To support the health of our community since COVID-19, we facilitate online and in-person workshops.
Speak OUT
2SLGBTQ+ Inclusion Workshops
Speak OUT participants are given foundational and nuanced education on 2SLGTBQ+ terminologies, identities, and pronouns to promote empathy, understanding and self-acceptance. Teachers gain tangible tools to create inclusive spaces for their students.
Consent Kit
Consent Education Workshops
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.
Students attain a foundational understanding of consent, including barriers, such as power dynamics, alcohol/drugs and peer pressure.
Consent Culture centres on the impacts of social expectations and rape culture, encouraging media literacy and critique to spark students’ desire for social change.
Teacher Training
Consent and 2SLGBTQ+ Inclusion for Supporting Youth
Teacher trainings provide teaching staff with the necessary tools to engage with and answer questions from students on consent or 2SLGBTQ+ inclusion, while gaining strategies to infuse these topics into their own curriculum. Teacher trainings pair well with CANVAS student workshops, supporting teachers' confidence to keep the conversation going.
Specialty Programs
Assemblies & Art Projects
CANVAS offers two additional specialty programs that combine arts-based engagement with 2SLGBTQ+ inclusion and consent education. These programs are perfect for celebrating special days like Pride and Day of Pink, or adding equity and inclusion education to arts curricula.
Spoken Word Inclusion Assemblies bring 1-3 professional spoken word artists to speak directly to students about their experiences coming out as queer. The assembly starts with a spoken word poetry performance and ends with a facilitated question and answer period.
Art Workshops use a variety of art forms, including visual arts and spoken word poetry, to explore equity and inclusion. Trained artists lead youth in immersive activities to approach consent culture, gendered media representations, and 2SLGBTQ+ allyship in a fun and accessible way.