Girls Group & Peer Facilitator Training Schedules:

Girls Group – Ages 12 to 13 Years Old

DATE: Wednesdays starting Nov 1, 2017  – 11 sessions, excluding stats and school breaks.
TIME: 4:15 to 6:15 pm
LOCATION:  Comox Valley Transition Society, 625 England Ave., Courtenay
(Enter from the side door on Simms St.)

Download the 2017 Fall Registration Form

Girls Group – Ages 14 to 16 Years Old

DATE: Mondays, starting Oct 30, 2017 – 11 sessions, excluding stats and school breaks.
TIME: 4:15 to 6:15 pm
LOCATION:  Comox Valley Transition Society, 625 England Avenue, Courtenay
(Enter from the side door on Simms Ave.)

Download the 2017 Fall Registration Form

Girls Speak Out Group – Ages 16 to 21 Years Old

There are no groups currently running. Please contact Wendy at 250-897-5568 for more info on upcoming sessions.

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Peer Facilitation Training – Ages 16 to 18 Years Old

Dates and Times:
Wed. Oct. 18 – 4:30 to 8:30 pm
Sat. Oct. 21 – 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Mon. Oct. 23 – 4:30 to 8:30 pm
Sat. Oct. 28 – 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Sun. Oct. 29 – 10:00 am to 1:30 pm
Location: Comox Valley Transition Society, 625 England Ave., Courtenay
Screening for applicants to take place to weeks of September 11th and 18th. Please note that training participants are expected to be at each session in it’s entirety. Allowances for minimal missed time may be made in certain circumstances. The training is free of charge and meals and snacks are included. The 25 hours of training is recognized towards work experience graduation credits. Participants who complete the training successfully will be eligible to co-facilitate groups for younger girls. These groups start on the week immediately after the training.

Download the Fall 2017 Registration Form

our groups

We currently run 6 groups per year (Fall/Winter & Spring) in three age groups:

12/13;    14-16;    17-21

Groups run after school weekly for 9-12 sessions.

The format is interactive and incorporates a check-in each day, a topic for the day and two or three activities to illustrate the topic such as art activities, journaling, role plays, and discussion (large and small groups).

The content of the groups’ sessions includes:

  • communication skills,
  • healthy relationships,
  • mental health,
  • substance misuse,
  • the role power in relationships,
  • gender stereotypes,
  • violence in relationships,
  • relational aggression and its connection to internalized oppression of girls and women,
  • substance use,
  • sexual health,
  • self-care,
  • media literacy
  • body image