As students and teachers return to school this week for the 2026-27 school year, we’re reflecting on the launch, earlier this year, of MCoS’ ICARE Youth Program.
Program Mentor from Regina Huda School, Kassandra Campbell reflected on her favorite part of being involved with the program.
“Seeing the students grow over the process… Seeing them move from being learners and taking in information to now moving into action and them seeing what they can do and what the possibilities are,” Campbell said.
“After I leave every session, I go back to school on such a high and I just keep gushing to everyone about it.”
She has witnessed students who are typically more shy shift into confident and assertive students who are taking the lead on some really incredible projects in their schools.
There’s one student in particular Kassandra has noticed and who has really found her passion for this work. “She’ll carry this work with her for the rest of her life. She’s only in grade nine so she has a lot years to do all sorts of really cool things!”
— Intercultural Connections and Anti-Racism Engagement (ICARE) is a project to build relationships between Indigenous, newcomer, established immigrant, and settler organizations and community members while addressing racism, oppression, and colonialism through an intersectional decolonial lens. —
And this is only a small part of the impact ICARE is creating with youth in Regina, and beyond. To learn more about this program, visit ICARE’s website page HERE. To learn more about the pilot project, read from our 2025-26 Annual Report, HERE.
Throughout the evening, a slideshow introduced families to the concept of Cultural Intelligence—what it is, why it matters, and how it can be nurtured. This educational component supported our goal of building awareness, empathy, and respect within our school community.