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In this episode, we welcome Jas Hundal, a Registered Social Worker and Clinical Director of Counselling at Future Ready Minds. With a passion for fostering mental well-being, Jas focuses on holistic and strength-based approaches to empower her community. Join us as we delve into pressing concerns like anxiety, loneliness, and perfectionism among youth, and discover how Jas advocates equipping kids with essential life skills like innovation, collaboration, and resilience. Our conversation also underscores the importance of nurturing creativity and honing creative problem-solving abilities in children, ensuring they're equipped to thrive in an ever-evolving world. Not to be missed!

Nora Vincent-Braun is the Be There Network representative for Jack.org, a Canadian charity revolutionizing youth mental health. Nora is passionate about creating a more accessible and equitable mental health landscape in Canada. She recently stopped by the podcast to discuss her role at Jack.org along with ways we can help to promote mental health advocacy and improve mental health outcomes among youth in our communities.

Our first-ever roundtable discussion features veteran educators from the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board (Brian Marenchin, Greg Peck and Paul Picard) and Muskoka Woods' Director of Schools & Groups, Lucas Durocher, chatting about youth development, the importance of camp and extracurriculars, parenting tips and more!

We're starting off Season 3 of the Shaping Our World podcast by bringing back one of our earliest and most insightful guests — Tim Elmore. Tim is founder and CEO of Growing Leaders, an Atlanta-based non-profit organization created to develop emerging leaders. He has written over 35 books and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, USA Today, Psychology Today along with appearing on CNN and Fox & Friends. Tim is back with us again to unpack some new insights on generational differences, leadership development and how to best nurture the young leaders in your life.  

You've just picked up your kids from Summer Camp at Muskoka Woods. All your questions about how the week was just illicits one-word answers. "Fine," "good," "okay." This episode features staff who run activities and programs and gives you the inside scoop so you can ask the questions that will give you full, rich answers and lead to great discussion.

Chris Tompkins, COO at Muskoka Woods, has been working as a youth development professional for over two decades, and in that time he’s sought to help young people develop their full leadership potential.

Leadership should be taught young, he says, and as adults, our job is to be conscious of what is shaping their world. Chris is launching a podcast in that exact theme: Shaping Our World can be found on your favourite podcast platform (including the one you're using to listen to this episode).