Funded Initiatives
Black Youth Coalition Against Violence (BYCAV)
The initiative provides youth with opportunities to build skills and access employment. Youth coordinators organize semi-annual conferences for their peers, centred around issues they have identified as important to them.
Read More...Bondee Football Club
The initiative focuses on providing youth with a space to interact with each other and play sports.
Read More...Boys and Girls Club of East Scarborough: Community Space Initiative
Boys and Girls Club of East Scarborough is a safe, accessible place where children and youth age 0 to 24 and their caregivers, from all cultural and economic backgrounds, can come to participate in social, recreational and educational programs that are designed to enhance their growth, personal development and potential as contributing members of society.
Read More...Braeburn Neighbourhood Place
The initiative runs "Lunch and Learn," a peer tutoring and mentorship program where youth connect twice a week over the lunch break at West Humber Collegiate.
Read More...Canadian Tamil Youth Development Centre (CANTYD)
The initiative engages young Tamil women to overcome isolation and connect with their community through a drop-in and mentorship program at two high schools in Dorset Park.
Read More...Centennial College's Community Program Initiative: HYPE
The HYPE (Helping Youth Pursue Education) initiative provides educational opportunities for disengaged youth to build skills through a combination of classroom-based learning and hands-on training.
Read More...Central Ontario Community Builders: Hammerheads Initiative
The Hammerheads Initiative partners with employment agencies and trade unions to provide a 25-week training course in various trade professions for 150 youth.
Read More...Centre for Spanish Speaking Peoples: Hispanic Youth Alive
The Hispanic Youth Alive initiative brings together hundreds of youth from the Latino community to learn about their culture, develop new skills and grow as future community leaders.
Read More...Community Microskills Development Centre: Youth Express
This initiative trained 30 youth in Batik Art instruction at four high schools in Jane-Finch and Jamestown. 14 youth completed a "Train the Trainer" program and went on to deliver summer workshops to 40 youth in local libraries and schools.
Read More...Creating Leaders in Chester Le (CLIC): Reinvesting in Our People Effectively (R.O.P.E)
This initiative empowers youth in the Chester Le community of Steeles L'Amoreaux and offers much needed leadership development programs and peer mentorship.
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