Table 1.

Nine Tenets of Youth Engagement Framework ⁶

Tenet	Definition
Empowerment	Enable youth to recognize their abilities and potential by helping them develop the confidence to implement positive changes
Opportunity	Chances and outlets (planned or spontaneous) that help facilitate action towards a particular goal or achievement
Learning	Actively providing youth with a variety of meaningful experiences and fostering interactions with a diverse group of people
Community	A collective group of people that get together to create and maintain a supportive and reliable network
Relationships	A sense of connection, bond, and trust which are co-created and co-operated
Stability	Establishing a sense of consistency and reliability with room for positive change and flexibility
Achievements	Accomplish a goal and/or overcome a challenge that requires hard work and perseverance
Communication	Means of connection that involves expressing one’s thoughts, feelings, experiences, goals, values/beliefs, dreams/desires, hardships, losses, etc.
Activities	Means of keeping one’s time occupied in a productive, meaningful way