5  Elements - Giving Girls The EDGE
"The way that a girl handles adolescence can have long reaching implications … Without some help, the loss of wholeness, self-confidence and self-direction can last well into adulthood."
Mary Pipher, Ph.D. - Reviving Ophelia

About

5 Elements is an organization designed to promote self-respect, confidence and leadership skills for girls and young women. Since 2004, we have been offering camps and workshops for girls and their parents. We know that we have been successful from the positive testimonials received from parents and girls alike. In fact, our most treasured comments are from parents who tell us that we have literally changed their daughter's lives.

5 Elements has been profiled across a wide assortment of well-respected media channels both local and across Canada:

  • CBC Radio - Metro Morning with Andy Barrie - Interview with Parenting Editor Karen Horsman CBC Radio International
  • Chatelaine Magazine - July 2005
  • City Post - March 2005, August 2006
  • CITY-TV - Breakfast Television - July 2005, August 2006
  • EZ-Rock Promotion - July 2005
  • Global Television - July 2005
  • North Of The City Magazine - May/June 2005
  • OMNI-TV - June 2004
  • Toronto Life - August 2006
  • The Toronto Star:
      *Ugly Truth About Beauty - Andrea Gordon
      *Alternatives To Creepy Dads and Nutter Moms - Jennifer Wells
      *Positive Body Image is Learned At Home - Andrea Gordon
  • The Town Crier - April 2004/May 2005
  • Verve Magazine - September 2004
  • Women's Post - October 2005
  • YTV - Girlz TV - August 2004
Girls Today

"Girls face an extraordinary challenge in our changing world. They are dealing with more sophisticated issues than ever before and they are doing so with less adult contact and guidance than ever before".

We have come to realize that the challenges that tween and teen girls are facing today are not going away by impacting, however importantly a few hundred girls each year.

Additionally, despite countless anti-bullying programs within schools and "no tolerance" rules, bullying and cyberbullying continue to have profound consequences on our children today; the worst being loss of life through suicide.

Reactive programs do not work! With that in mind, we are revamping 5 Elements in order to provide the opportunity for thousands of girls in Canada and beyond to benefit from the proactive, interactive approach which 5 Elements offers by working with schools, community groups, youth-serving organizations, camps, professional organizations and Corporations.

By providing girl-specific, proactive programming that promotes self-confidence, self-awareness, empathy and respect for individual differences to the girls of today, we envision a future generation of strong, competent and resilient women, able to handle life's challenges with flexibility and a solid grounding in their own identity.

We will be relaunching 5 Elements in the fall of 2010. Stay tuned!
Contact Us

If you are interested in getting more information about 5 Elements, please E-mail: 5Elements@sympatico.ca