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Permanent link to Apply to be on YD’s Summer Leadership Camp Committee 2013!

Apply to be on YD’s Summer Leadership Camp Committee 2013!

It’s that time of year again!
YD’s 7th annual summer leadership camp is soon approaching and we need YOU!
Every year we [...]

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Permanent link to YD is hiring**extended**

YD is hiring**extended**

Program Manager-YD
YD is currently seeking a highly motivated, energetic, and qualified individual to join our team as the program manager [...]

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Permanent link to YD is hiring

YD is hiring

YD is currently seeking a highly motivated, energetic, and qualified individual to join our team as the program manager for [...]

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Permanent link to YD’s high school to Post-Secondary Info Session

YD’s high school to Post-Secondary Info Session

December 15th (2pm)

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Mentorship

Our mentorship program is the foundation of our work. We piloted the mentorship program in 2006 as one of our first responses to...

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Leadership

Every year YD runs a Summer Leadership Camp where youth have an opportunity to get out of the city for 4 days to discuss...

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Get Involved

There are a number of ways to get plugged into the YD movement, including volunteering, joining a committee...

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Mission

We recognize the struggles and resilience of our elders and the creativity and leadership of our youth. Most importantly, we are a movement, a family, and a community that will support one another in order to elevate ourselves and the people around us. Specifically, we aim to:

  • Mobilize Ethiopian youth in toronto
  • create youth-friendly positive spaces
  • connect youth with role models and mentors who look like them
  • provide youth with resources to enable them to reach their short-term and/or long-term goals
  • challenge youth to create opportunities that they want to experience