Youth Groups

Youth groups help provide our youth with a sense of belonging and validation in the community by allowing them to regularly spend time with others like them, as well as with mentors who want them to succeed. Sisters' and brothers' youth groups (SYGs/BYGs), which specifically target high school students, meet every week to socialize, share personal reflections, engage in team-building activities, play sports, and/or eat good food together. The youth groups also hold special events such as sleepovers, themed workshops by guest speakers, and field trips.

Benefits of joining a SYG/BYG include:

• Brotherhood and Sisterhood: The youth will build bonds and establish beneficial long-lasting relationships with other Muslim youth.
• Strong Role Models and Mentors: Our university-aged mentors are able to connect and relate with Muslim high school students in a way that parents or elders in the community may not be able to.
• Canadian Identity and Civic Responsibility: The program provides the youth with a safe environment to work through the struggles they face in reconciling their Islamic identity within their Canadian context.