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DreamCatcher Yukon

DreamCatcher Yukon

  • 2004/2005
  • Authors: Beverly Sembsmoen, Josh Silvertown, Sara Ehrhardt, Kevin Chan, Freddy Abnousi
  • Theme: North

Declining enrollments in northern high schools, coupled with Canada’s lowest graduation rates, inspired five Action Canada Fellows to create DreamCatcher Yukon, an online mentoring and leadership program for northern youth. The program uses the Internet to connect northern youth with mentors from across Canada who give the youth exposure to the ‘outside world’, encourage their career choices and provide them with tangible examples of achievement. The first program of its kind in Canada, DreamCatcher Yukon incorporates aspects of northern values and initiates a process where students can take steps locally to realize their educational dreams. The five Fellows, Beverly Sembsmoen, Josh Silvertown, Sara Ehrhardt, Kevin Chan, and Freddy Abnousi, launched a one-month pilot project at a school in Carcross, Yukon. It was so successful that the Yukon Department of Education has agreed to continue its partnership with DreamCatcher Yukon to ensure the program’s growth and success. The group is hopeful that the program may eventually spread to the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Currently, the average graduation rates for the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut are 57.2 percent, 43.3 percent and 25.6 percent respectively, compared to a national average, excluding Ontario, of 75.6 percent. Says Silvertown, “We believe that an empowering, one-to-one, high-quality mentoring program will give students the confidence and skills to stay in school and pursue their dreams and aspirations.”

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