Our SIYS Programs
YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILL BUILDING
DREAM IT
PLAN IT
BUILD IT
Struggle Is Your Success (SIYS) Is an entrepreneurial mindset development program for youth aged 14-21. The program helps youth to discover, develop, and set goals to achieve their full potential by engaging them in a variety of activity-based entrepreneurship activities that promote them to problem solve, shift their mindset on possibility, build their self-confidence, find a sense of belonging with other entrepreneurs who have struggled, and shift their social and emotional competencies.
We provide quality programming in Entrepreneurship development to youth aged 14 to 21 years old who commit to participating in community and experiential learning, and learning new skills for their future employment, education, and community-based giving projects. This document outlines a new program design for SIYS Programming and includes an updated literature review, needs assessment, program rationale, change strategies, and outcomes.
Project Goals
The three areas that most align with SIYS and our mission and vision for youth are leadership and impact, employment and innovation, skills, and learning. SIYS is working to meet the needs of the youth who called for more mentorship, leadership, and skill-building opportunities where they can make impacts in their communities through our 5-week program where they learn to build agency through working with diverse populations and communities learning new skill sets and uses of software technologies.
Objective
To have youth ‘unearth their potential’ by turning their stories of struggles into lessons of success and hope by strengthening their interpersonal skills of dreaming up a business idea (imagination), planning how to create it (problem-solving & goal setting), and building it into an actionable plan (solid foundation), and delivering the idea to the group (public speaking). Build capacity in Musap as a not-for-profit program lead, in not-for-profit management, and build the organization’s capacity as a community builder. Program Goal: To build the capacity of SIYS to develop and deliver a program aimed to serve the youth who access through community-based organizations or are part of the greater community and are seeking to learn more about an entrepreneurial mindset. To deliver three programs a month with five-ten youths in each program, to impact 15-30 youths per month by shifting their mindset to think about their values.
Our Current & Upcoming Programs
SIYS 5 Week Entrepreneurship Workshop
🤝Now accepting new applicants for the new year! Nurture the Entrepreneurial Spirit in Youth SIYS – Struggle Is Your Success 🌟Register your aspiring young entrepreneurs for an incredible experience on
JANUARY 23 – FEBRUARY 20, 2024 ⏰ 5:30PM – 7:30PM 📍125, 565 – 36 Street NE, Calgary, AB T2A 6K3 @yycnewcomers This workshop equips youth with valuable skills to plan and execute their vision of success. Let your children dream big, discover their unique talents, and conquer their struggles on the path to success. 🚀🌟 Connect them with like-minded peers and inspire them to overcome the fear of failure. 💪🏼 Head to the link in the bio to register now and watch them soar to new heights.
SIYS 5 Week Entrepreneurship Workshop
YOUTAF in partnership with SIYS | Struggle Is Your Success is organizing Integrated Youth Growth oriented program and SIYS Entrepreneurship Workshop. The Integrated Youth Growth-Oriented Program (INYOGOP) is an intensive multifaceted initiative to address some of the pervasive challenges faced by young people and youth aged 15 to 30 years. The program adopts educational, mentorship, and practical approaches to solving the common issues faced by Black Canadians in the city of Calgary to achieve the common goal of balanced growth for all youths. All we want is to empower the youths in Calgary. Registration and attendance is free. Are you a young person between the age of 15 to 30. Do you have an innovative idea, thinking of how to turn it into a reality. Do you have a business idea thinking of how to develop it. Do you have career goals but don’t know how to get there. YOUTAF is here to create a new part. After this 5 weeks workshop, a new you will emerge in 2024.
Call for SIYS Volunteers
Are you Looking for a Volunteer position. Do you like to dedicate your time to giving back to your community? Would you like to support SIYS – Struggle Is Your Success vision of unleashing the economic and social sustainability of our Youth in Alberta? Sign up today to become a volunteer and give back to your community. When you volunteer with SIYS – Struggle Is Your Success, you can create an impact in your community and join a volunteer team of dedicated Calgarians. Volunteering also offers valuable Canadian experience and powerful networking opportunities and connections, supporting you in your journey to find meaningful employment. If you have any questions about volunteering with SIYS – Struggle is Your Success, please email us at info@siys.ca