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We believe in sharing our expertise. All these resources are free.

We are in the process of making all of our student learning content open source in order to allow more schools to benefit from our programs. We invite you to visit this page over the following months to get access to new toolkits, slides and lesson plans that correspond to the different phases of the Program.

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You(th) Explore handouts

Introduce your students to Design Thinking with activities from our  You(th) Explore program

Looking to introduce students to Design Thinking? We invite you to use the Design Thinking activities from our You(th) Explore program! These activities are best done on paper, so make sure to print them out for your students. If you have any questions about how you can integrate this resource into your curriculum, get in touch with us!

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Deliver our three upGen foundations workshops

The upGen workshops immerse students in design and technology-enabled social innovation through the lens of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). The program's curriculum was built in collaboration with leaders in healthcare, retail, cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. 

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Discover how Design Thinking can help us come up with human-centric and meaningful solutions

Frame social challenges using the UN SDGs model

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Empathise with and understand challenges experienced by other individuals in society

Apply Design Thinking to challenges in retail, healthcare and cybersecurity

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Have an understanding of what AI is and how it manifests itself in our daily lives

Understand how to leverage technology for social good

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Equip students with a repeatable formula for kick-starting their social innovations

The Guide to Building the Future is a tool that students use during our weekend-long upGen Bootcamp. The Guide is a condensed version our bootcamp experience. It contains the steps that a young person needs to take in order to come up with an innovative idea and to share it with the world. 

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FINAL 7 in x 10 in upGen Bootcamp_ Guide

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.

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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.

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We align our work with the United Nations Global Goals

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