Community Programs

YWCA Regina’s Upstander Workshop can be tailor-designed to different groups, all with the ultimate goal of empowering individuals to understand gender-based violence, and be positive allies. This workshop is 3 hours long and can be broken up over more than 1 date/time if need be. We can host your group at the YWCA, come to your office, or present virtually – it’s entirely up to you!

The workshop includes content such as:
– Understanding Gender Based Violence and why it’s an issue for everyone
– Rape Culture vs. Consent Culture
– Understanding power, privilege, and intersectionality
– Learning positive bystander intervention strategies and how to be a good ally
– Healthy versus unhealthy relationships
– Emotional intelligence
– Healthy masculinity
– Safe bystander intervention

Upstander Training is FREE!

YWCA Regina’s Big Boost Tutoring Program is now offered through HOMEBASE Regina. Big Boost Tutoring Program enhances the studying experience of students in grades 3 to 9 by teaching practical skills, providing one-on-one tutoring, and helping see studying as a productive and fun experience.

Students learn how to study effectively, gain practical skills for focusing and staying motivated, and receive direct support for volunteer tutors. Big Boost is a great opportunity to build relationships and help to BOOST your children’s self-esteem as they becomes more confident in their skills.

Big Boost takes place for 1 hour one weeknight a week during the school year, and is entirely free.
Spots are first come first served.

Y’s Kids offers free group programming to caregivers and children who have been exposed to violence or disharmony, supporting them in their healing journey.

Children, aged 5-15 take part in supportive groups with age-appropriate content that assists in learning about healing and emotions through discussions, creative crafts, and fun activities. At the same time, caregivers and parents attend alongside their children, and receive support and education about the impacts of violence and trauma on families and children, and have a safe and supportive space to explore healing and coping mechanisms.

The groups run for 7 or 10 weeks each fall, winter, and spring.
CLICK HERE  to learn more about Y’s Kids – CEV.

Y’s Kids – Run Club

As part of Y’s Kids, our summer run club offers children aged 5-14 the opportunity to be active and build healthy habits and practice goal-setting through mini-marathon training. Children can train for the 2km or 3km Queen City Marathon Mini-Marathon. The group is made for all fitness levels and free to join. Through the summer, children work with a volunteer trainer from July to September, leading up to the mini-marathon.

Y’s Kids – Connections

Girlspace Leadership Program

Girlspace is an 8-week leadership program for girls + gender-diverse youth to learn knowledge and skills, explore issues impacting women and girls, build confidence and self-esteem, learn about healthy relationships, and much more. This program aims to help girls and gender-diverse youth practice healthy lifestyle skills and feel more confident in school, life, and all they do.

Upstander In Schools

Upstander in Schools is an 8-week leadership program for boys and gender-diverse youth in grades 6-8 to build knowledge and skills in topics of positive masculinity, emotional literacy, healthy relationships, and the issues impacting their lives. In this course, boys will learn how to feel more empowered in expressing their emotions and taking action against gender inequity.

Healix: Supporting Youth Mental Health in School

Healix is a school-based program created by YWCA Regina to support youth mental health and well-being. Rooted in connection, resilience, and community, Healix provides students with safe spaces to talk, learn coping tools, and access support when they need it most.

Through group workshops, one-on-one conversations, and creative activities, Healix helps young people:

• Build skills to manage stress and emotions

• Strengthen self-esteem and confidence

• Foster healthy relationships and peer support

• Access early mental health resources in a familiar environment

By meeting youth where they are — in their schools and communities — Healix helps create the foundations for healthier futures.

Contact Healix@ywcaregina.com

Little Healix: Supporting Youth Mental Health in Elementary Schools

Little Healix is a school-based wellness program by YWCA Regina designed for students in Grades 3–6. Rooted in connection and care, Little Healix helps children build emotional awareness, manage stress, and strengthen self-esteem — all within a safe and supportive environment.

Through hands-on activities, guided discussions, and creative projects, participants learn to:

• Understand and express their emotions

• Develop coping tools for anxiety and stress

• Build confidence and resilience

• Foster empathy and healthy friendships

Little Healix helps children navigate the ups and downs of growing up with confidence and compassion.
The program is available only in schools, but parents are encouraged to share information with their child’s teacher to bring Little Healix to their classroom.

Contact Healix@ywcaregina.com

YWCA’s OurSpace reaches out to girls and 2SLGBTQIA+ identifying youth with quality programming that addresses key social issues facing young girls and youth while providing a safe place to hangout on a Friday night within HOMEBASE Regina.

The programming offers youth the opportunity to increase their awareness of topics such as inclusivity, identity, puberty, healthy relationships, gender-based violence and its root causes, self-esteem, advocacy, self-care, and celebrating personal achievements.

OurSpace incorporates movement into the programming. Facilitators organize games and often arrange guest instructors to assist with this part of the sessions. The movement aspect of the programming is aimed at getting participants to engage in varied activities.

OurSpace is free and open to girls and 2SLBGTQIA+ teens aged 13-17.

Occurring during the YWCA Canada Week Without Violence, Power of Being You is a free yearly conference for high school students in Regina centering around Gender-based Violence prevention and building a violence free community. Each year, this conference brings together youth from across the city for a full day of engagement, learning, and skill-building to ignite equity and learn to build a violence-free community.

The conference’s aim is to respond to local community needs and focus on a variety of issues, including self-esteem, healthy relationships, dating, discrimination, gender, racism, gender-based violence, among others. YWCA Regina has hosted this conference for students in Regina since 2012.

Stayed tuned for the 2026 date!