About us
About Get Real
Get Real’s goal is to help stop the oppression, abuse,
violence and alienation that Canadians face every day. We believe that people
do not become isolated due to a lack of people around them, but rather due to a
lack of connection with those people. - Get Real’s mission is to provide Canadian youth and their communities with high-energy, interactive programs that demonstrate how to create the a caring community.
- Get Real’s vision is that every Canadian youth lives, works and plays in an environment where they feel safe, honoured and appreciated and grow and develop to be the best they can be.
- Get Real’s programs are designed to demonstrate an awareness of the impacts of bullying, harassment, violence and isolation on individual self-esteem and the social fabric of communities. Most people either have been victims of or have witnessed an incident of teasing, ostracism or verbal/physical abuse where they felt powerless. Get Real seeks to empower participants to identify and learn from times of powerlessness and access the social tools and support mechanisms to help deal with those situations and their impacts. Working with school administrators, educators, students, parents and community volunteers, Get Real facilitators use a carefully designed and field-tested series of highly-interactive and energetic games, trust-building exercises, and one-on-one or group discussions to encourage both self- and other-awareness to show students (and adult volunteers) how to create new levels of respect and communication in their communities.
- Who Will Benefit Every child, youth and adult in Canada can benefit from this experience regardless of age, race, gender or socio-economic background. This program creates an awareness within individuals that is eye opening and necessary in today’s society. Many people have been victims or have witnessed an incident at some point in their lives where they felt powerless. Get Real empowers participants to identify, learn from, and gain the necessary tools to deal with the times of powerlessness.
