Programs are curated and constantly adapted to serve the emerging needs of diverse community with aim at supporting the community students in learning, building life-long skills, and improving health and wellness. We run weekly programs throughout the academic year, in addition, we run number of targeted camps including Summer Camps.

In addition, our program - Linking Seniors with Children and Youth connects community seniors (mainly from the South Asian Region – India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nepal) with the children and youth, where the seniors impart the life lessons through storytelling, sharing the learnings and experiences of Sikh and Hindu gurus/saints, from ancient scriptures. Seniors engage by teaching ethnic arts, craft, and music. This provides learning to children and youth, and a great opportunity for seniors to engage, feel valued, also stay connected with community the children and youth.

Since Pandemic, the need in the community for especially the for the emotional/mental health and wellness has exponentially increased both for the community children/youth as well among the seniors. Our consultations within the community highlighted specific needs of the community children/youth and seniors for example there is urgent need for Financial education and Fraud prevention programs. There has been a huge rise in the frauds targeting the community seniors who are not well versed in the English language; are not savvy with the online banking, taxes, and systems of their newly adopted country.

Past Highlights and Updates:

• Each year serve community children and youth from over 200 families through our weekly integrated program aimed at health, wellness, academic support and life long lessons. This no fee program is delivered by qualified teachers and instructors in a hybrid mode.
• Developed and delivered summer camp in a culturally sensitive environment, at no cost to community youth, focusing on physical activities, mental and emotional health. It served over 80 community youth.
• In partnership with the Indus Community Services, we conducted in-person summer program at the Castle Brook Public School for the youth and children. The program focused on mental health and well being. In addition, the program also provided academic support for the youth. The program served over 120 community youth.
• Last year, we served the community youth and children by providing online sessions focusing on mental, emotional, and physical health including Yoga, Meditation, and Nutritional Education. There was also support provided in literacy and numeracy. We served over 90 children and youth.
• Supported by community partners, we served the community youth and children with number of in person sessions on Yoga and Meditation program including sessions on healthy nutrition and other physical activities. There were over 100 community children/youth participated and attended over 20 sessions.
• Led by Senior volunteers, developed and delivered sessions for community seniors on Financial Literacy, Fraud Awareness and Elder Abuse. This program was specifically focused on South Asian seniors and was delivered by instructors who were, in addition to English, able to converse in three languages – Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi. These sessions served over 180 seniors.
• Developed and distributed over 500 Fraud Awareness booklet to community seniors, this booklet was also made available at local libraries, community centres and temples/Gurudwaras.
• This summer we, in partnership with the Indus Community Services, we are conducting in-person summar program at the Castle Brook Public School for the youth and children. The program focuses on mental health and well being. In addition, the program also provides academic support for the youth. For more information and registration contact info@studycircle.ca.
• 2021 we served the community youth and children by providing online sessions focusing on mental, emotional, and physical health including Yoga, Meditation, and Nutritional Education. There was also support provided in literacy and numeracy. We served over 80 children and youth.
• In 2020, supported by the Calladian Red Cross, we served the community youth and children with the Yoga and Meditation program including sessions on healthy nutrition and other physical activities. There were over 100 children/youth participated and attended over 20 sessions.