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Discover the 
You(th) Explore Program

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Enable your students to discover who they are, reflect on how they relate to others and the world around them, and engage in changemaking at the personal and community levels.

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What if all young people saw themselves as changemakers?

Build students' sense of identity, belonging and agency

The You(th) Explore program offers educators 50+ hours of learning resources aligned with Canadian curricular standards that are appropriate for middle and high-school students.  As our mission is to support as many educators and youth, our resources are free and under the Common Creative licence 4.0.

Student-facing

program components 

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Image by Prophsee Journals

Program

workbooks

Physical or digital workbooks with activities that activate students' creativity, critical thinking and sense of empathy.

Video

lessons

Video library with activities guided by UpstartED's team and with a curated list of concept-specific videos.

The program tackles three key questions:

Who am I? What impact do I want to make? How do I begin making an impact?

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  • What are my values and where do they come from?

  • Who are my ancestors and what are their stories?

  • What are my limiting self-beliefs and how do I overcome them? 

  • How do languages, cultures, customs and the land shape who I am?

  • How do I manage my emotions?

In Module 1, students reflect on...

  • What is the history of my community? What stories are being told about it?

  • What social, environmental and economic challenges face my community? Do they resonate with my values and interests?

  • How can I act as a changemaker?

In Module 2, students reflect on...

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  • What are the root causes of the challenges in my community?

  • Who is affected by these challenges and how?

  • How do I build a solution that is inclusive, sustainable and ethical?

In Module 3, students reflect on...

Our educators receive all the necessary resources and support to implement You(th) Explore inside their classrooms

You(th) Explore has been designed as a tool that educators can use to enhance their curricula and/or existing programs. Rather than being 'just another add-on', the You(th) Explore program content and outcomes align with curricular standards across Canada. In addition to accessing all the necessary resources and support to implement the program, participating educators receive a toolkit with prompts for self-reflection to promote their own personal growth.

Empowering Educators

We love helping our educators succeed. All our educators access the following:

Dedicated advisor to help with launching, implementing and measuring the impact of the program.

Program Success

Advisor

Curriculum-Aligned

Lesson Plans & 

Assessments 

Lesson plans and assessments that offer adaptations and modifications for diverse learning needs. 

Data & Insights:

Program & Classroom Outcomes

An impact report with quantitative and qualitative insights into student outcomes and classroom culture.

Pan-Canadian

Community of Practice

A community of practice bringing together like-minded educators across Canada to share ideas.

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Hear from...

Andrew Laviolette

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Career Teacher (Grades 7, 8) from

Robert Service School in

Dawson, Yukon

The content that I went through with my students was not only aligned with what is required of me to teach, but it also allowed them to spend time with important life conceptsIt was great to help students move towards their best selves and I learned alongside them since this was also new to me!

The You(th) Explore program enriched me as a person

and teacher.

Discover projects led by young changemakers who participate 

in our programs

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What better way to inspire other students to see themselves as changemakers than by showing them the work being done by others their age? Take a look at what projects students are working on thanks to UpstartED's programs.

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About

We are a Canadian education nonprofit that supports educators and enables youth from equity-deserving groups to see themselves as changemakers, find their purpose and make a meaningful difference in their communities.

At UpstartED, we acknowledge and respect the land and territory on which we stand. We have the privilege to live, learn, teach and raise our families on the traditional, treaty, and unceded territories of Turtle Island (North America), home to many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples. As a nonprofit that empowers youth to be agents of positive change and responsible citizens, we recognize the importance of and actively support reconciliation efforts in Canada and across the world. Learn more about actions for reconciliation as citizens and educators.

Land acknowledgement

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We align our work with the United Nations Global Goals

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