Planet Youth Lanark County
A new way to engage our community
A prevention model designed and proven to reduce or delay substance use among youth
What is Planet Youth?
Planet Youth is not a program—it’s a new approach to identifying and establishing long-term, community-driven strategies that promote positive social and environmental change.
It was pioneered in Iceland over 20 years ago — since then, the youth substance use rate there has gone from 48% to less than 5% in 2017.
Funding supports creation of “a culture of upstream prevention” in Lanark County
March 26, 2025
Planet Youth Lanark County and youth centres being supported by private, provincial
Workshops on youth resilience
March 11, 2025
Planet Youth Lanark County is holding two workshops of interest to professionals
“The issue is not what youth do; it’s the nature of what they do. If it is organized, productive, and under the leadership of adults, that is really the core ingredient.”
Alfgeir Kristjansson, PhD, MSc Associate Professor, West Virginia University School of Public Health, USA Senior Researcher, ICSRA, Reykjavik University, Iceland
