Youth Safety and Equity Info-Zines

Transform important information about safety, relationships, students’ rights, and education equity into creative zines that can inspire change.

The Youth Safety and Equity Info-Zines project invites everyone to create short, accessible zines using information from nationally-vetted toolkits and educational resources. Share your zine at school, in your library, or throughout your community.

An Info-Zine combines reliable information with art, writing, and personal creativity. No design experience required. You can start at any time.

You can also download, print, and distribute zines from our growing Youth Safety and Equity Info-Zines gallery Zines gallery.

Who can create an Info-Zine?

Everyone is welcome to participate. Info-Zine creators may include:

Youth ages 12 and older, college students
School clubs
Teachers, librarians, and school counsellors
Parents and other adult allies
Youth-serving community organizations
Nonprofit organizations and gender-equity advocates
Anyone passionate about youth well-being and equity in education

How to make an Info-Zine?

You can create your Info-Zine by hand or use a digital design program such as Canva.

Choose your topic

Explore the topics below and use the linked toolkits, factsheets, and webpages as information sources. These resources cover youth safety, healthy relationships, sexual harassment, students’ rights, gender equity and advocacy.

Gather materials

8 x 11-inch paper
Black pen or fine-point sharpie
Stapler
Optional: colored paper for cover, items for collage before photocopying.

Create your zine

Canva has templates for making zines. Watch a video showing how to make a zine using Canva.

Choose a topic from the resources below.
Review the toolkit, factsheet, or webpage.
Select the information for your zine content.
Create and illustrate your zine (optional zine cover art)
Scan or photograph every page before folding it (watch how to fold zines).

Submit your zine

Submit the unfolded pages using the submission form.
Print and distribute copies.

Outstanding zines may receive recognition and prizes ranging from $25-$150. Participants may also submit blogs or short reels describing how they distributed their zine and the impact it had on their community. Contact us to learn more about blog and reel requirements. Participants may request a certificate of achievement for their resumes and earn community service hours.