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Douglas Park YIA Leadership 7 2006/2007 The Douglas Park Youth Inspiring Action (DP YIA) Leadership Program at Douglas Park Community Centre is a weekly introductory leadership program for grade seven students. This program introduces the five theme concepts of leadership: teamwork, goal setting, effective communication, problem solving, and public speaking. In addition, there will be introductions to giving back, networking and positive relationships. This program runs each Monday from 3:30 to 5:30 for 16 weeks. Each theme is the leadership topic focused on for one to two weeks. Generally, the first week is a facilitated interactive learning workshop and the second week is either a special guest or out trip that relates to and reinforces the basic leadership concept covered. By providing leadership training and fundraising experiences, DP YIA hopes to increase self-confidence by giving grade seven youth an opportunity to contribute to their community, and thus gain a sense of accomplishment. DP YIA has the vision that by investing in preteen youth, their community involvement and leadership abilities will continue throughout their high school careers. Killarney YIA Leadership 7 2006/2007 Killarney YIA is a youth program driven by youth for youth. Youth from 3 schools in the Killarney area (Killarney Secondary, Waverly and Weir) meet every Friday to bond, learn skills, and hone leadership through a "big brother/big sister" environment. Through the bond that develops between the high school mentors and mentees from the elementary schools, we hope will ease the transition the mentees make to secondary school. Renfrew YIA Leadership 7 2006/2007 Renfrew Community Centre has hopped on board to run the Youth Inspiring Action leadership program. This program is focused on encouraging youth to understand the importance of playing an active role in their community. They will be building on previous skills as well as learning new ones, such as, teamwork, communication, goal setting, public speaking, and problem solving. Participants will be paired up in a peer to peer setting where grade 7 students will be paired with a high school mentor to bridge a connection between the transition from elementary school to high school. Strathcona YIA Leadership 7 2006/2007 Leadership 7 is a program that hopes to instill leadership qualities in the grade 7 students of Strathcona Community Centre. Our purpose in this is to prepare youth to take initiative and have the confidence to involve themselves more in the high school years. Also, we encourage them to develop these leadership skills at an early age, and we hope to create leaders of tomorrow. Our program runs every Friday for 10 weeks per series of sessions. There are 5 skills we focus on: teamwork, communication, goal setting, problem solving, and public speaking. Strathcona YIA Summer Mentorship 2006 The 2006 Strathcona YIA Mentorship Program at Strathcona Community Centre is a peer mentorship program in the inner city community for grade 7 students. This program takes place from July to August and will assist the grade 7 mentees in their transition to high school. Senior high school students in grades 9-12 will be selected to undergo mentorship training to act as mentors for these grade 7 students. Based on interests and gender, appropriate one-to-one mentorship pairings will be made. Over the eight weeks of the mentorship program, each mentor will meet with his or her "mentee" once a week to participate in group facilitated activities and excursions pertaining to sports, arts and culture. This mentorship program will not only support youth, but it will also provide an outlet for emerging leaders to exercise their leadership skills while developing additional mentorship and facilitation abilities. This mentorship experience will provide opportunities for grade 7 youth to engage in a variety of activities to "broaden their horizons" in the company of a peer mentor role model. These peer mentors will assist these youth in their transition to high school by not only answering questions and providing reassurance, but more importantly, these mentors will be a positive influence and future support at Britannia High School for this fall school year in September. Strathcona YIA Leadership 2005/2006 The 2005/2006 Strathcona YIA Leadership Program at Strathcona Community Centre is weekly introductory leadership program for grade seven students. This program introduces the five theme concepts of leadership: effective communication, teamwork, problem solving, public speaking, and goal setting. This ten-week program, which happens every Friday for two hours (3:30-5:30pm), focuses on each of the five leadership themes for two weeks. The first week is a facilitated interactive workshop on the specified theme and the second week is either a special guest or out trip that relates to and reinforces the leadership concept covered. A major component that separates this leadership program from others is that there is a mentorship aspect. Each of the grade seven leadership participants is paired with a senior Britannia high school student. Many of these high school students are active community leaders and assist in guiding the development of the grade seven students' leadership skills. The high school mentors gain experience, give back, and have fun in their position as positive role models. These peer mentors assist these youth in their transition to high school by not only answering questions and providing reassurance, but more importantly, these mentors are to be a positive influence and future support at Britannia High School for this fall school year in September. 
