TRAINING MATERIALS for the MENTORS OF

Safe Savvy Kids Initiative

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• Explore Face Bullying with Confidence, a self-paced resource available to educators from any group.
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Safe Savvy Kids Initiative Partners

SSKI thanks its project partners for their different contributions during this pilot phase. Your funding, sponsorship, educational expertise, and logistical support truly makes a difference. Thank you!

SSKI Mentors

Meet the 2025 cohort of SSKI Mentors-in-Training!

Abdullah Ahmad
"Children are the leaders of tomorrow, I want to help strengthen our future."
Anne Qammaniq-Hellwig
Occupation?
"I hope to empower Nunavut youth to be safe and kind to one another."
Charmaine Williams
Teacher
"I want to be a positive role model for the youths of my community, so they can do the same with their peers."
Del Drachenberg
Youth Advocate
"I want to be a mentor so I can help foster confidence, strength, and safety among Nunavut's youth."
Luba Nangmalik
Occupation?
Why I want to be a mentor
Makaia Havioyak
Educator
Why I want to be a mentor
Tristan Alexander Howell
SSKI Founder and Program Manager
"Growing up a Street Kid, a mentor saved my life. Now I'm happy to do the same!"

Kidpower Training Materials

Putting "Pilimmaksarniq Power" Into Action

Live Online Training Sessions • Schedule and Plan

All times are in Eastern Standard Time. Topics subject to change based on mentor input.

Schedule and Links

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Topics • Sessions #1-2

Face Bullying with Confidence: 8 Kidpower Skills To Stop Bullying.

Topics • Sessions #3-4

Kidpower’s Positive Practice Method for teaching safety skills to young people.

Topics • Sessions #5-6

How to turn problems into practices, putting "Pilimmaksarniq Power" into action.

Topics • Sessions #7-8

Coached skills practices and in-person workshop preparation.
Meet your trainers

Irene van der Zande

Irene is the Founder and Executive Director of Kidpower Teenpower Fullpower International. Since 1989, Irene’s talented leadership and collaboration have earned Kidpower an outstanding reputation worldwide for developing, organizing, and presenting high quality child protection, positive communication, advocacy, self-defense, and personal safety programs and curriculums for everyone, everywhere.
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Marylaine Léger

Marylaine has been with Kidpower since 1996 and has taught thousads of people of all ages, abilities, and walks of life. Like many people in Kidpower, she wears many different hats in addition to her role in the Training Leadership Team: International Programs Director, which includes the development of the Online Learning Center and supporting our Centers and Authorized Providers. Marylaine is also the Kidpower Quebec Center Director.
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KIDPOWER materials production team
Colin Léger Meilleur
Technical Specialist
Kidpower International
Sol Pederson
Technical Specialist
Kidpower International
Clara Gyhrs
Technical Specialist
Kidpower International
Eamon Saki
Technical Manager
Kidpower International
The Kidpower Online Learning Center, part of Kidpower International, aims to help learners gain important 'People Safety' skills for themselves and to help educators and caring adults learn how to teach these important skills to others, using Kidpower's Positive Teaching Method™.

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