Against the Current
Workshop Series
Join us for an upcoming workshop or schedule a workshop with us! Workshops feature tried and true frameworks, activities, and tools, each validated coast-to-coast with communities and organizations over our 35+ years of youth engagement expertise.
Workshops are for practitioners, researchers, decision-makers, and youth leaders.
Virtual workshops are 1 hour and cost $50 per workshop or $125 for all 3!
Spots are limited, so sign up soon!
Your Youth Engagement Starter Pack
June 25 (Thursday) 12pm PST/3pm EST
This workshop explores foundations of youth engagement and activities for all issues, groups of young people, and settings (digital, in-person). Walk away with a template for structuring new programs and re-energizing existing groups, and techniques for navigating challenging discussions and fostering inclusive participation.
Facilitator: Kaitlin Power (Skills Development Coordinator) who brings 10+ years sparking and sustaining engagement among diverse groups young people across educational, community, and virtual settings. Kaitlin is masterful at real-time adaptations of planned activities to meet emergent needs.
Research Design with Youth in Mind
July 30 (Thursday) 12pm PST/3pm EST
This workshop highlights best practices for gathering and mobilizing youth voices that align with your goals and performance measurement needs. Learn how to select and leverage research tools that best measure process and impact.
Facilitator: Vanessa Turchio (Lead, Research and Impact Measurement) helps to mobilize learnings harvested from SCC's national database of more than 19,000 youth voices from programs across Canada. She is passionate about youth-centered research and data science, and holds an MA in Developmental Psychology.
A former teacher, Erica Ngai is now a youth program evaluator and researcher committed to amplifying youth voices across Canada. She co-leads Research and Impact Measurement at the SCC and holds a master’s degree in Comparative and International Education from the University of Oxford.
Community Strategy Development
September 3 (Thursday) 12pm PST/3pm EST
For coalitions and communities at the drawing board or seeking to deepen community strategy! This workshop dives into creating a shared vision, centering youth voice and contribution, and generating adult buy-in.
Facilitator: Christa Romaldi (Associate Director, Program Development) has worked alongside numerous communities and organizational collaboratives to design and implement strategies, including youth engagement strategies, youth violence prevention strategies, and community building strategies that focus on youth wellbeing.
Save 20% by registering for all 3 upcoming workshops
As part of Against the Current, you have first access and a special workshop rate. Sign up for all virtual workshops for $100 by clicking the button below before May 17!
Community Building and Culture Shifting
September 10 9am–5pm EST at our Toronto Youth Centre (23 Isabella Street)
This workshop series unpacks how to work with youth who have been marginalized, explores rewriting community narratives, and moving toward more inclusive and safe spaces. Workshops center around values-rooted programming and how community partnerships can change systems and communities.
This workshop costs $50 per person for a half day (9am-12pm or 1-5pm EST) or Whole Day ($75 per person)
Facilitator: Abdi Mohamud (Associate Director of Program Delivery and Culture) brings over 20 years of experience in critical youth work informed by Afrocentric values. He provides strategic and operational leadership for programs addressing root causes impacting communities, while advancing an organizational culture grounded in equity, care, and shared leadership.
Chantelle Edwards (Toronto Community Lead) runs virtual and in-person youth programming spans cultural curiosity, youth leadership development, and creating safer spaces where young people can find belonging and community. An integral part of her approach is building relationships and giving youth a space to feel heard, which opens doors to new perspectives and deeper understanding across diverse experiences.
Schedule a virtual or in-person workshop for your organization, community, or project. We offer a suite of workshops that we can tailor around your young people and context spanning:
- Youth leadership development
- Adult Ally training
- Participatory action research
- Mental and holistic health and substance misuse
- Healthy relationships and gender-based violence prevention
- Grievance-based violence prevention
Contact us at info@studentscommission.ca to schedule a workshop or learn more!