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The Black Student Summer Leadership Program provides one-of-kind experiential learning opportunities to secondary students and introduces them to a variety of professional pathways. Students receive mentorship and training and are paired with a for-profit or not-for-profit organization that matches their area of passion. This program supports students in their development of social and professional networks, transferable skills and in the long-term aims to support the increase of the number of individuals identifying as Black in careers in which they may be underrepresented. Students enrolled in the Black Student Summer Leadership Program are paid for their contributions.
Registration for this program closed on January 19.
The Black Student Summer Leadership Program (BSSLP) was first created in 2019 in partnership with the Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community and Diaspora at York University’s Faculty of Education. It was developed to enhance Black students’ agency, activism, and leadership skills as well as their engagement with active citizenship.
Through partnership with TDSB’s Research and Development Department, Continuing Education’s Focus on Youth Initiative and recently, the Co-operative Education Department, the Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement facilitates this summer learning opportunity for Black students in Grades 10 to 12 at Toronto District School Board.
Guided by the Graduation Coaches for Black Students, there are three focus areas tied to the engagement of Black students in the summer program. These include: (1) Experiential Learning (work placement), (2) Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) and Co-operative Education (CO-OP).
Each year, the program aims to:
The Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement will continue to engage Black students through programs such as BSSLP to create ongoing opportunities. We are committed to honouring and affirming Black students’ aspirations, intersectional identities and strengths, as well as responding to the needs identified by students and their families.
BSSLP Newsletter Volume 1 - Orientation Week Highlights
BSSLP Newsletter Volume 2 – Black Excellence Manifested
BSSLP Newsletter Volume 3 – It Takes a Village
Black Students shone brightly at youth conference
Black CAP and the Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement collaborate to help students realize their passions
Black Student Summer Leadership Program brings student closer to his dreams
TDSB makes history with first student-led Youth Participatory Action Research Conference
Westview Centennial graduate excels in post-secondary thanks to Youth Participatory Action Research