StriveToronto

03/17/2026

From the system to success. 💫

At our latest Art of My Hair Workshop, youth heard the powerful journey of Natalie aka Queenie, a professional hairstylist who shared how navigating the Canadian system as a young person shaped her path and passion.

She didn’t just tell her story — she taught skills, showing participants how to create straight-back braids while encouraging them to believe in their own potential.

We also heard from .thecreative and Samantha from who spoke about employment, career pathways, and upcoming job opportunities for youth.
to Moments like this remind us why youth spaces matter.
Real stories. Real skills. Real opportunities.
More workshops coming soon. ✊🏾✨

CareerPathways BlackHairCulture YouthPrograms TorontoYouth

03/17/2026

From the system to success. 💫

At our latest Art of My Hair Workshop, youth heard the powerful journey of Natalie aka Queenie, a professional hairstylist who shared how navigating the Canadian system as a young person shaped her path and passion.

She didn’t just tell her story — she taught skills, showing participants how to create straight-back braids while encouraging them to believe in their own potential.

We also heard from .thecreative and Samantha from , who spoke about employment, career pathways, and upcoming job opportunities for youth.
to
Moments like this remind us why youth spaces matter.
Real stories. Real skills. Real opportunities.
More workshops coming soon. ✊🏾✨

CareerPathways BlackHairCulture YouthPrograms TorontoYouth

03/11/2026

✨ THE ART IS MY HAIR ✨

Hair is more than style — it’s culture, creativity, and confidence.

At StriveTO, youth are learning the fundamentals of hair care, braiding, and self-expression while building real skills and community. 💇🏾‍♀️💇🏿💇🏼‍♀️

This space is for ALL textures, ALL identities, and ALL creativity.

Come learn, connect, and celebrate the beauty in our diversity.

📍 720 Trethewey Dr – 2nd Floor
🎓 Youth-led workshop
🌍 Open to diverse youth voices & styles

Follow to see more youth talent and upcoming workshops.

BlackHairCulture HairIsArt YouthEmpowerment CommunityDriven InclusiveSpaces

03/05/2026

02/24/2026

Calling all girls & young women ages 15–29 👑💇🏾‍♀️
Ready to level up your braiding skills, creativity & confidence?

Join us for a fun 3-part hairstyling series where you’ll:

✨ Learn braiding skills
✨ Practice working with clients
✨ Explore hairstyles for ALL hair types & cultures
✨ Build real-life beauty skills + confidence
📅 February 27th, 2026
⏰ 5:00PM – 8:00PM
📍 720 Trethewey Dr – 1st Floor Rec Room

🎁 $25 Gift Card for the FIRST 10 youth to register!
Spots are limited — don’t wait!

Scan the QR code on the flyer to register 💛
Tag a friend who loves doing hair 👇🏾💫

08/23/2024

Hello Strivers✨️

We want to make sure we invite you all to our annual Family Fun Day BBQ for back 2 school🍖🎒🚌

-
-
-
-
-
-
There will be food, prizes, and a few giveaways, so please make sure you come out and enjoy the day and festivities with us. We look forward to seeing you all✨️🎤💯🎒🙌🏾✨️

08/31/2023

Hey Strivers✨

We are happy to announce our annual BACK 2 School Block Party🎉 🎉🎉

We will be giving away back 2 school supplies, but as you know it will be tenants on a first come first serve basis.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

We will have food, music, and some games. More importantly, our basketball court, which has had a huge positive impact in our community, has been fixed; so we will be holding a legacy tournament🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀

Come out and enjoy the last few days of sun, we look forward to seeing you all!

🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒🎒

08/25/2023

Hey Striver✨✨

We want to give a BIG SHOUTOUT to everyone who attend, performed, and was apart of making TallawahSound Takeover Successful

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👏🏾🙌🏾🤞🏾🔥💯

We had an amazing turnout and even better performances from our program participants and the other artist we reached out to in the community to perform!

If you weren’t able to attend, don’t worry we are planning to hold more music programming and artist showcases for the future but for now enjoy som Eid the pictures from TallawahSound Takeover

Special mentions to:




koka


to


Without you guys, this wouldn’t have been possible; thank you so much 👏🏾🙌🏾💐🤞🏾🔥💯