The C.O.D.E. Initiative is a not-for-profit organization founded to Create Opportunities and Define Education. Our mission is to accentuate the abilities of youth on the autism spectrum. By providing a 1:1 teacher-to-student ratio, we hope to introduce them to the basics of computer programming through a learning experience tailored to their needs.

The mission of the Down Syndrome Resource Foundation is to support people living with Down syndrome and their families with individualized and leading-edge educational programs, health services, information resources, and rich social connections so each person can flourish in their own right.

The Learnary offers short, affordable classes in all sorts of interesting things you’ve always wondered how to do. We are also a resource for alternative education and maker materials, and a place to connect with others who like to learn and make together. We are dedicated to building community, supporting intergenerational learning and celebrating curiosity.

DURING COVID WE ARE ALLOWING ALL STUDENTS TO USE OUR STORE FOR SEWING, UPCYCLING, AND MORE.

The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a global centre for teaching, learning and research, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world and recently recognized as North America’s most international university.

The Vancouver Art Therapy Institute (VATI) was founded in 1982 as a non-profit society and a charitable organization. VATI has been accredited by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) since 1998. VATI is committed to providing an educational experience that cultivates student creativity, self-awareness, and therapeutic competence. We aim to train art therapists who are active members of the art therapy community, and good ambassadors to the larger community.

As a school we offer an art therapy diploma to students who complete our program. Students take face-to-face and online courses, complete 700 hours of volunteer practicum time in the community, and then write a final project. VATI also offers a student run art therapy clinic where students, under supervision, offer art therapy to the public at a very reduced rate.

The Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre (VHEC) is seeking qualified and enthusiastic individuals to join our dedicated team of docents – volunteers who share a passion for human rights and social justice, through Holocaust-based anti-racism education. Volunteering as a docent is a wonderful opportunity to share your dedication to the pursuit of a more just world, supporting programs the aim to empower students and the general public to become upstanders against antisemitism and other forms of racism.

About the VHEC

The VHEC is devoted to Holocaust-based anti-racism education and commemoration, reaching more than 25,000 students each year. The Centre produces thematic exhibitions as well as holds Western Canada's largest collection of Holocaust-related artefacts, testimonies and archival documents. The VHEC offers educational programs and supports educators through professional development, and access to resources, school programs and events. The VHEC also presents commemorative programs, book launches, film screenings, public programs and conferences for teachers. The VHEC’s teaching philosophy emphasizes an interactive approach, encouraging exchanges between docents and students/visitors, through exhibition tours, as well as educational workshops in schools and virtual platforms. For more about the VHEC visit www.vhec.org

The Settlement Workers In Schools (SWIS) Program is a school-based settlement service for immigrants, refugees and other eligible clients to meet their immediate settlement and ongoing needs after their arrival in Canada.

Wonderstruck Camp is a Summer day camp in North Vancouver for 5-9 year-olds. Campers enter a fantasy story led by a wizard named Wonder, his mythical friends, and the esteemed professor of magic, Dr.Lorekeeper. Each activity advances the plot of the story through games, skits and other challenges until campers have participated in solving a central problem in the mythical world.

<b>Imagine a weeklong scavenger hunt inside your favourite curl-up-next-to-the-fire fantasy adventure book: that's Wonderstruck.</b>

Wonderstruck is a safe, welcoming community for dreamers, creative kids, and everyone looking for a bit of adventure.

The Writers’ Exchange makes literacy exciting and accessible for inner-city kids through free mentoring and creative writing projects. Our vision is that every child will have the literacy skills necessary to access a world where anything is possible.

The Writers' Exchange runs free literacy programs for at-risk kids in inner-city schools. As a volunteer literacy mentor, you help with reading, creative writing projects, literacy games and cool crafts, or support a small group of kids during in-school book-making programs. We have programs that run both during the school year and the summer months. Help us make literacy fun and accessible for kids!

YELL Canada is a registered charity that inspires entrepreneurial thinking and invests in young minds, preparing them for a radically different future. We partner with educators and business leaders to deliver real-world programming in high school classrooms, creating powerful problem solvers to build our future economies. YELL builds the connections between youth and local leaders, helping youth see a possible future for themselves at home, while equipping them with the tools and the support network to make it happen.

YELL's programming targets high school students aged 15-18 (grades 10-12). Our flagship program is a year-long accredited entrepreneurship and innovation high school course. It involves a teacher led and mentor supported fully accredited course (students receive school credit), that runs from Sept-June.

 

The Young Readers' Choice Awards Society of British Columbia is the non-profit organization that administers the Red Cedar Book Award. The purpose of the Award is to create a rich reading experience for children in grades 4-7, families, and educators while supporting and promoting the Canadian publishing industry.  Our mission is that we are:
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<li>A learning commons for kids, families, and educators across British Columbia to discover, connect, and be inspired by Canadian literature written for kids.</li>
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An our vision is:
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<li>An engaged, excited, and educated province-wide Red Cedar Book Awards community</li>
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