About Us
The Canadian Multicultural LEAD Organization for Mentoring and Training is a registered charity offering programs that enlighten and empower youth to succeed. We are proud of all our LEAD students.
Our aim is to help youth and adults turn challenges into opportunities through empowering them to build key skills that are founded on four principles: Leadership, Empowerment, Achievement, and Determination.
Since inception in 2007, the L.E.A.D. Program has provided 1:1 mentorship to over 300 students across the greater Toronto area.
94% of high school students have successfully transitioned from high school to University/College and the workforce through their participation in the L.E.A.D. Program.
Our Charitable Objectives
1
To Advance Careers
By offering mentorship and training programs that develop positive and sustainable career growth.
2
To Advance Education
By providing 1:1 tutoring, volunteer experience and guidance counselling to youth.
3
To Invest in Seniors
By providing educational, recreational, and social programs to increase literacy, promote health, and alleviate isolation by promoting inclusion.
Our message to the youth of today is "life is a long road but thankfully, we don't have to walk it alone."
Our strategic focus for the L.E.A.D. Program is to maximize the impact of enhancing students’ social and emotional learning. We have identified our four core competencies amoung the pillars of self-worth, self-management, life skills and community engagement. The L.E.A.D. Program serves to train and equip high school students with practical life-skills. Knowledge indeed becomes the secret of empowerment. Life skills learned in the L.E.A.D. Program enable the students to be adaptable to the changes they will face in life as they mature.
As mentors, the program directors recognize that failure is a part of success. The students are motivated to become confident leaders moving on from the relative dependency of high school to the independence of College, University and ultimately the work force. The focus of The L.E.A.D Program is to move the students from risk to resiliency while emphasizing the values of Leadership, Empowerment, Achievement and Determination.