Program Details & Booking Information.
2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion Programs
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.
2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion Panel
Teacher Program
Using storytelling and knowledge sharing to increase empathy for and knowledge of sexual and gender diversity, trans identity, and pronouns. All panels include multiple lived experience perspectives followed by an informal Q&A with questions submitted in real time at the session.
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Increase empathy for and knowledge of sexual and gender diversity, trans identity, and pronouns.
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Strongly encourage 30-minute support call training for all in-person panels.
Average 60-75 in length.
Based on a pre-survey completed by your team, we customize panels to focus on key themes
emerging from staff queries.Facilitated by Canvas’ trained presenters.
2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion Workshop (Student Program Preparation)
Teacher Program
This workshop will provide participants with both foundational and nuanced understandings of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities, including exploring key terms, pronoun use, and a framework for allyship. Through interactive activities and customized scenarios, participants will leave the trainings with robust skills for creating safer, supportive spaces for 2SLGBTQ+ identified youth.
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Build foundational knowledge of gender and sexual identities and the 2SLGBTQIA+ Acronym.
How to challenge transphobia and homophobia in the class room.
Practice advocating for and supporting Queer youth.
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60 minutes in length with flexibility (60-75 minute slots)
Facilitated by Canvas trained presenters
Appropriate for staff teaching at any grade level, as well as parents and youth serving adults.
2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion
Student Program - Grades 6-12
Our 2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion workshop (affectionately dubbed Q101), is our base course in the SpeakOUT roster, and an introduction to gender and sexual identities through a queer lens. It is an interactive, informative, and eye-opening exploration of identity and how societal binaries of sex and gender are not one size fits all. The aim of the workshop is to encourage empathy and motivate participants to challenge homophobia and transphobia in their daily lives.
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Gaining a better understanding of gender and sexual identities
How to challenge transphobia and homophobia in daily life
The importance and impact of acceptance and compassion
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75 minutes in length with flexibility for class schedules (60-75-90 minute slots)
Facilitated by Canvas trained presenters
Appropriate for learners Grades 6 thru 12, content tailored to age
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2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion Panel
Student Program - Grades 6-12
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.
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Gaining a better understanding of gender and sexual identities
How to challenge transphobia and homophobia in daily life
The importance and impact of acceptance and compassion
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75 minutes in length with flexibility for class schedules (60-75-90 minute slots)
Facilitated by Canvas trained presenters
Appropriate for learners Grades 6 thru 12, content tailored to age
Allies at the Intersection
Student Program - Grades 6-12
Our newest addition to the SpeakOUT roster; Allies at the intersection, is a highly interactive introduction to the topic of intersectionality and how our various identities come together to create different privileges, challenges, and opportunities. We achieve this by using accessible metaphors and relatable scenarios through which we examine how different or how similar our experiences can all be.
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Gaining a better understanding privilege and oppression
How intersectional identities including race, culture and religion intersect with queer identities
The importance and allyship and skills to recognize systems of privilege and oppression
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75 minutes in length with flexibility for class schedules
Facilitated by Canvas trained presenters
Appropriate for learners Grades 6 thru 12
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Click HERE to view Grade 6-8 curriculum
“I’m part of the LGBTQ+ community and I find it nice to know that other queer people, other queer adults, exist. It’s nice knowing I’m not alone, and there are other people who go through similar experiences as me… ”
Consulting - 2SLGBTQIA+
Summer Camp Program
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.
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These can be offered as critical incident reporting services throughout the summer.
Contact Hannah or Syd to inquire. Email hannah@canvasprograms.com or syd@canvasprograms.com with the subject line: Summer Camp Consulting to set up a phone call to discuss further.
“...The facilitators from Canvas modelled from beginning to end how to create a space of belonging and inclusion for everyone and to continue to amplify and support those voices and those with lived experience that are often marginalized and to do so from a place of care and action. ”
Consent Programs
Our Consent Kit program-series focuses on the fundamentals of healthy consent practices and the societal impacts consent culture has on young people.
At Canvas Programs we are on a mission to create spaces where consent is normalized, while learning better skills to support those impacted by sexual violence.
By working together, consent can be at the forefront of our classrooms, and youth can feel supported in knowing healthy communication skills.
