Apply for CampfYrefly
Applications for Camp fYrefly 2013 are now open! This year we invite you to join us as we celebrate our 10th anniversary! As part of our special birthday celebrations, we are thrilled to announce the launch of Camp fYrefly-Calgary, which is our third and newest location allowing us to help even more youth build leadership skills!
To apply to attend Camp fYrefly as a camper or youth leader, please visit our applications page on the left hand menu. This year's application deadline is May 10, 2013, please ensure you submit your application early! This summer we have many fantastic workshops, activities, and a dynamic artist-in-residence program all designed to help you live out the Camp fYrefly philosophy – fostering, Youth, resiliency, energy, fun, leadership, yeah!
To apply to attend Camp fYrefly-Saskatchewan, please visit: http://www.usask.ca/education/fyrefly
Welcome to Camp fYrefly!
Camp fYrefly is Canada's only national leadership retreat for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-identified, two-spirited, intersexed, queer, questioning, and allied youth. The Camp, which was founded in 2004 by Dr. André P. Grace and Dr. Kristopher Wells, is designed to help youth develop the leadership skills and personal resiliency necessary for them to become agents for positive change in their schools, families, and communities.
Camp fYrefly exists because caring adults believe that all youth are entitled to a world that embraces diversity rather than fearing it. For four days each year, we create that world, a world that lives out the fYrefly acronym, which stands for: fostering, Youth, resiliency, energy, fun, leadership, yeah! Camp fYrefly’s philosophy and programming emphasize a by-youth-for-youth approach where older youth and adult facilitators mentor and help to support younger youth.
All of our Camp programming is guided by input from youth and facilitated by trained educators and youth workers in collaboration with a team of artists, dramatists, and community and youth leaders. The Camp, guided by an arts-based educational philosophy, is jam-packed with dance, drama, music, writing, visual art, empowerment and reflection exercises, anti-oppression work, personal growth opportunities, healthy socialization, and in-depth learning activities about specific youth topics and social issues. In sum, Camp fYrefly's programming focuses on four key areas: leadership, individual development, socialization, and resiliency.
fYrefly in Schools
Based on Camp fYrefly, fYrefly in Schools aims to increase awareness of the impact of homophobic/transphobic bullying and equip students with the tools they need to challenge prejudice and discrimination and to become effective allies for diversity, equity, and human rights within their schools and communities. Read more here.
