Enabling youth to develop key skills through sailing, tall ship voyages and real-need community projects
Since spring 2019, Ships2Shores has engaged 7,000+ young people to explore coastlines and waterways across Canada. Through sailing, tall ship voyages and real-need community projects, S2S provides youth with key skills that they will use at home, school and work throughout their lives.
Ships2Shores’ goal is to reduce barriers to sail training enabling youth to experience the many benefits associated with sailing experience such as pre-employment training, team work, resiliency, confidence and caring for oneself and each other.
Created for this very purpose, the S2S Sailing Access Fund supports youth who would otherwise not be able to experience the adventure and wonder of sail training by covering some or all travel and program costs.
As the Ships2Shores initiative is youth-led, we invite young people to join our National Youth Leadership Team for a great opportunity to inspire peers and lead some of the project’s exciting and change-making activities.
Participation includes 120 hours of community service: 60 hours on the voyage planning and initiating the project, 50 hrs completing the project in the community and 10 hours reflecting, evaluating, summarizing, documenting.
Coming from all across Canada, our young participants aged 12 to 30 come from diverse under-represented communities. Ships2Shores will create a network between youth of diverse belonging and traditions to share knowledge and cultures, contribute to the future directions of this land, work to advance community belonging, and develop a wide variety of skills, including entrepreneurship and leadership.
All members of the Leadership Team will enjoy terrific networking and skills development opportunities in project management, digital communications, facilitation and community outreach. Youth interested in joining the S2S National Youth Leadership Team please contact Ari Holtzer.
Ships2Shores is funded by the Government of Canada under the Canada Service Corps
Des navires aux rivages est financé par le gouvernement du Canada dans le cadre de Service jeunesse Canada
Broad Reach Canada
20 Lower Spadina
Suite 304
Toronto ON M5V 2Z1
We acknowledge that our office is situated upon traditional territories. The territories include the Wendat, Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nations, and the Métis Nation.