Consent Culture Workshop (Student Program Preperation)
Teacher Program
Consent Cultures trainings are tailored to each group, recognizing the unique
needs of youth-serving adults working in different spaces. Participants will learn best
practices to foster, promote, and maintain a culture of consent in their youth-serving spaces,
while gaining skills to tangibly support youth survivors of sexual violence.
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Build foundational knowledge of consent frameworks. Namely, interpersonal consent, clear communication and, barriers to providing informed consent.
Steps to create supportive and safer classroom environments.
Trauma informed checklist to advocate for and support youth.
Practice with customized scenarios.
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60 minutes in length with flexibility (60-75 minute slots).
Facilitated by Canvas trained presenters.
Appropriate for staff teaching at any grade level, as well as parents and youth serving adults.
Offered in 2 streams to best accommodate the needs of the group
“We want you in our schools.
We need you!”
Interpersonal Consent
Student Program - Grades 6-8 or 9-12
This highly interactive program offers a collaborative experience for youth to better understand how to communicate, empathize and show support for others. We offer a catered experience for either middle school or high school audiences that allows students to attain a foundational understanding of consent, including barriers, such as power dynamics, alcohol/drugs and peer pressure as aligned with their respective curriculum content.
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Understand the different types of pressures can influence the way we interact with others.
Equip students with RIVER acronym as a tool for practicing consent in interpersonal relationships
Learn different methods of communication and how it can create barriers to consent.
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75 minutes in length with flexibility for class schedules (60-75-90 minute slots)
Facilitated by Canvas trained presenters
Two streams: Middle School (grades 6-8) OR High School (grades 9-12)
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Braver Together
Student Program - Grade 12
Our newest Consent Kit program examines
how youth can support their peers in the wake of sexual assault. Participants will learn a support framework called BRAVER that walks them through how they can be there for one another when they experience harassment or violence of a sexual nature. Together we will explore what care can look like when we are empowered to show up for each other.
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Briefly overview consent education
Framework and discussion to create a safer school environment for giving and receiving consent.
Trauma informed checklist for peer support.
Gather resources that are most applicable for themselves and their community through group brainstorming.
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75 minutes in length.
Facilitated by Canvas trained presenters
Appropriate for learners Grade 12, content tailored to age
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Click HERE for curriculum
Consent & Care
Student Program - Grades 11-12
Our new Consent and Care program looks at consent through the lens of our emotions. In it, participants will examine how our emotions affect our state of mind, our decisions making skills and our interactions with others.
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Briefly overview consent education
Framework and discussion to create a safer school environment for giving and receiving consent.
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75 minutes in length with flexibility for class schedules
Facilitated by 2 Canvas trained presenters
Appropriate for learners Grades 11-12
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Click HERE to view curriculum
“...everyone should know about consent.”
Consent at Camp
Summer Camp Program
Participants explore common barriers to consent that might exist in a camp environment and discuss actionable tools to increase cultures of consent at their camps. Combining conversations around interpersonal consent and consent culture, participants will leave the workshop with the ability to define consent through a five-step framework and identify ways to support survivors of sexual violence.
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The workshop consists of several interactive components and camp-specific scenarios for participants to
explore.
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75 minutes in length with flexibility for class schedules (60-75-90 minute slots)
Facilitated by Canvas trained presenters
Appropriate for learners Grades 6 thru 12, content tailored to age
Consulting - Consent
Summer Camp Program
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.
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Gaining a better understanding of gender and sexual identities
How to challenge transphobia and homophobia in daily life
The importance and impact of acceptance and compassion
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75 minutes in length with flexibility for class schedules (60-75-90 minute slots)
Facilitated by Canvas trained presenters
Appropriate for learners Grades 6 thru 12, content tailored to age
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Survivor Centered Leadership
Summer Camp Program
Prepares camp leaders to be survivor-centred and trauma-informed in their approach to sexual violence in their camp community. The session will include an in-depth overview on the impacts of
trauma on behaviour and memory, harm reduction approaches to investigations, and
considerations when determining ‘credibility’.
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Learn that survivor-centred means supporting the mental
health of survivors of sexual violence and ensuring that processes following the violence do
not cause additional harm.We will examine a detailed case
study to prepare for realistic situations that can come up at camp.
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3 hours in length.
“...I wanted to say how amazing this workshop is. Thank you for all that you do!”
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