"In youth we learn; in age we understand."
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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The Star coverage on “Work together to close the achievement gap: Chris Penrose’s Big Idea”

  The difference in educational achievement among various demographics was not created by schools, and cannot be schools’ alone to solve. Click here to read more

Posted by admin on March 20, 2014 at 8:18 pmRead More

SBL and AGYU Design Charette

As a part of our collaboration with the Art Gallery of York University we connected with an organization called archiTEXT and completed a two-day design charette with the first day focused on designing the community and the second day focused on designing our youth space at Westview. Attached is the summary report. SBL AGYU...

Posted by admin on March 19, 2014 at 12:49 pmRead More

Hip Hop as Critical Pedagogy

  Explore the power and potential of Hip Hop as Critical Pedagogy Click below for YouTube link Rhymes to Re-Education: A Hip Hop Curriculum

Posted by admin on March 7, 2014 at 1:44 pmRead More

SBL Youth Featured in The Toronto Star

Jane-Finch youth use voices and art to inspire change Suviana Burey, 17, Kareem Bennett, 18, and Destiny Henry, 17, are among a group of students from Jane and Finch who have created works reflecting their lives, struggles and dreams for their community. On display at York University, eight young artists created works based on...

Posted by admin on February 20, 2014 at 1:09 pmRead More

If We Ruled The World

    “If We Ruled The World” – a youth-led collaborative song   In August of 2013 a number of our mentors successfully applied to the Youth Action Grant offered by Toronto Community Housing.   One of the ideas from Kareem was to pull together some of the talent in Success Beyond Limits to...

Posted by admin on February 7, 2014 at 2:17 pmRead More

If We Ruled The World – Youth Art Installation @ Art Gallery of York University FEB 5 @ 6pm

  What Up T.O! We are proud and pleased to invite Toronto and the GTA out to the Art Gallery of York University (AGYU) on Tuesday, February 5th at 6pm to join us for the launch of a collaborative installation titled “If I Ruled The World”. The project has been put together by 8 youth artists...

Posted by admin on January 30, 2014 at 5:35 pmRead More