Call for 1UP Mentors

Calling all city-building professionals!

Are you interested in facilitating youth involvement and engagement in the urban design-building process?

Look no further as applications are now open to become a 1UP Mentor for the 2024-25 1UP school chapters!

This is your opportunity to inspire the next generation of urban changemakers! Throughout the upcoming 2024-25 school year, you’ll get a chance to work closely with passionate high school students on their community design-build projects. Check out this post to learn more about what the role of a 1UP Mentor entails!

The 1UP Mentorship program provides an opportunity for professionals from any field, be it architecture, interior design, urban planning, or community engagement, to help guide a team of high school students driven to create better spaces for their communities. These high school students form what we call our 1UP School Chapters and are led by our 1UP Fellows (high school students that have received leadership training). Each year, these chapters identify a challenge in their community, and tackle it head-on with the design and leadership skills we equip them with, but also the guidance of professionals.

About Urban Minds

Urban Minds is a non-profit organization that focuses on how youth can create and shape a more equitable and meaningful city around them. 1UP Youth City Builders is our youth-led program equipping Ontario’s next generation of city builders and changemakers.