The Hart House Sustainable Futures Program is a unique and exciting weekend adventure that brings together a small group of teens who are ready to learn and grow. This is the perfect low-stakes environment to build your confidence with hands-on skills outside and empower yourself in community action. Through skill development in planting and food sustainability, moments with caring mentors, outdoor adventures at the Hart House Farm, and more, youth will cultivate connections with the land and learn ways to meaningfully give back to their community. The program includes a full day at Hart House, on the University of Toronto’s downtown St. George campus, followed by a full day-trip to the Hart House Farm in Caledon the next day. Bus transportation from Hart House to the Farm is provided.
Focus
- Access & Transition: promote successful academic and social transitions to post-secondary education
- Outreach & Engagement: increase awareness and understanding of post-secondary pathways
Features
- Career exploration
- Community engagement
- Participant incentive(s) (e.g., expense reimbursement, bursaries, scholarships)
- Tutoring & mentorship
- Wrap-around services (e.g. provision of food, skills development workshops, writing centre and library access, etc.)
Timeframe
- Single Event
Participants
Ages
- High school students
Groups
- 2SLGBTQ+ students
- First-generation students
- Indigenous students
- Low-income students
- Newcomers to Canada
- Racialized students
- Secondary school students with low credit accumulation and/or achievement rates
- Students from communities with limited access to post-secondary education (e.g. rural or remote communities)
- Students requiring outreach/transition support
- Students with disabilities