It Will Take for Child and Youth Care
to Stay Relevant in the Global North?
Kiaras Gharabaghi
Ready? Preparing for Certain Uncertainty in
Child and Youth Care Practice
Patti Ranahan
The Journey into the Unknown: A
Connection-Focused Approach
Ziigwanbinesii Charles
Against the Use of Rewards in Residential
Child Care
Maddie Howley
Maybe you Smiled for the Rest of the Day?
Some comments on relationships and their infinite variety
Karen VanderVen
Postcard from Leon Fulcher from New Zealand
New Book Releases ...
Making Moments Meaningful in Child and Youth Care Practice (3rd Edition)
The Relational Thread: Mentoring in Child and Youth Care Practice
