Taking Pride

A workshop to help 2SLGBTQ+ youth build skills to foster healthy friendships and dating relationships.

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ABOUT TAKING PRIDE

Co-designed with 2SLGBTQ+ youth in BC, for 2SLGBTQ+ youth in BC.

Taking Pride is a workshop for 2SLGBTQ+ youth in BC to develop skills to foster healthier relationships in their lives, including friendships and dating relationships. The curriculum was co-created with 2SLGBTQ+ youth from across the province, and aims to reduce dating violence among 2SLGBTQ+ youth through a behaviour change model.

This program is a partnership between McCreary and UBC's Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre.

Topics covered in the Taking Pride workshop

Boundaries & values

Youth will explore:

  • How values & beliefs shape who we are
  • Healthy boundaries in relationships—what they are and why they are important
  • How to identify, set, and respect boundaries for ourselves and others

Communication & consent

Youth will learn:

  • Different styles of communication
  • About consent—what it is, why it is important, and what it does (and does not) look and sound like
  • How to communicate clearly and respectfully when it's hard to do so
  • Strategies for saying and responding to 'no'

Conflict resolution

Youth will discuss:

  • Healthy and unhealthy conflict and relationship patterns
  • Ways to address and resolve conflict in relationships
  • Strategies to end relationships in safe and healthy ways

Taking Pride FAQ

Taking Pride is a healthy relationships workshop designed to be facilitated with 2SLGBTQ+ youth aged 12–19 in BC. This includes in schools (e.g., with Gender & Sexuality Alliances) and with community-based youth groups (e.g., 2SLGBTQ+ drop-in program).

The Taking Pride workshop is led by trained staff from McCreary and can be conducted online or in person, anywhere in BC. It is designed to be delivered in either a full-day format or divided into two half-day sessions.

The workshop is free of charge, and includes all workshop materials for participants.

In addition to participating in an evidence-based program that supports 2SLGBTQ+ youth to build knowledge and skills to foster healthy relationships, youth who participate in the workshops have the option to complete a confidential and anonymous survey before, after, and in the months following the workshop. This survey helps us to better understand what, if any, impacts Taking Pride has had on knowledge, skills, and behaviour change among those who take part. Youth who take part in the surveys will receive a gift card for each survey they complete ($15, $15, and $20, respectively) as a thank-you for their time.

To learn more about bringing the Taking Pride workshop to your school or community group, please contact youth@mcs.bc.ca. 

Taking Pride FAQ

Taking Pride is a healthy relationships workshop designed to be facilitated with 2SLGBTQ+ youth aged 12–19 in BC. This includes in schools (e.g., with Gender & Sexuality Alliances) and with community-based youth groups (e.g., 2SLGBTQ+ drop-in program).

The Taking Pride workshop is led by trained staff from McCreary and can be conducted online or in person, anywhere in BC. It is designed to be delivered in either a full-day format or divided into two half-day sessions.

The workshop is free of charge, and includes all workshop materials for participants.

In addition to participating in an evidence-based program that supports 2SLGBTQ+ youth to build knowledge and skills to foster healthy relationships, youth who participate in the workshops have the option to complete a confidential and anonymous survey before, after, and in the months following the workshop. This survey helps us to better understand what, if any, impacts Taking Pride has had on knowledge, skills, and behaviour change among those who take part. Youth who take part in the surveys will receive a gift card for each survey they complete ($15, $15, and $20, respectively) as a thank-you for their time.

To learn more about bringing the Taking Pride workshop to your school or community group, please contact youth@mcs.bc.ca. 

Bring Taking Pride to your group!

To learn more and to book a Taking Pride workshop for your school or community group, please email youth@mcs.bc.ca.