Youth & Youth Serving Adults

Canvas Programs’ workshops are interactive, empathy-based and trauma-informed. In a judgement-free environment, participants gain essential skills and knowledge to challenge homophobia, transphobia, consent, and gender-based violence.

Canvas Programs are tailored to provide age-appropriate education for grades 5-12 as well as interactive and engaging trainings for adults working with youth. We can’t wait to work with you!

SCHOOL PROGRAMS

Canvas Programs provides several programs based on our topics of 2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion & Consent education. Click the topics below to learn more about our program streams, or continue to scroll to see all our school programs offered this year.

Speak Out (rainbow text against a sky blue circle)

  • Speak OUT participants are given foundational and nuanced education on 2SLGTBQIA+ terminologies, identities, and pronouns to promote empathy, understanding and self-acceptance.

    Teachers gain tangible tools to create inclusive spaces for their students. Click to learn more.

Consent Kit (blue and purple text against a sky blue circle)

  • Participants learn the importance of consent in their decision making and interpersonal relationships. Participants build concrete skills to create positive connections and support others who have experienced sexual violence. Teacher trainings in this stream also guide us through having difficult conversations with our students. Click to learn more.

Y.E.S. (blue, green, and orange letters against a sky blue circle)

  • Y.E.S. or Youth Equity Support teaches adults working with youth about 2SLGBTQ+ inclusion and consent, enabling them to model, promote and maintain safe, inclusive spaces for youth. Click to learn more.

Speak OUT (rainbow text)

Welcome to Canvas Programs’ SpeakOUT Program stream. All programs listed can be booked individually, however our clients find our programs are best when they’re working together. We lay out our programs in a roadmap with 3 steps to help you along your inclusion journey.

Teacher Workshops (step 1)

SpeakOUT Teachers

Participants build a comprehensive understanding regarding diversity in sexual orientations, gender identities, practical tools for pronoun use and support strategies. Staff receive tangible steps to create and maintain safer, inclusive spaces for students.

Student Workshops (step 2)

2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion

Students gain a better understanding of gender and sexual identities, pronouns, how to challenge queer-phobic bullying, and the importance of acceptance and compassion.

Allies at the Intersection

Students acquire a greater understanding of privilege, how intersectional identities including race, culture and religion intersect with queer identity, and the importance of allyship. We recommend a 2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion workshop first.

2SLGBTQIA+ Panel Discussion

We also offer panels which can be a good option for some schools. Through personal storytelling, Canvas staff provide learners with empathy for and knowledge of sexual and gender diversity, trans identity and inclusive future. Though we can offer more attendance at one time for these panels, we cannot always accommodate interactivity as well as our regular programs above.

Arts Programming (step 3)

Trans Buttons & Belonging

Participants expand their understanding of trans inclusion and reflect on their own identities and commitments to social change by engaging in the novel, practical, and fun art form of button making. Canvas Programs provides all arts programming materials for this workshop.

Write About Now: Identity

This creative writing workshop encourages youth to reflect on their unique identities and the importance of their lived experiences through odes and conversations around allyship. Canvas Programs provides all arts programming materials for this workshop.

Consent Kit (Blue and purple text)

Welcome to Canvas Programs’ Consent Kit Program stream. All programs listed can be booked individually, however our clients find our programs are best when they’re working together. We lay out our programs in a roadmap with 3 steps to help you along your consent education journey.

Teacher Workshops (step 1)

Consent Kit Teachers

Participants learn best practices to foster, promote, and maintain a culture of consent amongst their students. Staff are given clear, tangible skills to support youth survivors of sexual violence.

Student Workshops (step 2)

Interpersonal Consent

Students attain a foundational understanding of consent, including barriers, such as power dynamics, alcohol/drugs and peer pressure. This is our most foundational workshop for consent and is essential before booking other workshops in this stream.

Consent & Care

Students learn how emotions impact our state of mind, decision making skills and interactions with others. This workshop takes what is learned in interpersonal consent and connects it with realistic scenarios and tangible skills for them to take away.

BRAVER Together

Students are taught the BRAVER framework, which provides clear steps to support peers following sexual assault or harassment. This is our most mature workshop in this stream and we generally recommend it for older grades (usually grades 11 & 12 students).

Arts Programming (step 3)

Write About Now: Consent

This workshop fosters creative writing on topics such as consent, body autonomy, and care, and empowers youth to create brave spaces and positive changes in their communities. Canvas Programs provides all arts programming materials for this workshop.

Y.E.S. (blue, green, and orange lettering)

Youth Equity Support

Canvas’ Y.E.S. Program teaches adults working with youth about 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion and consent, enabling them to model, promote and maintain safe, inclusive spaces for youth. Participating in essential allyship and consent education equips educators to create empowering and safe spaces for students who may lack acceptance elsewhere. Canvas’ programs are a vital first step in allyship, supporting queer youth, and implementing concrete steps to foster and maintain inclusive spaces.

2SLGBQIA+ Inclusion Workshops

2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion Workshop

Understand diverse sexual orientations and gender identities, pronouns use, and robust skills to create safer, supportive spaces for all youth.

2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion Panel

Through storytelling from members of the queer community, gain a sense of empathy and understanding for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and how to be an ally.

Consent Workshops

Consent Culture Workshop

Participants learn best practices to foster, model and maintain a culture of consent amongst youth, and steps to support youth survivors.

Safer Spaces Workshop

Participants identify existing barriers and responses to create safer, consensual environments for 2SLGBTQIA+ folks through collaborative and actionable goal-setting.

Arts-Based Workshops

Y.E.S. Art to Heart Workshop

Participants learn how to create arts programs for youth, and concrete steps to trauma-informed leadership regarding disclosures, confidentiality, and support.

Camp People know - a summer begins long before the first camper arrives. Ensuring a healthy, safe, and happy summer requires that leadership take a proactive approach by setting clear expectations about language, behaviours, and policies.

Canvas programs are a great opportunity to get staff of all knowledge levels on the same page before the summer! Check out all the ways we can help your camp to have the best summer ever.

SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS

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Camp Staff Trainings

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Camp Leaders Trainings

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Camp Consulting Services

Camp Staff Trainings 2024

2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion at Camp

This workshop equips staff with an understanding of diverse sexual and gender identities and provides actionable steps to model and promote allyship and inclusion at camp.

Intersectionality & Belonging at Camp

Staff are given tools to identify various forms of inclusion and explore what ‘belonging’ means at camp. Staff use a case study to explore how they can create a more inclusive space for all campers.

Consent at Camp

This workshop explores the common barriers to consent that arise at camp. Staff are given steps to enshrine consent in all our relationships, as well as a step-by-step framework to support survivors of sexual violence.

Cultures of Care at Camp -
ADD ON

This hour-long add-on program provides staff with the skills to engage in peer support for staff and campers. This program can be added onto any of the other 3 programs offered to camps this 2024 season.

Camp Leadership Team Trainings 2024

Safer Spaces Workshop

Participants identify existing barriers and responses to create safer, consensual environments for 2SLGBTQIA+ folks through collaborative and actionable goal-setting.

Camp Consulting Services

CONSULTING FOR CAMP-SPECIFIC OR CRITICAL INCIDENTS AT CAMP

Sometimes, unforeseen situations arise. If you are looking for guidance, Canvas offers consulting on consent, 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion, and critical incident consulting for navigating issues of sexual violence, trans inclusion, discrimination, and more.

Please email hannah@canvasprograms.com for more information.