In celebration of National Poetry Month, we are featuring poetry and photos written and taken by youth at Britannia Elementary in Vancouver and across Canada. Youth at Britannia participated in a week long LEAD program in January 2026, supported by a CLICK grant, where their art and artfulness was captured. Enjoy celebrating their voices with …
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YouthLEADarts Inc. Notice of Annual General Meeting of the Members NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Members of youthLEADarts Inc (the “Corporation”) is called for and will be held electronically via Zoom videoconferencing on Wednesday, April 1st, 2026, 4 pm (ET). Via ZOOM for the following purposes: AGENDA youthLEADarts Inc. Lori Sherritt-Fleming President …
April is a volunteer extraordinaire! We are especially grateful that she has been leading jewelry and crocheting workshops for youth in Lismore. Because she knows that budgets are tight, April put together individual kits for each participant and provided all materials and services free of charge. April retired from her demanding career job and a …
Spotlight on April: A True LEADer in Her Community! Read More »
This week marked the opening of “An East Side Story” a public exhibit featuring photographs and poetry by grade 6 and 7 students at Britannia Elementary. There was laughter, joy, celebration and pride. The exhibition followed on the heels of a week-long series of workshops delivered by LEAD artists where youth explored drama, photography, poetry …
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Save the date! Join us for this dynamic exhibit opening and reception on Wednesday, February 25th at Britannia Library in Vancouver. “An East Side Story” was created during a week-long program with youthLEADarts in January, and made possible through the generosity of a CLICK grant. Photographs taken by grade 6/7 students celebrate their community on …
youthLEADarts in Nova Scotia is partnering with Lismore and District Community Centre for their Trunk or Treat event happening on Halloween night, October 31st from 5:30pm-8pm. This is the second year that youthLEADarts will be providing hot chocolate and hot dogs for families out trick or treating. Community members are invited to decorate their trunks …
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Who doesn’t love edible art? With ghosts, ghouls, tricks and treats on their minds as they count the days until Halloween, Lismore youth made rice ‘creepy’ treats at their gathering last week. Local community chef, Lesley McDuff dropped in to lend a hand. Melanie and Johnny, LEAD’s outstanding youth mentors, designed and ‘executed’ this fabulous …
This article was written by Brooklyn Earl. She will be going into grade 9 in the fall. My name is Brooklyn, and I am a youthLEADarts graduate who has now become a volunteer. I started with youthLEADarts in grade 7. When I started, I thought it was going to be a leadership program but what I discovered was something even more meaningful. youthLEADarts didn’t just teach me …
The youthLEADarts Midsummer Soirée yesterday was a smashing success! We opened a few doors, generated awareness about LEAD’s impact on young people across Canada and heard musical and spoken word performances from up-and-coming youth from coast to coast. Thank you to Bill Coulter for lending his bright voice, sincere passion and talent to the soiree! …
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Hi friends! The youthLEADarts Summer Fundraising Soirée is only 8 days away! Join us to meet some of our young LEADers from across Canada and be entertained by some dynamic young artists from Nova Scotia, Ontario and British Columbia. Help support real change and RSVP now to info@youthleadarts.com. You will then receive an invitation to …