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 teens 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.

2026 Summer Cohorts:

  • 🗓 July 13 to July 17

  • 🗓 July 27 to July 31

  • 🗓 August 10 to August 14

  • 🌟 Monday to Friday

  • ⏰ From 10:00am to 2:30pm

  • ✅ Maximum 16 girls

July 13 to July 17

Registration

July 21 to July 31

Registration

August 10 to August 14

Registration

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.