Ask a YEP staff member or youth tutor to speak at your event
Our staff have worked at every level of the school system, in government, and internationally. Our youth tutors speak from their own experience as students and teachers. Talks, panels, and workshops for audiences of every size.
Ask a YEP staff member or youth tutor to speak at your event
Our staff have worked at every level of the school system, in government, and internationally. Our youth tutors speak from their own experience as students and teachers. Talks, panels, and workshops for audiences of every size.
What we speak about
- Reverse mentorshipWhat happens when kids teach adults?
- Youth leadershipWhat can young people do with real responsibility?
- Newcomer integrationWhat does it take for newcomer families to thrive?
- Social-emotional learningCan teaching others make kids more confident?
- Intergenerational programsHow do you get youth and seniors learning together?
- Student success strategiesHow can today’s youth thrive in the classroom?
Formats: Keynotes and talks · Panels · Interactive workshops · Design thinking and action learning sessions · Guest lectures and classes
Examples of past engagements
From the United Nations to universities and community symposiums, here’s where our team has shared our work.
Montreal, Canada
C2 Montreal
C2 Montreal is a surreal hybrid of a TED Talk and a performance by Cirque du Soleil. YEP facilitated a design thinking workshop with educators and business professionals to discover new ways to encourage communities to empower young people to become teachers.
Doha, Qatar
United Nations, Doha
Over 2,000 political and corporate leaders, civil society activists, research centres, foundations, and journalists came together to agree on joint actions to improve relations across cultures and combat prejudice. YEP presented on the roles young people can play in improving cultural integration in high-immigrant communities.
Toronto, Canada
Elevate
Elevate, Canada’s largest innovation festival, unites the world’s innovators to solve society’s greatest challenges. YEP was featured at the conference’s Elevate Youth Zone, where our curriculum was on display to show how youth with no teaching experience can become teachers.
Toronto, Canada
Walrus Talks
Walrus Talks is a cross-Canada speaker series on topics vital to Canadians. YEP’s talk presented the challenges newcomers to Canada face every day, the billions of dollars lost each year to newcomer underemployment, and the systems changes needed to address them.
Berlin, Germany
Cities of Migration Conference
This conference explored the realities and opportunities created by today’s hyper-diversity. YEP presented a case study of how communities use our programs to welcome immigrants and create the conditions they need to integrate, participate, and succeed.
Toronto, Canada
Parents as Partners Symposium
This symposium gathers the top approaches to student success being used in Toronto-area schools. YEP staff, together with a youth and an adult program participant, shared their experiences with the symposium’s 700+ attendees.
New Delhi, India
United Nations × BMW Group
At a joint United Nations and BMW Group event, YEP took part with other global initiatives in action learning workshops and case studies on scaling up, finance, human resources, marketing, public relations, and fundraising.
New York City, USA
United Nations, New York
Participants from over 75 countries attended a week-long retreat on innovative approaches to scaling up grassroots projects. YEP presented a case study on how it grew from one location in Toronto to dozens across multiple countries, on a shoestring budget.
Toronto, Canada
Mozilla
At Mozilla’s conference on building an accessible internet for all, YEP hosted an action learning session for nonprofits and librarians on engaging youth to teach older adults how to use the internet safely in their everyday lives.
Boston, USA
Global Challenges and Opportunities Facing Children, Youth and Families
This conference gathered over 500 teachers, researchers, counsellors, child-life specialists, and early childhood education professionals from around the world. YEP spoke on a panel about youth leadership and empowerment, and innovative ways to support children falling behind in school.
Toronto, Canada
Canadian Urban Institute
This event highlights those making a profound impact on Canada’s urban regions. YEP presented the case of one newcomer mother’s challenges finding suitable language and technology training during her first three years in Canada, before YEP came to her community.
Toronto, Canada
Amplify
Amplify is Ontario’s premier gathering of government, industry, and sector leaders shaping workforce development. YEP presented on how reverse mentorship builds key workplace skills young people don’t get through traditional schooling.
Toronto, Canada
University of Toronto
On several occasions, YEP has presented to University of Toronto students on equity, youth leadership, newcomer challenges, and reverse mentorship.
Des Moines, USA
Drake University
For Drake University’s course for teachers moving into principal roles, YEP spoke about how its in-school program works with school staff to identify at-risk students who need out-of-the-box opportunities to build their social-emotional skills.
Toronto, Canada
George Brown College
For George Brown’s Faculty of Social & Community Services, YEP presented outreach and community engagement strategies for communities where many residents are still learning English.
London, Canada
Ivey Business School
At Ivey’s annual Social Innovation Conference, on the role of leaders in realizing path-breaking social innovations, YEP joined an interactive panel and workshop on how our programs put a new spin on traditional education models.
Toronto, Canada
MeasuredOutcome
At MeasuredOutcome’s symposium on seniors’ quality of life and intergenerational programming, YEP, as the only organization focused on reverse mentoring, spoke about the benefits young people and seniors gain through our programs.
Toronto, Canada
Skills for Change
Pioneers for Change is Skills for Change’s fundraiser and awards ceremony for those championing diversity and leadership. YEP spoke about our program model and accepted an award in the Youth category.
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