Learn On

Learn On is an academic support program for youth aged 13-18. Learn On aims to bridge systemic inequities in educational attainment, enhance academic opportunities for youth, and support youth as they enter adulthood by providing academic and social supports in Clubs.

To achieve this, the program has activities and resources across three focus areas:

Academic Support

• Academic support encompasses activities that directly and indirectly support youth in finding success in their academic life and graduating high school on time. These activities include but are not limited to: group-based homework help sessions, tutoring, creative writing activities and scientific demonstrations.

Transitional Support

• Transitional support refers to activities that assist youth in moving between milestone events in their academic and personal lives. This includes academic transitions between middle school, high school, CEGEP, alternative academic programs, and post-secondary. This can also include supporting youth as they transition into part-time or full-time employment. Some activities within this focus area include: pre-employment training, exploring post-secondary options, career mentoring and intentional goal-setting.

Social-Emotional Wellbeing

• Social-emotional wellbeing refers to the intentional activities within Learn On that will support youth’s overall wellness. This will include specialized training for staff on regulation, trauma-informed practice and emotional intelligence. This focus area will work to ensure that youth are well supported and are able to manage life transitions and life after high school.

Youth who participate in Learn On are supported in reaching the following outcomes:

• Youth have increased confidence in their ability to ultimately complete high school;
• Youth have an increased sense of engagement in their learning;
• Youth have an increased sense of resilience when faced with barriers to educational attainment;
• Youth have the skills, support and knowledge to ease the transitions between grades and life milestones;
• Youth are better prepared to make informed decisions about their career and post-secondary options, and;
• Youth have increased access to the people, tools and resources required to support their educational goals.