The Get REAL Movement Inc.
Year of inception: 2011
Brand name: Get REAL
Address: 219 Maplewood Avenue
Postal code: L8M 1X9
Business category: Anti-racism Education and Training
Primary Contact Details
Name: Chris Studer
Email: chris.studer@thegetrealmovement.com
Phone: 4165262333
Website: http://www.thegetrealmovement.com
Identifier: SE
Company Description
The Get REAL Movement is a Canadian national non-profit organization whose mission is to combat 2SLGBTQ+ discrimination, racism & bullying in schools, summer camps, and workplaces.
We accomplish this through two core areas of focus: education - offering DEI-focused Workshops for students, teachers, parents, and workplaces, and by producing online and in-person resources, including curriculum pieces, posters, videos, and merchandise - and youth support - through our University Chapter, High School After-School, our 2SLGBTQ+ Virtual Counselling Programs, and our Summits.
Our impact report, which provides a full breakdown of our programming, resources, and events can be viewed at www.thegetrealmovement.com/impact!
The services we sell are:
- Engaging educational workshops (both in-person and virtual) and educational online video modules focused around DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), combating prejudice, unconscious bias, and creating inclusive schools and workplaces; Engaging, educational, and down-to-earth workshops (both in-person and virtual) and educational online video modules focused around DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), combating unconscious bias, and fostering inclusive workplaces of support, for all employees to thrive!
- Consulting, of much the same nature but also expanding to specific policy reviews and best practice recommendations
- Educational merchandise (www.wegetreal.ca) as a means of wearing our message of acceptance and celebrating diversity, while raising important funds for our organization's programming year round (www.thegetrealmovement.com/impact). We are proud to count a number of valued University and College bookstores as wholesale merchandise partners, including Laurier University, Capilano University, and the University of Waterloo!
Community & Social Impact
We started Get REAL when we were in university ourselves, and so we always love working with universities and colleges whenever we get the chance - whether through our merchandise, with our numerous University and College Bookstore Wholesale Partners, or through our educational workshops and consulting work with Orientation Week Leaders, Professors and University Staff, and everyone in between - as those are our (proud) roots!
The Get REAL Movement is a Canadian national non-profit organization whose mission is to combat 2SLGBTQ+ discrimination, racism & bullying in schools, summer camps, and workplaces.
We accomplish this through two core areas of focus: education - offering DEI-focused Workshops for students, teachers, parents, and workplaces, and by producing online and in-person resources, including curriculum pieces, posters, videos, and merchandise - and youth support - through our University Chapter, High School After-School, our 2SLGBTQ+ Virtual Counselling Programs, and our Summits.
Our impact report, which provides a full breakdown of our programming, resources, and events can be viewed at www.thegetrealmovement.com/impact!
Some highlights from our community and social impact include:
- Surpassing over 1 million students impacted with our workshops in the fall of 2022, and we are currently averaging an impact of a quarter of a million program beneficiaries - primarily marginalized youth - with our direct programming and resources every year
- Surpassing over 1 million views of our educational media content for two consecutive years, in 2022 and 2023
- Receiving an International Peace Award for our programming and impact in 2020
- Receiving an Advertising & Design Award for our educational resource LGBTQr Codes in 2019
- Our programming and impact has been featured on CBC's "The National", CTV News, Global News' "Hometown Heroes", The National Post, Breakfast Television, BlogTO, the Globe & Mail, and The Toronto Star
We look forward to (hopefully) working with York University in 2024, and beyond!