Youth Connections Café learned about Bullying Awareness & Prevention with Guest Speaker Lisa Dixon-Wells (she/her/elle) who is the Founder & Executive Director of Dare to Care Bully Prevention and Life Skills.
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Dare to Care was founded in 1999 to address the pervasive and crippling impact that bullying continues to have on children, youth and adults to this day. In 2018 this program expanded to the sports sector where it has made a meaningful, immediate and lasting impact. Today Dare to Care is the most practical and comprehensive bully prevention program in Canada. This proven and award-winning program has worked with more than one million participants across Canada and continues to create communities where bullying behaviour is unacceptable and kindness becomes the dominant force.

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Youth Connections Café is an opportunity for youth ages 16 to 24 years old to find strategies to manage mental health and overcome the stigma!
Mental health is a crucial part of our emotional and social well-being, affecting our everyday lives.
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Lisa Dixon-Wells has been working in schools across Western Canada since 1990. After completing her M.Ed in Educational Psychology Lisa’s focus has been on Comprehensive Guidance and Bully Prevention. As the founder of Dare to Care, Lisa’s work has focused on early prevention and intervention in schools, sport organizations and communities. Through professional development, parent information nights and classroom facilitation (including assemblies, student forums, and role playing), Lisa has helped over 2000 schools, youth organizations and corporations create and maintain safe and caring environments.

Lisa is a former member of the Canadian National Swim Team and World Masters Swimming Champion. In 2015, Lisa was inducted into the University of Calgary Sports Hall of Fame. The Dare to Care sports program lets Lisa merge her passions: Youth education, community impact and sport.