Workshops
BYTE workshops create safer, supportive spaces for youth to learn, connect, and build practical tools for life, relationships, leadership, and employment. Through hands-on activities, reflection, discussion, and games, our facilitators help youth explore important topics in ways that feel engaging and grounded in their own experiences.
For a full breakdown of the costs associated with our workshops, check out our pricing section
*Flexible pricing options are available, particularly for remote communities— please reach out to discuss your youth group’s needs.
Click a series below to learn about our various workshops.
Healthy Relationships Series
The Healthy Relationships Series is designed to empower participants with the tools and insights needed to build and sustain positive, fulfilling relationships. We explore key topics such as communication, healthy boundaries, navigating breakups, and the importance of consent in all relationships.
2-2.5 hours
This workshop helps youth learn strategies for recognizing and navigating all the relationships in their lives. It focuses on tools for challenging relationship dynamics, practicing positive communication, and understanding their own preferences in relationships. The sessions also cover how to support peers who may be experiencing abuse and how to identify different types of abusive behaviours.
2-2.5 hours
This workshop helps youth navigate relationships and breakups with care and confidence. It focuses on setting and maintaining healthy boundaries, identifying toxic behaviors, respecting each other’s feelings, and taking responsibility for personal actions. Participants explore different types of boundaries and practice setting them, while also learning healthy breakup strategies that support personal growth and overall well‑being. Along the way, we discuss both romantic and friendship breakups, recognizing that all relationship endings can impact young people in significant ways.
2-2.5 hours
This workshop explores consent beyond the traditional “no means no” conversation by focusing on bodily autonomy and personal boundaries. Participants are encouraged to reflect on their own needs and preferences, as well as how to recognize and respect the boundaries of others. The workshop also addresses situations that impact youth, including human trafficking, grooming, and boundary transgressions involving adults. In addition, participants learn about the universal help signal so they can identify it and use it when they or someone else may need support.
Mental Wellness Series
The Mental Wellness Series offers workshops that support youth in making healthier choices around substance use and overall mental wellbeing. The series encourages safe, informed decision‑making, and how to access support. Participants also explore how life events can influence mental health and learn practical strategies to strengthen and maintain their wellbeing.
2-2.5 hours
In this workshop, participants explore their perceptions about what mental wellbeing is and the factors that can impact it. We explore the idea that, just like our physical wellbeing, we all experience varying levels of mental wellbeing depending on what is going on in our lives. It focuses on tools for stress including self-care, mindfulness, and understanding our personal boundaries while discussing strategies for improving and maintaining our wellbeing.
2-2.5 hours
Youth encounter substance use regularly, whether directly or indirectly. This workshop takes a harm‑reduction approach to understanding substance use, exploring how to make safer choices, and examining participants’ own perceptions and misconceptions about different substances, their effects on youth brain development, and overall health and wellbeing.
Advocacy Series
The Advocacy Series offers workshops that empower youth to take action toward equity and social change. Participants explore issues such as bullying and cyberbullying in online spaces, and dive into concepts like privilege, discrimination, and how to support marginalized communities. These sessions create space for meaningful conversations and encourage participants to become advocates for justice and inclusivity in their own communities.
2-2.5 hours
This interactive workshop invites participants to examine and challenge stereotypes and biases through personal reflection and group activities. We explore key concepts such as privilege, prejudice, discrimination, and oppression, beginning with the stereotypes we encounter and the biases we each hold and building to how these biases connect to broader systems of discrimination and oppression. From there, we shift into understanding privilege and how our different identities can shape our experiences and introduce the practice of allyship using real‑life examples to explore what meaningful support for marginalized communities can look like in everyday situations.
2-2.5 hours
This workshop explores the issues of bullying and cyberbullying, with a focus on lateral violence, the cycle of bullying, and the role of a bystander. Empowering youth with tools for allyship when encountering bullying is a big part of this workshop. We explore staying safer in online spaces, especially on social media, cyberbullying, online scams, catfishing, and online dating, while also discussing how we can all help prevent bullying and create safer digital communities.
2-2.5 hours
Youth have the right to be heard, participate, and share their perspectives. This workshop introduces the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), with a focus on the Right to Be Heard. Participants explore why youth voice matters, how to engage in their communities, and ways to advocate for themselves and others. Through interactive discussions, we highlight how young people can amplify their voices and make a positive impact where they live.
Leadership Series
The Leadership Series equips participants with essential skills for personal growth, leadership development, and effective facilitation. Participants explore topics such as leadership styles, career readiness, and the foundations of creating or leading youth‑focused programming. This series is designed to build confidence, strengthen communication, and support individuals in becoming strong advocates for themselves and others. The workshops utilize hands-on learning and practical tools to prepare participants for real‑world challenges in both community and professional settings. Whether stepping into a leadership role, preparing for employment, or learning to facilitate engaging workshops, this series provides meaningful guidance and support.
2-2.5 hours
In this workshop, participants explore different leadership styles and reflect on the kind of leader they are today, as well as the kind of leader they hope to become. Through guided activities and discussion, they examine their strengths, values, and personal experiences to better understand how leadership shows up in everyday life. Participants also learn practical ways they can take on leadership roles right now: whether in school, at home, in their communities, or within their peer groups. The workshop emphasizes that leadership isn’t limited to titles or positions; it’s about making thoughtful choices, supporting others, and using one’s voice to create positive change.
2-2.5 hours
The Passion & Purpose workshop is designed to inspire youth to identify and pursue the activities, goals, and interests that matter most to them. Through practicing different mediums of expression and interactive exercises participants will gain a deeper understanding of how aligning their passions with their personal goals can lead to greater fulfillment and a stronger sense of purpose.
Train the Trainer
2 days, 6 hours/day
This workshop is designed for youth and adults who are delivering or developing programming for young people. Over two days, participants build a strong foundation in facilitation by exploring core skills, strategies for creating safer and more inclusive spaces, and approaches to designing effective workshop activities. We also discuss how to recognize, understand, and de-escalate challenging participant behaviours in a supportive and youth‑centered way. The training concludes with a demonstration of a typical BYTE workshop, giving participants a chance to experience our facilitation style firsthand while learning the theory and intention behind our activities and approaches
Pricing
Workshop pricing depends on the needs of each community, including facilitation time, supplies, travel, and accommodation. This breakdown helps communities understand what may be included in a workshop quote.
Sliding scale pricing may be available to support accessibility, especially for remote communities.
Book a Workshop
For a quote to deliver workshops in your community, please fill out the form below or call/text the Outreach team at (867) 689-8608
Our facilitation team is available for workshop bookings, and are often booking at least 4 weeks in advance. Our facilitators are professionally trained, socially engaged youth who strive to create safer, supportive spaces for all workshop participants. All of our experiential workshops are geared towards youth ages 12-18 (excluding Train the Trainer) and incorporate ice breakers, energizers, hands-on activities, videos, games, reflections, and debriefs. Our workshops are 2-2.5 hours long.
