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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
CanU Canada
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CanU is the University of Can! CanU brings children from some of Winnipeg's most challenged neighborhoods together with Manitoba university students for mentoring, practical life skill development and an introduction to the potential of a post-secondary education. Some objectives of the program are: 1. improving children's health and wellness outcomes through sport and physical activity 2. improving children's health and wellness outcomes through nutrition education and cooking lessons thereby acquiring important skills for healthy living (i.e. kitchen safety, food preparation, budgeting, cooking, etc), 3. provide additional educational opportunities to see academic and intellectual improvements, particularly in literacy development, 4. remove barriers such as lack of familiarity and intimidation regarding the possibility of post-secondary education, 5. encourage the development of leadership qualities and provide leadership opportunities for inner city children, 6. develop volunteers committed to community service and to the mentoring of under-resourced persons in communities of complexity.