Youth support and programs

Photo of a young girl with a plush bear.

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Five years in an ashram inspired U of T student Neilank Jha to found this long-running community service club

U of T grad Richard Marsella, executive director of the Regent Park School of Music. Photo by Air'leth Aqdhfin

Towers of Song

A U of T music grad runs an innovative program to bring affordable music lessons to Regent Park youth

Photo of Regent Park, Toronto - street art says

Pathways’ Progress

A homework support program involving OISE students has more than doubled high school graduation rates in Regent Park

Exit Strategy

This fall, the City of Toronto will test a U of T program that offers youths alternatives to gang life

Prince Peprah (right) graduated from Scarborough's David and Mary Thomson Collegiate in June. Omar Peters just entered Grade 12. Both young men want to become actors

The Schools We Want

U of T's Centre for Urban Schooling aims to help youths in disadvantaged neighbourhoods succeed