Youth Justice Life Skills Course

​Could you or someone you know benefit from a life skills course?  The YJ Life Skills Course will provide youth, ages 12 - 18, the guidance and direction needed to navigate society safely and successfully.  Specifically designed for racialized youth, the program seeks to help youth navigate adolescence and promote positive development through a variety of meaningful workshops, presentations, guest speakers, activities and events.   

Benefits of the program:

• ​​Increase confidence
• Increase communication skills
• Gain valuable life skills
• Prepares youth for future employment 
• Awarded a certificate of completion at the end of the Program.

Youth are required to register at the beginning of each session and attend all 8 Classes in order to fulfill program requirements and receive their certificate of completion. 
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LIFE SKILLS COURSES will include:

• DIGITAL LITERACY AND ONLINE ACCOUNTABILITY
• FINANCIAL LITERACY WORKSHOP
• ​EMPLOYMENT WORKSHOP
• RACISM AND RACE RELATION IN CANADA 
• ​​GUEST SPEAKERS (2X) 
• SOCIAL & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
• ​LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

The program respects each participant's gender, ethnic, cultural and linguistic differences and any youth with special requirements. We are able to provide assistance to ensure full participation in the program. 

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Register now for the Summer 2023 Session! 

REGISTER HERE

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Past Sessions & Workshops

Summer Session 2022 : YJ Life SkilLS Course

July 16 @ 12PM - 6PM | WFCU Centre, 8787 McHugh St. Windsor, ON
Leadership Skills Workshop - Featuring Windsor Express basketball team owner Dartis Willis Sr. & Head Coach  Bill Jones 
July 26 @ 5:30pm | Mackenzie Hall Cultural Centre 3277 Sandwich St, Windsor, ON
Career Placement and Thinking Outside the Box - Guest speaker Fuseinat Brimah
July 28 @ 5:30pm | Online on Zoom
​Digital Literacy and Online Accountability Workshop
August 4 @ 5:30pm | Mackenzie Hall Cultural Centre 3277 Sandwich St, Windsor, ON
Racism and Race Relations in Canada Workshop
August 9 @ 5:30pm | Mackenzie Hall Cultural Centre 3277 Sandwich St, Windsor, ON
Windsor Police Services - Guest speaker Constable Gill

FALL Session 2022 : YJ LIFE SKILLS COURSE

October 12 @ 5:30PM | Employment Workshop | Mackenzie Hall Cultural Centre, 3277 Sandwich St, Windsor
October 26 @ 5:30PM | Windsor Police Services with Guest Speaker Constable Adjetey-Nelson | Mackenzie Hall, 3277 Sandwich St, Windsor
November 2 @ 5:30PM | Racism and Race Relations in Canada with Guest Speaker Amina Abdulle |  Mackenzie Hall Cultural Centre, 3277 Sandwich St, Windsor, ON
November 9 @ 5:30PM | Digital Literacy Workshop with Mory Traore  |  Online on Zoom

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Youth Justice Committees

The Youth Justice Committee will address racialized youth, aged 12-17 and provide  extrajudicial  measures that focus on restorative justice for non-violent crimes and misdemeanors. The committee will consist of trained individuals from the racialized community meeting with the youth and victims and their parents/guardians or support members  to negotiate ways to amend their actions.  Working in conjunction with criminal justice professionals, youth will develop accountable measures as an alternative to formal court proceedings.
Young people have special rights that need to be protected and appropriate steps should be taken to see the reasons why they may have committed a crime. 
NCCEEP's Youth Justice Program seeks to:

• Help guide and protect young people who have committed crimes and help them integrate into society and their communities.
• Ensure that young people receive meaningful consequences for their offences and considers the impact and interests of the victim/s.

• Reduce the use of custody for non-violent crimes for racialized youth and prevent future recidivism by addressing the challenges and needs of young people that commit crimes.

If you know of anyone who has been in contact with the law and could benefit from the Youth Justice Committees as an extrajudicial measure, please email NCCEEP’s Youth Justice Program Manager at ncceepwindsor@hotmail.com with the subject line: Youth Justice Committee

Life Skills Course Gallery​

Leadership Workshop - Promo
July 16 2022 | WFCU Centre - Windsor, ON​

Employment Workshop - Promo
May 29 2022 | Mackenzie Hall Cultural Centre - Windsor, ON

Leadership Workshop - Highlights
July 16 2022 | WFCU Centre - Windsor, ON​

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