Meaningful youth engagement offers substantial benefits to both young individuals and the wider community. Engagement can be a powerful strategy to enhance youth health, self-confidence, and positive relationships, while also improving their career prospects....
There are many reasons why people become disengaged from high school. In the traditional model of education, it is becoming increasingly difficult to have a one-size-fits all approach to helping youth reach graduation. Many students need more direct intervention and...
“We’ve been able to show that we’re making a difference as an organization to our city in our partnership with Reboot Plus. This program created a foundation of our youth service portfolio which is very important to the Surrey Board of Trade.” The Surrey Board of...
Many young people struggle to understand how they fit in the current models of high school education and the workforce beyond. Reboot Plus created a new model of education and career development to help young people discover strengths and overcome the gaps through...
“The ethos of the program is its magic: we have a low-pressure, high-performance model for success. We don’t make anybody do anything; we just offer information, support, and encouragement. We don’t try to change our participants. Rather, we adapt to who they are and...
If we want students to be well, we need to encourage healthy behaviour instead of just addressing illness. Most proposed solutions on the mental health crisis in youth focuses on crisis response rather than prevention. One antidote to help young people is to connect...
“This program is one of the highlights of my career. It was an absolute joy to make a difference with the work that we do.” Lisa Schwerzmann is the Associate Dean of the Fanshawe College School of Access Studies and Regional Delivery. She shares her experiences of the...
Samï Ghawï, MBA, is the Director of FUSIONpresents and Manager, of the Surrey Board of Trade’s Surrey Music City Centre. FUSIONpresents helps artists do what they love through their professional artist development services. They also help venues &...
Reboot Plus works to increase high school graduation rates in communities across Canada. Specifically, we want to target youth with barriers in their education; from anxiety to economic instability. Clearly, we know some youth find traditional education difficult. Our...
“I have taught several youth programs. This has been one of the most challenging and rewarding groups of youth I have worked with.” Devonne Sitzer is the Facilitator of the Reboot Plus program offered through Ontario’s Humber College. Disadvantaged Student Populations...