Mai, Irene S.2024-09-192024-09-192024https://hdl.handle.net/1828/20440IBPOC youth in the Canadian settler colonial context face mental health concerns related to experiences with racism and discrimination. The school setting can be a space where IBPOC youth are exposed to racism and discrimination, which can be associated with mental health conditions (i.e., anxiety, depressive symptoms, etc.), feeling alienated, a lack of safety, disempowerment, low self-concept, and low collective self-esteem. Conversely, the school setting can empower IBPOC students and address mental health concerns by employing anti-racist approaches. However, research focused on addressing racism and IBPOC youth mental health within the school setting are minimal in the Canadian settler colonial context. To help address this gap, this study is situated in a critical race theory approach (Crenshaw, 1995, 2011, 2019; Solórzano & Yosso, 2002; Thomas, 2009) and employs qualitative methodology to inquire about IBPOC youths’ recommendations for programming. Using a needs assessment approach and reflexive thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006), I constructed seven themes from the semi-structured interviews with five individuals: (a) Recognize that Mental Wellness for IBPOC Youth is Deeply Connected to Culture and Identity, (b) Need for an Intersectional Approach, (c) Understand that Family and Cultural Community are Central, (d) Make Programming Accessible for IBPOC Youth, (e) Importance of IBPOC Representation, (f) Need for Various Hands-on and Experiential Activities Focused on Identity and Mental Wellness, and (g) Implement IBPOC Programming and Schoolwide Intervention. These findings add to the burgeoning research on anti-racism, IBPOC youth mental health, and school-based programming.enAvailable to the World Wide WebBIPOC youth mental healthIBPOC youth mental healthBIPOC youth voicesIBPOC youth voicesanti-racism and youth mental healthanti-racism in schoolsmental health supports for BIPOC studentsmental health supports for IBPOC studentsThesis