Youth
Programs
Youth-led, interactive assemblies and workshops for primary grades to post-secondary.
Summary
Youth-led interactive presentations by trained Youth Facilitators who represent a diverse range of backgrounds and lived experiences. We work with you to develop the best programming fit for your school’s needs.
Six Week Mental Health & Inclusivity
(Grades 6-8)
This youth-led interactive session will provide a positive platform for students to discuss challenges and coping tools. Youth speakers will share personal stories about their challenges with mental health and share a message of empowerment, hope and resilience. Students will better understand coping tools, ways to increase resilience and mental health awareness.
Empowering Young Minds
This youth-led interactive session will help students learn about self-care and why it is important. Youth speakers will share personal stories about navigating our current times and steps they have taken to integrate self-care practices that work for them. Students will better understand coping tools and ways to build resilience during difficult times.
Bullying Prevention
This youth-led interactive session will help students understand the effects that bullying has on their peers. Youth speakers will share personal stories about their challenges with bullying and share a message of empowerment, hope, resilience and inclusivity. Students will better understand what they can do to step up in their community and actively create a more safe and inclusive environment with their peers.
Inclusivity
Youth speakers share personal stories about their challenges with being accepted for who they are and share a message of empowerment and hope. Students will better understand what they can do to step up in their community and actively create a more inclusive environment with their peers.
Nurturing Relationships
This youth-led interactive session will help students understand components of healthy relationships. Youth speakers will share personal stories about experiences with unhealthy relationships and how they learned to navigate healthier ones.
Substance Use
This youth-led interactive session will help students understand substance use, addiction and wellness. Youth speakers will share personal stories about their challenges with substance use, overcoming unhealthy habits, and messages of hope and empowerment. Students will leave with a greater understanding of the relationship between substances and the brain as well as healthy coping mechanisms.
Online Overdrive
This youth-led interactive session will provide students with a deeper look into the impact that online use may have on their mental health and overall well-being. Youth speakers will share personal stories of how online use affected their mental health, self-esteem, and choices. Students will leave with a greater understanding of the choices they are making online and how to interact with and use technology in a healthier way.
School Survival Guide
This youth-led interactive session is designed as a big game of jeopardy. Join our trained Youth Facilitators through this transformative journey of transitioning from grade 8 and beyond.
Empowering Young Women
This youth-led interactive session will help students learn about women’s empowerment. Youth speakers will share personal stories about their challenges with navigating social pressures directed at girls and women and share a message of empowerment and hope. Students will better understand how to think critically about harmful messages targeting girls and women and will be inspired to make conscious decisions in the face of social expectations. Anyone interested in learning about women’s empowerment is welcome to attend. (Content is gender-diverse-friendly)
Building-A-SelfCare-Toolkit
(Grades 1-3)
The Building-A-Self-Care-ToolKit program is a fun, interactive, youth-led early learning experience that helps children develop healthy ways to express and manage their emotions. Join characters Rory and Skippy on a guided journey through the forest where they learn coping tools to navigate challenges they face along the way to learn engaging in coping tools and relevant activities in a positive, safe environment with trained youth facilitators.
* Can be delivered for primary classes or as a workshop for parent/caregivers and their children.
Public Speaking Workshop
This interactive two-session workshop will focus on discovering personal strengths, building self-confidence, and providing a safe and fun environment to practice public speaking skills. This workshop will be facilitated by trained Youth Speakers who have expertise on one of the top ten fears – public speaking! Within the context of a youth-friendly and engaging format, Youth Speakers will share their skills on how to access their inner voice to effectively communicate with their audience.
Presentations for Post-Secondary
& Youth Serving Organizations
This youth-led interactive session will help students deepen their understanding specific to the topic chosen for this presentation. Various topics include:
- Public Speaking
- Nurturing Relationships
- Empowering Young Women
- Substance Use
- Mental health and Wellness
- Self-Empowerment
Youth-led interactive presentations by trained Youth Facilitators who represent a diverse range of backgrounds and lived experiences. Youth speakers will share personal stories about their navigating challenges and share a message of empowerment and hope. We work with you to develop the best programming fit for your organization’s needs.
Consulting/ Coaching
Our team offers consulting and coaching.
AWAKE Conference
Give your students a field trip that inspires healthier choices.
AWAKE is York Region’s hands-on wellness summit where high schoolers break down mental health and substance use through real talk, lived-experience stories, and interactive tools.
Students don’t just sit and listen—they step into live breakdancing, improv, poetry, yoga, knitting, and direct connections with local health partners to build their personal support network.
Spaces are strictly limited each year. Give your students a day of real connection and resilience tools before seats fill up.
For further inquires, contact Una Wright at una@youthspeak.ca
Speak. Inspire. Change.
Book
Now
Engaging the power of stories for youth mental health.
Events
Life-changing
events.
