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It’s Complicated:
The Navigating Relationships Curriculum

Our empowering, research-based relationships curriculum is here – and free for you to use!

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With our curriculum, educators finally have the tools to help youth:

  • Identify their needs and wants in a relationship

  • Communicate more effectively during a conflict 

  • Learn strategies for conflict de-escalation

  • Examine power dynamics in relationships 

  • Learn about accountability

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Youth need relationship education now

  • Gender-based violence among youth is common, estimated to have occured to 1 out of 3 teens who have dated in Canada

  • Youth lack spaces to develop skills to build healthier relationships

  • Relationship education is both life changing and life saving

Why use our curriculum?

  • Backed by extensive consultations with youth across Ontario

  • Supported by 5 years of community-based research

  • Integrates findings of teacher consultations from two different Ontario school boards

  • Uses a strengths-based and skills building approach to help youth build happier, healthier relationships

What are youth saying about our curriculum?

“Something that I will remember from the workshop is to always be honest with my feelings and communicate frequently in a relationship, either platonic or romantic”

“They were very interactive workshops that I was never bored once. I enjoyed myself and wished it last longer.”

“I think it made us more aware of how to communicate effectively, as well as the level of harm each person in the relationship can cause.”

“I found it cool how we focused on how to be better people. (…) I felt like I learned something from the activities that we did. I like how it wasn’t just about romantic relationships, but also platonic & familial ones.”

Youth who go through the curriculum feel:

  • Increased ability to communicate needs and boundaries

  • Confident in navigating conflicts without escalation

  • That they have the tools needed to repair harm in relationships

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Want a sneak peak? Take a look at one of the curriculum chapters.

Like what you see? Click below to get access to the full curriculum!

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What makes our curriculum unique?

We go deep on relationship nuances

This curriculum goes beyond what is “easy” when teaching on relationships (ie. hitting is bad, kindness is good) and explores the nuanced areas of relationships like navigating big emotions, jealousy, communication, and conflict.

We partnered with youth

This curriculum also centers the lived experiences of youth in all their relationships, meaningfully incorporating lessons learned from extensive consultation with a diverse group of youth. 

We redefine healthy relationships

Our curriculum aims to challenge prescriptive ideas of what a healthy relationship looks like by not enforcing a “one-size-fits-all” approach on how to understand or be in relationships. Rather, we build participants’ confidence and capacity to define what a healthy relationship looks like for them.

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