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Bring the stories of our mentors inside your classroom

As part of the You(th) Explore program, UpstartED engages social impact leaders across Canada to share their stories with high school students. We invite you to browse our library of mentor talks!

Bring the stories of our mentors inside your classroom

As part of the You(th) Explore program, UpstartED brings social impact leaders across Canada into classrooms to share their stories with high school students. We invite you to browse our library of mentor talks and panels below.

Panel upGen Bootcamp 2020 - "Involving Youth in the Innovation Process"
36:05
Mentor Talks: Boliko Edjidjimo, Founder at Sunday Brunch
42:14
What's all this talk about Gen Z?
45:53

Discover what these young changemakers are up to!

What better way to inspire other students to engage with the complex challenges facing society than by showing them the work being done by others their age. Take a look at what students are creating through UpstartED's upGen Bootcamp and Accelerator programs.

upGen 2019: Empowering youth to adopt a sustainable lifestyle:
01:19
The upGen Incubator: finding a solution for plastic waste
00:50
2020 UpstartED Expo - Expreta pitch
06:25
2020 UpstartED Expo - YouthStyle pitch
05:43
2020 UpstartED Expo - PrivSee pitch
07:04
2020 UpstartED Expo - AppRaise pitch
06:10
2020 UpstartED Expo - Swifty pitch
06:59
UpstartED Expo 2020 - Study Summit pitch
06:59
2020 UpstartED Expo - Bold pitch
06:31
2020 UpstartED Expo - D-Stress pitch
06:26
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About

We are a Canadian education nonprofit that supports educators and enables youth from equity-deserving groups to see themselves as changemakers, find their purpose and make a meaningful difference in their communities.

At UpstartED, we acknowledge and respect the land and territory on which we stand. We have the privilege to live, learn, teach and raise our families on the traditional, treaty, and unceded territories of Turtle Island (North America), home to many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples. As a nonprofit that empowers youth to be agents of positive change and responsible citizens, we recognize the importance of and actively support reconciliation efforts in Canada and across the world. Learn more about actions for reconciliation as citizens and educators.

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We align our work with the United Nations Global Goals

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