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StoryScape Youth Programs

Mapping youth identity, well-being, and creativity together

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What Is The StoryScape Youth Program?

StoryScape is a summer program for youth (ages 12–17) that blends storytelling, expressive arts, mindfulness, and resilience skill-building.

 

Designed for youth who may not attend traditional camps, this program:

  • Supports identity exploration and creative expression

  • Teaches mindfulness and stress management practices

  • Builds resilience and healthy communication skills

  • Combines art journaling, nature-based activities, and community storytelling

Purpose

Today’s youth are navigating complex emotional, cultural, and social pressures—yet many who don’t fit the traditional “high-risk” category still slip through the cracks. Too often, these young people are overlooked, underrepresented, or left without spaces where they truly feel at home.

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StoryScape helps fill this gap by offering:

  • A safe space to explore and express feelings through creative storytelling and expressive arts

  • Practical coping tools rooted in mindfulness and emotional literacy

  • Mentorship and peer connections that reduce isolation and foster belonging

  • Opportunities to develop confidence, voice, and self-awareness

  • A trauma-informed, inclusive environment for growth, healing, and discovery

 

This is more than a summer workshop. It’s a home for youth who are often left out—a stepping stone toward resilience, identity, and thriving.

Spark Change: Our StoryScape Youth Program Fundraising Campaign

​Each StoryScape program is a week-long series of workshops and activities designed for youth who are often marginalized or underrepresented but rarely recognized as “high-risk.” We bring these programs to communities across Manitoba, creating safe spaces for mentorship, creativity, and belonging.

 

Your support helps us provide:

  • Access to free workshops for youth participants

  • Mentorship and facilitation by trained, trauma-informed leaders

  • Creative materials and expressive arts supplies

  • Meals, transportation, and accessibility supports

  • Safe, inclusive spaces where youth can build resilience and connection

Partner With Us

Are you a business, foundation, or community organization that values creativity, connection, and inclusion? ​You can sponsor a StoryScape Youth Program and help bring these transformative workshops to life. In return, your organization will receive:

  • Recognition in printed and digital promotion and workshop materials

  • Acknowledgment on our website and social media

  • A unique opportunity to demonstrate your commitment to community, equity, and youth mental well-being

 

Host StoryScape in Your Community

Bring StoryScape to your youth.

Community groups, schools, and nonprofit organizations across Manitoba can partner with StoryBridge to host a StoryScape Youth Program in your area. Hosting is an opportunity to provide underrepresented youth in your community with a week of mentorship, creative expression, and resilience-building tools in their own community.

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Why host StoryScape?

  • We create a safe, inclusive space where youth feel seen, supported, and at home

  • Provide participants with free access to mentorship, creative supplies, and mindfulness-based coping tools

  • Strengthen community bonds through expressive arts and storytelling

  • Demonstrate your organization’s commitment to youth inclusion, resilience, and mental well-being

 

Who should reach out?

  • Schools looking for unique arts, wellness, or summer programming for students

  • Community organizations that support newcomers, youth, or families in transition

  • Nonprofits focused on mental health, inclusion, or youth leadership

  • Cultural and recreation centers seeking to offer meaningful, creative programming

 

Let’s partner to spark change in your community.

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