Our Programs

Tailored programming that empowers youth and creates opportunities where they can contribute their talents and ideas to enhance their communities.

Social Enterprises

Creating economic opportunities by helping remarkable youth recognize their skill sets to apply towards projects within their communities.

Entrepreneurship

Providing next level support and workshops in business development, networking, fundraising, for youth starting their own initiatives.

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2025 Youth Leadership Contest

Applications Now Open! Step into the shoes of a city leader with the Youth Leadership contest! Whether shadowing Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, CEO Stéphane Giguère (Ottawa...

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20+ years of
youth engagement

We are dedicated to strengthening the community. Our work, made possible by you, is focused on activating youth to create solutions to the problems they see facing their communities everyday. 

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Stories from the classroom

Below we share case studies from our work within the classroom. Read more to see how we engaged students to take action at the local level to combat issues that are important to them.

Raising Awareness for Climate Change

How a civics class initiated an action plan to educate others on climate change
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Empowering youth through filmmaking

A young student finds her voice and creativity
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Sec-ur-ity. You are at the centre.

How a civics class tackled cyberbullying
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