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Climb for Courage

That sounded like a prayer. A prayer in a public school. God has no place within these walls, just like facts don’t have a place within an organized religion. Son, a woman is like a beer. They smell good, they look good, you’d step over your own mother just to get one! But you...

The Abshir Hassan Award for Excellence in Community Service

      A passionate teacher who strived to make a difference in his community, Abshir Hassan was a hard-working and caring individual well known and admired for his work with youth.  As a dedicated student Abshir earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from York’s Faculty of Health and then his Bachelor of Education...

Hiring: Student Support and Program Assistant

  SBL is now hiring a student support and program assistant. The application deadline is January 4th 2015. See link below!     Student Support and Program Assistant – Jan 4 2015

HNIC Holds Large Event

  The Helping Neighbourhoods Implement Change (HNIC) held the glamorous Ball Masquerade Dinner on November 22nd that was kept at Oakdale Golf Country Club. The gathering was a semi-formal event that brought together some of Toronto’s unique talents from well – known personalities like Francis Atta author /spoken word artist, Kofi Frempong Afro-art- producer...

Congratulations to the AGYU and SBL

On Wednesday November 5th the Art Gallery of York University (AGYU) and Success Beyond Limits youth were awarded the Ontario Association of Art Galleries 2014 Education Award for If We Ruled the World: Creating an Urban Spatial Imaginary, a multidisciplinary art education program.   Mentored and led by spoken word artists, the M.A.D. Poet...

Student Profile – Princess

Princess is a former Westview student wrapping up her high school journey by upgrading her credits at night school. 2012 was the year Princess was introduced to Success Beyond Limits by a friend who had been a part of the family for quite some time. After claims of her personal struggles with attitude, Princess was empowered to...