WORKSHOPS

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Digital arts program for online safety

Elementary & High School 2.0 Workshops

Interactive classroom programs with a custom app that propels
art and digital media to educate students on
how to be human online.

portraitX Workshops
Healthy Relationship Program

What will students learn?

Our workshop curriculum supports competencies in the Arts, Culture, Digital Citizenship and Health Education.

We teach students the essential social emotional skills and digital competencies necessary to navigate relationships both online and off. Our research-driven programs support youth in Elementary Schools (grades 3-6) and in High Schools (grades 6-12) to guide them through activities, group discussions, and collaborative media making.

Check out our 2.0 workshop descriptions and learning objectives below

Him by Kim Dorland, 2013, Oil, acrylic, spray paint on jute over wood panel

2.0 Digital EQ

(Grades 3-6)

Night Bloomer by Kris Knight, 2014, Oil on canvas

2.0 Healthy Relationships (Grades 6-12)

Girl with Blue Bow by Janet Werner, 2019, Oil on canvas

2.0 Decoding Media

(Grades 5-12)

Untitled by Rojin Shafiei, 2015, Photography

2.0 Being Human Online

(Grades 6-12)

Crystal System by David Altmejd, 2019, Scultpure

2.0 Digital Media Skills

(Grades 5-12)

Ornament & Correction by Winnie Truong, 2009, Soft pastels and colored pencils on paper

2.0 The Art of Change

(Grades 3-12)

All Workshop Content

portraitX Healthy Relationship Workshops

Arts-based workshops to educate high school students on the essentials of
healthy relationships, consent, sexting, and gender.

portraitX Workshops
Healthy Relationship Program

In Canada, youth dating violence is a public health problem, with one in three youth reporting an experience of relational violence.

Statistics show that youth today are experiencing violence at alarming rates both online and in person and the impacts are real and long-lasting.

In response, portraitX:

Educates youth about various aspects of dating, relationships and sexual violence. portraitX curriculum addresses the essential themes of sexuality, gender, and relationships in up to six workshops that support the requirements for sexual education in high schools.

Equips youth with the skills to be critical of discrimination and gender stereotypes in their lives. portraitX is an innovative youth-driven classroom program with an app that propels art and digital media to educate students on how to build healthy relationships online and off. Designed and built by youth for youth, portraitX reaches students in a manner that will resonate with them and reflect their diverse experiences and identities.

Effects positive change through collaborative art and media-making. Our unique program is arts-based and digitally fuelled. We use art and digital media to disrupt gender-based stereotypes and attitudes that can lead to violence, while teaching adolescents how to navigate the emotions that arise within relationships.

Download our Program Brief for more information about portraitX Workshops

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