Girl’s Resilience, Empowerment, and Transformation (GREAT) Program

The GREAT program is all about building female leaders for the future. We facilitate growth in key leadership skills including confidence, resilience, and authentic relationships to empower teen girls to achieve their education and employment goals.

GREAT is an in-person cohort-based program which uses a strengths-based learning approach to empower teams in their personal and social-emotional growth. GREAT’s content is based on the Impact Society’s HEROES© curriculum.

Who can join the GREAT program?

  • Girls aged 13 – 16 years old.

  • Able to attend in-person classes at Making Changes Association (6516 1A Street SW, Calgary). Bus tickets are provided.

SUMMER DATES:

July 2025

  • 🌟 1 week

  • 🗓 Monday, July 21st to Friday, July 25th, 2025

  • ⏰ 10:30am to 2:30pm

  • ✅ Maximum 15 girls

August 2025

  • 🌟 1 week

  • 🗓 Monday, Aug 11st to Friday, Aug 15th

  • ⏰10:30am to 2:30pm

  • ✅ Maximum 15 girls

What’s in the GREAT Program?

The GREAT Program is a fun and supportive space to build confidence, grow leadership skills, and connect with others going through similar stuff.

Using the HEROES® curriculum, you’ll learn through real experiences, emotions, and conversations — all backed by science.

You’ll get:

  • A boost in self-confidence

  • Leadership skills for school, work & life

  • A supportive group of new friends

Plus, we include:

  • HEROES® File Assessment tool

  • Workshop materials & personal journal

  • Bus tickets for transportation

  • A shopping session at My Best Friend’s Closet

  • Snacks, fun activities & graduation gifts

Get in touch

Have questions? Want to get notified when we launch dates this spring? Email Adrienne at employmentlifeskills@makingchangesassociation.ca

 
 

All persons welcome at making changes

Making Changes acknowledges the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy which includes the Siksika, Piikani, Kainai, the Tsuut’ina Nation and Stoney Nakoda Nations of Chiniki, Bearspaw and Wesley and the Metis people of Alberta, Regions 5 & 6. We honour the hardships that were endured by the peoples on this land to allow us to be in this space to do the work that we do in our community. We respect the culture of the peoples who walk through our doors and we strive to provide space for them. We acknowledge that Indigenous peoples continue to experience hardships and our agency will be champions for change in our daily service to community. Making Changes is committed to inclusivity and recognition of all peoples who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.