Blue Print For Life runs “Social Work Through Hiphop” programs throughout Canada’s north and in Canada’s inner cities. Often Blueprint becomes the school curriculum for the entire week in at risk communities. We also offer creative consulting, project management and training in the fields of Social Work and Education. Its founder Stephen Leafloor has over 25 years experience as a social worker in the areas of Probation, Wilderness Programs, Street Work with Youth at Risk, Residential Group Homes, Child Protection and Community Outreach. Stephen has also been an active participant in the Hiphop Culture since 1981 and completed his masters thesis on this culture and its importance for educators and social workers.
Blue Print For Life believes that people make changes in their lives based on the relationships they have with others and how they see themselves fitting into the world. We are dedicated to working creatively with youth around the world to empower them with a sense of control and hope in their lives. We have worked creatively with over 3600 Youth at Risk in a variety of projects in 40 communities, and specialize in the education, guidance, and development of youth through the positive elements of HipHop. We have been in the national media many times for our work and have been featured in a number of documentaries about our work with Canada’s aboriginal youth.
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If you have time to only watch one thing -click on the photo above. This amazing new 6 min video gives you a good idea about what we do ! Features youth from Salluit, Ivujivik and Inuvik.
BluePrintForLife is honored as the first North American organization to become a finalist in the worlds most prestigious award for outreach through the arts. Our work in Canada’s North will be profiled in 2011 in an international traveling museum exhibit ! Much respect to the hardworking BluePrint team for this incredible accomplishment !
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We have just re-published our new book on our Arctic Projects. Version #2 with over 450 color photos and 200 pages of the faces of the youth in the North
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A national 1 hour documentary on our work was recently showed across Canada on Global TV featuring Cambridge Bay ! . Special thanks to Nunavut’s member of Parliament (Nancy Karetak-Lindell) for sponsoring a private showing of this on Parliament Hill. Click above to see a video
10 minute documentary on Social Work through Hiphop ! Click above.
Click on the photo above to view a short documentary on our first project in Iqaluit.l
Created by the Kativik School Board
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It will be shown in English, French and Inuktituk.
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We are partnered with “Unity” out of Toronto. Many staff of this amazing program are also part of BluePrintForLife including Unity’s founder Michael Prosserman. Stay tuned for partner programs and future collaborations. We will be launching “Share Our Spirits” soon. This program will directly connect urban youth and their HipHop clubs with Inuit and First Nations youth in remote communities that have also started their own clubs. There will be opportunities for the direct sharing of what they are all doing in HopHop, as well as the sharing of specific cultural aspects from where they live. This may even turn into a chance for youth from both communities to visit each other . Click on the logo above to visit Unity’s website
Her Excellency the Right Honorable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, attended SAW Gallery in Ottawa on November 7, 2007 to explore the ways in which youth in Ottawa are using the urban arts to combat youth crime and improve their neighborhoods.
Buddha from BluePrint For Life was asked by her Excellency to help moderate the event along with Oni the Haitian Sensation
We have now opened an office in Clyde River Nunavut
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BluePrint For Life is committed to building strong young leaders in Canada’s North
We are exclusively sponsered by First Air for our outreach in Canada’s North ! Thank you !
Also thanks to Nunavut’s Promise to Children and Youth”, Health Canada, CLEY, Embrace Life, Brighter Futures, Nunavut’s Dept of Education and Social Services, New Paths for Education and the Kativik School Board. Special thanks to Ilisaqsivik Society in Clyde River for your ongoing support and partnerships.
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