The local services we offer
Jer's Vision: Canada's Youth Diversity Initiative is committed to promoting diversity in the National Capital Region. We offer a variety of FREE programs and services that support raising Education, Awareness & Engagement about diversity in schools, post-secondary institutions, and communities.
Please see Programs
& Services for our National Program
Education
- Diversity Speak Series:
are lectures offered throughout the year on topics related to discrimination
and diversity
- Diversity Training:
are free seminars is offered on a variety of topics to educate participants
on how to work in a diverse community
- Outreach & Engagement
Workshops: are presentations by university students that
educate high school youth on diversity and respect
- Specialized Lectures:
are specialized presentations by academics and field specialists availible
by request
Awareness
- Diverse Campaigns:
are poster campaigns that raise awareness about diversity
- Diversity in the City:
are ongoing art exhibitions by diverse artists in Ottawa
- Hate Happened Here:
are poster and video campaigns that raise awareness about current experiences
of discriminations
- Mixed Images: is
a art program where youth use video to comment on diversity, discrimination
and their community
- Panoply: Poems on diversity:
is our bi-annual poetry journal which features poems on diversity and
discrimination
- Troupe de la Lune:
is Jer's Vision's official theatre and performance art company
- VISION News:
our online video news show featuring diverse events in Ottawa
- Wearing Diversity: is an art campaign that bring "community t-shirt art" into politicians offices
Engagement
- Accessible Bathrooms:
is a program that advocates for the creating of gender neutral and wheelchair
accessible bathrooms in Ottawa
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BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag): is an environmental program designed to promote the use of reusable bags by both customers & stores
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Community Committment: is a program that works on community development and coalition building projects
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Event Experience: engages youth to attend events they would ordinarily not attend by exposing them to new communities
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Holocaust Monument: is a project that is looking at building the first Holocaust Monument in Canada.
- LaRose Program:
is a program that collects books for Aboriginal reserves in Canada
- Pause Program: connects
businesses with low-income persons to enhance their well being.
- Rainbow Resource Network:
is a program to support teacher and administrators in schools who are
incorporating diversity in their classroom
- Walk a Mile in....Shoes: engages youth to experience living as a marginalized or minority person