Strathcona YIA Leaders Group 1 celebrating their completion of the program. Killarney YIA Mentorship 2005/2006 The 2005/2006 Killarney YIA Mentorship Program at Killarney Community Centre is a weekly peer mentorship support program for referred grades 6-7 students. This program consists of ten elementary youth, from Dr. George M. Weir Elementary School and Sir. Charles Kingsford Smith Elementary School, who are mentored by senior Killarney Secondary School students in grades 10-12. Each of the Killarney Mentors are trained in mentorship, facilitation and leadership areas to prepare them for this six month volunteer commitment. From November to April, the 15 volunteer mentors spend every Friday afternoon from 3:00-4:30pm with the elementary school mentees. During this mentorship time, mentors and mentees participate in a variety of activities related to arts, sports and culture. Each mentorship session also includes a snack and "reflection" or journaling period. This big brother/big sister environment allows younger youth to be supported and guided by older high school community role models. Strathcona YIA Summer Mentorship 2005 The 2005 Strathcona YIA Mentorship Program at Strathcona Community Centre is a weekly peer mentorship program for referred grades 7 students in the "Summer Heat" Day Camp Program. From July to August, this mentorship program supports 12 youth from the inner city by pairing them with a senior high school mentor from Britannia High School. The senior high school students in grades 10-12 are selected from Strathcona Leadership Programs to undergo mentorship training. On Mondays and Wednesdays the mentorship pairs meet from 3-6pm and participate in facilitated activities, out trips, and sports games. This mentorship program not only supports youth in expressing themselves through various artistic and cultural means, but it also provides an outlet for emerging high school leaders to exercise their leadership abilities while developing additional mentorship and facilitation skills. This mentorship experience provides youth in need of extra support to have the opportunity to engage in various cultural and artistic modes of expression in the company of a peer mentor role model. This summer mentorship program aims at assisting elementary school youth in their transition to high school by surrounding them with positive high school students. These high school role models can provide future support at Britannia High School for upcoming school year in September. 
Killarney YIA Mentorship 2004/2005 The 2004/2005 Killarney YIA Mentorship Program at Killarney Community Centre is a weekly peer mentorship program for referred students in grades 6 & 7. Senior high school students in grades 10-12 from Killarney Secondary school are trained to be mentors to these recommended elementary school students. This program consists of fifteen elementary youth, from Dr. George M. Weir Elementary School and Sir. Charles Kingsford Smith Elementary School, who are supported by these high school role models. From November to April on Fridays from 3:00-4:30pm, each mentor spends time with his or her mentee in various activities. Mentorship activities include athletic games, art sessions, facilitated activities and homework help. Each mentorship session also includes a snack and "reflection" or journaling period. This program aims at providing elementary school students with the support of a big brother or big sister during the early stages of teenage life, so that younger youth can build confidence to achieve his or her goals in life. Killarney YIA Buddy Program 2003/2004 The 2003/2004 Killarney YIA Buddy Program at Killarney Community Centre is a weekly Big Buddy support program for referred grades 4-7 students. Senior high school students in grades 11 or 12 from Killarney Secondary school are trained to be "Big Buddies" to these elementary school students. From October to April on Fridays from 3:00 -4:30, each "Big Buddy" picks up their "Little Buddy" from Dr. George M. Weir Elementary School and walks him or her back to Killarney Community Centre. At the Community Centre, a room is specifically set up for this program to house activities various activities, which include: athletic games, art sessions, facilitated activities and homework help. This program aims at providing elementary school students with the guidance of a big brother or big sister during the early stages of teenage life. The Buddy Program provides peer support for youth to build the confidence to achieve his or her goals in life. The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice. - George Eliot |
VANCOUVER: Douglas Park Community Centre: 801 West 22nd Avenue Renfrew Community Centre: 2929 East 22nd Avenue Strathcona Community Centre: 601 Keefer Street Killarney Community Centre: 6260 Killarney Street 
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