*Offered through In School (6 sessions), After School, and Workshops
#GIRLSTOO engages girls and young women ages 9-18 as important agents of change by developing their collective strategies and skills to help their communities live up to expectations for better treatment.
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The program addresses the intersecting vulnerability to gender-based violence (GBV) that Northern girls face, the lack of girls-led advocacy around systemic violence, and the need for a system to transform negative norms, attitudes and stereotypes towards allyship.
The #GIRLSTOO program empowers girls through an intersectional, trauma-informed approach, to be advocates for a cultural shift towards supporting survivors, breaking the silence around sexual violence and providing education about consent, gender equality and healthy relationships. This program introduces participants to community experts and resources.
*Offered through In School (8 sessions), After School, and Workshops
The Power of Stories program is designed for girls in the Northern Alberta region and aims to promote intercultural understanding, mental health awareness, and violence prevention.
The program adopts an Indigenous storytelling approach that encourages participants to develop their storytelling and listening skills. The curriculum is guided by seven values that are woven throughout the program, which are connected to Indigenous ways of life and cultures. This program is to encourage Non-Indigenous participants and future facilitators to embrace the local knowledge of the values and powerful voices passed on by the local Elders’ teachings and stories by following the sacred protocols appropriate to the locality.
*Offered through After School (Fall through Spring)
Girls Inc of Northern Alberta has been operating the Staying Strong Mentoring Program since 2012. This program focuses on healthy lifestyles, self-esteem, art, leadership and anti-violence & anti-bullying.
Mentoring helps to builds self confidence, improve grades, enhance relationships with family and peers, and develop a higher engagement in one’s community. Activities are facilitated by mentors with Girls Inc. staff assitance.
*Offered through In School, After School and Workshops
Through Media Smarts, girls increase their awareness of the scope and power of the media and the effects of media messages on girls and women.
They learn to analyze what they see and hear in the media and advocate for change in entertainment, news, and advertising. Girls have the opportunity to create media that is realistic and reflective of their lives. They also learn about media-related careers and the positive use of the media.
They learn to investigate what they see and hear in the media and advocate for change in entertainment, news, and advertising. Girls have the opportunity to create media that are realistic and reflective of their lives. They also learn about media-related careers and the positive use of the media.
*Offered through In School (8-12 sessions), and Workshops
Project BOLD programs support personal safety skills for girls ages 6-18 by educating girls about gender violence, equipping girls with self-defense skills,and helping girls determine strategies for maintaining healthy relationships.
Girls learn skills and strategies to lead safer lives in their homes, in relationships, in their communities, and online. They learn specific self-defense techniques and strategies as well as how to seek out and talk to caring adults about personal and gender-based violence. Older girls also take on a community action project to advocate for a safer world for all women and girls.
*Offered through In School (6 sessions), After School and Workshops
This program is designed to help girls identify what bullying is and be able to recognize when it is happening.
Our aim is to give girls the tools they need to deal with bullying in a proactive way to stop it from happening. Through discussions and group work, our hope is to create a safe environment for girls to be open and honest about how bullying affects them.
*Offered through In School and After School Workshops
This one hour workshop aims to provide girls grades 2-6 with the opportunity to increase their overall understanding of online safety in addition to related concepts.
This workshop offers girls the chance to learn about these concepts in an interactive way with a trained facilitator. We aim to increase awareness on how to stay safe online, enhance perspective on how to spot fake news and digital distortion, and increase awareness of the effects of screen time on our health. With the increasing amount of youth accessing the internet and the advancement of technology, online child exploitation has increased significantly in Canada. This has led to a greater need for thorough, accessible, and informative workshops for youth.
