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Saskatoon’s E.D. Feehan Catholic High School students volunteering throughout the community
E.D. Feehan students volunteered to make quilts for relief kits at the Mennonite Central Committee on Nov. 29, just one small part of its Focus on the Family program. Hundreds of students from E.D. Feehan Catholic School were volunteering in the community as part of...
Rotary Clubs of Saskatoon Continue to Support RAP
Pictured, left to right, are Bishop James Mahoney Principal, Kim Pasloski, Saskatoon Rotary North Past President Ruth Marritt, RAP Executive Director, Winston Blake and RAP Facilitator Trisha Carter. The Rotary Clubs of Saskatoon have supported RAP since the...
RAP – Supporting High School Students With Mental Health
WATCH: The Restorative Action Program helps Saskatoon high school students struggling with mental health. SASKATOON -- As students settle into the new norm at school, some may be feeling a little anxious. It’s a feeling 20-year-old Summer Derksen can relate to. She...
Youth Program Innovating, Adapting During Pandemic
ARTICLE BY BRYN LEVY | SASKATOON STAR PHOENIX | NOVEMBER 17, 2020 The pandemic is creating new challenges for a program that seeks to help end bullying in Saskatoon schools. As Saskatchewan marks the start of Bullying Awareness and Prevention week in the midst of a...
RAP Executive Director Office Now Located at SPS Head Quarters
Pink Shirt Day is about working in partnership and treating others with dignity and respect. On this day, we’re happy to announce that we’ll be offering even more of our support to a community organization that does just that. The SPS has supported the Saskatoon...
3 Saskatoon Citizens Recognized for Helping Community
SASKATOON -- Three Saskatoon citizens are being recognized for the work they've done to create a safe and healthy community and their work with first responders. Don Miekle, executive director of EGADZ, was one of the recipients of the 2020 Rotary Badge Shield Star...
University Student Says ‘Thank You’ for High School Help
WATCH: The Restorative Action Program gives courage to students facing bullying and cyberbullying. Summer Derksen never thought she would graduate from high school. “I was too scared to show up and then once I did I started having panic attacks,” she said, describing...
ROCK for RAP 2019
Friday, November 22, 2019 at 7 PM – 11 PMVendasta HQ: 405-220 3rd Avenue South, Saskatoon GET YOUR TICKETS NOW Proudly hosted by Vendasta Technologies in Saskatoon, this won't be just any blah and chilly November Friday night, it...
Students and staff utilize opportunity to speak openly about mental health
ARTICLE BY JENS NIELSEN | SASKATCHEWAN TEACHERS' FEDERATION NEWS | NOVEMBER 29, 2018 Hardly a day goes by without the issue of mental health challenges coming to the foreground. It is often cited how youth are the most vulnerable, and in particular, within the...
Anti-bullying efforts in Sask. get $150K boost
CBC NEWS SASKATCHEWAN | NOVEMBER 23, 2017 The fight against bullying and cyberbullying is getting a $150,000 boost from the government of Saskatchewan. Winston Blake, executive director of Saskatoon Restorative Action Program, which will be receiving $80,000 of that,...
More than a bylaw needed to curb bullying: advocates
ARTICLE BY SEAN TREMBATH | SASKATOON STAR PHOENIX | MARCH 19, 2016 An anti-bullying bylaw in Saskatoon would have positive effects, but is not enough on its own to truly stamp out the problem, according to advocates. “It cannot just be one thing. It has to be a larger...
Taking Action
ARTICLE BY NATHAN HURSH | SASKATCHEWAN BUSINESS MAGAZINE | JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2015 How do you define community? It could be the neighbourhood you live in, your peers at school, the people who attend the same religious institution as you, people who hold similar...
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University Student Says ‘Thank You’ for High School Help
WATCH: The Restorative Action Program gives courage to students facing bullying and cyberbullying. Summer Derksen never thought she would graduate from high school. “I was too scared to show up and then once I did I started having panic attacks,” she said, describing...
