by Admin Editor | Jan 29, 2014 | News, Pass It On, Youth programs
International Women’s Day March 8, 2014 For over one hundred years, International Women’s Day (IWD) has been a day of celebration and recognition to mark exceptional achievements of women and to build on inequities still to be addressed. This year SWOVA, IWAV, Victim...
by Admin Editor | Jun 11, 2013 | News, Programs, Youth programs
The eleven young women who make up the Youth Advisory Council for the Salish Sea Girls’ Leadership Project (SSGLP) will be joining the ranks of off island commuters over the next few weeks. In order to explore what their peers from Galiano, Mayne, Pender and Saturna...
by Admin Editor | Jun 3, 2013 | News, Pass It On, Youth programs
A clear vision, a number of passionate and engaged youth, inspiring performers, and many generous community donations, make up the Sparkfest recipe for success. The vision comes from Kate Maurice – Mentor/Supervisor of SWOVA’s Pass It On program – and from...
by Admin Editor | Feb 28, 2012 | Respectful Relationships (R+R) Program, Youth programs
In the classroom, we use Energizers as activities for groups of youth to practice skill building related to the Respectful Relationships program as well as have the opportunity to move around and be in their bodies during our sessions. In a recent circle we played...
by Admin Editor | Feb 15, 2012 | Respectful Relationships (R+R) Program, Youth programs
Today in the Respectful Relationships Program, we worked with Grade 8 youth to explore stereotypes and how they relate to violence. My co-facilitator Kevin and I do a role play and act out our two scenarios of two youth in conversation. The first scene is a young man...
by Admin Editor | Dec 1, 2011 | From the Headlines, Respectful Relationships (R+R) Program, Youth programs
These days there are a wealth of online resources that compliment and inform the work we do here in the Gulf Islands with the Respectful Relationships (R+R )Program. At each grade level we have the opportunity to work with youth as separate gender groups to discuss...
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