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Social planning meets Synthetic Populations! RWI Synthetics’ platform application for Youth Sense of Belonging in the Waterloo Region (Ontario, Canada) was selected as a poster presentation showcase at the Othering and Belonging Conference at the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley in Oakland, CA, April 25th to 27th, 2024! Sense of Belonging is now recognized as an invaluable measure of youth sentiment, a critical insight for policymakers and other decisions in infrastructure, programming, and transportation in the future of their regions. The conference brought together reps worldwide who are invested in understanding and growing belonging in their communities. We were pleased and excited to represent the belonging work happening in the Waterloo region via the Children and Youth Planning Table of Waterloo Region. It was great to have Alison Pearson, a champion in Youth Belonging, Jim Moss and Serena McDiarmid of the Children and Youth Planning Table of Waterloo Region, and Debbie Engel at the poster session. RWI Synthetics generated the region and ran scenarios, including the impact of accessible programming and subsidized transit on Youth Sense of Belonging to connect investments to individual and community health, economics, and retention outcomes. A huge shout out to the Children and Youth Planning Table of Waterloo Region and the Grand River Transit team for championing the work on Youth Belonging in the Waterloo Region. This work led to intriguing insights from de-siloing decisions across multiple fields that converge to affect today’s youth and their ability to succeed and give back to the community! #Belonging #PosterSession #YouthBelonging #SyntheticPopulations #SenseOfBelonging

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