youth workshops
Our youth workshops are the core of grit. It's why we started grit in the first place. The amount of teens with mental health issues has sky-rocketed - let's work together to fix that.
Our goal is to give people the tools they need at a young age to keep their brains happy and healthy through the tricky times. Using science-backed resources, we teach kids about the neuro-science of mental agility for a lifetime of emotional intelligence.
We also talk about real topics like friendships/relational aggression, identity, anxiety + mental health, self-regulation, stress, pressure, gender stereotypes, technology, compassion, empathy, privilege, and what being an authentic human is really all about.
About
community grit
fall 2026
Little grit 4-5yrs
Mondays Sept 14-Oct 5 / 2-2:30pm
Shift Dance Academy
free!
Little Grit is the younger sister of our Grit Workshops program — designed especially for little kids. It builds the emotional literacy they need to navigate tricky moments, while giving them practical tools for self-regulation through games, creative activities, crafts, and plenty of fun along the way.
Our 4-week pilot program of Little Grit at Shift is no cost as we get the ball rolling!
8 spots available.
Registration opens Aug 3 at 8am
grit lab 8-11yrs
Tuesdays 3:30-5pm
Sept 15-Oct 20 [pod 1]
Oct 27-Dec 8 [pod 2]
$270 / $220 if you attended a summer 2026 summer camp
Sept 15-Dec 8 [full term / pod 1+2]
$425
Registration opens Aug 3 at 8am
in-school grit
grades 3-7
We run science-backed workshops in schools to promote emotional resilience,
self-regulation, pro-social behaviour and mental agility.
Our light-hearted, fast-paced workshops are primarily designed for grades 3-7 and focus on practical skills for self-regulation, self-awareness, self-preservation + self-knowledge.
Our typical workshop series is 4 weeks,
1 hr/wk in one classroom, but we are happy to custom design a workshop series or one-off for your school.
Each workshop features the same format:
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check in
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warm-up
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curriculum chat + activities
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brain-train meditation
4 week workshop fee: $725
4-week curriculum
Self-Regulation
• Reframing anxiety
• Building tools for emotional regulation
Self-Awareness
• Developing coping strategies for big emotions
• Understanding our impact on others
Self-Preservation
• Responding to and deflecting bullying behaviour
• Strengthening distress tolerance
Self-Knowledge
• Clarifying personal values
• Exploring how we see ourselves -
and how we want to be seen
grades 1-3
friendship lab
In grades 1–3, kids are just beginning to explore how friendships and social power work — but they haven’t yet learned how to handle the tricky emotions that come with it: anger, jealousy, insecurity. So there’s often a disconnect between what they want (to belong) and how they try to get it (through exclusion, gossip, or manipulation instead of compassion and kindness).
By giving kids the language to name their feelings and the tools to manage them in healthy, pro-social ways, we can lay the groundwork for a lifetime of positive, empathetic pro-social relationships.
Friendship Lab — is a practical, mindful workshop where kids explore big emotions, role-play tricky friendship scenarios, brainstorm conflict resolutions, and tap into their naturally kind, social selves. They’ll leave feeling empowered, informed, and ready to handle whatever friendship challenges the year brings.
workshop fee: $200
lunch grit
Lunch Grit is a 6wk workshop held at lunch in your school.
In it, we un-pack how to be a happier human at school. We find tools for finding calm in stressful situations, we navigate our way through the landmine of tricky friendships, we deal with the pressure of expectations, we laugh - we create - we move our bodies and train our brains.
It’s the perfect break for half-way through the day.
We take care of registration and administration / School PAC takes care of getting the word out to parents.
grades 4-6 / 5-7